Explosion at Wiehe Powder Plant Kills Hundreds
Paris reports a Wiehe powder plant explosion near Rigaud, covering five square miles and endangering over five thousand. The Associated Press notes French progress in Belgium north of Bixachoff and Langemarck, capturing a strong unit east of the Steenke river and repulsing German Aisne attacks.
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Rigaud
Associated Press
Paris
Belgium
Bixachoff
Langemarck
Steenke
Aisne
Montreal
Curtis and Harver
Quebec
N O'Sock
Var
Canadian Pacific
Ottawa
Dragon
Cuba offers 10 help train men in crisis
A chaotic dispatch reports Cuba offering aid and a training ground for American forces, with few details on numbers or the exact forces to be sent. Parallel wire updates describe an oil price rise, a massive Curtis and Harver powder plant explosion near Rigaud Quebec, and war coverage from Washington and Petrograd with casualty and convoy notes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cuba
President Wilson weighs coal control options with Hoover
Washington reports President Wilson met Hoover to discuss food administration and potential coal supply control under the new food bill. The report notes the option to fix coal prices or commandeer stocks, with a commission's view favoring takeover and distribution. London says British forces damaged a hostile destroyer and two mine sweepers. Chicago item lists hog prices and a family gathering with several names.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Food Administration
Hoover
Sasume O
Gome
London
Admiralty
State Exemption Board Overwhelmed With Appeals
Santa Fe August 15 The two state exemption boards are flooded with appeals from twenty eight county exemption boards as they send in their returns The United States government appeals all exemptions except those for obvious physical defects Several men exempted also appeal not to gain entry but to avoid a second local board examination
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Santa Fe
United States
Wheat acreage planned in San Miguel County
About 20 000 acres of wheat will be planted in San Miguel County this fall per County Agriculturist M R Gonzalez. About half the area will be sown with state aid, the rest by farmers using their own seed. Rye coverage reaches about 16 000 acres with roughly half funded by state aid. Farmers favor winter wheat for good fall establishment and proven yields here.
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San Miguel County
M. R. Gonzalez
Unclear fragment hints at travel departure
Fragmentary text mentions departure and travel, but lacks coherent details, names, places, or dates to confirm a specific event or outcome.
Reform School for Girls Abandoned in Santa Fe
San ta Fe August 17 due to financial stringency the plan to turn the old Springer reform school building into an industrial school for girls is abandoned for now. Gov Lindsey attended regents meeting and building appropriations were exhausted forcing economies to meet conditions.
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Santa Fe
State Reform School
Springer
W. E. Lindsey
Board of Regents
Crandalls Seek Eugene Crandall On Fort Sheridan Furlough
Mr and Mrs Crandall of Loving seek their youngest son Eugene Crandall an officer at Fort Sheridan Texas on furlough from the 16th to the 27th or so he planned Gene has never made him home but has visited here at different times while older brother Bert has made his home here.
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Mrs. Crandall
Loving
Eugene Crandall
Fort Sheridan
Tex
Crandall
Phillipines
Gene
Bert
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