British and French Land More Troops to Cut Off German Advance
Allied forces push into southern Serbia to block Bulgarian moves from Veles to Monastir while an expedition at Kavala targets the Turkish railway system. Kavala Port aids Macedonian routes. Berlin admits Serbian retreat as fronts shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Sofia
Philippopolis
Serbia
Veles
Monastir
Kavala
London
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Varna
Roumania
Nicholas
Local Resident Claims Self Cure For Liquor Habit
Missouri man Thomas J. O Bannon describes a home recipe that he says banished his 35 year liquor craving. He recommends mixing 3 oz water with 20 grains muriate of ammonia 1 small box Varlex Compound and 10 grains pepsin and taking a teaspoonful three times daily.
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Mr. Thos
J. D. O’bannon
Missouri
Frederickstown
Mr. O'Bannon
Allied and Bulgarian offensives report mixed WWI trench actions
Paris war office brief chronicles mines on the Somme and Beuvraignes sector. Champagne fought with bombardments and limited German trench gains at Hill 199 as Bulgarian battalions attacked Krivolak but were repulsed. Italian and Balkan fronts note progress near Krivolak and Dardanelles actions with submarine activity below Gallipoli.
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Paris
War Office
Somme
Frise
Beuvraignes
Champagne
Chausson Farm
Massiges
Vosges
Viola
Furnes
Wuipen
Pervyse
Rousadamme
Oostkerke
Noordschoote
Krivolak
Strumitsa
Dardanelles
Bulgaria
Aegean Sea
Dededghatech
Gallipoli
Sea of
Marmara
Italian Front Dispatch From Ledro and Isonzo
Official note from the Italian general staff reports heavy artillery exchanges in the Ledro valley damaging Bezzeca Bocca and Menzumi. In upper Sexten valley enemy troops shelling in Innichriedel and Knoth area. a dispersed detachment near Lu d a s abandoned rifles and munitions. On the Isonzo front ongoing renewed attacks under rain with storms in Plava sector.
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Rome
Paris
Ledro
Bezzeca
Bocca
Menzumi
Sexten
Drava
Innichriedel
Knoth
Itudera
Lusnitz
Isonzo
Plava
German War Office Report On Balkan and Russian Fronts
The war office states Uzice is occupied and describes Bulgarian and German gains in Serbia including cannon and rifles seized. It notes Russian counterattacks near Dyinsk Tiloukst and Garhbu novka with heavy losses. pockets of fighting along the Oginski canal and in the Nisava valley. In France the only notable item is a trench loss near Souchez Brook and an English airman captured after a forced descent.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
War Office
Uzice
Kragujevarz
Broyardjieft
von Gallwitz
Brovyadnes
Planinica
Kuyacevac
Nisava
von Hindenburg
Dyinsk
Tiloukst
Garhbunovka
Swenton
Ilsen
Milulischki
Prince Leopold
von Twinsingen
Oginski Canal
Osaritchi
Itid Asowoc-Szatorysk
von Rothmer
Sienikowce
France
Souchez Brook
Peronnes
Prisoner haul and front shift in Bosnian battles
Montenegrin war office reports that clashes south of Visherrad in Bosnia continued on Monday with over 3800 prisoners captured. A doctor among them cites Austrian casualties exceeding 89 killed or wounded as enemy forces seized Troglav After a night assault on the Troglav Voushido front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Visherrad
Bosnia
Troglav-Vouschido
Troglav
Anuric by Dr. Pierce touted as kidney remedy
The text promotes Anuric from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo as a top uric acid eliminator. It claims superior action to lithia and reports success for acute rheumatism, gravel, gout, and kidney or bladder trouble. It advises buying a 50 cent box or requesting a trial package and notes physician consultation is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Russia's hand in Balkans statement from Petrograd
The Russian foreign office issues a statement on Balkan affairs denying German press reproaches. It asserts Greece invited the allies to move troops through Greek territory to aid her ally and that Greece had mobilized for that purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Balkan
Greece
Greece Keeps Neutral Policy Amid Cabinet Change
The Athens cabinet shift maintains Greece’s neutral stance on troop movement while signaling support for a strong independent Greece. Russia pledges to back signed treaties and peacetime justice, and urges allied recognition of Greece’s territorial aims in Europe and Asia Minor.
