Picks Ups and Cigar Exhibit Highlight Local News
Local store windows showcase the Tom Watts cigar and Havana blends at Gem Cigar Factory with notes on wrappers. business talk includes suggesting Red Cross dimes per error at Fat Lean ball. Independent telephone groups meet in Princeton Indiana with plans for October 9 Loogootee gathering. Also reported: Daviees county conscription inquiry finds reports unfounded. Ritter of Oaktown dies at home. Massachusetts Tech tests move 22 000 gallons per minute. Phil health service builds cement houses. USGS notes 10000 tons potash valued at 3 500 000 in 1916, mainly from Nebraska lakes.
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Philippine Health Service
United States Geological Survey
United States
Nebraska
TO MOBILIZE FARM HANDS
Government urged to mobilize farm labor for harvest amid expected good grain yields and a wonderful fruit crop. C J Blanchard of the reclamation service says labor is scarce due to army service, warning the situation could worsen unless steps are taken immediately. Women already toil on farms as business clerks lend help for short periods.
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Chicago
C. J. Blanchard
Reclamation Service
Department of the Interior
Washington
Hoover
Lane
Blanchard
Chicago Leads In Recruits Across Midwest Cities
Reports from 13 mid western recruiting points show enlistments for the week ending June 14 and totals since March 31. Omaha led central division with 3,516 enlisted and 500 allotted. Chicago had 1,800. St Louis 1,200. Detroit 1,200. Des Moines 400. Minneapolis 124. Cincinnati 114. Peoria 409. Milwaukee 800. Indianapolis 800. Remaining figures cover Kansas City and other offices.
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Chicago
Omaha
United States Army
Kansas City
St Louis
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Des Moines
Detroit
Peoria
Tidianapo
Stitwauket
Joseph
Mexico to desert Germany calls for severing ties
Mexico City reports Univ ersal, a leading Mexican newspaper, will publish today statements by 23 prominent civilians urging Mexico to sever diplomatic relations with Germany and asserting Mexico’s place in the world.
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Mexico City
Universal
Mexico
Germany
Mexico urged to side with the Allies in war
A wartime dispatch argues it is in Mexico's interest to sever ties with Germany and align with the Allies, contrasting Latin American ideals with Pan Germanism. The piece notes postures against German influence and stresses allegiance to the Entente amid global tensions.
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Mexico
Germany
Kidnap in Bennelsco Targets 18 Year Old Nelle Daishe
Three men abducted 18 year old Nelle Daishe as she walked, forced her into a vehicle, and drove away. Local authorities report a missing person case with strong suspicion on the suspects.
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Bennelsco
Nelle Daishe
Fire destroys ships on the St Lawrence River
A series of small government built ships at Quebec were burned in a fire that devastated several vessels anchored at Serel on the St. Lawrence River. The incident left multiple ships destroyed or impaired, with authorities investigating the blaze.
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Oatreal Quebec
Cnarsda Steamship
Serel
St. Lawrence
Gove
Rough Puff Paste and Tapioca Pudding Recipe Tips
Household hints outline rough puff paste by chilling butter and flour, handling dough lightly, then folding three times before resting. Tapioca pudding recipe soaks tapioca overnight, cooks to clear, then sweetens with sugar and lemon juice, adds pineapple and beaten egg whites, served cold with cream.
Weather and Local Legal Notices From Knox County
The forecast calls for likely showers tonight and Thursday with warmer readings in central and northeast areas. Marriage licenses issued include Andrew Harrison Dillon and Mattie Marie Gooter, both of Knox City. Civil suits: John W. Edwards v Indian Creek Coal and Mining Co for 5000 damages. Tobe Williams v Oliphant Johnson Coal Co for 11000 damages. Gaither's Cash Grocery and Spink Milling Co will donate five percent of Friday and Saturday gross sales to the Red Cross.
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Andrew Harrison Dillon
Mattie Marie Gooter
John W. Edwards
Indian Creek Coal and Mining Company
Knox County
Tobe Williams
Oliphant Johson Coal Company
Gaither’s Cash Grocery
Spink Milling
The
Red Cross
Grand shows new film The Eternal Sappho and other acts
The Grand offers The Eternal Sappho starring Theda Pare with Willigey Fox as a leading player and opens with a dramatic dash. The two reel Fox comedy The Cloudburst is also on the bill with Ray and Butler performing a drum act. Civilization appears at the Grand with a high profile, while Barnard College students donate bandages and sweaters and pledge funds for foreign relief totaling 2306 dollars.
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Willigey Fox Atain
Theda Pare
Ray
Butler
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Gem Cigar Factory
Tom Watts
Jeigar
Willams Drug Store
Havana
Connecticut Valley
Daviess County
Indiana
Princeton
Zed Morton
Loogootee
Daviees County Conscription Board
John Rt. Ritter
Oaktown
Massachusetts Tech
Boxton
June Bride
Beautiful Republic
Republic
Goday
O’donnell Hardware Co
Department
Mid-West
Carranza
Alfies
Post Office Department
Holdup
Jerome Fisher
Fisher
Pacific
Vancouver
B.C
Waitotara
Australia
Jeff Vancouver
Suva
THOS #. INC
Wwe
Washington Cloak and Sail
Thomas H. Ince
Criteriotr Theater
New York City
C. Gardner Sullivan
Victor L. Schertelnger
Barnard College
Grand Opera House
Theda Bara
Fox
the Eternal Sapho
Ray and Butler
W. G. Camp
Europe
Uni
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