Teutonic Peril in America Warns of Consular Spies
Former Austrian official Dr. Joseph Goricar says the United States is honeycombed with German and Austrian spies tied to Count von Bernstorff and Consul General von Nuber. He accuses every Austro-Hungarian consul of fueling propaganda aimed at destroying munitions plants and inciting strikes and violence.
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Providence
Providence Journal
Joseph Goricar
United States
Count von Bernstorff
von Nuber
Gorkar Reveals Efforts to Access San Francisco Harbor Plans
Dr Gorkar states that as consul in San Francisco last year she and Commander Maximilian Burstyn of the Austrian embassy in Washington pursued every avenue to obtain for Austria details of San Francisco Harbor defences and Pacific coast installations. He was instructed to gather information on the Bremerton navy yard on Puget Sound.
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Gorkar
San Francisco
Maximilian Burstyn
Washington
Pacific Coast
Bremerton Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Unclear nautical timings noted for Portland Gloucester Newport
A fragment records times for ships or events in Portland 3 11 and Gloucester 26 minutes with Newport at 8 hours 38 minutes earlier, preserving minimal context and entities.
Moon and Yearly Sky in landmarks and anniversaries
The piece lists moon phases for Nov and Dec, sun and moon rise and set times, and celestial events. It notes a war day count and Christmas countdown, with Jupiter, Saturn and Mars visibility and auto lamp times. It also salutes Elizabeth Cady Stanton born in 1815 and mentions a German retreat at the Yser from a year prior.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Yser
Unsettled to fair forecast for New England
Forecast for southern New England calls for a fair spell Friday with warmer temperatures and Saturday showers. Northern New England will be cloudy Friday with likely showers later, followed by a Saturday clearing and fair conditions.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Weather and temperature snippets from Thompson's Spa diary
A compact weather record notes average yesterday temperature around 47 degrees and a prior year's similar reading. The fragment references times and figures, listing multiple measurements and a name Wivenseot the SOLIS Mido 22.5445, indicating an archival or diary-style data entry with scattered values.
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Thompson’s Spa
Woman Suffering Poison Overdose In Lowell YWCA Room
Mrs. Elena Donaldson secretary of the Wal tham Social Service League was found early yesterday morning in a Lowell YWCA room suffering from poison. Doctors at St John s Hospital say she will live. Her nervous breakdown and overwork are cited as reasons for the overdose.
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Elena Donaldson
Social Service League of
Waltham
Tileson Place
Dorchester
Lowell Young Women’s Christian Association
St. John’s Hospital
Lowell
Donaldson
Edwin T. Horne
St Tileson Place
William E. Russell School
Dorchester Hstorical Society
First Parish
Meeting House Hill
Helen
Social Service League of Waltham
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
John Street
Robbers Bind and Gag Manager During Heist at Sea Grill
At 2 a m two robbers forced a revolver to the Sea Grill manager at 1002 Boylston Street. They robbed him of $30, rifled the cash register and fled, leaving the manager bound and gagged in the basement with a potato sack.
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Sea Grill
Boylston Street
Robbery at the Grill Ends with Arrest Warrant
Peter Adams, a restaurant manager, was robbed at closing time after two masked men seized him in the basement. They bound him and placed a sack over his head, took $30 from his pockets, and stole the night's receipts from the cash register before fleeing. Adams freed himself after a half hour and alerted police.
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Peter Adams
Adams
Kaiser Honors Mrs Gerard in Berlin Red Cross Awards
Berlin reports the German government awarded first and second class Red Cross medals to Mrs James W Gerard wife of the American ambassador and second and third class honors to John B Jackson former minister to the Balkans and George Barclay Rives now attached to the Berlin embassy. The decorations recognize Red Cross mission work and aid for the Russian expedition to assist German prisoners.
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Berlin
London
Red Cross
James W. Gerard
John B. Jackson
Balkan States
George Barclay Rives
Russia
Police Prepare Neutral Stance on Dances Across Venues
The Licensing Board announced police captains will act as censors for dancing in hotels and cafes serving liquor. Police Commissioner O'Meara favors a broader view of police discretion, suggesting less censoring by subordinates across all dance forms.
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Police Department
Licensing Board
O’meara
Police limit dancing in licensed premises under liquor licenses
A general order directs all grades to not grant or refuse dancing permissions on liquor licensed premises and to avoid implying police sanction. Commanding officers must watch for violations at dance events, prosecute offenders, and report lawful conduct for Licensing Board consideration. Commissioner O'Meara notes dancing on such premises is not in itself illegal.
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Licensing Board
O'Meara
British conscription to start December first
Earl Derby director of recruiting announces that young unmarried men not in essential national work will be drafted unless they volunteer this month. The plan sets December 1 as the start date for compulsory service under the new scheme.
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Earl Derby
105 Lost in Sinking of Liner Ancona
From Naples reports indicate 105 may be dead in the Italian liner Ancona disaster with 347 of 496 passengers and crew saved so far and more boats expected to reach safety. The number of Americans aboard and those who perished remain unconfirmed by the American embassy.
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Ancona
Rome
Naples
Conflicting Reports on Ancona Sinking by Submarine
The captain who survived the sinking of the liner Ancona says shells grazed his ship before stopping and claims lifeboats were hit and passengers drowned. Malta passengers offer a different account, saying the captain tried to flee after warnings while shells kept landing as disembarking began, causing panic.
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Rome
Ancona
Malta
Ancona Commander Says Submarine Gave No Signal
The Ancona's commander states the submarine did not signal and sailors who swam to the submarine were repelled and derided. The report from Tunis via Stefani News Agency notes the commander arrived in London on Thursday.
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London
Stefani
Tunis
Ancona
Britain to Enforce Conscription for Unmarried Men
The government will begin conscription on December 1 with unmarried men first. Asquith and Lord Derby stated that if fit young men do not volunteer or enlist, compulsory measures will follow, and married men will later face the same tests for eligibility.
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London
Great Britain
Earl of Derby
Asquith
United Kingdom
Forl Derby
Ex Governor Brackett Resting Comfortably After Illness
Ex Governor John Quincy Adams Brackett, 73, rests at private hospital Dr A F Christian 401 Marlboro Street Back Bay after a nervous breakdown and partial paralysis. He was admitted Wednesday and has suffered similar attacks 16 and eight years ago, from which he recovered.
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John Quincy Adams Brackett
A. F. Christian
Marlboro Street
Back Bay
Mayor OUI Seeks City License Vote Against No License
Mayor Curley urged a license vote yesterday arguing that defeating Governor Walsh was not due to liquor interests. He warned that punishing liquor dealers by adopting a no license stance would harm the city and put thousands of workers out of jobs.
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Curley
Walsh
Women in Burglary at Beck’s Haberdashery
Burglars forced a cellar window at 74A Dover Street and looted Louis Beck’s haberdashery early yesterday. About $75 cash and jewelry valued in the hundreds were stolen. Police report finger prints and a handkerchief found at the scene. A South End gang, with several women, is suspected. arrests expected within 48 hours.
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Louis Beck
Dover Street
South End
East Dedham Street
Beck
Shawmut Avenue
Beck’s
L. B
the Knights of Pythias
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