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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
6
A derailed passenger train near Petrograd caused multiple fatalities and several damaged wagons. Reports describe a collision with a freight train, with victims and debris scattered along the tracks. Names and precise figures are unclear in the fragmentary account.
Representatives of Japan on a mission of friendship declare solidarity in a wartime context. The message emphasizes alliance, shared purpose, and confidence in future harmony while noting the perils of ongoing conflict and the importance of courage and public resolve.
Fragmented OCR summary notes a bomb threat involving dynamite and fuels aimed at water systems and nearby mining areas. References to Haywood’s Brother, Lovelork, Ogden, and Rochester residents hint at a wider disturbance and forced departures from several districts including the Verington copper area.
A special committee of the denomination and the Gud administration organized a food conservation effort. The campaign will be carried on by ending members of the de Swernhon, with education initiatives led by a selected group.
The article introduces Sir Eric Geddes as the new first lord of the admiralty in Britain. A Scot by birth in India, Geddes rose from railway circles to prominence with the onset of the war, having trained in American railroads. He is described as one of the few Britons to emerge from obscurity during this period.
Taft is said to be improving rapidly as his physician reports the former president William Howard Taft remains under care for an active indigestion attack. The doctor declares the patient will soon be well.
Two tramcars on the Shore Line Picetric runway collided at head level, resulting in multiple deaths and many injuries. The exact numbers are unclear as reports vary and state of the survivors ranges from minor to severe. authorities investigate the crash location and contributing factors.
Food Administrator Hoover announced plan to control wheat flour and bread with strict storage limits and prosecution for excess holdings. Regulations take effect September 1 to curb speculation and stabilize wheat prices and bread costs nationwide.
Reports say Jorge Yuor Salacar, once a revolutionary chief of state, was shot and killed at the Nogales ranch near Ascension. Americans arriving from Cass claim they were mistaken for raiders and fired upon. guards killed a man when they detained others during the confusion.
Eighteen coal mines idle with fifteen thousand workers out of employment as a strike grows after a conference of coal operators. A presidential petition seeks to move offices, while a woodmen campaign in Washington vows to educate men on conservation and service.
Rose Mhurtig, secretary and manager of the Chicago Motor Liverymans' association, is suspected of fatally shooting her husband, Chiergo-N. Mhurtig, in his office on Sunday amid domestic difficulties.
Miners in the southern Appalachian region stage a wave of strikes spanning Kentucky and Tennessee as workers push for recognition of the United Mine Workers and better conditions. The action reflects broader labor tensions in the coal fields.
Washington August 10 The American government assumed control of the country s fowl supply with President Wilson signing administration food survey and regulatory measures Herbert Hoover was named food administrator The aim is to stabilize prices prevent speculation and curb abuses while promoting cooperation with producers and distributors to avoid wartime controls extending to coal and other fuels through new powers and continuous food census duties to be run by the Agriculture Department
Margaretta P Blair daughter of Thomas S Blair Jr of Chicago becomes the wife of Ohio Governor James M Cox. She is an accomplished golfer and horsewoman active in Red Cross work since the war began.
A report from Stubbekjøbing via Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph says a German patrol ship collided with a German mine, resulting in the loss of thirty men.
An 11 to 15 percent wage increase for 18 000 railroad shop employees was announced here Friday and goes into effect September 1.
French reconnoitering parties penetrate German lines near Rheims in two places. British and Canadians push near Lens. Russians and Romanians check Mackensen’s offensive around Folestwul. Artillery exchanges from coast to St. Quentin stabilize sectors as French repulse German surprise attacks on Aisne and Carspach fronts.
The War Department completed plans to deploy first national guard troops to France forming a division from twenty six states and the District of Columbia. No troops from Utah Idaho Wyoming or Nevada will serve in the unit. Major General W A Mann commands the division staff. states include Pennsylvania Wisconsin New York Ohio Georgia Alabama Iowa Illinois Indiana Minnesota Maryland South Carolina California Missouri Virginia North Carolina Kansas Texas Michigan New Jersey Tennessee Oklahoma Nebraska Colorado Oregon and the District of Columbia. Redmen pledge 450,000 men to food conservation with daily wheatless and meatless meals during the war.
Washington reports say congressional leaders were informed by See Adoo that they should authorize an additional one billion dollars for war expenditures this session and the next, including further loans to the allies through June 30, 1998.
Washington plans to control wheat distribution and restore flour manufacture and sale. President Wilson expected to be informed of the plan once finalized as the food administration completes the program. Mexico money shortage complicates next government cash needs per Henry Biere. Paris appeals call for 30,000 books for American soldiers reading rooms at camps. A San Francisco judge sets September 11 for trial in a readiness day case. Minnesota may take over Winnipeg coal yards. Gary fire damages Aetna Explosives plant, two workers Holt and Choise jailed.
Springfield officials and striking streetcar workers reach a settlement ending a three week dispute that sparked disorders and plots. One policeman was killed during the clashes, and authorities report concessions by both sides to restore order and resume service.
A wide range of Idaho items are reported: Betty, son of wealthy Rupert sheepman, injured in a car accident. Government and state actions include a push to equalize taxes, shippers urged to address car shortages, interior defense work, and a conference of Idaho councilors. Other notes cover crop estimates, education contracts for Lewiston Normal School, aging highway contracts, drownings, criminal syndication charges in Bannock, dislocated neck cases, mining directory progress, coroner verdicts in Payette, and property assessment shifts in Ada County.
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