Parisian Women Weave War Efforts Through War Time Dress
Paris reports a shift in fashion as women divert to practical wartime knitting and sewing. French shoppers seek sturdy winter garments and essentials rather than luxury designs, while women tirelessly craft socks shawls blankets and underwear for soldiers at the front. Newsboys and stores relay messages of civilian support and morale as improvised production rises.
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Pers
Aire
Bilea
France
Kate Gordon Branch Forms Southern States Suffrage Conference
Seek suffrage in the South forms the Kate Gordon Branch of the Southern States Suffrage Conference at a gathering in Washington. Wesley Martin Stoner presides as first president with regional officers named and endorsed by the National Suffrage Association. The group opposes the methods of the Congressional Union while pledging a campaign aimed at enfranchising women in Southern states.
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Womer
Washington
Wesley Martin Stoner
Rhode Island Avenue
Southern States Suffrage Conference
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Aebeth Ros
Panama Rejects Award in Boundary Dispute Ruling
The Panama national assembly adopted a resolution condemning Chief Justice White's boundary decision with Costa Rica. It asserts the ruling exceeds judicial powers and calls for adherence to international arbitration norms, signaling ongoing tension between national and foreign boundary claims.
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Panama
Gotti
National Assembly
Baward
Justes
United States Supreme Tour
Costa Rica
Parana
Boundars
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Ambassador Marye Set for Post to Perrograd
United States envoy Marye sails with crew to Petrograd to assume ambassadorial duties. Reported today in London dispatches as he joins the consulate mission amid broader Allied efforts. The move follows earlier notes about U S presence in Odessa and nearby postings.
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Fean
Ambassaddoe Russele
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Ras
United States
Conaui
Odessa
Columbus 422 Years Ago Footprints on Western Hemisphere
A historical recount marks 422 years since Columbus first landed in the western hemisphere. It details his voyage to San Salvador, the ceremony of claiming the lands for Spain, and the reactions of his crew as they observed native inhabitants. The narrative notes how the voyage began and ended on Fridays, with a reflective note on Columbus’s beliefs and discoveries.
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Bahama Ilaslands
San Salvador
Bahamas
Watling Island
Spain
Wasa
Pinzon
Palos
Canaries
The Veiled Pin Debt and a Married Life
Helen faces a troubling note from Mrs. Thurston demanding return of a gold heirloom pin she does not recall borrowing. After a tense call reveals a contested heirloom claim, Warren resolves to contact Mrs. Thurston from his office and clear Helen of wrongdoing while keeping the issue from worsening.
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Geldam
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Fielen
Miss Tersis Stallings to Wed Robert A Young
Mr and Mrs John Dockendorff of Larchmont and New York City announced the engagement of their daughter Miss Tersis Virginia Stallings to Robert Auxnsing Young of Washington DC. No wedding date was set, but a holiday time ceremony in New York is likely.
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Dockendorff
Larchmont
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Central Park West
Tersis Virginia Stallings
Robert Auxnsing Young
Washington
I. C
Budget Fight Prompts Dual Angles in District Finance Debate
As the commissions finish next year’s estimates observers foresee a budget battle in Congress over whether the District should run revenues to the limit or create a surplus. With potential end-of-year gains estimated from $1.9 to $2.5 million, the handling of surplus funds and the half and half funding dispute dominate looming discussions after the 1916 budget is submitted in December.
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Lmit
Capitol
It Ia
Submarine Fleet Maneuvers Planned in Western Waters
Tentative plans outline assembling a large fleet of American submarines next winter in the Mexican gulf or West Indian waters for maneuvers with battleships and other naval craft. The Panama Canal opening enables Atlantic entry for Pacific fleet subs, with 2% to 30 underwater fighters likely mobilized and naval aviators expected to cooperate.
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West Indian Waters
Panama Canal
Atlantic
New School for Marines Opens at Annapolis
The navy plans an artillery school at Annapolis to train Marines in advance base mobile artillery. Two field artillery companies with the marine brigade at Vera Cruz will join at Annapolis while a third moves to the Philadelphia navy yard. Col Ell K. Cole will command the school, to be relieved by Col Joan A. Lejeune who now leads the Second Marines at Vera Cruz.
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Annapolis
Marine Brigade
Vera Cruz
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Ell K. Cole
Washington
Joan A. Lejeune
Twin girls wed brothers in Huntington ceremony
In Huntington West Virginia October 1 at the home of Reverend G O Marple a novel wedding united twin sisters Mayme and Hessle Crawford with brothers William RB Sweeney and Albert R Sweeney. The brothers, not twins, had been inseparable companions and courted the sisters in the same room. They proposed on the same night in a case of love at first sight for all four.
