Villa Beaten Back in Chihuahua City Attack Report
General Bell reports Villa attack on Chihuahua City repulsed by Carranza garrison under General Trevino. Trevino's forces hold the city while Pershing notes no immediate threat to American lines. The piece discusses possible renewed Villista efforts and annual 30 mile test rides for field officers.
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Carranza
Chihuahua City
Villa
Trevino
Southern Department
Bell
el Paso
Funston
Chihuahua
Villistas
Colonia Dublan
Mexico Northwestern
General Pershing
Army
Roosevelt
Heads New Hospital Under Dr Hill at Robert B Green
Dr H P Hill named superintendent of the Robert B Green Memorial hospital and will devote full time to organizing the staff. An army unit rotation begins with officers sent from headquarters and the first horses and mules moved from Fort Sam Houston to Leon Springs for pasture. About 2000 acres are fenced for pasture and sanitary troops from the Twelfth division may return to Camp Wilson early next week. The medical contingent includes four ambulance companies and four field hospitals.
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H. P. Hill
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Hill
Fort Sam Houston
Leon Springs
Camp Wilson
Doctor-Negro Joke About Payment For Advice
An old Black man, Rastus, visits a doctor who insists on payment for his advice. The man declines, saying he will not pay, and leaves the office without paying while the doctor protests.
Plan for Reserve Officers Training Corps in Education System
Army experts urge Congress to create and fund a reserve officers training corps at colleges and schools. The plan calls for arms, uniforms, instructors, and a general staff division to oversee training, inspections, and course standards to produce a ready reserve officer corps.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Congress
Secretary of War
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Army
General Staff
War Department
Y M C A Campaigners Report Gains in Canvass
Y M C A workers report 58 members joined thus far and 721.50 dollars in cash subscriptions during the automobile race membership drive. Division A led by Victor Keller covered 1337 miles, Division D by Claude J Carter logged 1154, and Division C by Ralph Colby 1068 miles. Team leaders are C V Hall with 747 miles, George Wheeler 6566 miles, and C C Todd 258 miles. Attendance rose Friday, with promise of larger turnout Saturday. No luncheon Sunday. work continues.
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Victor Keller
Claude J. Carter
Ralph Colby
C. V. Hall
George Wheeler
C. C. Todd
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound Promises Darker Hair
A 50 cent bottle of Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised to darken gray or fading hair naturally and evenly with one or two applications. The ad claims dramatic, youthful results and notes it is a toilet requisite not a medical cure.
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Wyeth
Mexican Women Shot at El Valle Executed by Firing Squad
Three Mexican women Margarita Acosta Maria Castilla and Maria Reis were executed at sunrise in El Valle on charges tied to an alleged attempt on Colonel Gonzales Diaz. The event marks a rare large scale execution of women in the region and follows Carranza loyalist control.
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American Expeditionary Forces
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
el Valle
Carranza
Gonzales Diaz
Margarita Acosta
Maria Castilla
Maria Reis
Tobacco for a Convict in Texas Burglary Sentence
In Houston on November 24, H Cassidy, convicted of burglary, receives a four teen year penitentiary term with tobacco as part of his sentence. Warden H T Lucas, whose home Cassidy robbed, sits in court and, moved by pity, passes a deputy a five dollar bill to buy tobacco for the inmate.
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Houston
Tex
H. Cassidy
H. T. Lucas
Compassion
Seer Delivers Promises To Persistent Caller
In a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item a visitor seeks aid from a prominent palmist. The seer assures that the caller’s long elusive goal will soon be attained after repeated attempts, noting patience as key and a blue paper as a sign of progress.
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Huerh
Pittsburg
Prince to Be Called as Witness in Graves Case
The State Department asks Prince Hatzfeldt, counsellor at the German embassy, to testify as a material witness against Karl Armgaard Graves, an alleged international spy. Graves, arrested for attempting to extort $2000 from Countess Von Bernstorff, is free on bail and awaiting a December 6 preliminary hearing. The request goes to Berlin and would reach Emperor William for final approval.
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Washington, D. C
Prince Hatzfeldt
Karl Armgaard Graves
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
Graves
Countess von Bernstorff
Foreign Office
Berlin
William
Ukulele Industry Rapidly Expands in 1916
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes a booming ukulele market with origins in Honolulu. Production rose from 500–600 monthly in 1915 to 1600 a month a year later as firms expand to meet demand. A new Honolulu company aims for 2000 monthly, targeting koa wood instruments priced 3.75 to 20 dollars, with annual output projected at 40,000 units.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A. P. Taylor
Federal Department of Commerce
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Mr. Taylor
Islands
Where Children Are Serious
A Columbus Dispatch essay contrasts foreign children with American youths noting foreign images show serious expressions while American children appear carefree. It argues life is a burden early for many abroad and that work marks early life in Europe, Asia, and Africa, unlike U.S. childhood.
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Europe
Asia
Columbus
Ohio
America
Suffrage Special to Visit Devine for Meetings
The Suffrage Special heads to Devine on Saturday for a second trip. A street meeting at 1 o clock and a women’s meeting at 2 o clock are planned. Mrs James M Young, head of the San Antonio Equal Franchise Society, and Mrs R L Sanford, leader of the Business Women's Suffrage Club, are to speak.
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Devine
James M. Young
San Antonio
San Antonio suffrage workers return amid delayed train ride
An anecdote from the Philadelphia Ledger recalls a late Boston and Maine leased line stuck at a station. A weary traveler complains about the station and black dressed workers in the refreshment room, asking if they dress that way for the late trains.
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Boston and Maine
Philadelphia Ledger
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General Bell Report
Malvern Hill Barnum
George M. Dunn
John S. Winn
Ralph Harrison
Jere B. Clayton
James H. Reeves
Columbia
Graphophones
Wes Om
Plan Corps
Cage
Italtans
Demon J Army
Reddy
Fisk and
Goodrich Tires
Alamo Auto Supply Company
Motorist’s
Crockett
Goodyear
Santa Monica
Aitken
Wilcox
Peugeot
Cooper
Patterson
Hudson
Kro
Goodyear Cord
Franklin
Peerless
McFarlan
Daniels
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Texas
Avenue C. Crockett
San Antonio, Texas
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