Bread prices rise as wheat climbs and embargo debated
Chicago reports higher bread costs as wheat jumps 10 cents, lifting flour 75 cents per barrel. Bakers warn further bread price hikes or smaller loaf sizes unless wheat prices ease amid embargo talk. Milk prices also rise one cent per quart after the recent strike, with grade A milk at 12 cents and butter milk at 7 cents.
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Chicago
Pa Schulz
B. H. Dabtheimer
Master Bakers’ Association
New York
Barden Milk Company
Wilk
Dairyrmen
Bordep Company
United States
Princeton University Students Back Hughes Over Wilson
At Princeton New Jersey on OCR date, students backed Hughes by 128 votes over Wilson. Total poll: Hughes 673 Wilson 535. Overall student turnout favored Hughes despite a smaller margin in the broader vote, with Wilson trailing by sixteen in the larger figures.
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Frinceton
N. J
Ocr
Princeson
Wilson
Universsity Tne
Hughes
H Hughes
Mexicans to Purchase Cars for Railroads
Six Mexican master mechanics travel from San Antonio to Columbus to buy rolling stock for Mexico's national railways. Jose Hernandez leads the party, announcing $3,000,000 will be spent immediately with additional orders to follow.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Columbus
National Railways of Mexico
Jose Hernandez
Snowstorm Hits Western Plains
A heavy rain and sleet storm overnight turned to snow across the central plains. Nebraska and surrounding states report 2 to 4 inches of snow with strong northwest winds. Grand Island records 3.5 inches as temperatures plummet from 63 to 25 degrees. The blizzard blankets South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, aiding wheat crops after dry weeks.
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South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Norfolk
Sioux Falls
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TWO KILLED BY SOUTHERN GALE MARINE DAMAGE ACROSS COAST
Southern Alabama and western Florida faced a Gulf coast hurricane that killed two and caused marine and property loss. Mobile and Pensacola suffered less damage than last July as railroad sheds and power lines were damaged and trains suspended. Two small vessels sank and a steamer went down near Pensacola with a drowned cook. The storm weakened inland with unroofed houses and fallen timbers across Opp, Troy, and other towns. Two earthquake shocks were felt from Louisville to Augusta, with no material damage reported.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Florida
Gulf
Pensacola
Althe
Opp
Troy
Louisville
Augusta
Firmingham
Redmond Pleads for Irish Home Rule in Commons
John Redmond, Irish leader, urged Home Rule in a Commons address, opposing conscription for Ireland. He argued all attempts to enforce conscription would fail while martial law and a unionist government endured against Irish will.
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John Redmond
London
Ireland
House of Commons
Redmond
England
No Private Car for Women Campaign in San Francisco
In San Francisco on October 18 a Hughes Women’s special car to Los Angeles was left behind. Mrs. William J. Crocker, San Francisco Republican leader’s wife, canceled her trip after protests that a private car for wealthier travelers would heighten class bias. The group argues twelve of fourteen women earn their own livings, countering claims of colonial wealth.
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San Francisco
Cal
Los Angeles
Hughes
William J. Crocker
Hughes Gaining Among Railmen Says Markham
Charles I. Markham, president of the Illinois Central, visiting Waterloo with other officials, said railroad sentiment favors Charles Hughes and predicted a GOP landslide in November. He claimed daylight hours and labor disputes will settle peacefully, and noted improvements in the Minnesota division shops as officials toured Waterloo, Albert Lea, Cedar Falls, and Sioux City aboard a six car train.
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Charles BE
Hughes
Charles IW. Markham
Illinois Central
Waterloo
Wilson
Markham
Sinnis Central
Albert Lea
Cedar Falls
Sioux City
Minnesota
Ex-Employee Blamed for Wreck of Train
Manitowoc Wis Oct 19 A discharged employee seeking revenge is suspected of wrecking a Northwestern passenger train. The engineer and fireman were killed when the train jumped the track into a ditch. Steel coaches saved the passengers as the switch was misled by a green signal. It was the fifth such attempt in five years.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Northwestern Railroad
Keeps Himself, Cow, Cat On Eight Cents A Day
Describes E F Fowler of Madrid Iowa living on hillside with his cow and cat on eight cents daily. Five years after recovering from tuberculosis with open air self regimen, he maintains health on toast and slowly cooked milk, boiled beans, macaroni and vegetables, avoiding coffee tea tobacco alcohol pepper fried foods meat and most sugar.
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Es Moines
Fowler
Madrid
Girl 13 Held for Murder of Father in Clarksburg
Lena Bonfiglio, 13, is jailed in Clarksburg W.V. on accusations of patricide after declaring she killed her father who allegedly attacked her. The body was found with his head nearly decapitated and a bloody hatchet nearby.
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Clarksburg
W. Val
Lena Bonfiglio
Iowa Facts Reported Wealth and Industry Totals
Iowa data shows per capita wealth 2,761 dollars with home values from 3,000 to 600,000. Education spending 24,306,066 dollars annually. About 200,000 farms and 4,005 manufacturing plants. Railroad business revenue 100,000,000 dollars in towns. Private property valued at 7,000,000,000 dollars. Manufacturing capital engaged 250,000,000 dollars.
