War News From Europe and Atlantic Sours 1914
The first three American soldiers killed in France are buried on French soil. American ship Roches ter torpedoed on November 2 with four sailors dead and one boat missing. An American freighter crew reports sinking a German submarine in the Mediterranean. German artillery harasses American positions near the French trenches. The navy announces the yacht Alcedo torpedoed at 1:30 a.m. November 5. one officer and twenty men missing. ship sank in four minutes with seven officers and eighty five men aboard.
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France
Army of
Washington
Rochester
Mediterranean
Navy Department
Atlantic
Hone
Seeven
Washington war era notices and crop records in 1917
Washington issued an order limiting advertising lights to set hours and reducing coal for nonessential industries. Final 1917 crop reports show corn at 8.19 billion bushels and potatoes at 440 million. Thanksgiving Proclamation fixed November 29. Japan-US agreement on China noted as major diplomacy. Judge Togers ruled that opposition to war or conscription can violate espionage law by express admiration. Moving picture tax rule set by interim official. Several war and regional incidents and election results are listed, including New York mayoral race and casualty notices.
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Garfield
Washington
Department of Agrculture
Wilson
Henry Wade Togers
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Honest John Williams dies at 69 in Oshkosh theater owner
Pioneer theatrcal man John N. Willining, owner of the Grand Opera House, dies after a long illness of pleurisy in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Known nationwide among theatrical and elvens people as Honest John Williams. Maj. Birdseye B. Lewis, connected to Pershing's staff, reportedly killed himself last Saturday after prior death notice to relatives.
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John N. Willining
Oshkosh
Vis
Grand Opera House
John Williams
Birdseye B. Lewis
Signal Corps
General Pershing
Interallied Military Committee Formed With Cadorna
European War News reports a permanent interallied military committee formed by British French and Italian representatives in Italy. General Cadorna joins the committee with General Diaz as commander, General Badoglio second, and General Grandmondir, General Foch and General Wilson in staff roles. Austro-German forces cross the Livenza, Italian reinforcements cut off at Tagliamento, and reserves are called up. The British merchant fleet shows a drop in ship tonnage sunk, while Canadians push 800 yards beyond Passevendaela center, with many prisoners sent to cages. Teutonic armies facing Italy are said to number five under Austro-Hungarian command.
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Italy
General Cadorna
Diaz
Badoglio
Grandmonird
Foch
Frrench War Ministry
Wilson
Staf
Cadorna
Plenty of turkeys on hand for Thanksgiving market
Washington reports plenty of turkeys available for the Thanksgiving market per the United States food administration. The agency requires rapid sale under the food control act, anticipating ample supply and lower prices as more poultry goes to market.
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Washington
United States Food Administration
Food Administration
United States Heads War Conference in Europe
Washington reports the United States will join a European war conference led by Col House to push unity in prosecuting the war. The American commission includes Admiral Benson Gen Bliss and other officials to align military, economic, and shipping policies and possibly form a joint war council.
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Washington
United States
Col M. House
Wilson
Europe
House
Am Joint War Council
American War Commission
Col
Wo MM. House
W. 8. Benson
Tasker H. Bliss
U.S. A
Oscar T. Crosby
the Treasury
Vance ©. McCormick
War Trade Board
Germany
Lansing
Colonel House
Tresident Wilson
Acion
Italy
England
Public story telling grows at Cynara libraries
In Cynara public libraries children’s story telling has ran for years as a feature with fifty to one hundred youngsters gathering in a designated “children’s room.” At St John N 33 the program now splits ages into two classes of thirty minutes each. The effort has grown in interest and demands more sophisticated material supported by a visiting storyteller when possible.
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Cynara
St. John
Mary
Peagloy
Kite Balloon Branch key unit in modern warfare aims for Omaha program
The Army trains about 1,500 men at Fort Omaha for the kite or stationary balloon section. Balloons rise to 8,000 feet, relay artillery data by telephone, and serve as the "eyes of the artillery." Applicants for Officers Reserve School must be US citizens 19 to 35, well educated, with three letters of recommendation.
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Omaha
Nebr
Uncle Sam
Fort Omaha
Offters' Reserve School
United States
Aviation
Signal Enlisted
Re Serve Corps
Army
President Aviation Examining Board
Fort Onuha
Nebraska
Appalling German massacre of convoy crews reported abroad
Nor Wegian papers recount a brutal engagement in which German cruisers and destroyers attacked a British North Sea convoy. Ships burned, crews killed, and two young women perished after rescue attempts as the battle raged at very close range near dawn.
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Ufe Baat
Rescnre
Bnge Meh
Who Will Win This Battle in Kidney Health
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce’s Anuric to cleanse the kidneys and bladder, claiming it cures rheumatism and prevents serious diseases by removing poisons. A testimonial from Mrs Mary Du Barry touts relief after ten days of Anurie Tablets, urging readers to obtain trial packs.
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Piarce
V. M. Piarca
Invalids
Buffalo
Mrbs
Mary du Barry
6Th Street
Island of Mindoro once the granary of the Philippines
Mindoro in the Philippines was once famed as the granary of the Philippines due to abundant rice production. Despite crops like sugar cotton and hemp thriving with proper cultivation, the island remains economically backward with widespread poverty and about 8,000 inhabitants including 18,000 Tagalogs 7,200 Mongyanes 2,000 Visayans and fewer than 1,000 Nocanos.
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Island of
Mindoro
Philippines
Higher Authority
The new office boy asks to admit a guest while the junior partner objects, noting he owes ten dollars. The senior member confirms the guest, asserting he owes the firm twenty five dollars, prompting a cautious brief entrance.
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Brown
Frm
Harper's Monthly
Unusual Travel Encounter and Cotton Market Note
A traveler recalls a calm ticket agent during a trip and notes a cotton belting market in India. The brief reflection contrasts unexpected politeness with a global trade detail. This sentence captures a moment of courteous service and a regional commodity market.
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India
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Teutonic War News
Japan
China
Roper
Thomas Hanley, Jr
Rantoul, ML
Chinese Industrial Commission
King Ping Taye
Tse
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Tulsa
Okla
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Ont
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Canton
Bertram Bowbeer
Grand Rapids
Mich
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Ind
Alice Dodd
James Gresham
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Department of Immigration
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Can
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Loeschner
Fort McPherson
Laredo
Tex
Sto Grande
John F. Hylan
Kings County
John ¥. Mitchel
Hylan
Morris Hillquist
William M. Bennett
Livenza River
Berlin
Tagliamento
London
Zurich
America
Admiralty
Passehendaela
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
United States IN War Conference
Allies’ Council
Paris
Bainbridge Colby
Shipping Board
Alonze
Saylor
Lipover
Thomas Nelson Perkins
Priority Board
Gordon Auchineless
Mouse
Polk
State Department
Geyouiny Willl
Switzerland
E. M. House
Bentons
North Sea
RSI
Carter
Darmeseness
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Eck
Bioddard Co
Stoddard Co
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