Cost of Making Soldiers Varies Across Cantonments
A War Department budget shows per capita costs for National Army recruits ranged from 142 to 182 dollars across 16 cantonments. Camp Lewis American Lake Washington was the cheapest at 142, while Camp Devens Ayer Massachusetts and Camp Custer Battle Creek Michigan tied for the highest at 182. Factors cited include topography, water systems, roads, drainage, and hospital construction varying by location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Uncle Sam
New York
Michigan
Massachusetts
Custer
Devens
National Army
American Lake
Wash
Camp Lewis
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Camp Gordon
Athinta
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Camp Pike
Little Doct
Ark
Camp Funston
Fort Itsley
Kan
Camp Travis
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S.C
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Camp Meade
Annapolis Junction
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Camp Upton
Yaphank
Long Island
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
N. J
Camp Grant
Rockford
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
War Department
Committee On Appropriations
House of Representatives
Fort Riley
Atlanta
New York Judge Rules Against Targeting German Names
Justice Whitaker refused to bar drop of German appendages in name changes. He noted no distinction between loyal citizens native or naturalized and warned that granting such petitions would legitimize prejudice. The decision discussed a petition by Oscar William Blech to change his name to Blake amid widespread practice concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Whitaker
New York
New Yor City
Belive Whitaker
Oscar Wiliam Blech
Blake
Idaho Apple Crop Tied Up By Freight Car Shortage
Southern Idaho faces massive losses as apples and potatoes await shipment in Boise Payette and Twin Falls districts. About 1009 cars of first grade apples are stalled and must move within 20 days, per telegrams to Washington for relief. The Twin Falls Commercial club warns thousands of tons may be lost without immediate car supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Boise
Food Administration
Washington
Payette
Twin Falls
Kerensky Urges Slavs to Rally Behind War Effort
Premier Kerensky, speaking to the provisional parliament in Petrograd, urged delegates to revive in citizens the sense of personal responsibility at the front and rear. He lamented army demoralization and said rekindling July enthusiasm could yield peace by Christmas and an honorable peace for free Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerensky
Petrograd
Russia
Miners of Four States Sign New Wage Contract
In Kansas City Missouri last night a new wage contract was signed by district presidents of the United Mine Workers for Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas and a committee for the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators Association. The agreement includes a revised penalty clause differing from the Washington pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
United Mine Workers of America
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
F. W. Lakins
Washington
Market Report New York Provisions Note Butter And Eggs Prices
New York provision market reports higher butter prices for creamery and extra grades at 45 to 45 cents. Fresh gathered eggs run extra fine at 45 4 cents per dozen. State fresh specials quoted at 23 14 to 24 cents per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Agricultural market prices and live stock figures
The listing shows prices for grain flour dairy items and poultry plus live stock quotes. Wheat corn oats and flour prices appear with bid ranges. dairy goods and canned items show per bushel or per hundredweight prices. Live cattle sheep and lambs quotes include shipping steers butcher steers and good to fair grades with per head or per cwt values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Eac
Elderly veteran joins New Army at 73 in Oklahoma City
George W. Bake, 73, Sulphur resident, answered the local recruitment call in Oklahoma City on Oct 25. He enlisted in the Thirty-eighth Infantry Division as chief musician, after serving in the Civil War and various Indian campaigns, expressing a wish to contribute to the fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okahoma City
George W. Bake
Thirty-eighth Infantry Divisian
Blake
Buffalo Hay Market and a Marriage Beyond Years
Hay market records list No. 1 tim othey at 20 to 21 dollars, No. 2 17 to 18, and No. 3 15 to 16 with straw oats and wheat near 3 dollars to 9. Aged Sut Love at Sight and Mrs. Elizebeth Haveley aged seventy-one wed Leonidas L fatherron aged sixty-nine after a year of correspondence. Laveley from Cerro Gordo and Haveley from Arlington Texas, married recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Timothey
Elizebeth Haveley
Leonidas L. Fatherron
Laveley
Cerro Gordo
Eatherren
Arlington
Tex
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First National Banks
Warren
Warren Mail
Warren Trust Company
Citizens National Bank
Pennsylvania
Mme
Joseph Simon
Finance
Devons
Camp
Lewis
SS Rman
Market Report
Virginia
Jersey
Sted
Manhattan
Iver-Johnson
Warner
Pioneer
Third Avenue
Hickory Street
Aunt Polly
Redding Shoe Co. Warren, Penna
Warren Savings Bank
Posits
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