President Wilson Arrives Chicago Amid Warm Crowds
President Wilson arrived at New York Central station Chicago at 1 05 p m greeted by vast crowds. He rode to the Blackstone hotel then to a press club luncheon. Earlier along the route in Goshen Kendallville and Ligonier Indiana crowds cheered while he declined long speeches and spoke of shaking hands.
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Chicago
Wison
Wilson
Goshen
Ind
Kendallville
Ligonier
Indiana
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Queida
Abraham Lincoln
Albany
Ira Weat Abbany
Explosion Entombs Miners at Jamison Mine No. 7
A blast at Jamison Coal & Coke Co mine No. 7 Barrackville near Vairmont West Virginia damaged property and entombed several workers. Exact count unavailable as shaft was idle today. News from Edmonton notes Alberta pioneer farmer Noble received a world wheat yield record with 52 bushels per acre on a 1 000 acre field.
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W.va
Jamison Coal & Coke Company
Barrackville
Here
Tanday
Edmonton
Alta
Ort
Noble
Claresholm
Alberta
Palayse County
Washington
United States
Soldier Boyd Will Get to Vote Now in Des Moines
Des Moines reports that Wear Clarke will appoint four commissioners to vote Iowa troops at the border, under Attorney General Colvan’s ruling. Ballots will be printed statewide. about 4,506 votes added for Iowa’s total. No registration required. soldiers can vote on national, state, and county offices only.
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Des Moines
Clarke
Iowa
Colvan
Department of Justice
W. S. Allen
Iowa National Euard
Brownsville
Doma
Tex
Ha J
Creneral Cosson
7. J. Rainbow
I. W. Wilimek
Co. F
Cedar Falls
Wileimek
Norwegian seamen die from cold after U boat sinking
London dispatch reports crews of Norwegian vessels torpedoed by German submarines were placed in mail boats and endured dreadful sufferings before reaching Alexandria. One Norwegian mate died on arrival at Alexandrovsk near Archangel.
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London
Iken
Alexsandrovsk
Archange
Famous German aviator Captain Boelke wounded in France
Paris reports, via Sporting, that Capt. Boelke, famed German airman, was severely wounded by a shell from a French anti aircraft gun. The ace Boelke reportedly shot down his third Entente machine.
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Paris
Sporting
Boelke
Gn Ort
German Diplomats Admit Loss of Bremen Fate Mystery
German diplomats acknowledged the loss of the Bremen, a German merchant submarine, with no clear information on its fate. Officials in Berlin and Washington say details may not emerge until after the war. The disappearance does not halt plans to deploy merchant submarines from Germany to the United States.
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Washington
Doc
Therchantens
Berlin
Ale Dies Koaw
America
Bremerlingen
War Will Last Another Year Says British Front View
A 1916 Associated Press dispatch reports British officers and German prisoners alike foresee a protracted war lasting at least another year. Analysts expect attrition on the western front to decide the conflict, with German morale wearing and preparations to defend Roumania noted as central factors.
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West Front
Associateed
France
London
Associated Press
Somme
Roumanla
Roumania
Roumanian
William Thaw Alive At Comrade's Funeral
A New Haven dispatch reports William Thaw of the Franco-American aviation corps is alive and well. He arrived from the front to attend the funeral of Sergeant Norman Prince of the Franco-American corps, who died from injuries sustained in a recent yard over southern Germany.
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St. 19
Paris
Vor
Saint
Willim Thaw
Norman Prince
Tla
Souther
Germany
Roumanian Hold Teutons in Check in Transylvania
Roumanian troops push back Austro German forces on the Transylvanian frontier claiming advances beyond the border at Praidel and gains in the Kran defile and Trotus valley. They report taking 608 prisoners and 12 cannon with a detachment from Goiosa taking 300 more prisoners and some machine guns.
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London
Greece
Paris
Cerna
Monastir
Brod
Sofia
Iroumanta
Bucharest
U-Boat Sinkings Stir New York War News
News from New York reports a German submarine, possibly U-33, sunk off Nantucket as Allied ships fear U-boats will roam Atlantic lanes. Commanders claim sinkings include 126 vessels, with orders of merit awarded for sinks. Also notes Norwegian ship Sten sunk and Greta Vrem set afire, while Dutch and German outlets discuss future U-boat activity near Nantucket.
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Nantucket
North Pacifc
North Pacific
Altho
New Orleans
United Press
Lloyds
Ihoxor
U-35
Berlin
London
Order of Pour la Merite
Arnauld de la Perriere
I Oe
William
Alfonso
Spain
de la Perriere
la Province
Sten
Reuterspenhagen
Christiania
Greta Vrem
Friedrichshaven
Amsterdam
Volks Zeiluns
Cologne
Atlantic
Nantucket Island
Kingina
IL. C
Coast Guard
Tampa
Charleston
D. C
Coast Guard Servient
King Alfonso Arrives as Allied Peace Sentiment Grows
Paris dispatch notes King Alfonso's arrival in San Sebastian amid a flurry of diplomats from France Russia and Italy. Spain hosts ambassadors and other foreign officials as another meeting echoes past talks on war end prospects.
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Paris
Alfonso
San Sebastian
Spain
France
Russia
Italy
Delivery issue notice for late newspaper service
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