Ship Purchase Bill as Only Solution, McAdoo Says
Secretary William McAdoo in Chicago argues the ship purchase bill before Congress is the sole path to a robust American merchant marine. He says it transcends partisanship, backed by both parties for 35 years, and would shield U S trade from European war disruptions while boosting national prosperity.
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William McAdoo
Commercial Club of
Chicago
Congress
McAdoo
Democratic Party
McAdoo Q
England
Atlantic
True Romance Ends In Wedding Hope For Soldier Hero
Dr Ellis Sloan of Sandusky sailed August 4 with American gold to win Miss Edith Lesher of Cincinnati. She refused in London, he served in the British army and was wounded near La Bassée. After hospital recovery she cabled to him in Cincinnati offering marriage once more.
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New York
Low
Ellis Sloan
Sandusky
Edith Lesher
Cincinnati
London
Sloan
la Bassee
Perils of Popularity in Berlin Letters
Berlin papers report Field Marshal Von Hindenburg received numerous love letters from German women at Christmas. Officials request that all young girls refrain from writing such epistles as he has more serious matters to attend to.
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Amsterdam
Jan
Berlin
Field Marshal von Hindenberg
Germany
Cops Spur Theft Suspect From Shoes in New Orleans
In New Orleans on a January morning, two patrolmen frightened a man rifling a bread box at Bartell's grocery corner Melpomene and Magazine Streets. He fled, leaving behind shoes and a sack carried to the Second precinct. Police consider sending a search for the culprit.
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New Orleans
McNamara
Hartman
Bartell
Melpomene
Magazine
Second Precinct
Prince Reynolds
Cinderella
Suspected theft leads to chicken pilfering arrest
Ed Bennett charged with stealing several chickens. Arrested Sunday at 1 30 A M after being found carrying birds. Residence listed as Claiborne and Knox streets.
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Ed Bennett
Claiborne and
Knox Streets
Indictment Sought Against Mrs Rogers over Poisoned Babies
District Attorney plans to ask grand jury for murder indictments of Mrs Ida Sniffers Walters who called herself Mrs Rogers after leaving her husband for Park Row lawyer Larry Elton Rogers She is jailed at Lebanon hospital pending recovery after poisoning her 8 month old Lorida and 2 a half year old John for which she admitted feeding them poison
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Associated Press
New York
Martin
Ida Sniffers Walters
Rogers
Larrys Elton Rogers
Park Row
Lorida
John
Well Known Mississippi Traveling Man Found Dead in New Orleans
S T McCutcheon of Greenville Mississippi a renowned traveling salesman was found dead in a New Orleans hotel room shortly after midnight a rifle lay beside him and a portion of his head was shot away he represented an Eastern arms maker in the gulf coast region. King George approved a royal gold medal for Prof Ernest W Brown of Yale University for astronomy research.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Associated Press
S. T. McCutcheon
Greenville
Miss
Gulf Coast States
McCutcheon
George
Council of the
Royal Society
Ernest W. Brown
Yale University
U S Navy to Lead Pan American Line at Panama Exposition
Secretary Daniels announced a fleet of 57 US warships will join 75 foreign ships at the Panama exposition. The line includes the Oregon and Olympia with New York as flagship and Admiral Fletcher aboard Wyoming. Debates over the sailing date and venue for the pageant continue.
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San Francisco
Washington
United States
Colon
Daniels
Oregon
Olympia
Santiago
Manila
Dewey
Panama
New York
Fletcher
Wyoming
New. York
Hampton Roads
Congress
Italy
Portugal
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Hampton Reeds
Guahtanamo
Japanese Admiral Leaves for America
Tokyo reports Admiral Baron Shimoto De Wa, Japan's special envoy to the Panama Pacific Exposition, will travel to the United States after a farewell luncheon with American ambassador George W. Guthrie. He will stop in Chicago New York and Washington, accompanied by Commanders Seizo Kobayashi and Yohitake Uyeda.
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Tokio
George W. Guthrie
Baron Shimoto “de Wa
Japan
San Francisco
de Wa
Chicago
New York
Washington
Seizo, Kobayashi
Yohitake Uyeda
Rats Attack Mail Steamer Bielman in Midriver
In Detroit river a mail steamer met a rats onslaught during a calm moonlit night. Captain Flaherty and mail carrier William Yates framed a defense as crews used sticks and brooms to kill ten rats and drive the rest away.
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Detroit
C. F. Bielman
Detroit River
Marine Ciycles
William Yates
Bielman
Mai
Mr. Yates
Flaherty
Yates
Captain Figherty
Pons Estate Practically Bankrupt In New Orleans
The estate of Mrs. Marie Madeline Pons shows only 662.42 in the Bank of Orleans after eight months of receipts and disbursements. Receipts totaled 31,489.90 from May to December 1914, while disbursements reached 30,827.48 for debts, living expenses, and fees. The bank asks the court to order sale of real estate to satisfy debts, with mortgage of 80,000 and a 30,514.47 loan plus 7,050 in taxes, and monthly expenses about 900 as court orders continue.
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New Orleans
Bank of Orleans
Marie Madeline Pons
Barber Asphalt Co
Boylan
Paul I. Fourchy
A. Suarez, Jr
Pons
Food price probe opens in Chicago on wheat rise
Federal inquiry begins in Chicago to determine if speculation or food cornering caused the sharp wheat price increases. Albert L. Hopkins, assistant federal attorney, prepared to summon bakers, grain men, grocers and commission merchants for examination.
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Chicago
Albert L. Hopkins
Vinol Promises Relief for Nervous Dyspepsia in Ohio
A Upper Sandusky resident reports relief from stomach trouble and dizziness after Vinol, a cod liver and iron tonic without oil. The ad claims Vinol strengthens nerves and digestive organs and offers a money back guarantee through Van Antwerp's Drug Corporation and other drug stores.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Ira T. Matteson
Vinci
van Antwerp’s Drug Corporation, Incorporated
Mobile
Ala
Cascarets Offer Quick Relief for Bowel Regulation
Advert says Cascarets cleanse and sweeten the stomach remove sour undigested food and foul gases. It claims a 10 cent box will straighten you out by morning, keep head clear and bowels regular for months, and urges care for children.
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C. D. Winslow
Tuxedo Park
New York Banker Colony
U. S
America
Charles Schimpf
North Royal
Sells
Sara
Moone
Aveille
Bell
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Candy ‘Kitchen
Dauphin Street
Henry, R. Hawes-Candy Co
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Evans « Farniture = Co
Home
Emanuel Bell
ICE Cream
Mobile Ice. Cream Co
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Metical Ba Inc
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BT Co
O. Meux
Richard Distributing Company
Cook’s Beer
Mobile Roofing & Cornice Co
S. Water Street
Mobile Stationery Company
N. Water Bell
Ae Book BI
Commercial Print Company
Weenee Street
Bell x Ia Oe
White-Beck Commerce
Francis Streets
Te Motimhoens Wa
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Verona Lumber Co
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