Germany signals renewed ruthless submarine warfare plan
The Reichstag hears the chancellor defend a return to unrestricted submarine warfare to starve Britain. Officials believe James W. Gerard's Washington mission could delay or derail the campaign. Germany insists it will not seek peace while Britain remains blockading and the war endures.
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Germany
England
Reichstag
James W. Gerard
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Somme
Rumania
Lor
Entente
Turkey
Bulgaria
Italy
Grasshopper Sandwiches Tasted by Sandusky Curator
Chester Bliss assistant curator at Sandusky High School museum ate a prepared grasshopper sandwich for luncheon. He described the insects turning red when heated, with a nutty flavor, and predicted they could become a future American delicacy in leading hotels and restaurants.
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Sandusky, O
Chester Bliss
Sandusky High School
Bliss
Ford supports Wilson but with no campaign funds
Long Branch New Jersey October 2 Henry Ford reiterated to President Wilson at Shadow Lawn that he backs Wilson for re election though he will not contribute to the Democratic campaign fund. Ford said the office should seek the man not the office. He spent several hours with Wilson in the conference.
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Long Branch
N. J
Henry Ford
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
Althe
Ford
Picture censorship grows into a major campaign issue
The Pennsylvania Legislature faces proposed laws on film censorship as producers warn of job losses for inspectors and pressure on theaters. A faction favors repeal while teenagers under sixteen may be barred from theaters, stirring a broader debate on morals and regulation.
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Pennsylvania
Utica
New York
Franklin W. Crisman
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Crisman
Whitman
Sos Bisade
Robinson
Auto Toll in Big Cities Across U S This Year
New York and Chicago lead automobile fatalities in 1901 per centage of the year January to September. Chicago reports 295 killed. Philadelphia 88. Detroit 63. 2715 injured. Other cities show lower totals with varying population.
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New York
Chicago
United States
Philadelphia
Detroit
Los Angeles
Columbus
Ohio
St. Louis
Cleveland
Poor Inventor Sells Patent for 140000 to Millionaire Uncle
Edward M. Nowlin of 1718 D Street Granite City Illinois after three years as a patent and living on 28 cents a day sold the puncture proof automobile tire patent to his Memphis Tennessee uncle for 140000 and left for Daytona Florida to spend six months racing up Nowlin had worked as a carpenter at the steel mills in Granite City and the uncle Dr E C Nowlin lives in Memphis Tennessee
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Edward M. Nowlin
D. St
Granite City
Ill
Daytona
Fla
Nowlin
E. C. Nowlin
Memphis
Tenn
Palm Beach suit shrunk by laundryman case reaches judge
A suit filed by John M. Goodwin against Elbert M. Woolger and Charles H. Wilson claims laundry service shrunk his coat and trousers. Judge Slater, a Justice of the Peace, awarded a verdict after Woolger testified the garments were unwearable and cramped, with sleeves and trouser ends altered for inches.
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St. Louis
John M. Her
Palm Beach
Goodwin
Justice of the Peace
Slater
Elbert M. Woolger
Charles H. Wilson
Wootch
President Wilson Warns of War If Republicans Win
President Wilson spoke in Long Branch New Jersey asserting that a Republican victory in November would lead the United States into war with Mexico and into a broader European conflict. He urged voters to seek clear policy details and charged foreign powers and special interests with influencing the campaign. He praised his own administration as open and prosperous while avoiding definitive predictions about the election outcome.
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Wilson
Long Branch
N. J
United States
Mexico
America
Abraham Lincoln
Democratic Party
Hughes
Secretary of State to Pursue Lusitania Indemnity Negotiations
Secretary Lansing prepares to settle the Lusitania affair with Germany via indemnity payments to families of victims. A state department file lists claims up to 30 000 for individual deaths, with most demands to be set by US Germany negotiations. Include Arabic and Sussex losses in the broader talks, signaling continued German compliance after Allied accusations.
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Lansing
Count von Bernstroff
Lusitania
Germany
State Department
United States
Snake in Marysville Teacher’s Bed Stuns Woman
Marysville October 1 Mrs Amanda Purkiss a young school teacher shrieked and fainted upon seeing a four foot long ball snake asleep in her bed after returning from the closing dance of the Sutter Teachers Institute. Cold weather is blamed for driving the snake to the bed.
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Marysville
Amanda Purkiss
Miss Purkiss
Sutter Teachers Institute
Senator Clarke Dies in Little Rock Arkansas
United States Senator James P. Clarke president pro tempore died in Little Rock Arkansas on October 1 after a brief illness. Clarke had presided over the Senate since 1913, opposed the eight hour railroad bill, and showed independence in party matters. He left Washington weeks earlier in apparent good health.
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Senator Clarke
Little Rock
Arkansas
United States
James P. Clarke
Senate
Ark
Clarke
Democratic Party
Causus
Rye of Maire
Administra Congress
Washington
Marshall
Senator Hughes
Gasoline output from natural gas up 53 percent
The geological survey reports 65,364,665 gallons of raw gasoline produced and sold in the year, up 53 percent from 1914. An average unblended price of 7.9 cents per gallon yielded a market value of $5,150,823, a $2,044,914 rise or 66 percent over 1914.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Man Hangs Dogs to Evade Tax in Coal House
Tony Cochato of Tndiara Pennsylvania tricked East Mahoning township by placing two dogs in sacks tied to the coal house ceiling. The assessor searched the property but found nothing. When asked, Cochato admitted he had hanged them and boasted of the hoax, narrowly avoiding a dog tax dispute.
