Great Growth by Grand Fleet In World War I War Talk
London dispatch reports grand fleet gains and rising British naval efficiency. Observations by K Walter highlight nonstop shipbuilding, new weapons, and co-operation with the American navy. Notes active deployments around northern bases and the rapid pace of innovation shaping sea power. Verdun front reports further artillery action with a calm night elsewhere.
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K. Walter
London
Jutland
Grand Fleet
Great Northern
Verdun
Paris
Chaume Wood
Bezonnaux
Knitting in Church Question Sparks Sermon Debate
Rev Harold EB Parr of First Congregational church recounted a dialogue with a young woman asking if knitting could be done in church. He compared it to attending a theatre, arguing devotion should preclude knitting during worship and urging consistency in conduct between worship and secular entertainments.
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Harold EB. Parr
First Congregational Church
the Inquirer
Mr. Parr
Queen Liliuokalani Dies in Honolulu at 83
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii dies in Honolulu after months of declining health. The deposed monarch, born 1838, faced exile and loss of sovereignty as battles over annexation and crown lands played out in Washington and Honolulu. She lived on $4,000 yearly, maintaining a semi regal lifestyle while royalists kept her memory alive.
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Honolulu
Liliuo Kalani
Hawaii
United States
Liliuokalani
Sandwich Islands
Cleveland
McKinley
Washington
Lil
Actu
Punch-Bowl Hill
Pacific
Royal School
John Dominis
Kalakaua
San Francisco
Harrison
Hawaiian Republic
Queen Liliuokalani
Lydia Dominis
Pet Dogs Hit by War Prices on Scrap Meat
New York, Nov. 12. The latest in food price rises during the war affects pets at several leading hotels. Dog food is now charged at guest rates with shin bones at 50 cents each and chopped meat up from 20 to 30 cents per pound.
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New York
All-Day Red Cross Session Opens in Church Room
Mrs J A Townsley chair of Red Cross work in Flist M EB church and committee resume the former all day schedule starting tomorrow at 9 30 am in the church room. Mames A T Hakill W R Walker Thomas and O Dell in charge urge women to come in the morning and take a light lunch.
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J. A. Townsley
Red Cross
Flist
M. EB
Church
A. T. Hakill
W. R. Walker
Thomas and
O'Dell
Wartime Boom at Washington D C Weeks of War Demand
The Washington wartime boom draws 19 000 new government workers and big salaries. Executives and officers flood the capital, rent soars, hotels full, restaurants crowded, and streetcars busy around the clock. Camp Meade, Quantico, Fort Myer and American University host officers and engineers as delegations circulate for war work. Landlords push rents. chambers of commerce open bureaus to house newcomers. Baker urges locals to shelter boarders and roomers. Washington thrives financially but under heavy workload.
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Washington News
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington
Government Department
Council of National Defense
Camp Meade
Quantico
Potomac
Fort Myer
American University
Marine
War College
Visiing
War and
Navy Departments
Chamber of Commerce
Baker
War Financing Chief Topic of Bankers' Meet
Baltimore November meeting opens with hundreds of bankers from across the country. The sixth annual convention of the Investment Bankers' Association of America, representing about 95 percent of U.S. investment bankers, focuses on war financing. Basil Brackett, former England war savings official, will speak tonight on boosting government financing efforts.
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Baltimore
Investment Bankers’ Association of America
United States
Basil P. Brackett
War Savings Committee of England
Federal inspectors probe discard of foods in Chicago
Federal inspectors from the inspection service operate in Chicago to assess produce entering the market after reports that large quantities of foods mainly potatoes were dumped on railroad dumps. The food administration seeks full data on unmarketable goods and their decay before final disposition.
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Chicago
Federal
Food Administration
Wandering 15 Year Old Seeks Steady Home Through Welfare League
A 15 year old girl seeks stable housing and schooling as she ends years of roaming with her father and siblings across four states. Miss Grace Ament of the Special Welfare League at the courthouse offers a potential permanent home in exchange for board clothing and a small allowance, noting her education has suffered.
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Grand Fleet
Navy
Germany
New York Harbor
Howe
Grace Ament
Miss Ament
The
Special Welfare League
Boys Enlisted for War Duty in County Meeting
County school officials will meet at the Y M C A to discuss the national war work council fund. One hundred thousand boys nationwide will pledge ten dollars each to raise one million dollars for prisoners of war and soldiers. Local quota is 200 pledges. bonds issued after payments. Speakers include H H Seerley and James Black.
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H. GC. Moeller
National War Work Council Fund
Moeller
State
Black Hawk
Sioux City
Hampton High School
Holse
British Eggless Campaign Controls Winter Food Plan
London reports a food campaign urging Britons to skip eggs this winter as prices rise to 12 cents each with supplies directed to hospitals. High chicken feed costs trigger egg scarcity. Three former ministers visited Waterloo pulpits, including Dr Cr H Purmott at Westminster and Rev W H Beachler at First Brethren.
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London
Waterloo
Cr. H. Purmott
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian
John A. Barr
Baptist College
Des Moines
First Baptist
W. H. Beachler
Brethren College
Ashland
First Brethren
Salvation Army Holds Midwest Conference in Chicago
Chicago November 12. More than 500 Salvation Army workers from the midwest and western states attend a Chicago conference presided by Commander Eva Booth. Following an appeal for workers in France 13 Chicago volunteers stepped forward.
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Chicago
Salvation Army
Middle West
Eva Booth
France
Fined for Exceeding Meat Allowance at West End Club
London reports a club manageress fined $35 for exceeding weekly meat allowance. A second offense risks disqualification. Separate Irish banking reports note rising deposits due to farmers’ prosperity in rural areas.
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London
smart West _End
Millions of Rheumatism Demons Attack in Winter
Do not wait for a full attack. Begin now to take S. S. 8.5. S. the blood medicine that searches out disease germs and eliminates them from your blood. Swift Specific Co. offers free medical advice and addresses Swift Laboratory in Atlanta Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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