Railroads Prepare to Move Army Troops and Equipment
A 1908 bulletin outlines the number of cars and locomotives needed to move a field army of 80 000 troops and support units, detailing 6 229 cars across 60 6 trains with numerous locomotive requirements. It lists infantry, cavalry and artillery regiments car needs and assigns American Railway Association officers to support Quartermaster operations. Virginia Minnesota reports widespread forest fires in the northeast, with Fly near the Wisconsin line hardest hit and residents aiding containment.
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Eliarus
Antry
Special Committee On National Defense
American Railway Association
Chauncey EB. Baker
Quartermaster Corps
American Railroads
Cavalry
Artillery Regiment
Mountain
Engineers
Pioneer Battalion
Signal Corps
Chauncey B. Baker
Quartermaster General
Committee of National Defense
The
Svork
Virginia
Minn
Minnesota
Fly
Wisconsin Line
Trench Food Plentiful and Shelling Shocks Ambulances
Youngstown Ohio May 17 reports say a plentiful supply of bread meat and sweets accompanies persistent shelling of American ambulances on the western front and a dinner menu for ambulance men includes sardines ham and beans beef cheese cake and black coffee. French papers cheer Roosevelt potentially leading an army.
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Youngstown
Myron C. Wick, Jr
Roosevelt
Beekeepers Vary Plans as State Holds Farm Talks
Harrisburg May 10 in an effort to boost honey output Pennsylvania s department of agriculture with Economic Zoologist J G Sanders arranged field meetings in 32 counties this month The United States government seeks beekeepers to produce 100 000 099 extra pounds of honey this season The department has hired apiary advisers to visit beekeepers study their troubles and provide practical aid during the campaign
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
J. G. Sanders
United States
Sanders
Two Hundred Chicago Saloonkeepers Withdraw Licenses
Chicago saloonkeepers plan to lapse licenses due to prohibition prospects during the war. About two hundred firms may not renew their licenses, risking an annual revenue loss of around $200,000 for the city.
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Chicago
City Council Finance Committee
Controller’s Office
Robs Body of Shoes in Toledo Street Theft
A body found on a Washington Street rooming house step in Toledo, May 10, had its shoes stolen. A resident said he mistook the deceased for intoxicated and did not prevent the theft, while efforts to identify the man continued.
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Toledo
Washington Street
Thaw Remanded to Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane
The insane asylum petitions state recognition of Harry K. Thaw transfer. President Judge Martin signs a decree authorizing Thaw’s removal from St. Mary’s hospital to the Pennsylvania hospital for the insane in Philadelphia. Thaw recuperates from injuries while detectives pursue charges of flogging Frederick Gump Jr. in New York.
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Philadelphia
Insane Asylum
Harry K. Thaw
Martin
Thaw
St. Mary's Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital For the
Fazor
Frederick Gump Jr
Kansas City
New York
Fifteenth Nation to Enter European War
The United States joined World War I as the fifteenth nation to enter the conflict, Cuba’s declaration making it the thirtieth belligerent. The piece lists other declarations from Austria-Hungary, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and Russia, with dates from 1914 to 1916 and notes shifts in neutral and belligerent populations across continents.
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United States
Republic
San Marino
Kingdom
Hedjaz
Montenegro
Germany
Cuba
China
Menocal
Earth
Netherlands
Denmark
Greece
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Spain
Mexico
Central
South America
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Russia
Belgium
Paris
England
Austria
England and
France
Japan
Turkey
Italy
Bulgaria
Portugal
Roumania
Cavanaugh to Form Eighth Reserve Engineers for France
Lieut Colonel James B. Cavanaugh, named to organize and command the Eighth regiment of reserve engineers, says his unit should be ready for service in France within two months. He plans to recruit half in the Northwest and half in the Southwest with railroads and contracting firms supplying experienced construction men.
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San Francisco
James B. Cavanaugh
War Department
Reserve Engineers
France
Northwest
Southwest
Cavanaugh
Alarm Clock Sets Off Maid Quit With Note
In Clarksburg West Virginia on May 16 Lena Caparotta quit her domestic job at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry W Sheets without notice. She arranged to wake the family by leaving an alarm clock set to ring at 6 am and a note explaining her departure.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry W. Sheets
Lena Caparotta
Walter H. Long Introduces Franchise Bill in Commons
London May 16 Walter H Long secretary of state for the colonies introduced in the house of commons the franchise bill which embodies the recommendations of the electoral reform conference. The bill provides for the enfranchisement of many women and extends vote rights to new groups.
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London
Walter H. Long
Colonies
House of Commons
Hidden provision shielded ships in Danish West Indies
Alexander outlines a provision in the Denmark deal that would prevent seizure of German or other enemy ships in the islands. He explains the bill seeks congressional sanction for the president to seize and operate enemy ships in American ports, prompting cautious remarks from Mann and Webb.
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Denmark
Danish West Indies
United States
Alexander
Commerce Committee
Mann
Webb
Judiciary Committee
House
Khaki Uniforms Hit War Department Ranks
The War Department shows a military face with officers from Major General Hugh L. Scott downward in khaki service uniforms. Mounted officers wear clanking spurs as they walk marble corridors, with some displeased by the full uniform. An order for naval officers may follow from Secretary Daniels.
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War Department
Hugh L. Scott
Daniels
Navy Department
Save Bread Advise From United States Economists
A pamphlet warns that everyday bread slices wasted in 20 million homes could exhaust millions of bushels of wheat and tons of flour. It argues waste requires reductions in daily, weekly, or monthly bread portions and highlights the broad economic impact of flour production and distribution.
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United States
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St. Eloy
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Charles
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Fulton ST
Brooklyn, N. Y
Lean OR
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Warren
Clean
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Moritz
Allegany
Limestone
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Lockport, N. Y
Pittsburgh
Smart Set
Washington
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Treaven
Son of God
Elmer Elsworth Brown
New York Tribune
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