Rail unions prepare for nationwide strike on short notice
A detailed secret strike order dated Aug 14 1916 shows unions ready to walk out Sept 4 1916 at 7 am. It outlines local chairmen coordinating actions across divisions and warns members to follow orders, maintain discipline and report status daily while government measures loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of
B. of G. FF. B
O. R
Sirs and Brothers
Order of
Sirs
Brothers
Duties of Grand Officers Assign Districts in Major Rail Labor Bodies
The four organizations assign grand officers to districts in major cities including Boston Chicago New York St Louis Washington Baltimore Richmond Kansas City New Orleans Atlanta Houston Cincinnati Pittsburgh Denver Buffalo Detroit Los Angeles St Paul San Francisco Seattle and Portland. Each officer supervises strikes in his district and reports exact conditions to the four executives.
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Boston
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Washington
Baltimore
Richmond
Kansas City
New Orleans
Atlanta
Houston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Denver
Buffalo
Detroit
Los Angeles
St. Paul
San Francisco
Seattle
Portland
A B. Garretson
Order Railway Conductors
W. S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ww. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Barnyard News Special Edition Debuts With Furry Updates
Special edition of The Barnyard News reports fresh items from farmyard life. It highlights stories about domestic animals, poultry events, and rural community notices with a light, folksy tone.
Sparrows Build Nest in Mortar Over Augusta Pharmacy
In Augusta Maine on September 1 a pair of English sparrows built a nest in the mortar over a local pharmacy entrance. The mortar glows at night from an internal electric light, yet the birds are undisturbed by the glare.
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Augusta
Hen Refuses Cat Mother Kitten Nesting
In Trenton New Jersey a hen sitting on a nest at Pitman blocks a cat mother from reaching her kittens. The hen raises the litter and keeps the cat away from the brood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Thomas Gorley
Pitman
Dog Wins Freedom for His Master in Camden Case
A Philadelphia report says a dog helped free his master in Camden by staying near the patrol wagon until a judge heard the case and released the prisoner. The incident occurred September 1 and involved the dog acting as a key witness in the emergency delay that led to the man’s release.
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Dog
Judge
Philadelphia
Camden
Must Crack Nuts For Squirrels With Crown
Greenwich Connecticut September 4 D T Flanagan a chemist feeds a tame gray squirrel outside his office. While eating a nut the squirrel broke a tooth. He crowned the tooth and the animal now waits for Mr Flanagan to crack the nuts for it and remove the meat.
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Greenwich
Conn
D. T. Flanagan
Fish Leaps From Tree After Angler Tries to Reel It In
Dell Fulk a Canton fireman has been fishing at Sugar Creek for days. He caught a perch whose line dragged the fish into a tree. He climbed the tree to reach it but the fish escaped, ran down the trunk, and leaped back into the water.
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Sugar Creek
Dell Fulk
Canton
Fulk
General Finleys Cat Dies of Broken Heart
The cat of General E B Finley reportedly died of a broken heart after the general’s death. Found on the front lawn of the residence, the cat had lived with the family for about 20 years and reportedly acted strangely as his owner’s illness worsened. The body was discovered the day of the funeral in Bucyrus.
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E. B. Finley
Bucyrus, Sept
State Agricultural Notes on Apple Yields by County
The fruit belt including Adams Franklin Fulton Cumberland and York counties shows 89 percent of normal apple yield while the state average stands at 87 percent.
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Adams
Franklin
Fulton
Cumberland
York Counties
Peach Crop Prospects Narrow In State Belts
The fruit belt shows prospects for about 75 percent of a normal peach crop while statewide statistics indicate an average around 53 percent of normal yield.
Potato conditions improve across several counties
The report notes Carbon, Franklin, and Philadelphia show potato conditions above average while Bucks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Schuylkill and York report good conditions.
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Carbon Franklin
Philadelphia
Bucks
Cumberland
Dauphin
Delaware
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lehigh Luzerne
Schuylkill
York
Turkeys Yield High Percentages in Several Counties
The short spring turkey crop yielded high percentages against averages in multiple counties. Delaware 98 percent, Philadelphia 95, Washington 93, Crawford 92, and Fulton Luzerne and Warren 90 percent.
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Delaware County
Philadelphia
Washington
Crawford
Fulton Luzerne
Warren
Farm fair exhibit draws attention to orchard pest control
The Bureau of Zoology exhibit at county fairs draws farmers seeking spray and pest suppression advice. Farmers plan thorough soil liming after past season gains, with well limed lands showing splendid results.
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Bureau of Zoology
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Shackleton Rescues Men Marooned on Elephant Island
The account recalls Shackleton’s rescue of the crew stranded on Elephant Island. Frost bite and subzero conditions dominated the perilous days as explorers huddled in sleeping bags, sharing warmth by tucking frost‑bitten feet inside shirts against each other, a grim effort to revive frozen limbs.
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Shackleton
Elephant Island
Unsolved Mystery Quip About Oldest Woman
A Baltt More American quip riffs on Methuselah and aging figures. A father explains no one knows who was the oldest woman, highlighting a playful take on biblical ages.
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Methuselah
Balttmore
Town Topic: Nice Girl in Town Sparks Call Request
A tongue in cheek note from Town Topics shows Clara-He snays claiming to be the nicest girl in town. The companion suggests no action, choosing to let him keep thinking so.
