Victory appropriation bill eyed as war costs mount
The senate weighs a vast final war bill dubbed the victory appropriation. Critics say it refines the last odds and ends of funding as the summer campaign looms. The measure aims to answer how peace talks affect Congress, asserting the talks have not altered congressional support for wartime spending. The bill, amended by the Senate Finance Committee, trims some taxes but could see new levies to reach House-passed totals.
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Keep War Risk Insurance Warns Soldiers and Sailors
The National Defense warns Connecticut soldiers and sailors not to drop war risk insurance. Some drop because relatives as beneficiaries lack issued certificates, but that action harms the fighters and their families. Insurance remains effective only upon receipt of the certificate.
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National Defense
Connecticut State Council of Defense
National Coun
British Press Pleased With Wilson Reply
London observers react with enthusiasm to President Wilson's reply to Germany. The British press notes swift, decisive messaging signaling the next moves and broad public support, with headlines in newspapers like the Star highlighting the surprise and sense of firm response.
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Wilson
Germany
Asc li
Swift and I
The
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Caen
Unclear fragment on health product claims
Fragment discusses Cahartic Tablets claimed to relieve stomach pain and nausea. Mentions mild action and a general promise of cleansing and a free feeling, but text is garbled with unclear references and no verifiable specifics.
Allies Frame Armistice Terms Rumors From Washington
The supreme war council at Versailles has outlined steps for armistice talks as Allied leaders press to unify policy. Copies of President Wilson's note have been sent to allied nations and Berlin, with further military conferences expected to review terms before transmitting findings to Germany. Senator Hitchcock urged Lansing to share all peace notes for committee study.
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Supreme War Council
Versailles
Wilson
Washington
Germ Amd
Nauen
Berlin
Berne
State Department
Germany
Hitchcock
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lansing
Epidemic Cuts Anthracite Output Warns Fuel Admin
The Fuel Administration reports a 191,074 ton drop in Pennsylvania anthracite output in one week due to influenza. Surgeon General Blue is asked for aid as miners die and medical facilities fail, while many mines lose workers permanently. For the week ending October 12, anthracite output stood at 1,371,114 tons.
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Pennsylvania
Fuel Administration
Blue
Public Health Service
Entomologists Prepared For War Service
Entomologists are organized for possible army service in disease control. A class on entomology of disease hygiene and sanitation meets in the Bureau of Entomology. Mimeographed notes have been distributed to enrolled entomologists to spread knowledge on controlling disease carrying insects and prepare them to serve in the war effort.
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Bureau of Entomology
Soldiers injured as Chicago and Northwestern train wrecks
About 60 soldiers of the Eighth United States Infantry were injured when a Chicago and Northwestern train of 18 cars veered off a track west of Geneva. The accident, attributed to a fault in a switch, occurred while the train was en route to an Atlantic deportation port. The first three cars cleared the track, the next nine derailed, and the last car remained on the rails.
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Chicago
Eighth United States Infantry
Northwestern
Atlantic
Genevy
St Gall
Decrease in New York Epidemic Report
New York health authorities reported a drop in new influenza and mania cases today. The total of new cases reached 4,403, marking a decline from prior counts.
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New York
Health Department
Big Peace Riots in German City
London reports massive peace demonstrations in Mannheim Baden where police opened fire with machine guns on crowds, killing several women. Demonstrators retaliated with bombs, sweeping aside police. the city of 150000 on the Rhine hosts notable dye works and the Elector Palatine palace.
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Germany
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Rhine
Elector Palatine
Youngest Gould seeks divorce from second wife Edith Kelly
Frank J. Gould, Jay Gould’s youngest son, filed for divorce from his second wife Edith Kelly in Paris reports. The grounds cited are incompatibility of temper. Kelly, once a leading actress in Havana and The Girls of Gottenburg, married Gould in 1910 after his 1909 divorce from Helen Margaret Kelly.
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New York
Frank J. Gould
Edith Kelly
Paris
Frank Gould
Miss Kelly
Havana
Gottenburg
Gould
Helen Margaret Kelly
Helen Kelly Gould
Ralph T. Thomas
Prince Noureddin Vlora
Senate OKs Probe of Morgan N J Ammunition Explosion
Washington reports the senate approved a resolution authorizing an investigation into the October 4 munition explosion at Morgan New Jersey. The move precedes broader inquiries into cause and safety measures.
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Morgan
Washington
Senate
Morgan, N. J
Happenings in This Vicinity 25 Years Ago 1893
From the Penny Press dated October 24 1893 the column notes a planned electric road to Hartford and a surprise visit to celebrate a 25th anniversary. It reports a cash box stolen on Warwick Street, Cromwell school enrollment up by 61, Wells aided by rain, John C Wilson runs a Cromwell brush factory, rubber goods rising in price with better quality, coal price rumors, N Y N H H railroad expansion from 460 miles to more, and a local petition from 1841 to lay out a junction street with few signatories still living.
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Hartford
Anni- Zeeb
Warwick Street
Cromwell
Rolle
John C. Wilson
N. Y
N. H. & H. Geemda
Asta
Doran's B D G Liniment Promises Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Doran's B D G Liniment for muscular pain relief. It claims rapid easing of lame or swollen muscles and asserts many prominent people use it. The copy urges readers to buy or send for a bottle, promising the remedy costs nothing if it fails to relieve pain.
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Doran
Science
DORAN'S B D G LINIMENT CO Merchants and Partners
Meriden Connecticut firm DORAN'S B D G LINIMENT CO advertises products and local distributors including John J Cronin at 226 Main St Woodward Drug Co Park Drug Main and Union Streets Chatham Pharmacy Rox Gow Harton provide wholesale and retail points for the line.
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John J. Cronin
Main St
Woodrereward Drug Co
Park Drug
Union Sts
Chatham Phar‘Couth, Rox & Gow Harton
War department lists prisoners of war in German camp
In German Prison Camp Washington Oct 24 the war department authorizes publication of the following prisoners of war in German camp Bas Rastatt ao mass Southington Jane DL Fillion Patver Mas Alpherie Gaudette Sethio Mass Sam Jones Dowling Glen Cove Terrence O'Brien Gloucester Mass Charlies H O'Brien South Boston Mass William J Werner Kingston NY
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Camp Bas Rastatt
Ao Mass
Southington
Jane DL Fillion
Pat Ver
Mas Alpherie Gaudette
Sethio
Mass
Sam Jones Dowling
Glen Cove
Terrence O’brien
Gloucester
Charlies H. O’brien
South Boston
William J. Werner
Kingston
N. Y
Relief for grippe with Cold Compound claims instant relief
The ad touts a Cold Compound dose every two hours to end a severe cold and grippe misery. It promises quick relief from nasal congestion feverishness sore throat and headaches, noting easy administration and affordable cost at drug stores, urging buyers to choose the genuine product.
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