Mexican Bandits Seize Victoria and Chihuahua Raid Confirmed
Reports from Brownsville indicate a band under Alberto Carrera Torres captured Victoria Tamaulipas. General Trevino calls the Bell report false, while Funston repeats trust in Bell’s Villa attack tale. Col. Pedro Chapa confirms Villa’s Sept 16 assault on Chihuahua City, yielding 200 killed, 200 wounded, and 200 prisoners for the Villistas.
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Brownsville
Tex
Alberto Carrera Torres
Victoria
Tamaulipas
Torres
General Trevino
Chihuahua City
Jacinta Trevino
Geni
George Bell, Jr
Villa
San Antonio
Funston
War Department
George Bell
Bell
Hi “Paso
Trevino
Chihuahua
Chiluahua City
Pedro Chapa
Chapa
Siesta
Century Hike Ends Record Militia March
In Austin on September 25 the Twelfth division completed a historic century hike. Five thousand Chicago and Illinois soldiers and 9,000 from Kansas, Wisconsin, and the regular army marched 103 miles in eight days. The feat set a marching record for militia and regulars, with National Guardsmen winning the silver cup for this extreme drill. Regulars provided cavalry and artillery support.
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Austin
Tex
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Kansas
Wisconsin
Greek crew mutinies aboard cruiser Averoff reported
London dispatch cites rumors of 800 sailors mutinying on the armored cruiser Averoff. Narratives claim the rest of the crew and marine detachments left by boat while other fleet ships quelled the disturbance. Averoff, built in 1910, has a 660 man crew.
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London
Athens
Averoff
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bay State Strikes Rock Off Cape Elizabeth In Fog
The Eastern Steamship Company's Bay State, en route from Boston to Portland, ran aground at Halcyon Break near Cape Elizabeth in dense fog. About 250 passengers were evacuated by lifeboats and horses as Coast Guard cutter Ovsipee and Porthind responded after wireless alerts.
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Portland
Eastern. Steamship Corporation
Bay State
Boston
Halycombreek
Cape Elizabeth
Coast Guard
Ovsipee
Buy Tate
Greece to Start War
Athens reports the Greek government is sending definite proposals to entente capitals which could bring Greece into World War. Unclear entente wishes may push Greece to declare war on Bulgaria on its own. Three cabinet members offered to resign if needed. A streetcar strike in Athens and Piraeus ended after cabinet intervention.
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Athens
Saldom
Greece
Bulgaria
Entente
Piraeus
Romanian Attacks Repulsed as German Forces Advance
Berlin reports Romanian attacks in Dobrudja and Transylvania repulsed by Teutonic allies. Macedonian territory evacuated by Allied forces. Germans regain Valentosa while surrendering some forward posts near Sut-Jamoshigy. British and French assaults in Somme region repulsed.
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Berlin
Dobrudja
Transylvani
German War Office
Macedonin
Valentoss
Sut-Jamoshigy
Somme
Norse and Nordic Powers Advance Wartime Cooperation
London Sept 24 The Christiania conference involving Norway Sweden and Denmark governments produced a further step in coordinating foreign affairs during the war. Through the Danish foreign office a statement outlined the conference achievements and next steps in the three nations' cooperation.
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Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Christiania
London
Christiania Conference
Battle on Doiran Front Reported Raids and Bombardment
London dispatch notes patrols raid enemy trenches near Kowarjan and three Doiran front points. Official report says naval airs bombarded enemy transport near Dram with apparently good results and casualties inflicted on Struma front.
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London
Struman
Kowarjan
Dram
Tle Doiron
Naval Clash Near Athens Report From Berlin Tageblatt
Berlin Tageblatt reports a large naval confrontation near Athens with French and British warships massed in the Pontus area. The count lists about seventy ships in line ahead formations, commanded by a Neotish figure, as tensions rise in the eastern theater.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Teutons in retreat as Russian lines repulse German attacks
Petrograd reports the retreat of von Mackensen’s forces in Dobrudja after a Danube fortress fell. Russians say fierce gas attacks southwest of Lake Naretsch were repulsed, with German columns driven back. A fortified post near Gualatin was seized and three coal laden steamers were sunk at Port Bregil.
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Rome
Bield
Marshal von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Switzerland
Danube
Silistria
Petrograd
Lake Naretsch
War Office
Gualatin
Port Bregh
Black Sea
Gusiatin
Port Bregil
Flying bombing attack on Mannheim and Ludwigshafen
Paris reports a flyer bombarded Ludwigshafen in the Palatinate and Mannheim across the Rhine. The official account says a large fire and several explosions were caused at Mannheim by the bombardment.
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Paris
Baron
Ludwigshafen
Palatinate
Rhine
Mannheim
Wilson Meets With Page On British Interference
President Wilson discussed British interference with American mails and blacklisting of U S firms with Ambassador to Great Britain Walter Hines Page. The Vice President reportedly assured Page that Britain must understand the United States will not tolerate the threats. Lincoln’s granddaughter wed in Eastbourne as Gertrude Atoes Lincoln of Los Angeles married Lieut Arthur Haines of the British Army.
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Shadow Lawn
Long Branch
N. 1
Septt
Wilson
Walter Hines Page
Atmarlean
Great Britain
Ferus
Ma Page
United States
Lincoln
Eastbourne
England
Gertrde Atoes Lincoln
Los Angeles
Alwabum Lincoln
Arthur Haines
Market price listing for grains hay butter eggs poultry and potatoes
A dense market column presents prices for flour types including hard and soft winter and spring wheats, fob jute bags, and various clears. It lists hay prices for timothy clover alfalfa, Kansas Oklahoma ranges, butter creamery and egg prices, live poultry figures, iced poultry rates, and Minnesota potatoes with regional varieties and per bushel or per hundredweight figures.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Jersay Mountains
Granta
Chicago and Buffalo Livestock Prices and Market Notes
Chicago and New York markets show varied cattle and hog prices with ranges for steers, cows, calves, and hogs. Buffalo reports slow but steady cattle trading, active calves, and mixed hogs. a note mentions the vacuum principle used in an ice cream freezer to freeze contents in half an hour and keep eight hours frozen.
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Chicago
Prima
Buffalo
Prades
Kickapoo Worm Killer Ad Promises Relief for Worms
An advertisement parodies a church scene and urges parents to treat children for worms. It claims thousands of children suffer from worms draining vitality and promotes Kickapoo Worm Killer as a pleasant remedy with a tonic effect, available at druggists for 25 cents.
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Wireless
Captain von Raben
East Africa
Sofia
Macedonia
Doiran
Copentigen
Tve
Berlin Tagebite
Adiga Tauried Ds
Universal
Rock of Gibraltar
Carstens Brothers Ackley
Teutons
Rome Dispatch
Mackensen
FLYER
Ambassador Page
U.S
New York
Aber Helier
Northern
Shiba
Paes Tulr Denlinis
J. T. Camhhon
Sec'y. Armand
Davis
Pips
Ollice
Cour House
Eldora
Iowa
Gio
Gei
Townsenc & Mert Lier
S. J. Lieuwen
Mgr
Ackley, Iowa
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