Women in English ammunition work defy norms at Vickers
London October 1 English high society women increasingly join ammunition production, led by Lady Scott widow of a sled dog explorer. She is the sole woman in Vickers Erith electrical dept, working 7 am to 6 pm with overtime, little rest, and long commutes. She lives near the works and juggles duties at home and with her son, inspired by her heroic husband.
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Pair of Sixes Wins Laughs at Grand Opera House
Adilyn Bushnell shines as fiancée in the farce A Pair of Sixes at the Grand Opera House. The comedy centers on Abe Potash and Maurus Perlmutter in a poker inspired plot where a 5000 penalty forces a business man to serve his partner as valet. Bushnell’s performance anchors the production, with Georgia Harvey in a strong Coddles role and a broadly comic ensemble. The show plays again tonight.
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Florence Cole
Tiances
Adelyn Bushnell
Georgia Harvey
Tole
Madame Dondidier
Ivory Settess
Grand Oper House
Justicy
Pet fashion sensation crosses the ocean to New York
Paris fad of matching pets with outfits arrives in New York as actress Miss Astell Jason appears on Fifth Avenue in a black velvet gown trimmed with fox fur, accompanied by a daring red fox. Crowds gawk at the stylish display on the fashionable thoroughfare, while the fox remains unusually calm.
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U S Army Has No Superior for Size
Kansas City Ma October 11 Brigadier General Tasker Bliss chief of staff and Major General James B Aleshire visited Kansas City. Bliss praised U S trained soldiers as the highest type of fighters while noting the main future war challenge would be a lack of trained men. He said artillery will be a key differentiator and imagined a future marching war with high casualties.
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Hillstrom to be shot after pardon board decision
Utah's state board of pardons, after twelve hours of testimony, rejects clemency for Hillstrom. It ties him to IWW plots, the Los Angeles Times bombing plan, and other outrages, confirming a sentence to be carried out by firing squad within 45 days. Threats against state officials persist as Hillstrom faces execution.
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State Board of Pardons
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Willstrom
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Senate
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Hay as a new dish delights and unsettles readers
The Philadelphia Telegraph fragment reports on a controversial claim about hay prepared as human sustenance. It notes steps of experimentation, potential culinary uses with cream and sugar, and hints at appetite effects and social outcry during a public meeting.
President's Flag Unfurled at Fort Sitetidan Salute
A military ceremony at Fort Sitetidan concluded the month's training for 600 citizen soldiers. The flag was raised by Colonel William Nicholson amid 2000 attendees including regular army personnel, with a 21-gun salute after an inspection of recruits and a parade review before the fort commander.
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Kansas Wheat Growers Seek One Dollar a Bushel
Grand Gwnno Kansas Oct 14 A meeting of wheat brokers formed a group of Kansas wheat growers pledging not to sell at less than one dollar per bushel. The union, led by Barton County figures Rosman Kerr and Unrub, cites 231,085,694 bushels sold in four years for 177,154, or about 50 cents per bushel, and argues for higher incomes from larger crops. The plan calls for a minimum price based on average production costs, mandatory non delivery during threshing, and year round delivery as needed, plus establishment of primary markets to absorb surplus.
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San Antonio Dogs Ready for Texas and Louisiana Shows
San Antonio breeders condition pedigreed dogs for a series of kennel shows in Texas and Louisiana in October and November. Local dogs have won prizes in several years, with events in Dallas Shreveport and Waco. San Antonio Kennel Club plans a spring show in April 1916 and local entrants prepare to ship dogs this week including Arcedales El Collad Typhoon and Eady Nebbler.
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Shreveport
Jana
Waco
Fan Antonio
San Antoninos
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Arcedales
Eady Nebbler
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Cal
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Wan
Hunt Clase
Los Angeles
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Hollangé Huckley
Rheacit
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Alamo Beauty
J. BR. Sprague
Ohio
A. We Hawkins
Prohibition Rally Planned in Kansas City With Hobson Speaker
A prohibition rally is announced for Sunday afternoon December 6 in Kansas City. Representative H P Hobson of Alabama, a leading prohibitionist, is slated to speak. Drys from the entire Western half of the state will be invited, promising one of the region’s best prohibition gatherings.
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H. P. Hobson
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