Appropriations by Congress May Hit One Point Six Five Billion
Washington reports Congress is near completing its financial preparedness program with total appropriations likely to reach about 1.65 billion dollars, half a billion for national defense. Senate and House actions focus on army and navy bills, fortifications, and related measures as priorities for 1917.
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House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Senate Naval Committee
Military Committee
Increased Navy Program Approved by Senate Committee
Washington reports formal approval of an expanded navy building plan recommended by a senate aval omane. The committee calls for four dreadnoughts four battle cruisers next year and 16 capital ships before 1922, marking a new policy in extending the armed fleet. Secretary Daniels notes the bill enshrines continuing military expansion.
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Pledge of Support to Carranza Gov Surges Across Mexico
Telegrams of adhesion to the Carranza government pour in from across Mexico with contingents of 200 to 2000 men pledged. Demonstrations flare in Tuxtepec and major cities with student meetings in Puebla, Queretaro, Guadalajara, and Morelia. Women led by Hermila Galindo fund the Women’s Peace Party in New York seeking a peaceful solution.
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Tuxtepec
Oaxaca
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Puebla
Queretaro
Guadalajara
Guadaloupe
Hidalgo
Morelia
Senorita Hermila Galindo
la Mujer Moderna
the Modern Woman
Women’s Peace Party of
New York
Margaret Lane
Lansing Seeks 306,800 for Evacuation of Americans from Mexico
The House Appropriations Committee considers a new memo and request from Secretary Lansing for 306,800 to fund the evacuation of Americans in Mexico. He notes prior funds are exhausted and calls for rapid action as conditions worsen.
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Appropriations Committee
House
Lansing
Congress
Salem Sailors Wounded In Tampico Clash With Mexicans
Galveston dispatch reports two American sailors from the scout cruiser Salem wounded in a Tampico exchange of fire with armed Mexicans. Passengers aboard the Dade, returning from Vera Cruz via Tampico, relayed that two small Salem boats were fired upon from shore near the jetties, with the Americans firing back. It is unclear if any Mexicans were hit.
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Vera Cruz
Monterey
North Carolina institutes list by county dates
Raleigh reports farm institutes by county with dates and locations for many counties. It lists towns, schools, and test farms and announces women’s institute to accompany each farmers’ meeting. Additional items cover army fitness standards, state primary expenses, corn club prizes, and state mining yields.
North Carolina News Roundup From 1916 Era
Rural Bear Creek route set up and Stanly County farm survey by federal experts. Durham allocates 267? thousand for fire protection. Asheville Circuit Court term bill advances. Governor Craig plans Asheville visit after National service mobilization. Tobacco Association convention held at Grove Park Inn. Spencer Church building campaign raises 5400 on first day. aim near 320000. Fatal near-miss on dynamite caps in Durham. Catawba County to lead farmers to State Test Farm July 21. NC leads nation in Irish potato shipments with 2549 carloads. SC ships tomatoes and peaches. DeWitt Erwin returns from Mexico with views on Carranza. Bleachery building at Leaksville linked to million-dollar underwear plant. 1915 cotton crop: 737354 bales, 2514 gins, 360 idle. Thomasville Baptist Orphanage reports numbers and attendance. National highway bill confirmation bodes well for NC roads. state’s share near 100000. NC Bar Association wraps at Wrightsville Beach. next meeting to be decided.
North Carolina News Briefs Summary
Hickory sent seventy five dressed chickens and as many cakes to Camp Glenn for a Fourth of July dinner for Co A First N C infantry. Stanly county farmers report up to 160 acres in clover sod and over 10000 dollars worth of clover seed sold last year. About 200 boys participate in the 1915 Boys Corn Club. Construction on an eight inch pipe line and pumping station begins for a planned one million dollar underwear plant at Leakaville. A concrete settling basin of 300000 gallons capacity will be built. The Masons Annuity has been licensed to operate in the state. A hail storm caused damage in Alexander county. The Sundry Civil Bill passed by the senate includes 747000 for North Carolina.
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Camp Glenn
Co. A. First
N. C. Infantry
Stanly County
Leakaville
Masons’ Annuity
State Department of Impsurance
Alexander County
Senate
North Carolina
Why Women Write Letters About Lydia E Pinkham Medicine
A public note defends Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co letters as genuine and consented, asserting no fictitious names or untruths. It cites women across the country praising Vegetable Compound for relief from female ailments, nervousness, and stomach troubles, and explains the desire to help others through shared health stories.
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lydia E. Pinkham
His Grievance. A Proper Man Is Young Always
Herr Foschwitz, a fifty year old landwehr captain, married near the war’s start to a wife not yet twenty. With war dragging on, he often speaks to comrades about a personal concern. If the fighting lasts much longer, he says, he will be tied to an old woman when it ends.
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Herr Foschwitz
Landwehr
Cure Eczema and Skin Ailments with Sulphur Compound
A vintage advertisement touts Hancock's Sulphur Compound as a permanent cure for eczema and skin troubles. It cites Mrs. Evelyn Garst of Salem Virginia who claims a single bottle cured a cheek lesion feared to be cancerous. It also promotes Hancock's Sulphur Ointment for complexion care and mentions Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh for poisoned wounds.
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Evelyn Garst
Salem
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