Equal World Mark Annual Fall Shoot Ends at Congress Heights
Charles M Putnam equaled the world record with 47 hits in 50 at 206 yards in the District National Guard annual fall shoot at Congress Heights. Winds hindered marksmen though several perfect scores were posted in events, with medals and insignia soon to be awarded to victors.
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Congress Heights
District National Guard
Charles M Putnam
Cpt Allen
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Camp Terry
Thomas Brown Company
Tory G DC
Trusts Targeted Plan Drafted by Attorney General
A plan to tighten regulation of trusts and large interstate holding companies is reported as being prepared in Washington. Attorney General W. A. S. Worth is cited as returning to the capital with details of proposed legislation to curb the power of combinations and to address the divergency of capital and stock schemes across states.
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Wershal
Mir
Ihe
Star Dow
Fife
Eight Midshipmen Dropped by Annapolis Board
The collegiate board recommends dropping eight midshipmen from the Naval Academy for failure to pass examinations and subsequent academic deficiencies. Names include Loe tei kite and others listed by the Interstate Commission and President. The action, advised by the Attorney General, aligns with the academy's standards and the 52 State act governing military commissions.
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Moines
Laval Academy
Te Ely
Atudles
Mt Ceath
Ho Ruhl Marin
Arnold Preabe
Interstan
Simmona
Kentucky
Webster
Commission
Maryland
D Hibbard
Minnesota
Georgia
Randolph Dick
Arkansas
Ammerce Commission Power Land
Interstate Commission
Tracewell and Olver Ceremonies Highlight Albany Event
Charles G Roach named private secretary to Gen Olver as he attends Albany Celebration. Gen Olver acts as Secretary of War during absence with Maj Gen Bell as acting Secretary. Revenue Cutter McCulloch under Capt Daniels to join Portela festival ceremonies in San Francisco.
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Charles G Roach
Geo. Olver
Albany
Olver
Troller
The
Treasury
Robert J Trace
Washington
Alwell Tans
Revenue Cutter
McCulloch
GM Daniels
San
Records With Big Guns at Coast Artillery Practice
Reports on semiannual target practice show notable gains in U S coast artillery marksmanship. Fort Howard Maryland set a seven minute thirty second eight hit out of fourteen record, Fort Monroe Virginia saw two hundred percent hits from 34 shots in two minutes thirty seconds, attributed to a new graduated training system with two ranges and 3000 yard prerequisite before attempting 7009 yard range.
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Uncle Sama
Fort Howard
Fort Monrde
Fred Im
Navy to Punish Culprits for Court Martial Offenses
The Navy pursues strict punishment for court martial offenders, using full government resources to recapture Warrant Machinist Michael Gobel who escaped from the Tennessee brig after dishonorable dismissal. If captured, he faces desertion charges and possible addition of a long term to his original sentence.
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Navy Department
Navy
Michael Gobel
Colorado
Gobel
Tennessee
San Francisco
More West Pointers Needed For Army Cadets Increase Plan
The article notes fewer than 39 percent of U S Army officers are West Point graduates and each class misses about 80 officers. It describes proposed steps by the President and Secretary of War to press Congress to boost admissions to the academy by 12 per cycle, shifting from four to three years, to strengthen the cadet corps.
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United States Army
West Point Maltars Academy
Secretary of War
Congress
Corps of Taciety
West Point
Weat Point
Mar Department
Corps of Cadets
International Monetary Mission Arrives in Newark
A Canadian financial study party led by Mutal Gey arrives in Newark to consult with officials from the monetary commission. The group, including Port Lai, travels from London and Montreal and aims to discuss policy and economic reform.
Mississippi Channel Improvement Association Pushes Dredge Plan
The Mississippi Channel Improvement Association urged Congress to adopt a two billion dredging program for a public canal from Minneapolis to the lower Mississippi. The group supported river and harbor improvements and urged the establishment of public landings along the Pearl River to aid navigation.
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Improvement Association
Dredgang
Minneapolis
St Lows
A & Cot Dunel
Miselisippi
Minietois Tes Laula
Indorayinert
Ant
Voessinpl River
Fine Overcoats Made to Measure at Same Price
A sales pitch touts bespoke overcoats as vastly superior to ready made options at little extra cost. Custom tailoring promises durable quality and a refined fit for discerning customers seeking value.
