Bulgarian forces near Uskup threaten Salonika line
Bulgarian troops reportedly reached Uskup, blocking the Salonika Nish railway and severing the Serbs' reinforcement route. Austro German offensives loom from the north as Danube crossings expand, with heavy losses for invaders. Serbian mountain defense and Allied support, including women fighters, slow the advance. Greece and Romania’s cooperation remains crucial to any lasting impact.
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Union News Service
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Hve
Uskup
Salonik&Nish
Haya
Ellivs
Danube
Orsova
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Thouge
Athans
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Blank Sea
Serbia
Greece
Prenatal Culture Myth Challenged By American Genetic Association
In Washington D C the American Genetic Association disputes claims that maternal impressions or prenatal culture affect a child before birth. The group, backed by scientists in government service, says such ideas are mere delusions. The October issue of the Journal of Heredity defends modern biology against these doctrines. Additionally, census figures for Nebraska cities show Omaha at 1 637 200, Lincoln 46 028, Grand Island 12 519, Hastings 10 470, Beatrice 10 127, and Fremont 9 494, suggesting conservative estimates.
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Washington, D. C
American Genetic Association
Journal of Heredity
Association
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
Census Bureau
Lincoln
Grand Island
Hastings
Beat-rice
Fremont
Erie
Nesbraska
Berlin Ennobles Dr Dumba as Envoy Returns
Constantin Dumba Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States has arrived in Berlin with his wife after President Wilson requested his recall. The Vossische Zeitung cites a well informed source that Emperor Francis Joseph has ennobled Mr Dumba.
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Dumba
Berlin
Constantin Dumba
Amybassdor
United States
Wilson
Vogsiche Zeitung
Francis Joseph
Duinbu
German Official Explains Gavell Execution in Belgium
Dr Alfred F M Zimmermann of the German foreign affairs office announces that he has carefully examined all evidence and finds the Belgian execution of Edith Cavell to be just though regrettable. He emphasizes the verdict was made after thorough review.
British Submarine Sinks German Cruiser Pring Adalbert
British forces announced a submarine near Libatt attacked and sank the German armored cruiser Pring Adalbert. The ship measures 393 feet, displaces 8,853 tons and carried 657 men.
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Petrograd
Libatt
German Officers Held in Plot to Attack U S Munitions
In New York police and secret service agents detained Robert Fey a lieutenant in the German army and his brother in law Walter Scholz as leaders of a plot to wreck American munition plants and ships carrying munitions.
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New York
Robert Fey
Aid
Walter Scholz
Factoryl
Secret Service
Permission Granted for Carranza Troops to Move Through U S
The United States government has granted permission for 6,000 Carranza troops to travel from Laredo Texas through Aquevicna territory to Douglas Arizona to re-enter Mexico. Reporter Wilson Church Attraction notes the move. President Wilson attended church with his fiancée Mrs Norman Galt for the first time since their engagement.
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Tex
Carranza
Aquevicna
Here
Douglas
Ariz
Mexico
United States
Wilson
Wagshurton
D. C
Mra
Norman Galt
Greek Cyprus Offer as Greece Refuses War Participation
Greece informs the Entente it cannot yet join the war. London reports Cyprus ceded to Greece in exchange for Greek military cooperation with Serbia. King George appeals Britons to share the burden. Russian and German actions across Serbia Russia, Bulgaria, and Poland are sketched with battles and casualties.
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Greece
London
Cyprus
Serbia
Great Britain
London Daily Telegraph
Brownsville Prepares to Cross Rio Grande Warily
A detachment of the Sixth Cavalry engaged Mexican bandits crossing the Rio Grande near the San Pedro ranch twelve miles from Brownsville Texas. Two assailants were killed. both were armed.
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Sixth Cavalry
Rio Grande
San Pedro Ranch
Brownsville
Tex
World famed Passion play actor killed in battle
Personal Alton Lang once renowned for his Christ portrayal in Oberammergau perished in battle according to Berlin dispatches. Also reported deaths include John H. Baker eighty three retired U S district judge at Goshen Indiana from stomach trouble Willard D Doremus inventor of jetter boxes died suddenly in Washington of heart disease and Premier Asquith of England ill with gastro intestinal catarrh requiring rest.
