Villa Troops Dare Guards In Nogales Clash
United States troops and an ambulance rushed to Nogales on the border after Villa officers in the Mexican town became intoxicated and out of control. American and Mexican sides cleared streets, closed saloons, and forced exits as Villa cavalry taunted the U.S. forces prompting heightened border tensions.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Carlos Randall
Villa
United States
Mexico
Ford to End the War by Christmas
Henry Ford plans to end the European war by Christmas by chartering the Oskar II to carry a delegation of pacifists to Europe. The steamer sails December 4 from New York with delegates from neutral European, American, Central and South American nations to form a peace organization.
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New York
Henry Ford
Europe
Ford
Plan To Regulate Rents In Parliament War Measures
A bill was introduced in the house of commons on Thursday to curb during the war the rises in rents and the calling in of mortgages on small dwellings in certain areas. Landlords in munitions districts have sparked much bitterness by exploiting high housing demand.
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London
House of Commons
Exposition Building to Stay Open in 1916
Salt Lake City officials received a letter from San Diego exposition president G A Davidson urging the Utah state building remain open all next year. Governor Spry was informed that the exposition intends to keep the Salt Lake display accessible during 1916.
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Salt Lake City
Spry
G. A. Davidson
Utah State Building
Postal Employees Face Charges in Fairmont Conspiracy
United States Commissioner Nathan issued warrants for the arrest of former Postmaster A. Howard Fleming and twenty five Fairmont Post Office employees who quit their jobs in protest of W. H. Arond’s dismissal after seventeen years as assistant postmaster. They are charged with conspiracy to delay the mails.
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Fairmont
W. Va
United States
Nathan
A. Howard Fleming
Fairmont Post Office
W. H. Arond
Police and Bandits Battle Across City. One Man Fatally Shot
A running gun battle lasted from Golden Gate Park to the Presidio, ending with one bandit fatally shot after taking cover behind a wall. Police Corporal F. Cook Wise was wounded in the side and arm.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Presidio Military Reservation
Frederick Cook Wise
McAdoo Urges Internal Taxes Over Bond Issues for Defense
Secretary McAdoo releases a formal statement favoring internal taxation to fund the first year of the defense program. He estimates 1917 expenditures at about 112.8 million dollars beyond existing revenues, advocating changes to income tax exemptions, surtaxes, and new levies on gasoline, oils, autos, and other items.
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Washington
McAdoo
The
Treasury
Congress
Army Deserter Captured After Reaching New York
Heine Schultz a German ex private and war deserter reached New York aboard the Noorderdyke wearing earth stained uniform. He sought entry to avoid further fighting and was sent to Ellis Island for immigration review. If denied admission he faces indefinite detention to prevent capture by the British.
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New York
Heine Schultz
Noorderdyke
United States
Ellis Island
Rabies Patient Escapes Hospital Hits City
Pittsburg man John Bukowa aged 27 suffers rabies and escapes a hospital. He roams a crowded street biting and scratching bystanders until six officers corralling him. Police capture him in a patrol wagon and he dies hours later in hospital.
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Pittsburg
John Bukowa
Dr Wellington Koo Appointed Chinese Minister to U S
Dr Wellington Koo named Chinese minister to the United States succeeding Kail Fu Shah. A Columbia University graduate with high honors in 1908, he earned his MA in 1909 and studied under John Bassett Moore for three years. Recently appointed envoy to Mexico, Peru and Cuba.
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Vi Kyumn
Wellington Koo
United States
Kail Fu Shah
Doctor Koo
Columbia University
John Bassett Moore
Mexico
Peru
Cuba
Murderer Given Life Term In Ottawa Case
George David Starkley, found guilty of burning his wife and baby to death last spring by setting fire to a house on an island in the Illinois river, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Ottawa
George David Starkley
Ieland
Illinois River
Squall Strikes Houston Area Causing Death and Damage
A sudden furious squall struck the Abia vicinity near Thoradeay in Houston Texas. One person was killed and many injured as warehouses and abeds were blown down with widespread property loss and destruction.
