Happenings from AI World News Digest
A compiled digest notes Senator Phelan proposes a Pacific coast naval academy, Bolivian ore to the U S, Michigan Upper Peninsula push for Superior statehood, New York legislature returns with 50 bills, Wilson urged to fill Supreme Court vacancy, Parker backs Patt, dry goods merchants favor preparedness, Carnes sails to Florida, and naval yard water depth risks raised by Secretary Daniels.
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Phelan
California
Naval Academy
Pacific Coast
United States
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
State of Superior
New York
Assembly
Mr. Sweetspeaker
Wilson
Federal Supreme Bench
Alton B. Parker
Wiliam H. Patt
Magazie
Andrew Carnes
Colonel Thompson
Everglades
Florida
Fox Kills 11 Pheasants Then Is Slain by Caretaker
In Winsted Connecticut a gray fox weighing 28 pounds killed 11 pheasants at Mrs C A Spofford s New York collection before curling up in a run and sleeping caretaker Frank Gregorly shot the fox in the next run In Steubenville Ohio Mingo Junction voted to retain the licensed saloon with 712 wets to 408 drys reflecting Prohibition era tensions.
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Steubenville, O
Mingo Junction
Ohio Valley
East Liverpool
Martins Ferry
Steubenville
War drives prisoners to study languages across fronts
A Petrograd dispatch notes German prisoners in France and Bulgaria learning Russian and English respectively, while Germans adopt German becomes court language in Bulgaria. The French, in turn, study English to foster allyship, and British prisoners in Germany resist learning German though some exceptions exist.
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France
Bulgaria
Germany
Massachusetts Man Enlists in British Army After Lusitania Loss
James Cooper of New Bedford Massachusetts, a former mill overseer, joined the British army after his wife and child died on the Lusitania. He wrote to American friends claiming his Gallipoli trench raid killed five enemy soldiers without injury and was inspired by the Lusitania tragedy.
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Hugh L. Scott
House
Frear
Gardner
Congress
First District Public Service Commission
Youngstown
Ousf
Newlands
James Hay
House Committee On
Germany
James Cooper
New Bedford
Mass
Lusitania
Ian
Gallipoli
Cooper
Hamburg Breast Tea Cold Cure Remedy Ad
An old-time remedy promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as a cold cure. Instructions say to steep a teaspoon in boiling water, drink a teacupful several times daily, claiming it opens pores, relieves congestion, loosens the bowels, and is inexpensive and vegetable safe.
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Hamburg
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
A vintage advert promotes St Jacobs Oil as a safe, fast remedy for rheumatism and joint pain. It claims rubbing the oil on the tender area cures pain in minutes, with noted benefits for sciatica, lumbago, backache and neuralgia, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle at any drug store.
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St. Jacobs
Perfection
Nessco
Fly's Cream Balm Promises Quick Nasal Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Fly's Cream Balm as a fast acting remedy for stuffed nostrils and head congestion. It claims quick relief from colds or catarrh by applying the antiseptic cream in the nostrils, soothing inflamed mucous membranes and clearing air passages.
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Daniels
Peninsular and Oriental Line
Persia
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House Committee
Continental Army
Thompson
Quigg
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Thessaloniki
Posse
Penns Grove
N. J
Williams
Harrison
Philippines
Whitman
John B. Riley
King Constantine
London
Lord Burnham
Daily Telegraph
New Haven
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Washington
Great Britain
Morgan Shuster
Japan
China
Colonel House
Europe
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Hodge
Public Service Commission
Senate
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First National Bank
Warren, Penna
Peidon Savigs
Man
Warren Trust Company
Citizens National Bank
Warren
Pennsylvania
Rogers Bros
Rogers
Ohio
Massachusetts
D. Gcg
Blackman
Justice of the Peace
Second St
Bell Phone
Warren, Pa
Bosley
Pickett Hardware CO
Hickory St
Warren National Bank
Four Per Cent Christmas Society
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