Dewey Defends Navy Purchases in War Case
Admiral George Dewey rebutted former Representative Landis in Cincinnati, arguing the United States could buy ships during war and should steadily modernize the fleet rather than rely on subsidies for merchant marine. He noted existing ships and the ease of acquiring more in wartime, citing past Spanish American War prep and the value of financing over time. Navy enlistments show steady growth and higher native birth percentages, with strict entry standards reducing desertions and reenlistments.
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United States
Landis
George Dewey
Cincinnati
Landx
Dewey
Redatta
Lieut Woodson Retired After Long Army Service
Second Lieut Plohens F Woodson of Eight Infantry U8A, a Texan, enlisted in 1898 as a volunteer and served in Cuba with the Rough Riders. He was mustered out in 1899, worked as a civilian, rejoined as a private in 1901, rose to quartermaster sergeant, earned a commission in 1906, and now retires at age 45.
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Albert
Biot
Coast Artillery Corps
Blunt
United States Military Academy
Texas
Plohens F Woodson
Cuba
Pooseyetts
Rough Ridera
Woodson
Valvary
Army Orders Show Dickinson's Son Absence and Cadet Deployments
Telegrams detail Captain William M Stuart and Captain John M Campbell assuming duties at Fort Snelling and other posts. Secretary of War discusses Dickinson’s son absence and delayed return to Washington. Several lieutenants and ensigns are reassigned to torpedo construction and duty at Montgomery, Castine, Annapolis, and surrounding bases pending vessel commissioning. The note references Belle Meade and El Paso as strategic points in the movement.
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Dickinson
War Department
Belle Meade
Washington
el Paso
McKean
Contecticut
WJ Giles
Nava Academe Annsporls
Suiyth
Vavat
Aeademr
Annapolla
Ancram
P Croasa
Harprahire
Ordnanen Mice Lngiga RR
Vavy V
Mare Sateid
Dolphin
EA Lotquist
Montgomery
Torpedo
Costruction
Enuiga
Ign
Jowelt
Castine
Calloway
North Carolina
Ensten JV Gan
Togiana
Son of Michigan
Ensten JN Ferguson
Harkow
Bellinger
Ensiga HV Sewittrick
Torpedo Manruction
Eneiga AW Fitch
Torpedo Toptruction
Tesiga
Greco Qo
Saxtrantion
Engatiomanaf Ety Tafe
Roach Named Secretary Candidate From Noted North Dakota Line
Mr Roach son of former Senator Roach of North Dakota aged 82 is married with two children. A Georgetown University graduate, he is a law department faculty member there and has practiced law for years with average success. Mc Racewell earlier recruited several prominent city lawyers seeking a capable secretary, and Roach was their unanimous choice. He has held the appointment under consideration for some time.
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Roach
North Dakota
Georgetown University
Tas
Mc ‘'Racewell
Roach Hex
Nagel to Preside Opening of Southern Commercial Congress
Secretary Nagel is expected to preside over the opening session of the second Southern commercial congress in December. The meeting, held before the rivers and harbors congress, will feature a comprehensive exhibit of the South's resources under the direction of Secretary John H Finney of the Appalachian National Forest Association.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Nagel
Rivers ‘and Harbors Congress
John H Finney
Appalachicn National Forest Association
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Superior Health Cure
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming unmatched cures for rheumatism anemia nervousness and fatigue. It asserts the formula blends over ten remedies in Hood's Sarsaparilla to strengthen blood and combat diseases, boasting a unique composition known only to the seller.
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Hood
Seven Years Prison for William Turner in Criminal Court
William Turner, colored, found guilty of a criminal recount and sentenced to seven years at Fort Leavenworth penitentiary. Jury verdict caused uproar outside the court. Other defendants faced shorter terms, including five years for Baward White and Mary McDonald for theft. Justice Stafford presided with additional security after Turner’s ominous remark.
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William Turner
Turner
Fort Leavenworth
Baward White
Stafford Yeasterdss
Mary McDonald
Tyler Win
Jal
Merrill to Leave Census for General Motors Post
Thomas Merrill, disbursing officer of the Census Bureau, resigns to join General Motors Company of New York as assistant to the secretary and treasurer. Merrill, Washington native and George Washington University LL B, has long led key disbursement work and lobbied for higher permanent salaries. his departure is welcomed as a strong career opportunity.