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Christ
Givan
Oberammergau
Berlin
John H. Baker
United States District Court
Goshen
Ind
Willard D. Doremus
United States
Washington
Seneca, N. Y
Asquith
England
Mexican Revolt Alters Embargo on Arms to Mexico
President Wilson issued an order at Washington declaring an embargo on arms and ammunition shipments to Mexico. A supplementary order was signed later that exempts Carranza's government from the embargo, affecting policy during the revolt.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Edith Cavell executed in Belgium report circulated by British
Brand Whitlock American minister in Brussels sent the full account of Edith Cavell's execution for aiding Allied soldiers to Walter H.H. Page in London. Also reports allege American missionaries are being killed by Turks. Armenian refugee Huseian cites deaths of Miss Charlotte Ely and George Knapp in Bitlis. A Paris factory blast in the Rue de Tolbiac killed fifty-two and wounded about one hundred, many women workers.
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Brussels
Belgium
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Walter HH. Page
London
Whitlock
Leonard Ardreon
University of Missouri At Columbia
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Huseian
Miss
Charlotte Ely
George Knapp
Bitlis
Armenia
Rus de Tolbiac
Paris
White House posts and defense program noted
The White House announced postmaster appointments including Davis in Hardaburg, Maggers in Newport Wisconsin, Barry in Phillips, and Masters in Torrington. Secretary Daniels released navy cost estimates for five years totaling about 502 million dollars for ships, aircraft, and ammunition. President Wilson urged defense plans to a national conference committee. Dr David Starr Jordan urged neutrals conference to lead European war negotiations.
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Washington
Pols
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Hardaburg
G. W. Frame
Woodsock
Indiana
Clarence E. Maggers
Newport
Winconsin
J. S Barry
Phillips
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Cadett
Mary I. Crilly
Manna
J. L. Masters
Torrington
Navy
Daniele
Wilson
Conference On National Defense
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
California
Fight to Close Saloons December 22 Urges Temperance Groups
Local liquor dealers face a new closing deadline under the latest act while city leaders and business temperance advocates clash over enforcement. John B. Hammond of the Business Men's Temperance Association says saloons must close on December 22, while proponents of the act claim compliance and readiness to pursue the dispute.
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John B. Hammond
Coal Fuel Economy Course to Aid Firemen
The Commercial club and a local women’s group back a coal economy course led by Professor Smith of Ames college extension. Firemen from business blocks and factories will learn to maximize heat from coal while women push for reduced smoke, aiding employers or not. Booneville marks the appointment of Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur as Stanford University president succeeding Dr Branner. Wilbur heads Stanford medical dept and led the American Academy of Medicine in 1912 28, born in Booneville.
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Commercial Club
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Ames. College Extension Department
Booneville
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
John Casper Branner
Branner
Wilbur
Stanford
American Academy of Medicine
Hooneville
Indianola Campaign Aims to Boost Endowment Fund
The Des Moines conference of the Methodist church plans a drive in Indianola to raise 50,000 of an 800,000 endowment for Simpson College. A mass meeting decided the campaign will be short and decisive, with 25,000 to be raised in 1,000 plus subscriptions from citizens.
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Indianola
Des Moines
J. d. Ferguson
United Eaates Live Stock Sanitation’ Association
3. H. Ward
Minneapolis
J. Gibson
Chicago
Sacrificial Skin Grafts Aid Burn Victim in Pella
In Pella a large number of young men donated skin grafts to Huip Hrensklander after a severe automobile crash. Some youths gave up to twenty pieces of skin each. The grafting operation helped Hrensklander begin recovery, though he remains badly injured and on the road to recovery.
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Pella
Huip Hrensklander
Breuklander
Prisoner Escapes from Bun ry County Jail
A colored inmate Withur Burnaugh escaped from Bun ry county jail in Mount Pleasant. He was serving sixty days imposed by the mayor and remained in the jail only a few hours before slipping away during a trustee’s corridor entry. No arrest announced yet.
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Jall
Mount Pleasant
Bunry County
Withur Burnaugh
Gilman Odd Fellows Plan New Lodge Hall
The Gilman Odd Fellows lodge votes to rebuild after the old hall burned. Ground has been purchased at a more convenient site, and the $1,850 insurance from the earlier building will seed the new lodge fund.
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Gilman
Odd Fellows
Verdict of Murder In First Degree Returns In Scott County
A Scott county jury returns the first degree murder verdict in years in the case of Carl Ruebling accused of murdering his wife by throat cutting with a butcher knife. The trial lasted over twenty two hours.