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Athens
Russia
Greece
Europe
Asia Minor
Roumania
Bucharest
Movie men vow to fight motion picture censorship
Jacob W. Binder of New York told about 50 members of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of Massachusetts at the Quincy House that censorship legislation before the next state Legislature will be vigorously opposed by a systematic campaign. Binder is executive secretary of the Motion Picture Board of Trade of America.
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Massachusetts
Jacob W. Binder
New York
Strikers Riot in Wilkesbarre Against Trolley Service
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on November 3 rioters attacked 12 old trolley cars used to reopen lines closed for three weeks by a strike of 335 workers. About 3800 strikebreakers were deployed to Public Square. several people were injured, none seriously, as cars were wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Wilkesbarre Railway Company
Dodgers President Hbbetts Targets 20 Man Roster Signing
Brooklyn Dodgers president Hbbetts says the club is up to within 20 men, with all but two signed. The two pending figures are Pirehers Chase and Priest, expected to cast votes before this item is printed.
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Hbbetts
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pirehers Chase
Priest
Serbian Tragedy Described as Retreat of a People
An Italian war correspondent Luciano Magrini writes from Nish via Milan about northern Serbia being cleared in a retreat described as the flight of a people rather than a military withdrawal. The report appears in the Evening News with a stark portrayal of civilian suffering amid strategic moves.
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Serba
Tzice
Nish
Mistrovitza
Alies
Serbia
Belgium
London
Milan
Luciano Magrini
Evening News
Scene of Serbian Retreat Described Along Muddy South Road
A correspondent portrays a long procession of gun carriages, war materiel, and civilians marching south as wounded travelers suffer without stretchers. At Topola King Peter awaits retreat. Nish shows closed shops and deserted streets. Refugee carriage prices soar as Serbia fears isolation and asks for allied aid.
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Topola
Peter
Nish
Prestina
Serbia
Belgium
Tosca Impresses Crowds at Mos ton Grand Opera
New York audiences packed every seat and stood six deep as the Mos ton Grand Opera Company presented Tosca. Cavaradossi played by Senatel lo, Tosca by Fremstadt, and Scarpia by Baklanoff shared in the evening’s marked success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moston Grand Opera Company
Tosca
Senatello
Cavaracossi
Fremstadt
Baklanoff
Secarpia
McKinley of Chelsea Wounded Not Killed
At 118 Central Avenue Chelsea Mrs Mary E McKinley rejoices over news from France that her son Sergeant John H McKinley was not killed as reported but wounded and then hospitalised in Gonulogne France with expected recovery.
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Mary E. Mc Kinley
Central Avenue
Chelsea
France
John H. McKinley
Mc Kinley
Gonulogne
Oldring Retires From Baseball Plans Farm Year Off
Outfielder Rube Oldring of the Athletics says he will rest this fall and devote time to his Bridgeton New Jersey farm. Despite retirement talk, expect him to be back in uniform next season as usual.
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Rube Oldring
The
Athletics
Ile
Mms
Devely
Firth
Bridgeton
N. J
Oldring
Weather note and medical ad fragment from era
A fragmentary weather and ad item notes partly cloudy skies and a low temperature around 298 with casual reference to laxative Bromo Quinine as a cold cure. The text contains a signature line indicating W. Grove and related edvt.
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W. Grove
Fie
Russian War Report From Petrograd On Western Front Actions
The imperial war office released details of combat on the western front near Ragatz, Kemmern, and Dvinsk. Forces claimed success capturing two heights and the village Platonostka, plus prisoners and machine guns. Additional actions near Gutalissovskeba Camerukha Bridka Komarow yielded one hundred prisoners. Troops crossed the Putilovka river area and seized enemy trenches near Novo Alexinise, taking two officers and 42 men.