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Houston
Texas
Abia
Cinity Thoradeay
Greece 19 Brought to Terms by Allies
Allies press Greece to guarantee safety of troops retreating into Greek territory from Macedonia. Athens accepts pledges not to disarm waves of forces driven across the border and to provide rail and telegraph facilities amid government reservations on some details.
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Greece
London
Reuter
Athens
Macedonia
Funeral draws thousands for Hillstrom protest
In Chicago five thousand people attended a multilingual funeral for Joseph Hillstrom the executed murder convict. Police maintained order as mourners displayed red flags and banners proclaiming He died a martyr. Bill Haywood spoke briefly and Judge Hilton delivered a two hour eulogy denouncing the Mormon church.
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Chicago
Joseph Hillstrom
Bill” Haywood
Hilton
Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone
Steunenberg
Mormon Church
Double murder puzzles St Louis and Madison police
St. Louis and Madison police investigate a Thursday night double murder with no witnesses. The victims are Mrs. Catherine Street, estranged wife of Captain William Street of the Madison police, and Charles F. Barmel er a St. Louis policeman. A general order for Captain Street’s arrest has been issued.
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St. Louis
Madison
Ill
Catherine Street
William Street
Madison Police Department
Charles F. Barmeler
Captain Street
Ban on French Clothes in Berlin Fashion Reform Meeting
A large gathering of women reformers, under Crown Princess patronage, urged German women to abandon French and foreign fashions. They called for a truly German style of dress that is beautiful and dignified but free from fripperies.
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Berlin
Germany
Jewelry recovered after on train theft near Granite Canyon
Jewelry valued at 1600 dollars, believed stolen from Mrs. Jane Mc Clurg Hamilton of Chicago, found in possession of school children near Granite Canyon, eighteen miles west. The items were in a suitcase found beside the track.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Jane McClurg Hamilton
Chicago
Union Pacific
Granite Canyon
Republican Gains in New York State Assembly Vote
The Republican majority in New York state rose from 64 000 to 118 000 in assemblyman elections, a rise noted in a Tuesday statement.
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New York
Albany
N. YoeThe
Teasday
Sinking of Turkish transport reported in Zurich message
A Turkish transport carrying about 500 soldiers sank off the Bea of Marmorate. The report comes via a Zurich message, forwarded from Amsterdam by Central News.
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London
Bea
Marmorate
Zurich
Amsterdam
Central News
Texas Governor Meets Carranza at Nuevo Laredo Banquet
Governor James B Ferguson met General Venustiano Carranza in Nuevo Laredo for a conference and banquet to discuss border security and cooperation along the Rio Grande. A Mexican raid near Nogales fired on a U S border patrol. one trooper was wounded and a Mexican killed. Lorimer will face trial in Chicago next January for alleged complicity in the La Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank wreck.
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Nogales
Arizona
United States Cavalry
Pool
Villa
Lieutenant Commander Von Abercorn Reigns in War Orders
The noted German aeronaut Lieutenant Commander von Abercorn has won every order given in the present war and is pictured wearing some of them.
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von Abercorn
Buck Weaver Burned In Denver Plant Explosion
Arthur C. Buck Weaver superintendent of Mountain Motor Fuel was seriously burned when an explosion and fire destroyed the Denver plant. He is noted as a ball player of some renown and was among the injured.
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Denver
Arthur C
Buck") Weaver
The
Mountain Motor Fuel Company
Germans in Chinese Army Use German Officers
Pekin correspondent for Nevce Vremya reports German and Austrian officers are now employed in the Chinese army, especially in the arsenale, indicating foreign expertise shaping Chinese military operations.
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Petrograd
Pekin
Nevce Vremya
Italy Aids Serbia as Aviona Landing Reported
London dispatches say Italy sent aid to Serbia and reports an expeditionary force landed at Aviona Albania. Bulgarian aims in Albania are blamed for Rome action while Serbian troops retreat into Albania and Montenegro. Russian troop movements near Romania fuel talk of promised help to Serbia.
