British Victory Over German Squadron in Pacific Report
London hails British counterstroke off Falkland Islands as the Scharnhorst Gneisenau Leipzig and Dresden sink. Admiral Count von Spee perishes aboard Scharnhorst. Dresden and Nurenberg flee. Karlsruhe possibly remains at large. British casualties light. official admiralty statement notes few losses.
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Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Nurenberg
Leipzig
Dresden
Falkland Islands
Frederick Sturdee
Count von Spee
Sturdee
London
England
Pacific
South Atlantic
Karlsruhe
General Beyers Dies in Vaal River Battle
Pretoria reports General Christian Beyers, rebel leader, killed after attempting to cross the Vaal River during a sharp engagement. Beyers fell from his horse as fire opened and his body drifted downstream before vanishing beneath the water. A search for the body is under way. He was the last major rebel leader at large.
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Pretoria
Vila
London
Christian Beyers
Vaal
Peyers
Beryers
Beyvers
Larg
Italy may use rice flour in its bread
Turin reports on December 8 8715 Pp m the government being asked to compel bread making with 10 to 15 percent rice flour to conserve wheat and utilize rice stock. The rice flour bread is said to be neat nourishing and healthful.
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Italy
Turin
Rome
Trent May Be Given to Italy
Rome reports the Idea Nazionale claims Prince von Buelow arrives to negotiate Trent's cession to Italy in exchange for Italian neutrality Austria may declare Trent independent under German guidance and Italy would occupy Trent. Some expect Trieste to become an Austrian protectorate free city.
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Rome
Prince von Buelow
Italy
Idea Nazionale
Trent
Austria
Germany
Trieste
German Pacific fleet engagement near Chile sinks Monmouth and Good Hope
Reports describe the German squadron under Admiral Count von Spee sinking the British cruisers Monmouth and Good Hope off Chile on November 4 with about 1500 lives lost. The two Scharnhorst and Gneisenau vessels are detailed along with Leipzig and fleet composition. The action shifts the fleet’s path toward the Atlantic and sightings near the Falkland Islands are noted.
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Santiago
Chili
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Falkland Islands
Nurenberg
Dresden
Christopher Cradock
Chile
Monmouth
Good Hope
Montevideo
Uruguay
Cape
South Atlantic
Count von Spee
Pacific
Atlantic
South America
Straits of Magellan
Russian Relief Fund Subscriptions Totals Noted
A historical list shows numerous individuals and amounts donated to the Russian Relief Fund. Prominent names include Miss Mary, Winthrop Murray Cruising, Mrs. Draper, and Hon. Joseph A. Conry with varying contributions from 10 to 190 dollars, plus anonymous gifts.
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Mrs. Curtis Guild
Joseph A. Conry
Imperial Rus- Bicgneoneol
Oda
Eewietinis
Mary
George A. Draper
Peat
Winthrop Murray
Edward C. Johnson
BE. G. Houghton
Redes
Archibald GC. Coolidge
Edward D. Brandegee
Augustus Hemenway
William Lindsey
Edwins
Webster
Everett Morse
John W. Morse
van Gig
I. Tucker Burr
Henry Cabot Todge
George C. Taylor
James H. Beal
Eleanor Parker
Eeseee
Horatio N. Slater
Wire. Lavelle
A. S. Johnson
Allan Forbes
Welasaar Oe
William L. Putnam
Augustus Thor Tees Eoes
Rheumasalts Carbonated Laxative Offers Quick Relief
A promotional notice for Rheumasalts claims fast relief from constipation and biliousness. It describes a carbonated drink that cleanses the stomach and intestines, reducing toxins, with uses for infants and adults and directions to take two teaspoonfuls in water before breakfast. The product is produced by the Rheumabath Company of Minneapolis and sold at major drugstores.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Riker- Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton Company
Pimply Face Relief with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets
Advert reads that pimples fade after using Dr Edwards Olive Tablets a few nights. Claims cleanse blood bowels and liver gently as a calomel substitute with no sickness. Sold 10c and 28c per box by all druggists, Olive Tablet Company Columbus Ohio.
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Edwards
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