Battle Rages in the Caucasus and Near Suez
Petrograd reports ongoing fighting around Kenrykey with Kurdish cavalry clashes near Karakilisse as Murca are routed. Berlin cites Turkish claims of a major Russian defeat on the Caucasian border and loss of the second Russian defensive line. Berlin also notes a battle near the Suez canal with wounded arriving after fighting between Suez and Ismalia and a mutiny among native troops. Enver Pasha proclaims Allah aids the Turks.
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Petrograd
Caucasus
Kenrykey
Zetchorokh
Basazid
Alaschkert
Black Sea
Karakilisse
Alaschkertska
Suez
Berlin
Milan
Tealy
Suez Canal
Thia
Ismatia
London
The
Times
Cairo
Egypt
Dimascus
Asepno
Russlaa
Pallah
Enver Pasha
Constantinople
Beclin
Cnver Pasha
Hay
Favorite Prescription Promoted For Women’s Ailments
A health claim advertisement extols Dr Pierces Favorite Prescription as alcohol free and made from natural roots and herbs. It urges women to use it for irregular or painful periods, backache, headaches, nervousness, and hormonal changes, and offers a 184 page book on women’s diseases.
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Plercas
Giria
Pieress
Pierce Buffalo
The People 5 Common Sense Medical Adviser Ad
A revived postal offer promotes a large cloth bound medical book of 1008 pages. It invites any reader to request a revised copy by sending 20 cents and the ad promises a plain to read guide for invalids, with delivery to Buffalo New York.
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Common Sense
Tr Pierce Invalids
Buffalo
Servian Red Cross Members At Work In Field Hospital
Servian Red Cross members treat a wounded soldier brought to a field hospital during battle. He died before transfer to a farther hospital as Sérvians suffer heavy losses yet hold their own against the Austrians.
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Servian Red Cross
U S Passport Holder Arrested in London Delayed
A man using multiple names was remanded in a London police court on failing to register as an alien enemy and fac ing possible charges of being a German spy. He carried a Washington issued passport listing Bridgeman Taylor as a Mexican army major and had a note of a prior visit in October.
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U.S
London
Horat, von der Goltz
Bridgeman Taylor
Washington
Bridgeman Tayior
Herin
State Department
Lridgeman W. Taylor
San Francisco
New York
Fred F Schneider
Baltimore
Charles J Tucker
Wall Street
Taylor
Frederick F Schneider
Bridgeman
W. Taylor
Schneider
Lioyd Steamship Company
German Submarines Believed Sunk by British Action
London reports British forces destroyed two German submarines amid daring Channel raids. One sub likely blown up after divers attached explosive charges to its hull. Another U-boat, blamed for Belgian coast bombardment, is also reported shelled and sunk.
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London
Channel
Dave
Dover
Daily Telegraph
Belgian
Sweden Ratifies American Peace Pact
Stockholm reports King Gustave has ratified the peace treaty with the United States. The Swedish foreign office notified Ira Nelson Morris, the American minister to Sweden, of the ratification.
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Petrograd
Stockholm
Foreign Office
Sweden
Ira Nelson Morris
Gustave
United States
Americans Send Socks to British Soldiers in War Relief
London reports American women have donated socks and other knit items for British troops. Through Lady Paget, American supporters are delivering 15,000 pairs of socks so far, with letters from women and shop girls praising the effort. Queen Mary has thanked Americans via Lady Paget.
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London
America
Magys
Arthur Paget
Puget
Queen Mary
Lady Paget
Supplies urged as Belgian suffering grows dire
London reports Captain Luccy urging more aid after American relief supplies prove insufficient for Belgium. Messages to Henry Van Dyke and Antwerp consul describe famine risk, bread shortages, and overwhelmed towns like St Nicholas and Malines. Hunger drives desperate acts near Charleroi.
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London
We Luccy
Belgium
Antwerp
Henry van Dyke
Hazuedo
Belzinm
St Nicholas
Malines
Egal
Charleroi
Boni De Castellane Serving at the Front
Prominent French figures at the front include Count Boni de Castellane former husband of Anna Gould serving as an Interpreter his brother Count Jean Castellane a lieutenant aylater and Prince Sagan and Prince Murat attached to the motor transport service. About twenty deputies are with regiments on the front. Two deputies Pierce Goujan and Paul Proust have been killed and one senator Erin Reymond has died as well.
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Faris
Amoug
Bont de Castellane
Anna Gould
Jean Castellane
Aylater
Prince Sagan
Prince Murat
Fring
Pierce Goujan
Paul Proust
Erin Reymond
Russians Advance in East Prussia
Petrograd reports Russian troops push forward in East Prussia capturing five German howitzers near Soldau and forcing a German retreat from Rypin. They cross the Schroniava toward Cracow and Tarnow while Germans redeploy toward Silesia and Thorn.
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Silesia
Thorn
Werth
Cracow
East Prussia
Parcel Post Service Resumed in France
Washington November 14 Regulation of parcel post service with France was announced today by the post office department. For the present parcels will not be accepted when addressed to the departments of Aisne Ardennes Aube Côte dOr Doubs Haute Marne Haute Saone Jura Marne Meurthe-et-Moselle Meuse Moselle Nordise Pas-de-Calais Seine et Marne Somme Vosges Yonne
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
Post Office Department
Aisce
Ardennes
Aube
Cote d'Or
Doubs
Haute Marne
Haute-Seonne
Jura
Marne
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meuse
Mierre
Nordi
Qise
Pas-de-Calais
Soine-et-Marne
Somme
Vosges
Yonne
Antivari Bombarded by Austrian Airships
London November 1 Austro German air raid on Antivari reports two Austrian aeroplanes dropping five bombs One explosion hit near the crown prince residence breaking windows Austrian forces repulsed by Montenegrins dispatch from Cettn to Reuters says Heregovina attrition in air campaign continues with limited clear gains
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London
Antivari
Reuter
Heregovina
Belgian wounded aided by Mrs Whitney in France action
Mrs Harry Whitney of New York organizes a hospital in France to aid Belgian wounded. Robert Bacon, former ambassador to France, travels to the front to secure a suitable location for the effort.