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Davenport
Scott County
Carl Ruebling
Big Demand for Loans in Des Moines Banks
Iowa bankers report the strongest loan demand in years with 20 to 25 percent above normal. Farmers with good corn crops seek funds to move grain while those with soft corn struggle to sell and need loans to bridge to next season.
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Des ‘Moines
Iowa
Jensen Farmers Build Wealth From Humble Start
Three years ago Jensén brothers moved from near Bah Schleswig to their father’s farm five miles north of town with little money but a readiness to work. They did not tent for years, yet their Jensen farm acre has grown into a substantial parcel. Their venture left them with a sizable bank balance and a record of steady progress.
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Jensén
Bahleswig
Hays
Jensen
Popeorh
Vanture
New Type of Gravel Road On Lincoln Highway West Jefferson
The state highway commission recommends a new gravel road on the Lincoln highway west of Jefferson. The first 8 foot center trench will receive 600 loads per mile rolled in place, followed by a 16 foot road with 2,200 loads per mile also rolled smooth. The commission says this construction yields a permanent road with a reasonable upkeep cost for long use.
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Jafferson
State Highway Commission
Lincolln
Jefferson
Aroa
Plan Grand Council Meeting in Waterloo Dates Set
At a Knights of Pythias grand council meeting in Waterloo the grand lodge dates for the city were set for August 23 and 24 in 1316. The date shift comes as the supreme lodge meets in Portland the week prior. Attendees included H. G. Moora of Wellman acting as grand chancellor. The grand lodge arrangements committee will convene here later.
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Grand Council
The
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Supreme Lodge
Portland
H. G. Moora Af Wellman
Dallas County Prosperity Report Shows Tax Receipts Rise
County Treasurer W S Guthrie reports a striking rise in September tax receipts from 11005.27 in 1908 to 174803.16 six years later. Most treasurer running expenses are paid from interest on daily balances in county bank deposits.
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Perry
Guthrie
Road improvements on Sutherland Peterson route praised
Prbnghar O'Brien county spent over 3500 on the Sutherland Peterson road while farmers hauled 400 loads of gravel free of charge. The project removed a dangerous hill turn and will yield one of the best roads in the region. The county bought 8 elevating graders powered by a forty horsepower tractor.
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O’brien
Sutherland- Peterson
Officers Destroy Booze In River Dump Near Des Moines
Deputies and sheriffs destroyed about $1,000 worth of whisky and eighteen barrels of beer. The liquor was dumped on the banks of the Raccoon River, drawing a good sized crowd attracted by the odor.
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Des Moines
Raccoon River
Four Men Reportedly Plan Atlantic Southern Railroad Purchase
Four men have caused comment in this area over an investigation into the Atlantic Southern railroad. Circulating rumor says they intend to buy the railroad. The men named are I. M. Putnam of Chicago, J. M. Forbes of Jefferson, Ta. W. J. Bradford of Oklahoma City, and a civil engineer.
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May Bay
Villisea
Atlantic Southern Railroad
I. M. Putnam
Chicago
J. M. Forbes
Jefferson
Ta. W. J. Bradford
Oklahoma City
Build Many Silos In This County Prompted By Record Season
Ida Grove Farmors of this county are taking no chances on soft grain. More silos have been built here this season than in any year in the county's history. Some are using cement, while others are putting up a taravelog.
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Ida Grove
Insane Patient Hangs Self at Iowa State Hospital Farm
Mount Pleasant. Joseph Mitchell of Knoxville, a patient at the Iowa state hospital, was found hanging from a tree limb on a farm near the hospital grounds. He had been missing since October 3.
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Mount Pleasant
Joseph Mitchell
Knoxville
Iowa State Hospital
Stolen Car Recovered Near Boone Returns to Senator Parker
The Iowa Auto Protective Association recovered the second stolen automobile tied to State Senator Addison M. Parker. Found at Boone, the car is returned to the owner. The sheriff's union note Parker joined the group after the incident.
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Dea Monnea
Iowa Auto Protective Association
Addison M. Parker
Boone
Sherif Griffin
Parker
Protectivn
State Aids Expositions and Agriculture Drive
Department aims to encourage agricultural expositions with state aid, possibly requiring reorganized county associations to qualify. Senator Enger reports Winneshiek fair debt paid and a surplus. tests for new school agriculture programs face equipment and funding hurdles. various legal and tax updates follow, including parole considerations and liquor law cases.
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Corey
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