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Petrograd
London
War Office
Shlok
Ragatz
Kemmern
Dvinsk
Platonostka
Lake Swenton
Gutalissovskeba
Camerukha
Bridka
Komarow
Putilovka
Bashlvki
Durajno
Novo Alexinise
Pleasant Lake Post Office Robbed. Safe Stolen
Pleasant Lake Washington October 3 The post office and railroad station in the grocery store of A H Bassett the postmaster was broken into last night a 40 pound safe was taken through a front window and smashed open nearly $40 in change escaped with the robbers leaving the paper money at home Bassett said the money belonged partly to him and partly to stamp sales
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Pleasant Wake
Pleasant Lake
A. H. Bassett
Bassett
Allied destroyers bombard Thesme Seaport in Asia Minor
Four Allied torpedo boat destroyers shelled the Thesme seaport, 40 miles southwest of Smyrna, wrecking forts, the customs house, the governmental house, the old barracks and much of the Turkish quarter. The bombardment ended after about two hours.
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London
Thesme
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Obituary notices with multiple Dorchester area deaths
Dorchester and surrounding areas report several November 2 to 9 deaths including Emnel R Albert and Mary J Bennett with funeral details. Other notices list Richard Boldt, Althea Bronk, Edward Colby, John Dolan, Edward Drew and many more with dates, ages, and service times across Dorchester Chelsea Somerville and nearby towns.
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Cedar Grove Cemtery
Milton
Mass
Carleton
Somerville
Enger Wheeler Carleton
Fountain Aye
Colby
Edward P. Colby
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Dickhaut
Mt. Hope
John
Rosina Dickhaut
Per Hobbe
Hyde Park
Philadelphia
Dolan
Revere
John H
Timothy Dristell
Charlestown
Austin
Connell & Sot
Dudley Street
Otrick
Farrell
West Roxbury
Bickford Farrell
Panern! Services
Stratford St
Bei Oiest
Gillis
Roxbury
Mary Gill
Thwing St
Pune
Glennon
Jamaica Plain
Tota W
Margaret Glenyen
McPhelimy
Call
Eyidper
New
Hisin
Reggniem
Ane Lede Meaber
Ww. Thomas
Friemls
Dearborn Lede
Joseph Lyon
M'Cauley
Dorchester
Janne
Annie McCauleyr
Case Stinson
Usiha
Navy
John K
Bernard
Miargaret EK
O'Rrien
Drane
Isl Derce
Cook Street
St. Yraneis de Seles
Maliteu
Ryan
Brookline
Elizabeth Ryan
Orit
Angie J
Anthony J. Gaughan
T Chier
Sa'e ‘ Miss
Affock Ait St. Mires Assumption Church
Charlestayn
Hav
Auntie Swift
Brown
Thorsen
St Row
Whyrey
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Ivanoff
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Nova Alexiniec
Emikoyvitze
Volhynia
Galician
Czartorysk
Artois
King George
England
Flanders
U. S
Hayner Distilling
Rockies
Hayner Distilling Co
Boston
Dept. J
High Street
South Station
E. E. Gray CO
Price Bros
Ave
Back Bay
Tremont St
Col. Pleasant
Swallow & Fales Co
City Square
John T. Powers Jr. & Co
Springfield St
Carso
Monte San Michele
San Martino del Corso
Teutons
Bulgars
Anuric
Balkans
Czar
Justice
Rowenania
Turkey
Ferdinand
Puti
Lovka
Mulhall
Cor. Allen
North Pearl
Snow
Thos. Snow & Son
North Market St
Horticultural Hall
Bostonia Orchestra
U.S
Phono
Fort Ili
J. S. Waterman & Sons Incorporated Undertakers
Washington Street
Dudley St
Frank Waterman
Joseph S. Waterman
Frank S. Waterman, Jr
Marconi Telegraph and Cable
Oxford
Tomes & Sox Undertakers
Lagrange Street
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