Racers Battle Blizzard in Red River St Paul Race
Leaders in the Red River St Paul long distance dog race push through a North Dakota blizzard. They pass Grand Forks on day three and reach Reynolds twenty miles south. Five Le Pas teams lose their way. searchers pursue Fred Hartman who vanished after Sagathe incident.
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ST. Paul
Minn
North Dakota
Red River
Grand Forks
Reynolds
Lake Winnipeg
LePas
Hudson Bay District
Fred Hartman
Sagathe, Man
Hudson Bay
Amateur golfer recalls near crowdless round at distance
In the Birmingham Age-Herald fragment an amateur recalls playing golf with nobody within 300 feet and a remark about passing links on a neighboring area. The quote hints at an observational moment during a quiet day on the course.
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Res
Birmingham Age-Herald
Nicely furnished room for two near Army officer housing
Mostly readable ad text shows a near new Velie touring car offered at sacrifice. Telephone Travis 6453. Also a wanted collector, Crockett 1915, and housekeeping rooms for rent to refined adults in a pleasant modern home in Crockett.
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Sacrifice
Crockett
Gas Hell Escape From Verdun Battery Lieutenant Recalls Gas Bombs
A German artillery lieutenant recalling his unit at Verdun describes a forest observation post under continuous shelling. Gas bombs caused near suffocation, many died, and only sixteen of his battery escaped with their lives. His orderly hunted him with ten oxygen canisters, and he survived after a gust of wind cleared the gas.
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Verdun
Funston Urged to Accept Camp Mabry Offer
Governor Ferguson offered Camp Mabry to the federal government for April and May training. The Austin Chamber of Commerce executive committee asked General Funston at Fort Sam Houston to accept the offer and promised hearty citizen support.
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Funston
Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Mabry
Chamber of Commerce
General Funston
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
New Bed Cools or Warms with Circulating Water System
A bed has been invented to keep sick persons at any desired temperature. The mattress and covering can be cooled or heated by circulating water through the system.
Young San Antonian Artist Shines in China Painting
Miss Anna Mengin Smith, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Smith of 724 Carson Street, has gained rapid skill in china painting. In a year she turned a sitting room into a studio, owns a kiln, and now teaches several pupils while completing Christmas gifts and orders. She plans to study in the north next year.
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Anna Mengin Smith
H. B. Smith
Carson Street
Fire Grief Opposed To Two Shift Bill
San Antonio Fort Worth and Dallas will oppose a bill to require all cities over 5000 to run two fire shifts. Fire Chief Wright says it would raise taxes without improving efficiency and notes current 24 hour off periods. Dallas Fort Worth and San Antonio officials plan to travel to Austin to voice opposition.
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San Antonio
Fort Worth
Dallas
Wright
Brown
Robert Uhr
Austin
Uhr
Fort Sam depot plans secure 52 percent of blocks
Deals for more than half the 26 blocks for the mammoth general supply depot at Fort Sam Houston have closed. Captain M. R. Hilgard reports 52 percent of the tract options in government possession, under Colonel Harry L. Rogers who led the effort. He noted the result surpassed expectations for January.
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Fort Sam Houston
M. R. Hilgard
Army
Harry L. Rogers
Southern Department
Hilgard
Love to Weigh Money Assay Committee Appointment
President Wilson named Thomas B. Love of Dallas as one of fifteen members of a 1916 assay committee to test weights and fitness of coins. The honorary appointment meets at the Philadelphia mint on February 14 and carries only mileage and per diem. Love is in Washington.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
McAdoo
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
Philadelphia
United States
Love
Democrats Likely to Name Champ Clark as Speaker
Unofficial congression al tallies show a 215 215 split between Democrats and Republicans. Five power brokers Randall London Fuller Schall and Martin determine the House leadership with Clark favored by Democrats and Mann by Republicans.
