The Electric Engine Advances For Intermountain Rail Route
The Railway Journal notes the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul plan to field 50 electric locomotives for 440 miles of its transcontinental line from Harlowton Montana to Avery Idaho. The units operate without coal water or a tender and use current reversal to control downslope grades, enabling steady speeds and reducing brake wear.
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The
Railway Journal
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Harlowton
Mont
Avery
Idaho
Big Belt Mountains
Rockies
Beekeeper Claims Daily Sting Cures Rheumatism
Walter S Halliwell of Kansas City travels with a box of pet bees at the Hotel Oakland in Oakland California. He says daily bee stings cured his rheumatism after five stings and now carries the bees for preparedness. His tale ends with a quip about his wife seeking a place with fewer gowns.
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Oakland
Cal
Walter S. Halliwell
Kansas City
Halliwell
French General Antoine Hosts Cabinet Minister Tour of Verdun Front
At Verdun front General Antoine guides M Painleve through Tenth Army Corps HQs inspecting maps and charts, then views panoramic photos from aviators as crowds of poilus labor and march by in orderly fashion. Antoine praises cavalry’s ongoing role in modern warfare.
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Associated Press
Tenth Army Corps
France
Antoine
M. Painiere
de Castelnau
Western Front
Verdun
Camut
Leguienie
Fifth Army Corps
Hellouin
Third Army Corps
Humbert
Chamber of Deputies
M. Painleve
Chevaux-De-Frise
Painleve
Liv
Rone
Hazard
Pollus
Joffre
Castelnau
D‘eclopes
Mexico
Elan
Mesopotamia
San Antonio School Board Sealed Coal Bid Notice
The San Antonio School Board invites sealed bids by Tuesday June 20 1916 at 3 pm for supplying coal to public schools for 1916 17. Specifications on file at the board office. The board may reject any or all bids. Paul H Scholz business agent adv.
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San Antonio
Paul H. Scholz
Through sleepers to Memphis and Chicago daily
Advert shows rail travel options on Southern Pacific with oil burning locomotives. Offer includes a New York return fare of £75 35 and two through sleepers to Memphis and Chicago daily on the route.
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New York
Return
Southern Pacific
Memphis
Chicago
Southern Paific
New Orleans
Southern
Offic
Mexicans Flee Texas Amid Border Tensions
Government officials report a growing Mexican exodus from South Texas over two weeks, with dozens departing to Nuevo Laredo and Juarez. Robert L. Barnes cautions Mexican editors against inflammatory coverage while monitoring border events for signs of trouble and asserting U.S. readiness.
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Texas
United States
Mexico
Corpus Christi
Department of Justice
Nuevo Laredo
San Antonio
Juarez
Carranza
Robert L. Barnes
United States Bureau of Investigation
New Mexico
Arizona
Caid
Barnes
Wilson
Musicians in the War Reach Paris With Frontline Bands
The New York Times notes the Coldstream Guards band from Arras and the Royal Italian Carabinieri band from the Tsonzo brought front atmosphere to Paris Trainee crowds recall August 1914. Musicians served as stretcher bearers and messengers often under fire with some killed or wounded. Leader awarded Legion of Honor as trumpets and Marseillaise ring through shells.
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France
New York Times
Coldstream Guards
Arras
Royal Italian Caribineers
Paris
Red Cross
Vauquois
Marseillaise
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Husband
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Marguerite Snow
Gallagher
Strand
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Smith
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Gay Lord Waring
J. Warren Kerrigan
Christian Herald
Houstos Hicks
Jerusalem
Algiers
Tunis
Morocco
Fez
QOUTH
Exodus
R. L. Barnes
Legion of Honor
Sudan
Philadelphia Ledger
Goodrich
Ford
B. F. Goodrich Co
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Akron
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Textan
St. Anthony
Did Cuisine
Crockett
T. B. Baker
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