Presidents Discuss New Act For Military Training
Washington officials and about a score of university presidents met with War Department staff to study the new act guiding military location and reserve officers training. Land grant and other colleges voiced support for four year army training and reserve engineers while some schools favored summer programs or theoretical study as initial steps. Major generals Bliss and Wood and Assistant Secretary Ingraham attended.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
War Department
Grand Bolieges
Regular Army
Land Grant College
Reserve Army Engineers
War Baker
Ingraham
Hugh L. Scott
George H. Denny
University of Alabama
E. W. Nichols
Virginia Military Institute
J. H.irtland
Vanderbilt University
Brown Ayres
University of Tennessee
W. M. Riggs
Clemson Agricultural College
Tasker H. Bliss
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Army
Meat and Kidney Troubles Linked to Urinary Irritation
An authority warns that uric acid from meat irritates the bladder and burdens the kidneys. Regular meat eaters should flush kidneys with Jad Salts before breakfast for a few days to relieve dull kidney pain, backache, and bladder irritation, claiming Jad Salts cleanses acids and prevents serious ailments.
Gay New Yorkers at Lyric Theatre Opens with Daily Shows
The Gay New Yorkers opened at the Lyric Theatre Monday offering three daily performances with frequent program changes. The company features skilled performers and a repertoire of real comedies with dramatic value, plus a chorus of talented, pretty girls. Ticket prices range from 10 to 25 cents with balcony 15 cents and orchestra 25 cents, gallery 10 cents, and a reserved section for colored people.
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Lyric Theatre
Meridian Fair Opens Amid Drizzle and Crowds
Fairgoers fill Meridian Mississippi grounds despite drizzle as the Mississippi Alabama Fair opens with several thousand visitors. Seven special trains arrive, livestock displays highlight Jersey Holstein Hereford and Angus herds, and fast races draw crowds. Officials expect a record fair with many exhibitor barns and trotter events ongoing all week.
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Meridian
Miss
Central
Mississippi
Alabama
R. L. Turner
East Mississippi
Tmsane Asylum
Adoress
Agents Called to Learn Smith Lever Act Details
E. K. Watson president of the National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture said a meeting of the executive committee will discuss the apparent lack of cooperation between federal agents and state officials in implementing the Smith Lever cotton act. After the October 28 Washington meeting, committee members will visit Shadow Lawn to brief the president.
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Associated Press
Columbia
E. K. Watson
National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
Washington
Shadow Lawn
Why Not Greek Republic Asks London Daily Mail
An Associated Press summary notes the London Daily Mail editorial asking why Greece cannot form a republic. It cites General Sarrail and ex-Premier Venizelos as favorable figures and suggests opposition lies in foreign statesmen, not Greece, with a call for Greece to pursue a republic if desired.
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London Daily Mail
Associated Press
London
The
Daily Mail
Sarrail
Balkans
Venizelos
Greece
Viscount Grey
England
Fifth German War Loan Reaches Enormous Mark
Berlin reports the fifth war loan surpassed 10.5 billion marks through large subscribers. Fewer very large subscriptions compared with the fourth loan, which had many small investors, are noted. The loan includes 570 thousand marks from Mitau in the Baltic region.
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Berlin
London
Mitau
Irish Nationalist James Gilhooley Dies in Cork
James Gilhooley, long serving Irish Nationalist member for Cork county's western division since 1885, died in Cork at age 71. He lived in London as of the latest report dated October 16.
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James Gilhooley
London
Cork
Ireland
Wilson's Relief Plan for Poland Fails
Long Branch New Jersey October 17 1916 President Wilson announced failure of an effort to secure belligerent nations agreement to permit relief supplies for Poland. He published a letter urging fresh consideration and cooperation to save starving noncombatants. He noted replies from England France Russia Germany and Austria Hungary but said major differences remained.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Poland
United States
Polars
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
England
Austria
Fall of a Nation screening for U C V and G A R veterans
Mobile Civil War veterans and G A R members are invited to see The Fall of a Nation at the Empire theatre this afternoon starting at 3. Veterans should assemble at the armory at 2 30 PM and march to the theatre in a group.
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U.C.V
G.A.R
Mobile
Empire Theatre
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Hint From Old Recipe
A home tonic claims to cure catarrhal deafness and head noises. It prescribes Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar, taken four times daily, promising relief and full hearing restoration. The ad asserts most ear troubles stem from catarrh and urges readers to try the remedy.
Drexel Wife Seeks Alimony From Abroad
Mrs Margarita Arm strong Drexel files a writ of foreign attachment in Philadelphia to compel Colonel Anthony J Drexel to pay 50 000 yearly alimony plus 300 000 in life trust per British court order. Drexel, then in Paris for divorce proceedings in 1915, reportedly stopped the allowance.
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Philadelphia
Margarita Armstrong Drexel
Anthony J. Drexel
Chancery Court
London
Drexel
Freband
Paris
Reichstag Open Urged By Austrian Officials
Pressure in Austrian parliamentary circles mounts for resumption of Reichstag sessions in Berlin. Report says the ministry may not permit convocation of delegates and remains opposed to assembling the full parliament.
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Berlin
Ondon
President Wilson to Speak in Chicago and Midwest Trip
President Wilson will depart tomorrow at 11 am for Chicago where he will address the public three times on Thursday. He plans to return to this city by midnight Friday, traveling via Albany and Buffalo there and via Pittsburgh home, accompanied by Mrs Wilson and Tumulty. This marks his third Midwest swing since the campaign began. He is to visit Cincinnati on October 26.
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Associated Press
Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Chicago
Albany
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Kilmer Swamp Root Ad Endorsed by Inmate and Druggist
An advertisement for Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root claims effectiveness for kidney bladder and liver troubles. It includes inmate testimony from a Soldiers Home, endorsements by Ernest A. Brown and Alex Lipschitz, and an offer for sample and full bottle sizes with a notice to mention The Mobile Daily Item.
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Brown Drug Co
David. Bryan
Fublic
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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