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Cenana Duc
Thomas Merrill
Census Bureau
Merrill
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
General Motors Company of New York
Offcery
Clerr
Bis Statistical Bureau
Washington
Columbian University
George Washington University
Kapne Alpha
Forest Service
Gt Branch
Depart ‘Ment of Agriculture
Buresu
Merritt
Censta
Lila
Congress
Not Ready for Sidewalks at Union Station Project
District engineering officials say newly dumped earth around Union Station makes permanent sidewalks impossible for about a year and a half. Earth has been shifting, causing gaps between walks and ground, with asphalt filling some places. A lawn and fountain work are planned as crews remove derricks and begin wake of the awning.
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Union Station
Plana
District Engineerlme Department
Dave
Monopoly claims at Lijon Station baggage transfer dispute
Edward Munford vice president of National City Bank of Washington says the transfer company at Lijon Station controls patronage and that the Terminal Company bars cabs from the marble structure to divert riders to taxicabs. He asked commissioners to investigate and remedy. Commissioner West replied the board lacks jurisdiction over the baggage transfer firm and suggested Munford file with the Terminal Company.
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Lijon
Edward Munford
National City Bank of Washington
Munford
West
Appalachian Congress Ends Readings and Adjournment
Appalachian Congress concludes after three days of sessions in Asheville with no decision on the next meeting place. Provident Pratt voices a view that the 1919 gathering should not be in North Carolina while officers and delegates are announced for related events in West Virginia and Glasgow.
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Shydhal
Washington Post
Asheville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Winston Salem
Columbia
Appalachian
Congress
Provident Pratt
North Carolina
Pastor Nelms in Lynchburg Church Conference
The Rev J Henning Nelms rector of the Church of the Ascension Washington was in Lynchburg Virginia tonight for a vestry conference at St Pauls. He had recently been raised and promised to give a definite answer next week.
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Lynchburg Va
J Henning Nelms
Church of the Ascension
Washington
St Paule
Surgeons Banquet Honors Sir Alfred Keogh At Willard Hotel
The Military Surgeons Association held a banquet in the Willard Hotel red room honoring foreign visitors. Admiral Rixey presided. Sir Alfred Keogh praised international medical work and urged peaceful cooperation. Speakers from the Army and Navy medical services discussed public health, shipboard sanitation, and the need for better medical education and records. The event closed with a performance of The Star Spangled Banner and a social reception.
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Willard Hotel
P M Rixey
United States Navy
Army
JC Wise
Sir Alfred Keogh
British Army
Acd
Navy
Alfred
Fondan
Hoslag
Elobe
George H Torney
Army Medical Corps
C F Stokes
Naval Medical School
Burgeon General
Marine Hospital Service
A J Stone
National Guard of Minnesota
Johnson
James Porter Hannis Taylor
Claudio Blarea
Cot G CO Jones
Canadian Medical Service
Germany
Stabaarst de Presun
Alejandro Poss
Bunzo ‘Tometsuri
Imperial Japanese Naoyang
Han Ying Yang
Wacfarlend
Admiral Rixey
Hau
ing-Yang
Miitary Surgeons
New Witlard Hotel
Hsu Ying Yang
Quitting Coffee for Postum Said to Rebuild Nerves
In many cases where coffee or tea is the drink, relief comes from quitting the beverage and taking Postum. It is described as a powerful liquid food that provides elements for rebuilding the nerve centres that have been damaged.
21 000 000 to Enlarge Mills Plans in nine months survey
A Manufacturers Record survey in this week’s issue details plans to enlarge Southern textile equipment with 34428 spindles and 16488 looms at an investment around 1000 900. It notes larger investments for overall spindles and looms and highlights other industrial announcements including Clinchfield Coal Corporation Dumps Creek development and several incorporations in Graham Suffolk Morton and West Virginia regions.
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Inscopa
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Cente Ya
Graham Homers Mills
Graham He
Milla Suffolk Va
Morton Furniture Lattory
Morton Va
Rew River Collieries Company
Bun W Va
Hecles
First Train Seen by Asheville Woman in Her Life
Mrs A M Buckner of Bla Bla section arrived in Asheville and for the first time saw a street car and a railroad tram. Buckner, who has spent her life miles from the city, is the mother of seventeen children and is in full possession of her faculties.
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Ashevile
A M Buckner
Asheville
Buckner
Kent Replies to Swanson Doctored Accounts Aid Defalcations
Norfolk dispatch reports Capt William P Kent Republican candidate for governor addressing a packed Bel lows hall meeting in Suffolk. He accused the Democratic party of lacking platform and principles, urged removal of Democratic rule, and argued state finances are doctored with rising salaries and deficits that may force taxes up or bond issuance. Leslie M Snow will speak at the Suffolk Academy of Music on October 22 as part of local GOP activity.
