Germany Accepts Armistice Terms Signaled in Paris
Secretary Lansing announced that Germany’s armistice terms were completed and signed on November 4 in Paris with allied conferees at Versailles. Military officers expect Germany to evacuate Alsace Lorraine, surrender submarines, and cede much of its fleet, while demobilization will be overseen by Marshal Foch as war ends.
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Washington
Germany
Paris
Lansing
Versailles
Germnny
France
Italy
Belgium
Marshal Poeh
Marshal Foeh
Austria to cede navy under armistice terms
Rome reports Austria Hungary must surrender or disarm its fleet under the armistice. Official tallies list about 201 ships, including 45 submarines, 25 dreadnoughts, 21 torpedo boat destroyers, 10 torpedo gunboats, 67 torpedo boats, 43 mine layers, and other minor craft.
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Rome
Austria
Hungary
Austrian Ruler Sets Plan to Quit and Retire
The Austrian emperor Charles of Austria Hungary announces plans to retire to Switzerland after meeting with the new Austrian government and other leaders in Vienna. The conference yielded a decision widely reported across German and European press.
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Basel
Charles
Austriae
Hungary
Switzerlkind
Pacifist Receives Long Sentence in Duty Refusal Case
In Los Angeles, a 25 year old man identified as a pacifist and former mentee to a local activist faced court over a charge of refusal of duty in the United States. The trial followed a conslenterion on the case, detailing his involvement and subsequent sentence.
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Los Angeles
Joseph Berger
Ds Genes Pipardwonion
Dre Meas Daye Ee Iertentis
Coop
Conslerion
United
Stilo wPuny
U S Recognition of Polish Army Reported
A brief city item notes that the United States recognizes the Polish Army under a high command authority, with mention of November timing and the broader implications for wartime alliance.
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U. S
Americans Take Sedan as Germans Lose Barrier Fortress
American troops entered Sedan on Thursday severing German lateral lines to Metz. The Meuse bridge was destroyed and the river valley flooded to hinder retreat. Since November 1 the Americans have taken 6000 prisoners and freed French territory west of the Meuse, with Tsung’s army noted for a rapid breakthrough.
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Paris
Sedan
Meuse
Luxemburg
Tershing
Mutiny at Kiel As Kaiser's Battleship Mutinies
Members of the battleship Kaiser at Kiel mutinied and raised the red flag. Officers were overpowered while defending the German flag, two killed including the commander, and several wounded. Infantry units sent from Kiel joined the revolt, with a fourth company disarmed.
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Kiel
London
Cologne
Costa Rica Grants Wide Amnesty to Citizens Abroad
San Jose reports full amnesty for all Costa Rican citizens who left the country voluntarily. The government also extends clemency to individuals implicated in the February revolution, broadening nationwide forgiveness.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Indictments in Aircraft Charges in Chicago
Federal grand jury returned indictments against twelve men in a Chicago aircraft production scandal. Names were withheld pending arrest, outlining a broad federal case but withholding each defendant’s identify at this stage.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Champ Clark Re elected to Congress in Missouri
Speaker Champ Clark gains renomination as he is reelected to Congress from Missouri by a substantial majority. Clark continues to hold influence in the House and solidifies his political position in the state.
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Champ Clark
Congress
Missouri
Vindictive German Evacuation of Buzaney Described by Observer
Describes the departure of German forces from Buzaney in France as desolate and vengeful. Looting, filth, and destruction mark the scene. furniture and valuables were broken or removed. German signs replaced French ones. the town served as army headquarters with signs of a rest house for women and magazines devoted to fashions found in a store.
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France
Buzaney
Germans Must Confess Beating to End War Says Tardieu
Washington reporters quoted French high commissioner Andre Tardieu saying Germans must admit defeat in answering allied terms. He warned that if Berlin conceded, the war could end under terms. if not, allies would enforce acceptance by a last resort, a outcome he said cannot be doubted.
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Washington
United States
Andre Tardien
Gullano Patrol Boat Missing Crew Listed
Ottawa is named among thirty six missing from the government patrol boat Gullano that was wrecked off British Columbia last week. The list includes Michael Tabobe of San Francisco and W. J. Stafford of Bryanston, I. with other missing crew members.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Michael Tabobe
San Francisco
W. J. Stafford
Byanston
New Hungarian Ministry Formed in Budapest
A new Hungarian ministry has been formed at Budapest with Count Michael Karoly, president of the Hungarian independent party, as premier and Count Theodore Batthyanyi named foreign minister.
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Basel
Budapest
Michael Karoly
Munegarian Independent Party
Theodore Batthyanyi
Men Sought for Special Posts in Washington
The department of labor employment service launched a drive to recruit Limited-service men for special posts in theory. The appeal, issued Monday, urges Bt. OOO volunteers to join the drill and bolster staffing for urgent assignments.
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Washington
Department of Labor Employment Service
Married by Proxy in Chicago Wedding Ceremony
A proxy wedding took place as the Great Lakes party conducted a ceremony in Chicago on Friday. The couple Mia Milly Oval of Caley Kuypt and Lieut Mulolph Winker were joined by wireless contact, marking a novel union per the report.
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Great Lakes
Mulolph
Chirag
British Casualties Report for October Total 158,825
British losses announced for October total 158,825 officers and men. Of this figure 28,207 were killed or died of wounds.
