War News From November Firefight and Allied Developments
Reports from Washington detail a November 20 artillery clash in which two American soldiers died and five were wounded. Other items include the formation of the American War Council to oversee war industries, French decoration for American troops, and moves to limit beer alcohol content. Also noted are naval patrols, U-boat actions, stockpiling controls, patent licenses, hunger strikes uprisings, and regional labor mediation efforts.
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Pershing
Washington
Harry L. Miller
Baker, Ore
Charles Rissmiller
Reading
Council of National Defense
American War Council
War Council
Ees
European War News Reports Armistice Decree and Front Updates
A Second Russian army congress adopts measures including an armistice decree. British forces capture Bitir Station and Abu Karim near Jerusalem. Italian troops hold Piave line as French and British reinforcements arrive. French report gains near Verdun with 800 prisoners. British advance at Bourlan in Cambrai. German action includes sinking five Dutch fishing boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of National Commissioners
Piave Line
Italy
Piave
Verdun
Paris
Fear of Norway's entry haunts Scandinavian meeting
Dispatches from Copenhagen report fear, though unfounded, that Norway may enter the war provoking German occupation of Denmark as a countermeasure. Also noted, Corporal Filip Kollowal, a Russian who enlisted with Canadian forces, single-handedly killed ten Germans and captured a machine gun. The Vatican is accused in a London Morning Post editorial of involvement in propaganda behind recent Italian reverses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Christiania
Norway
Denmark
Filip Kollowal
Ottawa
Vatican
London Morning Post
Illinois recruits receive commissions after Fort Sheridan training
Dozens of Illinois trainees from Fort Sheridan are awarded commissions in infantry and artillery. Names span Peoria to Quincy with ranks First and Second Lieutenant confirming completion and readiness to join the Regular Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan
Illinois
Grant M. Miles
Peoria
Mark W. Bennett
Ottawa
Frank Tatman
Bloomington
Ralph N. McCord
T. B. Smith
Carbondale
N. P. Pavey
Mt. Vernon
A. F. Moseley
Freeport
Wilbur C. McProud
Monmouth
R. EB. Willis
Moline
T. S. Murray
DeKalb
Frank R. Miller
Giluan
George D. Prentice
Macomb
Frederick B. Lewis
Wheaton
William C. Pegalowske
Gary
Lester B. McAllister
Oak Park
George C. McLean
Rockford
Joel A. Ranney
Cazenovia
James F. Bell
Salem
John B. Steele
McLeansboro
Ray Garrett
Springfeld
Carl A. Sehuh
Cairo
Macon
Howard J. Liston
Joliet
George W. Dunn
Springfield
James W. Krause
Waukegan
Louis EB
Cassidy
Kewanee
James B. Tice
Mount Morris
Ira F. Wood
Mount Carmel
Homer W. McCoy
Mount Sterling
Page H. Crain
Harold P. Ousley
Paris
Frank D. Adams
Urbana
Joseph King
Gridley
Leo W. Strohmeyer
Charles P. Skinner
Ted B. Herndon
Chatham
Archie E. Savole
Naples
Albert R. Kays
Harry Schlemmer
Blue Island
Lawrence M. Kiplinger
Marshall
Charles E. Gueltig
Edwardsville
Clerk G. Sauer
Dana
Lorin V. Cope
Tontl
Samuel S. Russell
Itasca
John B. Boyle
Morrigy
Carl H. Starrett
Wigin
Wil “Naka
Walter A. Hamrlen
Galena
Wyllis ‘'E. Dick
Quincy
Milton H. Brown
Jack’c. Keran
Champaign
Benjamin Fell
Cyrus A. Geers
Edwardsylle
Alfred O. Brown
Roswell F. Magill
Rolla Six
Barry
James T
Elmer FE
Machamer
Fulton
Nejnaim J. Hilgard
Belleville
Elmer F. Gebhardt
Stonington
Adrian C. Edward
Carrollton
William G. Moller
James R. Grace
Chrisman
Edward Carlson
Rock Island
William C. Peterson
Crystal Lake
Bayard Brown
Genoa
William A. Kaufman
Benjamin W. Landberg
Elgin
Christopher 8. Long
Pontiac
William R. Rodenberger
East St. Louis
Walson
Drake
Benjamin F. Ogden
William R. Matthews
Leslie L. Hunt
Sperland
M. Lester Geers
Newman
Schaller
Mendota
Odin P. Robelstad
Roy T. Heckersweiler
Area
Clarence G. Elmer
Lanark
Henry H. Dixon
Greenville
Harry T. Rogers
Milton W. White
Havana
Louis J. Colehower
Normal
James H. Ashton
Hiram E. Essex
London Mills
Lloyd H. Helm
Metropolis
Roy Will
Murphysboro
Thomas K. Rinaker
Carlinville
Thomas L. Rork
Alfred L. Sedgwick
Lemont
William J. Armstrong
Decatur
Reuben M Coch
Norman W. Gregg
William W. Pierce
Paul J. Hagerty
R. E. Agens
