News of seven days in Alu fronts and Rumanians
Announcement from German army headquarters reports over 1,000 Russians and Rumanians captured on the Romanian front while Russian and Romanian forces in Dobruja retreat toward the lower Danube. Other items note German advances in Northern Dobruja, a Russian prisoner exchange issue, and a broad spectrum of World War I updates.
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Alu
Lands
Dobrudja
Lower Danube
Teutonic Army
Babadazk
Pecineaga
Berlin War Office
Babadagh- Pecinesea
Tehernavoda-Constanza
President Wilson Calls for Peace Soundings Worldwide
President Wilson requests belligerents and neutrals discuss terms of peace by taking soundings to learn how near a peace haven might be. He states he is not proposing or mediating but seeks information to gauge paths toward a possible end to the war. The move surprises Washington and could bring neutrals closer to peace discussions.
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National Guard
Funston
Border Service
War Department
Washington
Wilson
United States
Lloyd-George
Russia
France
Italy
Call British Reply A Bluff
Berlin views speeches by English French and Russian leaders as bluff to show Entente resolve. Public and officials doubt peace prospects while noting Germany’s gains in Rugisma. A neutral nation’s entry would not be welcomed despite possible steps toward negotiations.
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Russia
Germany
Great Britain
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Berlin
Somme
Bonar Law
England
France
Entente
Lfe
Lioyd-George
Government to fix sixty shillings per quarter wheat
London reports the president of the board of agriculture announced at a Guild Hall farmers meeting that the government will set sixty shillings as the contract price for a quarter of wheat. Crude oil price in Tulsa rises to $1.30 as Sinclair Oil and Gas Company hikes Mid-Continent crude by ten cents. other large buyers expected to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puebla
Orizaba
Feliz Diaz and
Jalapa II
United States
el Paso
Spain
London
Board of Agriculture
Tulsa
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company
Topeka plan calls for sweeping state government reform
A Topeka proposal envisions a complete revolution in Kansas governance including abolishing two utilities commissioners and consolidating multiple departments. It would create a single tax and a single education and charities and corrections commissioner, plus a large agricultural department. Two omnipotent boards would run state affairs: an institutional administration board and a state affairs board.
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Topeka
Kansas
Charities and Corrections
Department of Agriculture
Board of Agriculture
Horticultural Society
Forestry Commission
Fish and Game Department
Commissioners of Educaton and Charities and Corrections
Topeka Urges County Readiness for 1917 Legislation
State highway commissioner sought and 2% tax rebate repeal urged at joint conventions of Kansas county officials. Proposals include uniform county bookkeeping, deputy assessors under county assessor with commissioner approval, and reforms to tax assessment. Officers elected for county bodies and a possible new state movie law censorship plan presented to Governor Capper.
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Topeka
General Fund
Blate
Associations of County Commissioners of Kansas
Kansas County Clerks’ Association
Register of Deeds’ Association of Kansas
Kansas District Clerks’ Association
J. S. Swonger
Anderson County
Clarence Aten
Ford County
L. B. Burt
Wabaunsee County
County Clerks’ Association
C. A. Young
Harvey County
A. J. Valentine
Montgomery County
G. W- Lee
Reno County
Registers of Deeds Association
Ralph Sauires
Shawnee County
Netle Evans
Lyon County
J. H. Pfeffer
Greenwood County
Margaret Grandle
Pittsboro
More Milk Cows in Kansas Now
The Kansas dairy sector shows a milestone with 1,077,007 milk cows statewide, a gain of 116,786 since 1915. Butler County leads with 19,623 cows, followed by Barber, Dickinson and Reno. Secretary Mohler calls the rise an encouraging sign of progressive farming and soil-building dairying.
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Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Butler
Barber, Dickinson
Reno
J. Mohler
Dogging an Interview with Senator Quay Story
A young reporter visiting Senator Quay is handed a newspaper map and a book during their greeting. The senator invites the reporter to read the book alone at leisure, remarking, You are interested. Good evening. The journalist leaves stunned, unsure how to respond to the unusual exchange.
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Toterview
Quay
How to Treat Dandruff with Cuticura Ointment
The ad promotes Cuticura Ointment for dandruff itching and scalp health with a free sample offer by postal mail from Boston. It mentions daily use with Cuticura Soap and hot water and notes benefits like freedom from crusting and burning. A stray chatter line references villagers and soldier boys and engagements with Texas girls.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
aAdy
Red Cross Ball Blue and Hall Blue Election Banter
A clipped essay notes Red Cross Ball Blue and Red Cross Hall Blue claims and refrains about purity. The piece tosses wooing marriage vows and the electoral college with wry humor. Grafters are warned as burglars fear to tread and a heroic wife is one who resists returning wrongs.
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RED Cross
Red Cross Ball
Red Cross Hall
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Vossische Zettung
Russania
Moldavia
Reuter
Copenhagen
Schleswil
Prussia
Douaumont
Meuse
Wopevre
Rumania
Buzeu
Jeaner
Kitchin
House
Senate
Sunerd For Border Service
Hugh J. Scott
Army
Leonard Wood
J_B. Waite
Kansas City
Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange
Adamson
Congress
John Cudahy
Michi @an avenue
East Thirtythird Street
Mra
Margaret F. Ducahy
Fraternal Aid Union
Lawrence, Kne
Andrew, Rorinsky
St. Louis
Ahstelat
Ruselo
Daly
Francs
The
Rer
John Ringwald
Walter
Pekin
Chicago
Roy A. White
Bayles
Cat
Interocean
Cheyenne
Wyo
American Defense Society
New York
Moseley
Chamberisin
Francis Carter Wood
Crocker Cancer Research
Columbia University
Stanford
Arizona
Thomas Campbell
Hunt
Campbell
Missouri Artillery
Laredo
Fort Riley
Iowa
Brownsville
Mediterranean
Stockholm
Lokal Anzelger
Petro
Prinzriedrich Wilswin
Odenest Bergen
Norway
Stavanger
Christiania
Efficiency Commission of
C. N. Hunt
Arkansas City
Kansas Supreme Court
C. 3. Gibson
Huganta
Iat N
George Rogers
Sedewick County
Mohler
FW. Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Kan
Stone City
Capper
W. A. Brandenburg
State Manual Training School
J. E. Thompson
Julia E. Thompson
Harold T Kase
J. €. Gafford
Los Angeles
Thompson
George W. Hamilton
Massachusetts
Wakarusa
T. ©. Biddie
Topeka State Hospital
Doctor Biddle
State Charter Board
Auto Traffic Company of
Fort Scott
Pitsburg
Appesis
O. S. Gibson
Charles N. Hunt
Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Gibson
Pouity
Bolin & Hall
Peruna
Eternal Hills
Peruna Company
Columbus
Ohio
Texas
Berg & Beard Manufacturing
G& I-14
Steuben St. Brookize
N.Y
N. Y, Kansas City
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