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Washinston
Norfolk
Wiliam P Kent
Virgina
Democratic Party
Swanson
Tucker
Fudge Mann
Kent
Suffolk
Nansemond County
Camipelman
Treashury
Leslie NM Suow
Academy of Music
Weather Conditions and Storm Warnings Reported
Weather bulletin notes a developing disturbance near the Isle of Pines with northwest drift and storms from Jupiter to Tampa. Western disturbance moving eastward brings rain to the Middle States. cooler northwest. fair weather elsewhere. Winds light along Atlantic coast, rising southerlies on lower coasts. rough seas expected Grand Banks. Also reports stranded Nome workers to be repatriated aboard the Bea.
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Depth of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Warhington
Stremnoon
Isle of Pines
Florida
Jupiter
Tampa
Dakotas
Rocky Mountain
Casio
Middle States
Tase
Guting Baturuay
Aldine
Middie
Atlantic
Staten
Middie Atlantic
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Seus
Fo Harris & Conaghy
Serat
National Incorporation
Tracewell
Charles E Roach
Comptroller of Treasury
Big Guns
Coast Artilery
Markamansin
Chambers of Monetary Commission
Montreal
Muttal Gey -Yenatets Junier
Daniel
Rose
Onetar
Sng
Senniar
Taina
Nia
Farman
Enimioi
Tondon
Newark
Port Laie Om
Leah Wastigton
Mississippi
WR Bhoemaker
Bureau of Navigation
It Ap
Lieut Woodson
Rough
Sumuiona Bia
New York
Wil
General Motors Company
Haa
Stanford
Appalachian Congress
West Ya
Gratton
West Vargina
Meg Lenna Lowe Yost
Morgantown
Misa Jennie Engle
Fairmoopt
Jennie
Shook Burnsville
Alles Jackson Jatelew
A J ScheonWweth
Treasure
Glasgow
Yost
Keetly
Gmaha
Jennie Williams
Alexander Zeck
Trainer
Pastor Helms
Emmett Englishman
Saya
Beri
Who
Ras
Association
Peti Beri
Ineet
RC Wolcomb
C N Fiske
U . Nin
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Dock Yesterda
Ther Machages
Soin Doyis Carmody
L. Cline
Rudolph Yose
Frantz Kopp
William & Duvall
Ward Evans
Philp T Halk T B Spence Ray HK
Middaugh
William E Shannon
Lester Moore
I Shanon
Joseph Stoddard
R. P Andrews
Col
HB Randle
A. C Moses Everett Rapiey
J A Mueblaigen
Mey Willige Gibbs & Daple
HB. Howenstein
Andrew Loeffter
Charles E Miller
Overland Auto Company
United States Public Health and Marines
Twenty Fifth Street
Hegir
Mount Vernon
Walter Wyman
Marine Hospital
United States Revenue
Potomac
LW Curtis Ls A
Hector HG Beyer
Wise
J C Wse
America
Blackwood
Lesle ‘Shaw
Lansburgh & Bro
Tih
Batisse
DR. Patton
Union Dental
F Street
Knight
Nome Alaska
Alaskan Development and Investment Company
Bea
Yeaterday
Cap T Flam VE
Ode
Thursdas
Tnt Atlante
Auntie Citi ' Alsmareh
Bal Ig
Tsetan Ma
Om Battle Ko
Oleago
Upebmmadt
Invenport
Dee Motoes
Hanaas
New York NY
St Paul Mion
Sao Francisco
Toledo Ohle
Vicksturg
Weanington Post Haipers
Potomme
Andoak
Young Men’s Store
Bernstein
M.W. Pinel
Barker Supply
Aly
China
Baldpaian
TH Iit
Philip Tedfrer
H Street
Hinge
Muir
Ballantine
Norpids
Milburm, Heister & CO
Hington, GC
Famora Ira
Prandwich
Sidney West
Christian Xander
Virginia Port
Quality House
7Th St
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Enecs
Postnader
Hitchcock
Saites States
Cheng Chih-Tung
Aetig
Adee
Atgts
Mr Wetcher
Penang
Oan Chang Uhh Tung
Wilson G Mayers Manufacturers
G St
Waltons
Brussels
Ater
Whson & Mayers
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