Alfred D. Allem
Pittsfield
Bert M. Cavanaugh
Carthage
Charles M. Jones
Plano
William H. Westerman
Alton
William EK. Stone
J. M. Lundberg
Galesburg
Conrad 8. Mystrom
William A. Ruegg
Robert R. Thor
Froman Smith
Marshal W. Jones
Wayne E. Perkins
Kenneth G. Pringle
Harold F. Ayer
Haverhill
James H. Lemmons
Jacksonville
Franklin C. Smith
Gus A. Baumann
Charles W. Hanna
Robert R. Hadeston
Chambersburg
Charles C. Adams
Max Pettit
East St Louis
Forest C. Baird
Abingdon
Albert C. Fiedler
Bathtown
Charles M. Burgess
Geneva
James W. Northrop
Woodstock
Frederick C. Morey
Gerard L. Fossland
Winthrop Harbor
Elmer QC. Farrow
Danville
Leon E. Ashley
Bluffs
William 8. Redhed
Tolono
Louis N. Fisher
Rudolph D. Shallberg
Unclear chat fragment hints at soda and steam idea
The text features a conversation where a person wonders why hot soda behaves differently from cold soda and a druggist's friend suggests using steam through a nozzle to improve it. The fragment provides no clear event or outcome.
Comic Exchange on Great Composer Question
A professor asks a graduate to name the greatest composer of our time. The student retorts that Chloroform five is about as good as any, delivering a darkly comic punchline.
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John
First and Last Families in a Credit Tale
A shopkeeper notes the couple are society people. He says they belong to our first and last families. They clarify first and last first to ask credit and last to pay.
Untitled courtroom quip reveals a hidden quarrel
A fragmentary exchange mentions JT overheard pleading behind a door about a quarrel, with lines implying a romantic or marital dispute. The dialogue hints at two people in a tense situation, described as a quar ter audible at the doorway.
Lesson on Nehemiah 8 and the reading of the law
The lesson covers Nehemiah 8 the reading of the book by Ezra and the people's response. It discusses reverence in reading the law understanding it translating for the common people and the Holy Spirit guiding interpretation. Five results follow hearing the word conviction mourning joy peace and service with worship concluding the tablet of the seventh month feast.
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Tabernacles
Nehemiah
Ezra
Artaxerxes
Persia
Palestine
Hera
Jesus Christ
Moses
Dandies by Order in the Georgian Infantry Garb
A correspondent notes that eighteenth century English infantry wore bright scarlet coats and colonial fashion, while Prussian troops kept powdered hair and curled wigs. The Fontenoy incident contrasts with khaki futures as the era’s uniforms emphasized form and ceremony.
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George II
Battle of
Fontenoy
Castoria Reminder Checks Bottles for Child Use
An old warning urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for infants and children. The message notes Castoria has been trusted for over 30 years and that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria, emphasizing familiar branding and long history.
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Fletcher
Mother Gray
Rample
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy
N. Y
Long Journey of a Package From War Front to Egypt
A soldier writes from Egypt about a parcel sent from South Africa in September 1916. It traveled through Hants France four hospitals Blighty two more hospitals Warwick Exeter Ryde and finally Egypt, taking ten months to arrive. The contents included a shirt socks three khaki handkerchiefs boracic powder and a smudged obliterated sender address.
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Egypt
South Africa
Hants
France
Blighty
Warwick
Exeter
Ryde
Fate and proposal in a jitney bus
Fate plays queer tricks on a man and Mrs. Twobble recalls a marriage proposal. The narrator muses on proposing in elegant surroundings but reveals he actually proposed to Mrs. Twobble in a jitney bus.
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Mr. Twobble
Palma
Perquisites Behind The Head Waiter’s Large Tipping Tale
The dialogue satirically questions tipping norms in a dining setting. A head waiter who accepts modest tips is contrasted with a figure who handles leftovers, suggesting a stingy view of money and a critique of value assigned to small gratuities versus surplus food and service.