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Clara
Sarah
Precious Petroleum and the Case for Preparedness
Franklin K. Lane argues in Scientific American that petroleum may soon exhaust under current consumption rates and with the Geological Survey placing a 23 billion barrel limit. He warns against using crude oil as fuel competing with coal and stresses petroleum as an indispensable, non replaceable lubricant and energy source for industry, transport, and life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Franklin K. Lane
Scientific American
Geological Survey
Mr. Lane
Nature
Musk in the Raw and Musk Sources
The London Standard explains musk origins noting the musk deer raised in India provide most authentic musk used in perfumes and as a strengthener for flower oils. It contrasts with musk from muskrat and mentions musky scents in musk plant blossoms bloodroot and musk bean as substitutes.
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India
London Standard
Curious Church Architecture at Ormskirk Parish Church
In Ormskirk Lancashire a parish church features a west end tower over the porch and a closely placed spire beside it. A local legend credits Saxon pirate Orme with building the kirk as an expiation, his daughters quarreling over tower and steeple and the two structures remaining side by side.
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Ormskirk
Lancashire
England
Orme
Origin of the hackney in language and transit
The London Chronicle traces how the hackney horse gave words to English. From Normandy haquenee and Latin horse, the riding horse became a hired and drudging symbol. Today many hackney carriages lack horses, while sterary hack and hackneyed derive from the same origin.
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Normandy
London Chronicle
Five Miles And Seven Journeys In Ireland
An Australian tourist asked a West of Ireland woman the distance to the next town. She sighed and said it was five nice miles two years ago but English invaders made it seven and their hearts remain broken as they walk. Bad luck to them.
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Ireland
A Sad Fact About Labor Equilibrium
A Judge laments the modern labor condition, arguing the world swings between starvation from idleness and overwork that risks burnout, urging a stable balance in work life over equal opportunity alone.
Praise With a Purpose on Train Sparks Rumor
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a conversation aboard a train where praise for a wife was misread as praise for another man. The remark suggests a misunderstanding tied to escorting a new cook away.
Golden Sanctuary of a Loving Woman Idol of Clay
A reflective line notes that a woman's heart is a golden sanctuary where devotion can be misled by a fragile idol. The quote attributed to Limarae explores love's inner shrine and the susceptibility to misplaced admiration.
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Limarae
Pennsylvania troopers at Camp Stewart push hard in El Paso
Soldiers from the Pennsylvania division keep busy across the border. Troop H squads tame a dangerous horse while the machine gun company hones long range and sweeping fire. Signal Troop operations test wireless links with division HQ. Field Hospital No. 1 endures a forty eight hour mountain hike with strenuous wagon lifts and mule transport. Private Frank R. Smith survives a horse incident as others chafe injuries.
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Hough
Camp Stewart
el Paso
Pennsylvania Division
First Cavalry
John P. Wood
Pittsburgh
Charles C. McGovern
Frank R. Smith
Charles W. Lloyd
Eighth United States Cavalry
Pennsylvania
Signal Troop
Frederick G. Miller
Field Hospital No. 1
Arthur P. Schaefer
Franklin Mountains
Indiana unit numbers hit by student discharge order
Brigadier General E. M. Lewis to investigate how many men will be affected by the order relieving students from military service on the border so they may return to studies. Indiana would lose a full battery and large portions of several companies, leaving outfits nearly skeletonized. Commanders urge revocation and discharge only for disability or dependents, warning demoralization and recruitment issues for Indiana troops.
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E. M. Lewis
Llano Grande
Indiana
Leslie R. Naftzger
T. R. Coulter
Aubrey Lt. Kuhlman
R. H. Tyndall
Field Artillery
War Department
Monte Cristo's Wander Inn Becomes Local Culinary Center
The town of Monte Cristo has risen as a culinary hub with the Wander Inn serving troopers as informal headquarters. Mrs Montgomery and her daughter-in-law run the hotel while sermons and lemonade mark the social life. Mexican dinners as well as tortillas and spiced stews showcase distinct regional cooking favored by the soldiers and townspeople.
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Monte Cristo
Wander Inn
Montgomery
Potts
New England
Buffalo Boys Assess Storm Damage At McAllen Camp
Troop I from Buffalo is back at McAllen Texas after a gulf storm. The camp suffered extensive property damage, while Troop I escaped the worst losses and fed 300 other troops whose cook shacks were blown down during the storm.
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Troop I
McAllen
Tex
Troop Guards Supply Train Find Oasis near Monte Cristo
Members of Squadron A on detached service as guard of a supply train near Monte Cristo Texas have found an oasis in a culinary desert while pondering whether rains will block the roads for the food trucks.
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Squadron A
Monte Cristo
Tex
Medical Sanitation Rules for Border Troops Curbed Food Complaints
Army medical corps officers along the border issue sanitation regulations for 98,000 state troops. Fresh meat bread and vegetables are to be inspected, food served cleanly, protected from sun dust and flies, and mess areas kept neat. Individual mess kits cleaned after use with hot water, uneaten rations not kept in tents.
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United States Army
Funston
Medical Corps
Southern Department
Army
Wisconsin
la Follette
Munson
First Minnesota company responds to arms call at camp
An officer from the Second Minnesota enters a restaurant to buy a cigar but is told none are available. The waiter offers ham and eggs instead as I company of the First Infantry, a St. Paul unit, shows enthusiasm as the first to answer the call to arms.
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Second Minnesota
I. Company
First Infantry
St. Paul
Scorpion Nest Reported in Soldier’s Trousers
Cook McCormick of D Company First Regiment swore off changing clothes after a scor pion nested in his trousers during a Sunday dinner. The incident caused a brief commotion as the trousers were damaged in the excitement. Meanwhile the First Minnesota artillery and the University of Minnesota received a traveling library of 115 volumes from President George E. Vincent as the unit heads home shortly.
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Cook McCormick
D Company
First Regiment
First Minnesota Field Artillery
University of Minnesota
George E. Vincent
University
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