Treatment of Sick Pineapples With Iron Copper Spray
Treatment of sick Hawaiian pineapples centers on spraying transulphate solutions to supply iron absorbed through wet leaves. Manganese in soil near Honolulu causes iron insolubility, weakening plants and tainting fruit. Iron sulphate injections revive greenness. field tests show leaf absorption, not root feeding, restores vigor and flavor. Marriage remains viable if no interference arises from both parties. Moberty, Mo., marks its fifteenth anniversary celebrations.
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Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
M. O. Johnson
Honolulu Experiment Station
Resta Wins Grand American Auto Race at Maywood
Dario Resta driving a Peugeot captured the Grand American auto race in 2 hours 24 minutes 16 seconds at Maywood Speedway, averaging 108.9 mph. Johnny Aitken finished second with 7.8 seconds behind. Rickenbacher, Galvin, Lewis, and Henderson followed in order. A fire injured Wilbur D Alene's co-driver Ralph Hedlich, but D Alene resumed before withdrawing with mechanical issues.
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Chienge
Dario Resta
Ewe Invincibie Bive
O A Maxwell
Frank Galvin
Dave Lewis
Henderson
S. Maxwell
de Palma
Ralph Hedlich
Wilbur D'Alene
Crawford
D' Alene
Billy Chandler
Resta
Mystery of infantile paralysis germ solved in Baltimore
Officially announced in Baltimore on October 17 that the infantile paralysis germ is not contagious but enters the human system via raw food and is spread by house flies and other insects. Researchers compare its spread to typhoid and seek an antipolio vaccine as a result of the findings.
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Baltimore
St Johns
Simon Florner
Rockefeller Institute
Burrows
United States
Nine cattlemen die in Bee tland rail wreck near Lincoln
Nine cattlemen from western Nebraska and a fourteen year old boy were killed in a Sunday collision of two sections of a heavy stock train near Beetland, Nebraska on the Burlington line. Names listed include J. J. O Connor and W. H. Merrill among the deceased.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Beetland
Burlington
J. J. O'Connor
Elsie
W. H. Merrill
Wallace
Adam Miller
Rain
William Kitner
Wilson creates national defense council names seven members
President Wilson announced seven appointees to the new council of national defense to coordinate transportation and mobilize industry for wartime needs. The members include Daniel Willard, Samuel Gompers, Franklin Martin, Howard Coffin, Bernard Baruch, Hollis Godfrey, and Julius Rosenwald.
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Harrisburg
Wilson
Council of National Defense
Congress
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Franklin H. Martin
Chicago
Howard E. Coffin
Detroit
Bernard Baruch
New York
Hollis Godfrey
Philadelphia
Julius Rosenwald
Committee On
Naval Consulting Board
Three Die In Bayonne Oil Strike Clash
In Bayonne New Jersey on October 14 a clash between several hundred Standard Oil strikers and about 250 guards police and detectives left at least three dead and many wounded. The confrontation near the Tidewater Oil Plant at Prospect and Twenty second streets led Inspector Cady to order dispersal. The mob retreated after a toll of fatalities and a heavy police response.
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Bayonne
N. J
Prospect
Twenty-second
Tidewater
Inspector Cady
Gady
Fle
Falen
Cady
Govenor Fielder
Former Panamanian President Porras sails to New York
A dispatch from Panama says former President Porras has sailed for New York to take the post as Panama's new minister to the United States. In Hartford an absolute divorce is granted to Dr Valeria Hopkins Parker, noted suffrage worker and club member. Senator Filipescu dies in Bucharest, former war minister and entente supporter.
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Washington
State Department
Panama
Porras
New York
United States
Hartford
Conn
Shumway
Valeria Hopkins Parker
Woman's Suffrage
Woman's Club
Filipescu
Bucharest
Britiane
Revmania
Russian submarine Tulen ends engagement near Berlin
An official admiralty statement from Petrograd says the submarine Tulen sank after a one hour engagement near the Berliin on October 12. German reports claim Carpathian successes with a Russian withdrawal from Smotrec and 444 prisoners taken.
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Petrograd
Admiralty
Tulen
Berliin
Carpathians
Smotrec
War Office
Car Hits Auto. Four Killed Near Pittsfield
A Sunday crash in Oberlin area left a prominent real estate broker, his wife, and daughter dead when an interurban car struck their stalled auto on the tracks near Pittsfield. The event also involved the farmer’s wife, killed at the scene. Victims were identified by local reports.
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Oberlin, O
Cleveland
Oberlin
Pittsfield
Fire Prevention Day and State Elections Ballot Changes
Draft ballot changes were discussed by Secretary of State Pool and party representatives to clarify headings. Fire Prevention Day on November 3 urged by State Fire Commissioner Ridgell with a $250 million national and $2 million Nebraska fire loss. schools and clubs urged to assist. Nebraska troops near final military training at Camp Llano Grande with planned long hikes for Fifth and Fourth regiments. New Nebraska History and Pioneer Days publication planned with editor A. E B. Sheldon and thirty contributors. Nebraska Library Association met, reelecting officers led by J. G. Wyer.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Charles W Pool
Nebraska Dry Federation the Prosperity League
Democratic
Republican
Ridgell
Morehead
United States
Nebraska
Camp
Llano Grande
Rio Grande
Hidalgo
A. E B. Sheldon
Nebraska Vote by Mail Extends Franchises to Traveling Voters
Nebraska adopts a 1913 vote by mail law enabling travelers and railroad workers to cast ballots for national and state tickets from any location. Eligible voters register, obtain a certificate, and vote with ballots sent to their home counties for counting. The piece also notes extended short courses in agriculture and home economics by the university extension, with schedules and multi-location instruction.
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Nebraske
Nebraska
University College of
Cozad
Page
Tilden
Gresham
Springfield
Alien
Lyons
Dakota City
Papillion
Pleasant Dale
Weeton and
Laurel
Wausea and
Dixon
Polk
Nyconsoli
Loomis
Wood River
Waterioo
Cowles
Nebraska Huskers set for Portland clash with Oregon Aggies
The Cornhusker squad of twenty, led by Head Coach Dr. E J Stewart and Assistant Coach Dick Rutherford, heads to Portland to face the Oregon Aggies Saturday. The tilt is pivotal for intersectional standings in a season marking a major road trip.
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Cornhusker
E. J. Stewart
Dick Rutherford
Guy E. Reed
University
Nebraska
Huskers
Portland
Ore
Oregon Aggies
Pacific Coast
Young Women Told to Use Pinkham Remedy for Pain
A period relief advertisement urges young women and mothers to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites benefits for painful or irregular menses, headaches and indigestion and invites sick women to write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine, Lyon Mass, with letters kept confidential.
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MatrLoa Kurtawsa
RD High St
Buffalo
N. Y
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lyon
Mass
First motion pictures and 1897 Philadelphia school data
The text notes early motion picture devices such as thaumatrope and kinetoscope and mentions Henry Heyl’s 1897 photographic motion picture exhibition in Philadelphia. It also states Philadelphia had 74,026 pupils in parochial schools.
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Henry Heyl
Philadelphia
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