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Tndiara
Tony Cochato
East Mahoning
Cechato
Cutmeat Name Change Sews Names Yet Stays Same
Residents of Cutmeat village expect a name change to Wasasa after Post Office Department approval. The local switch aims to alleviate confusion from the original name, but Wasasa reportedly means Cut meat in Sioux, so the issue remains unresolved yet.
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CutmeAt S. D
Postoffice Department
Cutmeat
Wasasa
Uncle Bill Stevens Sells Whiskers for Two Dollars
Lexington newspaper notes Uncle Bill Stevens, a famed eccentric, sold his whiskers for $2 to a city official at city hall. The removal ended with a crowd witnessing the event amid political chatter about Woodrow Wilson and the Hughes campaign. Stevens had long supported the Democratic ticket.
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Lexington
Bill’ Stevens
Woodrow Wilson
Hughes
Stevens
Mayor probes police officers ownership of automobiles
An order, issued seemingly at the behest of Mayor Woodman, asks division commanders to report every police officer and patrolman who owns a car and detail how each vehicle was obtained to explain circulating rumors. Chief Snively is involved in reviewing the list.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Woodman
U S Ends Raids Carranza Powerless Says Report
The United States halted border raids after mobilizing the national guard. A report by American commissioners cites 35 to 40 raids causing deaths or damage, with none since militia mobilization. Evidence links border agitators to anti Carranza groups in San Antonio and El Paso and notes Mexican deaths or property losses.
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Wilson
National Guard
Mexico
United States
Lane
Carranza
Carraanza
War Department
Department of Justice
San Anonio
el Paso
Prayers For Return Of Cashier Who Vanished
Chicago reports prayer services were held for W. G. Logan the Bowman Dairy cashier from Evanston missing after a day’s receipts vanished. Rev J Logan and Mrs Bes sie Logan sought divine aid to bring him back and face charges. Logan was seen driving toward Chicago with a short fat man in a car.
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Chicago
W. G. Logan
Bowman Dairy Company
Evanston
Logan
Bessie Logan
Simultanson
The
Dairy
Three year old tries to shave sister in raise incident
In Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin a 3 year old Franklin child attempted to shave his 2 year old sister while parents were briefly away. The baby suffered two facial slashes and a deep cut on the hand in the incident.
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Taies
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Franklin
One-Day Marriage Ends in Wisconsin Divorce
In La Crosse on October 1 Henry Gorder of Viroqua abandoned married life after one day, leading Alma to obtain a divorce. Court witnesses say officers had custody of Henry before the marriage, and he disappeared afterward. Alma, mother of twins, sued nearly two years later.
Seven year old answers to Mr Petersen page call
In St Paul on October 1 a bell hop relayed a polite telephone page for Mr Petersen. A lobby clerk and the front desk staff summoned him repeatedly. The boy, seven years old, answered each page promptly as requested.
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St. Paul
Mr. Petersen
St. Francis Hotel
Man Mistakes Iodine For Whiskey In Downtown Toledo
John Ludlow carried two bottles, whiskey and iodine, when he attempted to drink a whiskey serving at a downtown Toledo intersection. He swallowed iodine instead and is seriously ill in St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Toledo
John Ludlow
St. Vincent’s Hospital
95 Year-Old Fuller Marries Nurse in Nebraska
Madison reports M. E. Fuller a former head of the Fuller Johnson Company and wealthy land owner, aged 95, has married Anna B. Heritag e, 46, in Schuyler Nebraska. She has served as his nurse for six years.
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Madison Wis
M. E. Fuller
Fuller-Johnson Company
Schuyler, Neb
Anna B. Heritage
Roosevelt accuses Wilson policy as peril to nation in Battle Creek
Col Theodore Roosevelt opened his west campaign in Battle Creek Michigan with a rally for Charles Evans Hughes. He condemned Wilson foreign policy and the Adamson bill, calling Wilson vacillating and critiquing labor, Germany, and Mexico with fiery rhetoric before about 12 000 supporters.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Battle Creek Mich
Charles Evans Hughes
Roosevelt
Wilson
Mexico
Lusitania
Weesaill
George Washiner
Abraham Lincoln
Col
Germany
Woman Granted Divorce Over Egg Contention
In San Francisco on October 1 Judge Graham granted Mrs. Ethel Sims a divorce from Joseph Sims on cruelty grounds after a humorously inflated dispute over her cooking eggs. The husband claimed the egg saga ruined their marriage, but the court sided with the wife.
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San Francisco
Joseph Sims
Ethel Sims
Graham
Sims
Husband Says Wife With Wild Cat Demeanor Sparks Divorce
Archibald M. Alexander files for divorce from Frances Clift, daughter of Clift Hotel proprietor Frederick Clift, claiming six months of living together included multiple attacks. He alleges she struck him with a water bottle, a shoe tree, and a long topped shoe during disputes at their San Francisco home.
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San Francisco
Frances Clift
Frederick Clift
Clift Hotel
Alexander
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von Tirpitz
Sam
Bernstroff
Adamson
Bill
U. S
Wildcat
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