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London
Health report shows decline in influenza and gains for army camps
Washington records steady improvement in health conditions of army camps and con tainments for the week ending October 25, released Friday by the Surgeon General’s office.
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Washington
Surgeon General of the Army
Bolshevii Shooting Women and Asterina Reported by Petrov
A cryptic telegram from Petrov describes Bolshevik actions on October 27 near the shore, naming Moen Sineshvokskaya as grandmother of the Wanelan revolution and alleging a shooting incident against women and Asterina in an opposing location.
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Bolshevii
Asterina
M Petrov Grad Velegram
Moen Sineshvokskaya
Germans Leave Death Traps Behind Retreating Forces
Paris report notes German dugouts blown after evacuation with time bombs and booby traps at Chatel Cherbery. Engineers discover ingenious devices including a cane with a TNT-filled hazard four feet from the stairs, showing the foe's lethal improvisation as the Rhine front recedes.
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Paris
Rhine
Chatel Cherbery
Meutenant
Noted Crook Eddie Fay Found Dead in Chicago Alley
Edward Joseph Fay known as Eddie Fay, a world infamous crook and bank robber, was found shot to death in a Chicago alley on Wednesday. A bullet wound was present just below the right ear.
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Chicago
Edward Joseph Fay
Eddie Fay
Huns Continue Brutal Tactics In Retreat
Washington reports German forces retreating from Belgium bombard defenseless towns with gas shells and devastating the countryside, according to an eye witness account just released.
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Washington
Belgium
Army Orders 8 Million Cigarettes for Sealers Supply
War department set orders for eight million cigarets to last the balance of the year for American sailors and sealers. The shipment would provide two smokes for every person in the world, reflecting wartime provisioning and public health constraints during the era.
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Washington
War Department
Pershing Relative Dies in Blood Poisoning
Lincoln niece of General John J. Pershing and wife of Colonel Richard Paddock, a Pershing staff member, died here. Death attributed to blood poisoning.
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Pershing
Lincoln
Armistice Hoax Triggers Nationwide Panic
A false report of Germany signing an armistice and fighting ending caused delirious scenes across American cities. Schools closed, bells rung, markets halted, and crowds surged as the hoax spread via wires from Paris to New York, with officials confirming delays in peace terms.
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New York
Germany
France
State Department
Washington
Marshal Foch
Sedan
New York Stock Exchange
United Press
Unipress
Paris
Germans Fear Invasion From Allied Southern Front
London reports German wireless briefing on armistice terms claims Allied movement will target Germany via Austria and Bavaria. It asserts Foch as generalissimo coordinating a southern front with Italian, British, French, Serbian, and Mesopotamian forces, detailing potential invasion routes and air attacks on Munich Dresden and Leipzig.
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Germany
Austria
Bavaria
Munich
Dresden
Leipste
Berlin
Marshal Foch
Italy
Serbia
Macedonian
Valentine
Mesopotamia
Influenza Strikes Nowe Alaska Nome Area
An influenza outbreak hits Nowe and Nome with about 800 White residents affected. Kakimos villages report many deaths as the illness spreads. Weather has stayed below zero for five days, hampering relief efforts.
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Nowe
Alaska
Nome
Workers Seize German Navy and Kiel Region
Reports from Copenhagen via the Exchange Telegraph say revolutionists have captured the entire German navy and much of Schlawig, with Kiel and Frantitted areas in their control. The dispatch cites open sources from Kiel and Frantitted.
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London
Schlawig
Ambiguous OCR fragment on workers and dispatch efforts
The readable text is garbled with names and phrases unclear in meaning. It mentions workers in Philadelphia and dispatch matters, but lacks coherent events, dates, or outcomes to summarise a definite news item.
Parlor Murk and Victorian Curios in a Garland Home
A vivid reminiscence from Woman's Home Companion describes a garish mansard filled with mid Victorian taste. The room overflows with marble top tables, a Rogers group, a Yosemite stereoscope, wax flowers, and a dark secretary. A Maiden's Prayer, a Washington Crossing plaque, and a Victoria portrait set a grim, cluttered mood.
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Cassidy
Academy
Washington Crossing the
Delaware
Victoria
Great Britain
Partners In Joys and Sorrows
A writer in The American Magazine describes women as partners of joys and sorrows. He notes in routine life they are a pleasant distraction but not essential for survival. success or failure feels incomplete without a woman’s shared chatter and optimism.
Sailors Split: Good Friday Voyage Defies Sea Superstition
An old deep sea fisherman clings to signs and omens, avoiding Friday sailings. A Grimsby skipper defied the superstition on Good Friday, leaving the docks amid hooting crowds and returning safely with ship and crew.
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Grimsby
Hogland
Superstitions of Seamen Onboard Fishing Vessels
Sailors hold beliefs about land sighting, survival after sighting land, and forbidding whistling to ward off bad omens. Some trawlers say washing the face mid voyage breaks a spell of calm weather, with varied tales of luck and misfortune aboard ships seeking favorable seas.
Tracing Use of Lightships and Early Installations
The text outlines the early history of lightships in England and America, noting the Nore established in 1782 at the mouth of a channel, and references to light vessels in Chesapeake Bay near Willoughby Spit and Cape Hatt. It mentions delays and shipwrecks, with lighted aids finally established by 1807 after earlier failed attempts to build a lighthouse on Dieroed Shoal.
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Chesspeake Bay
Willoughby Spit
Bundy Hook
Armbrose
Cape Hatt
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