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Harry Whitney
France
Mra
Baty Payne Whitney
New York
Belgium
Robert Bacon
Froft
German Prince Ernest August Missing in War Turmoil
London reports Prince Ernest August, title Duke of Cumberland and husband to Kaiser’s daughter, as a demented wanderer missing for weeks and believed in an asylum. Paris notes the Duke of Brunswick, Kaiser’s son-in-law, disappeared while leading Uhlans in Belgium with searches failing to locate him, amid wartime chaos. The couple’s son born March 18, 1914, is cited among the brief biographical notes.
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London
Cophagen
The
Stand
Prince Ernest August
Cumberland
Brunswick
William
Belgium
Victori Louise
Prussa
Ernst Augustus Tuke
Brunswick and
Lunebure
Victoria Louise
Berlin
Prince Royal
Great Britain and Ireland
Duke of Cumberland
George V
Hanover
Kaiser’s Son Denied Sight of Tommies
Berlin dispatch details Prince Joachim and Princess August visit to the Doberitz POW camp halted at the gate by a guard’s order. Only with a special pass could they enter, while foreign correspondents were admitted. About 4,060 prisoners, most long-serving, face cold nights, with blankets and underclothing provided after ambassadorial negotiations. A future winter camp is planned, costing around 250 thousand dollars.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Joachim
Prussia
Doberitz
August
Wilhelm
von Loebels
von Loebell
Marine Brigade
Antwerp
Gerard
French torpedo boat sinks a submarine near Dunkirk
London dispatch reports a French torpedo boat entered Dunkirk harbor and said it sank a German submarine. The vessel rammed the submarine at Westende after the encounter.
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London
Patii Calaisien
Dunkirk
Riday
Westende
Mexicans Seek to Patch Up Peace in Intermittent Talks
Mexico City reports General Blanco says Carranza and Villa agreed to a truce until November 20 when the Aguas Calientes convention will reconvene to ratify or nullify Gutierrez as provisional president. Carranza and Villa factions push peace talks amid labor unrest and calls for higher tramway wages.
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Mexico City
Lueto Blanco
Aguas Calientes
Carranza
Villa
Cntalio Gutierres
Pablo Gonzales
Aguas Calientes H9
Blanco
Glbregon
Hayusaillarea
Gonzales
Orizaba
War Department
Belef
Federal District
Vera Cruz
National Authority
el Paso
Texas
Eulaha Gutierrez
Aguas Falientes
Pabii Gonzales
Carranzas
Cordoba
Cemi
Gutierrez
Pablo Gonacles
Carranzano
Gutierrez Gutierrez
Apa Fn
Enrique C Llorente
Washington
Aguas Callentea
Galveston
State Department
Atgn
Bryan
Fenston
Vera Crus
Candido Aguilar
General Funston
San Marcos
Rafael Zubaran
General Carrante
Wilson
Vere
Tampico
San Luis Potosi
Louis Cabrera
Dulatio Gutierrez
Cabrera
Gec
U.S
Villas
Wills
Carranzs
British Officer Awarded Iron Cross After Saving German Soldier
London dispatch reports a British officer saved a German wounded man under heavy fire. He carried the German to shelter, was wounded, and later returned to his lines. A German commander awarded him the Iron Cross and he was nominated for the Victoria Cross but died from his injuries.
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London
Paris
Central News Save
Football players wanted at the front
London November 15 248 am Followers of professional football in England fear a war time policy change. Under Secretary of War H J Tennant says military authorities object to professional play except as recreation and suggests players join His Majesty's forces. Football Association warns stopping the game would cost Worcester ten million pounds annually. About two thousand professional players rely on the sport for livelihood.
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London
England
H J Tennant
Tennant
Mlazestya
The
Football Association
Worcaster
Basis for Exchange. Meare Tance Ha had a drove of dispirited steeds
A storekeeper observes a group of weary horses and a stranger proposes barter terms. The dialogue hints at trading via tobacco and establishes a potential basis for exchange, with questions about what constitutes an acceptable basis. The scene centers on tentative barter negotiations.
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Guesa
Balearic Preludes and the War’s Global Fallout
The era before a shot was fired saw neutrals suffer immense losses as Europe crumbled. Travelers fled as civilization collapsed, and credit, transport, and free communication were disrupted. The war’s reach extended 3100 miles across the Atlantic, crippling markets, credit, and industry worldwide.
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Europe
Mexico
Httle
Atlantic
United States
City Coal Co weighed on city scales 84.75
City Coal Company recorded a weight of 84.75 heading for a shipment, with figures logged on the municipal scales. The brief item notes the weighing event and the involved party, reflecting a routine transaction detail in local commerce.
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City Coal CO
City Seales
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Muse
Geo. Muse Clothing Company
Prince Crazy
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Landsturm
Tommy
Brown & Allen
Alabama
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Meare Tance
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