Chest Protector Request Amid Ice Chest Robberies
Mrs Youngbride asks John to bring home a chest protector after noting thieves targeting their ice chest. An innocuous plea contrasts with a sting of domestic worry. Advertisements promote Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver bowels and stomach for healthier digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Finland to establish Hel singsfors industry study lab
A laboratory to study technical industrial problems will be created at Hel singfors Finland. It will be supported partly by the government and largely by private concerns.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Boy Finds Break Easier When Throws Things
A concise remark notes it is striking how a boy's best break comes from things he enjoys throwing. The line suggests a playful or mischievous observation about pastime choices and break time behavior.
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U. S
Teutonic War News
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Kenneth Smith
Yale
Frank J. Brady
Newark
N. J
I. F. Wilkinson
United States Governeme
Federal Trade Commission
New York
Philadelphia
Woman's Party
District of Columbia
White House
Food Administration
Wilson
Frederic R. Harris
Corps of Civil Engineers, U. S. N
Washington L. Capps
The
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Emil Seidel
Milwaukee
Horicon
Wis
Charles Hawks
Seidel
Hawks
Kaiser
Circolo Studi Social
Seattle
Portland
Spokane
Tacoma
Stillans
Victor Emmanuel
Bryant H. Barber
Grand Detour Bridge
Robert L. Bracken
Barber
Central Street
Middle West
Ill
Toledo
Huebner Brewery Company
United States
Department of Commerce
William B. Wilson
Ore
Presidential Mediation Commission
Northwest
Felix Frankfurter
Mr. Wilson
Chicago
Harry A. Wheeler
John Renfield
Tatiana Nicholaevna Romanoff
Nicholas Romanoff
Russia
Siberia
Alice Karlson
Scotts
Kalamazoo
Mich
Bittir Station
Abu Karim
Jerusalem
London
Cambrai
Bourlan Village
Bourlan Wood
Field Marshal Haig
Amsterdam
Francis R. Shelton
Graysville
William F. Smith
Clinton
Charles H. Fletcher
Mattoon
Horace B. Matheny
Homer H. Clarke
James C. van Meter
Paul M. Clendenen
Dewitt T. Petty
Sumner
Herbert BE. Hessler
Charles B. Busey
Henry H.tenny
Walter T. Day
Albert J. Nolan
Wallace J. Casey
John E. Cassidy
Elmer T. Duncy
Wallace T. Halcomb
Centralia
Roger E. Greene
Princeton
John E. Earle
Dixon
David BE
Hinckle
James D. Newsum
Olney
Joseph J. Dellera
Herrlh
Walter L. O'Brien
Maple Park
Edgar A. Geister
Joseph P. Moore
Streator
John R. Boston
Yorkville
Robert B. Goff
Benjamin D. Farrar
Frank D. Hackett
Howard C. Sawyer
Joseph C. Aldous
Harry A. Barr
Aledo
John H. Stahl
Daniel W. Chapman
Vienna
Gilbert Nelson
Brookfield
Mount Stersling
Leslie F. Eggart
Aurora
Gaylor W. Ramsey
Chillicothe
Harry F. Kelly
Harry Miner
Watseka
Joseph 8. Smith
John C. Blood
Grayville
Warden H. Morrow
Roderick J. Hutcheson
Mound City
George L. Beckwith
Automa
Halsey L. Bingham
Robert M. Ramsey
Morrison
Clyde Simms
Biggsville
Chester V. Easum
Clayton
Roy A. Stanton
William EH. Lewis
William J. Sense
David Hunter
William J. Hall
Mount Vernon
Charles BE. Turner
Charles H. Mullen
Samuel E. Layton
Rossville
Guy D. Travers
Thomas F. Stone
Ray W. Hinchliff
George A. Neustadt
LaSalle
Kenneth Buchanan
John B. Yowell
Dudley
Jules R. Field
Collinsville
Hendricks NI. Whitman
Boston
Harry T. Patton
Clarence
Reinhardt Rahn
Thornton
Robert C. Williamson
John G. Wheelock
Clyde N. Linsley
Fairfield
Robert J. Ansel
Charles KE
Fisher
Ross W. Matthews
Marissa
Ralph H. Hughes
Martin J. Gass
Archibald W. Fisher
Charles E. Kepner
Rochelle
Paul H. Rogers
Mechanicsburg
Eugenes. Pruett
Kinmundy
Charles W. Leahy
Edmond Ti. Canby
Louis A. Zearling
Edward C. Elles
Herron
Harold B. King
Francis B. Smith
Grover C. News Lon
Metamora
Merley
Lummins
Edgar L. Eisner
Bellair
Robert H. Johnson
Walter B. Jenkins
Harold B. Godelin
John S. Skinner
Trinceton
Charles M. Grayton
Paul Daily
Arthur B. Woody
Alford
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Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Tnner
Tee
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