Illinois and Kansas Troops Ordered Home
The Twelfth provisional division will lose the Eighth Illinois Infantry and the First Illinois Field Artillery as they move north to their home states. The District of Columbia Regiment replaces the infantry, with Virginia batteries and others arriving soon. The First Kansas troops head home next week without replacement, and the Thirty third Michigan is to depart for El Paso for service next week.
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Twelfth Provisional Division
Eighth Illinois Infantry
District of Columbia
San Antonio
Illinois Field Artillery
Virginia Artillery
New Hampshire
Virginia
Kansas
Michigan
el Paso
Noted women to meet Cleveland on Hughes campaign train
Twenty five distinguished women will arrive in Cleveland this evening for the Hughes campaign train stop. They hold a mass meeting for men and women. Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, wife of the former American charge d affaires in Mexico, was expected to deliver an address.
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Cleveland
Ohile
Hughes
Ohio
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Mexico
Banks Seizures in Mexico Protested by Allies
In Washington British and French embassies protest Carranza decrees seizing assets of their banks in Mexico City. State Department has not yet replied but will likely present the matter to the Mexican members of the Mexican American joint commission. Mine owners also protest confiscatory decrees and urge return to old taxation methods. Figures show metal output declines since 1912 with six month 1916 totals listed. Investments by the companies amount to $125 million.
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Ashington
D. C
State Department
Carranza
Mexico
Joint Commission
Atlantic City
Hohler
Legation
Mexico City
Washington
N. J
President cannot visit Elephant Butte dam dedication
El Pasoans sought a presidential visit to Texas for the Dry Farming Congress and for the Elephant Butte dam dedication on October 14, but the invitation was rejected. As a stand‑in for the president, Andrieus A. Jones will attend the ceremony. The Elephant Butte dam stands 318 feet high with 856 billion gallons storage, 1674 feet top length, and costs about $5 million.
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Washington, D. C
N. M
United States Reclamation Service
Andrieus A. Jones
Delaware
A Father Accused by Daughter After Wedding Night
The bride, 24 hours after her marriage, accused her father of stealing her furniture and $100. Detectives Green and Harris arrested the elderly Mexican man on theft charges. The trio, including the bride and her new husband, appeared the next morning, and the daughter said revenge prompted the confiscation. She then offered to withdraw the complaint if the property was returned.
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Green
Harris
Preparedness humor in a family scene from Chicago Daily Journal
A speaker notes prepared ness as a danger to invasion while a playful domestic tale unfolds. Willie and Johnny misbehave and pretend to sleep as their father climbs stairs, one vows to fold hands, the other to put on pants and line them with a newspaper.
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Preparedn
Ilise
Johnny
Willie
Chicago Daily Journal
We Are Ten and a Country Home Visit
The fragment describes young Canfield visiting a country home of an eccentric man with many daughters. A guiding daughter leads him through the house for a redecoration estimate. A motto over each girl's door prompts a debate about politeness and a question about the phrase learn to say that.
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Canfield
Secretaries to Meet in Dallas to Discuss Retail Problems
The Secretaries Association of the State Retail Merchants' Association with about 150 members will meet in Dallas on October 23. Officers include Fred I. Fisher, Sam Solinsky, J. W. Thomas, Mrs. Hope Harrison Hawkins, and Mrs. W. L. Braddy. The Federal Trade Commission pamphlet issued July 15, 1916, aims to improve cost accounting for competitive pricing.
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Secretaries’ Association of the
State Retail Merchants’ Association
Dallas
Secretaries’ Association
Fred I. Fisher
Taylor
Sam §. Solinsky
Beaumont
J. W. Thomas
Wichita Falls
Hope Harrison Hawkins
Marlin
W. L. Braddy
Plainview
Federal Trade Commission
State Association For Distribution
Fire guts Morris Company packing plant in Omaha
A late night blaze at the Morris Company packing plant in Omaha destroyed the building. Officials say the cost reaches about 750000 with coverage by insurance. The fire started in the sausage department and spread through the plant. offices, fertilizer, and beef killing departments were saved.
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Omaha
Neb
Morris Company
Ftetilizer
British planes strike German airship sheds near Brussels
London reports British naval aircraft attacked the German airship sheds near Brussels. One British aeroplane was lost in the raid.
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Brussels
London
Packers Raise Wages Across U S Packing Firms
Chicago Oct 3 A voluntary wage increase of 2 cents an hour for employees in operating departments nationwide was announced by Armour Swift Wilson Libby Morris. The raise affects about 60 000 workers and adds roughly 4 000 000 annually to payrolls.
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Chicago
United States
Armour & Company
Swift & Company
Wilson & Company
Libby, McNeil & Company
Morris & Company
Atlanta Trolley Service Resumes After Strike
Atlanta trolley service, halted by a car men strike, resumes with regular schedules on all lines. Officials expect to operate tonight as well. Also note a Farm Life snippet about parcel post eggs, mentioning a gallon and a half in an exchange.
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Atlanta
No More Backache For Her From Foley Kidney Pills
Mrs J M Gaskill of Etna Green Indiana praised Foley Kidney Pills for relief from severe backache and urinary trouble. The ad notes the remedy treats backache swollen ankles and rheumatic pains and can be taken safely with other uses. A M Fischer endorses the product.
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J. M. Gaskill
Etna Green
Ind
A. M. Fischer
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