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Italy
Avlona
Bulgaria
London
Serbia
Aviona
Albania
Rome
Montenegro
Slenica
Bogovitch
Bogadjieff
Krivolak
Brousnik
Roumania
Germany
Bucharest
Nicholas
Odessa
Russia
Bessarabia
Soldiers Open Fire on Mexicans at Nogales Border
Mexican snipers fired on Twelfth United States infantry posted at the Nogales border after Francisco Villa evacuated the town. Americans returned fire and killed more than forty Mexicans. three were wounded, with one later dying.
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Nogales
Aziz
Sonora
Francisco Villa
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Missionary family leaves Asia Minor amid intolerable conditions
The Rev Dr William N Chambers and his wife with women and children from the Adana mission arrived on the Greek steamer Themistocles recounting intolerable conditions in Asia Minor. In Snow Hill Maryland several thousand watched the execution of Frank Grano, a triple murderer, at the county alms house farm where a scaffold stood in the woods.
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New York
William N. Chambers
Asia Minor
Adana
Themistocles
Chambers
Snow Hill
Frank Grano
Watson arraigned in Atlanta on obscene matter charge
Augusta Georgia. Thomas E. Watson once Populist presidential candidate was arraigned in federal court Friday on an indictment accusing him of mailing obscene matter through the mail. Ottawa munitions plan seeks Canadian factory ties with financial houses called to join.
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Augusta
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Kitchener Seeks Italy Aid in Balkans Mission
Earl Kitchener reached Rome on Friday and immediately moved to enlist Italy's active support in the Balkans as part of the near east campaign. Word from Nogales, Sonora reports seven men executed by Carranza authorities for looting, including a Carranza captain and three soldiers.
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Kitchener
Italy
Rome
Earl Kitchener
Near East
Balkans
Nogales
Aris
Sonora
Carranza
True Friendship Over a Permit on the Estate
Two boys fishing on a private estate are chased by a gamekeeper. One boy, who has a fishing permit, runs off leaving the other to be caught. The keeper questions the bearer, who reveals the other boy had no permit and fled to let him escape.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Wish I Knew Where Jack Was
A stock exchange broker’s wife wakes to discover her husband’s habits. In a social stumble the professor’s wife suggests a correction, but the young wife confesses she knows where he is not what, as she reveals he lies upstairs with a bloodshot head after a night of drinking.
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Stock Exchange
Jack
Anything for a kiss The Medicine Man
Could Fill the Bill. He waits for Saat to decide his George. She asks a question about a drink as proof of sincerity. He smiles, answers with a vow, and embraces her, giving his promise of anything. The scene hinges on emotion and consent in a tense moment.
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Ceenaste
George
Quotations on Life and Character
A collection of aphorisms on human nature and success. The remarks touch on failure, vanity, worry, genius, misery, pessimism, envy, and social judgments, offering concise observations about motivation and behavior.
Stability Wanted and the Spelling Dilemma
A humorous quip about a child fretting over school after a first week and the teacher changing words daily. A second fragment notes a manager finding Shakespeare's Harlot too gloomy and the author promising actors will add comedy through interpretation.
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Freddys
Chicago Herald
Cant Find Bride Says He Wants to M at Happy Home
A man laments difficulty securing a spouse as he jokes about marriage. He notes no woman will leave her contented home for him, prompting a quip about seeking someone with an unhappy home. The exchange reflects social expectations and humor of courtship.
The Bright Side: A Philosophical Exchange
An old exchange contrasts optimism and pessimism with a rhyme about pain and relief, highlighting a playful clash of outlooks. The fragment hints at humorous dialogue where the pessimist laments aches while the optimist counters with a terse remark.
Attention in Widow Courting Case Sparks Old Pact
A cryptic exchange hints that Ie Watson remains engaged with a widow he courted a decade ago. A source notes the claim and suggests a continuing obligation tied to past payments and promises.
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Watson
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