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Washington, D. C
Champ Clark
Jim Mann
Senate
House
Congress
Republic
Jerry South
House of Representatives
Charles H. Randall
Los Angeles
Cal
Meyer London
New York
A. G. Fuller
Malden
Mass
Thomas D. Schall
Minneapolis
James R. Mann
Illinois
Mann
Lenroot
Clark
Augustus P. Gardner
Mr. Mann
Schall
Minnesota
London
Martin
Louisiana
Watchful Waiting Hat Bill Gaffe Sparks Quiet Domestic
A light exchange reveals marital frictions as a wife questions her husband about a new hat while he admits he has not yet seen the bill. The moment captures everyday family finance concerns in a domestic vignette.
Bounty Payments Tallied From Texas Wolf Decrease
Texas Comptroller reports 70 876 wolves 17 583 wild cats and 813 100 rabbits were paid under a 100000 bounty fund open June 20 1915 to March 17 1916. 173 counties and 17449 people shared in the dispersal with Atascosa leading wolf kills and Jim Wells top cat totals.
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Austin
Tex
H. B. Terrell
Atascosa County
Starr County
Jim Wells County
Live Oak County
Medina County
Bexar County
Terrell
Legislature Debates State Day Bills and Utilities Commission
Pros plan another act to declare state day and discuss district bills. Westbrook’s bill to end common law marriages died. Senate passed Hudspeth’s $100000 School of Mines grant, Hopkins’s junior college teaching certificates, Johnston’s $125000 Prairie View dormitory, and others. A public utilities commission bill faces Senate review amid opposition. many House bills (about 500) cover broad state interests, with few general measures enacted after weeks in session.
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Westbrook
Senate
Hudspeth
School of Mines
el Paso
Hopkins
Johnston
Prairie View Normal
Senate Bil
Caldwell
State School For the Blind
Austin
Senate Committee On Commerce and Manufacture
Lattimore Senate
Public Utilities Commission
Lattimore
House
Holland
Harris
Texas
Depu
Intensive Training for New Lieutenants at Fort Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth hosts 346 provisional second lieutenants selected under the national defense act for a three month intensive course. They will study 15 hours daily in 90 minute blocks and are organized into a battalion under Lt Col Charles Miller to learn duties from private to sergeant before potential regular commissions in two years.
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Sam
Fort Leavenworth
West Point
Leavenworth
West Points
Charles Miller
Infantry
Regular Army
National Guard
Philippine Scouts
Training Aims To Provide Lt Tour In Battalion School
The plan assigns each second lieutenant several days in each of the three months of the battalion school. Veterans say Leavenworth cannot make finished officers. it only gives the rudiments of military science to prepare them for regimental work. The profession offers ongoing study for decades.
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Leavenworth
Adopt 62 Year Old Woman as Daughter in Minnesota Court
In St Paul Minnesota a 62 year old named Mary Ann Hughes becomes the McGoey's daughter by adoption in district court. Justice Charles Mitchell granted the petition after the couple said she aided their family for thirteen years and joined their home in 1904 after her husband died eighteen years earlier. The 62 year old laughed as she left court with her mother and father.
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St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul District
German botanist links white flower scent to pleasant odors
A German botanist who studied 4300 flower species found that white or cream colored blooms have the most agreeable odors. The observation suggests color may correlate with fragrance in many species, though the study notes variability among genera.
Tea breaks down causes fatal fall in Williamsburg
New York police report Bridget Gilroy of Green Point jumped from a fourth floor window at St Catherine's Hospital Williamsburg after drinking tea. She landed on a picket fence and died instantly. her brother Patrick Gilday said she drank fifteen cups daily.
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New York
Bridget Gilroy
Gree Point
St. Catherine’s Hopital
Williamsburg
Patrick Gilday
Cooper Acquitted in Coffey Killing Case
Tom Cooper was acquitted by a district court jury in Fort Worth Texas after being tried for the killing of Police Captain G Frank Coffey last year. The prosecution contended Cooper shot Coffey while under arrest for fighting.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Tom Cooper
G. Frank Coffey
Cooper
Saved by a Clerk’s Wit in a Christmas Gift Swap
A New York Times tale describes Mrs A at a department store gift exchange. Mrs B donor tells her to swap the pepper and salt shakers, then reveals herself. A clerk stays calm and produces two more shakers to satisfy the exchange and complete the gift.
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Silverwa
Mrs. A
New York Times
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