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Washington
Huntington
W. Va
Mev
GO. U. Marple
Mayme
Hessle L. Crawford
Grace Crawford
William RB
Albert R. Sweeney
Roy Sweeney
Crawford
President heads to country trip after church visit
The President rode a long automobile ride into the country yesterday afternoon and returned to the White House before dark. He attended morning services at Central Presbyterian Church with his niece Miss Helen Woodrow Bones.
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White House
Central Presbyterian Church
Helen Woodrow Bones
Mill Girl to Painter Adelia Gates World Wanderer Exhibit
A Boston exhibit at the New National Museum features Miss Adelia Gates, once a Lowell cotton mill worker, later famed for flower paintings. Her life spans across the globe, including a Sahara crossing at age sixty, studied in Palestine, and travels through Oriental lands and America. Relatives loaned 0 paintings for display, expected to stay three to four years before returning.
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Mass
America
Adelia Gates
New National Museum
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Paris
Sahara Desert
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Lahore
National Museum
J. K. Benedict
Hoston
Maryland Moose Dwindle in Roosevelts Vote Decline
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore October 11 Progressive voters in Maryland have collapsed since Roosevelts 1904 campaign. Registrations drop from 58,000 veterans to about 2,500 statewide, with Baltimore City and Allegany showing sharp losses. Bonaparte precincts report only two Progressives, named Bonaparte and his coachman.
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Maryland
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Pearre
Summer society wedding in Cohasset connects Boston governor kin
Esther Foss, daughter of former Massachusetts governor Eugene N. Foss, wed Albert Hickman at her father's Cohasset summer home. The ceremony, by Rev. Howard K. Bartow, featured twin sister Helen as bridesmaid and Royal Sewing of Montreal as best man. The couple plan a long wedding journey and winter in Montreal. The piece also notes social events around Harbor Hill and Nassau Hospital benefit pictures featuring prominent society figures and entertainers.
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Willie K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Howard Cushing
Harry Payne Whitney
Charles Cary Rumsey
James A. Burden
George F. Baker, Jr
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Leonie Buerill
Mary Canfield
Maud Kennedy
Wibore
Afra
Arthur Scott Burden
James B. Eustis
Julien A. Tupley
Camila Morgan
Angelica Brown
Francis Roche
Irie Winston
Lawwrence White
Lawrence Butler
Democrats Aim to End Congress by Saturday Amid War Revenue Push
Senate Democrats led by Simmons expect quick action on the war revenue bill with no changes from the caucus while Republicans seek to avoid protracted debate. Leaders hope to adjourn by early next week but conferees on the Alaska coal land leasing bill must agree. The House plans swift passage of a Philippine independence paving bill, then await Senate action, with cotton legislation possible but uncertain.
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Simmons
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Finance Committee
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House
Furlong Challenges McDermott Victory in Court
Chicago report states William E. Furlong filed a circuit court petition contesting the election of James T. McDermott as Democratic candidate for Congress in Minas Fourth district. Furlong claims he was defrauded of 1,000 votes and 500 votes counted illegally for McDermott.
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Chicago
William E. Furlong
Minas
Cfircuft Court Today
James T. McDermott
Furlong
McDermott
Lafferty Declares Loyalty to Overalls Cause in Oregon Reform
Representative Arthur W. Lafferty of Portland Oregon announces he will run on an independent ticket to advocate for the man who wears the overalls. He claims three years of opposition from big interests and newspapers and vows to devote his energies to laborers in his Third Oregon district.
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McCombs Urges Fund for Democratic Campaign
Wiltiaf F. McCombs chairman of the Democratic national committee paused in Washington to issue an appeal to the public. He urged immediate contributions to Rolla Wells treasurer of the Democratic national campaign committee in St. Louis to support expenses for printing and travel as the party seeks a Democratic Congress.
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Wiltiaf F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Doremus
Congressional Campaign Committee
New York
Congress
Rolla Wells
Democratic National Campaign Committee
St. Louis
New War Minister of Italy Zupelli Succeeds Grandi
Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel named Gen. Zupelli as minister of war, replacing Gen. Grandi who resigned amid newspaper criticism. Paria agency notes H.A Havas patch confirms the appointment after Grandi faced vocal critique.
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Grandi
Paria
Havas
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Gen. Zupelli
Gen. Grandi
Secretary Lane Loses Dog on Wyoming Avenue
Secretary Lane on the shelter rank in KK asked police to locate his jet brindle bulldog that strayed from the Lane residence at 180 Wyoming Avenue Northwest yesterday afternoon. The dog wore a tag with the owner's name engraved on the collar.
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Wyoming Avenue Northwest
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