Varney's Proof Astonishes All at Malden Rally
Mrs Stanwood of 39 Columbia St Malden Mass crippled by rheumatic arthritis recovered through Var-nes isis proof. She walked unaided, then used a cane, and said three physicians had declared the disease incurable. After three bottles she left her wheelchair, then abandoned crutches for canes, claiming a new woman free from pain and stiffness in 11 months. Varney promotes Var-nesis as a vegetable remedy with free medical consultation at 140 Boylston St Boston.
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Stanwood
Columbia St
Malden
Mass
Boston
Boylston Street
Riker Jaynes
French Report On Belgian Front and Allied Advances
Paris dispatches from October 19 detail Belgian army and British fleet support repelling German attacks from Nieuwport to Dixmude, with Allied gains to Roulers and ground won near Chaulnes. Lille and La Bassee fighting intensifies as houses are cleared, while Alsace posts hold near Bonhomme and Thann.
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Paris
War Office
Belgium
Nieuwport
Dixmude
Arras
Roye
St. Mihiel
French War Office
Nieuport
Vladsloo
Roulers
Lysand
la Bassee
Lille
LaBassee
Ablain
St. Nazaire
Chaulnes
Alsace
Colmar
Bonhomme
Pairis
Sulzern
Thann
German War Report On Lille Attacks Repulsed
Berlin dispatch quotes German army headquarters asserting enemy attacks to the west and northwest of Lille were repulsed with severe losses. Eastern front status described as unchanged.
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Berlin
London
Lille
Russian General Staff Reports Partial Successes in War Zone
The Russian general staff announced on October 19 that on October 18 fierce fighting yielded partial successes in the Warsaw region and south of Przemysl. The statement comes from Petrograd as World War I battles continue.
French Shells Sink Austrian Submarine
CETTINJE October 19 Austrian submarine sunk in the Adriatic by a French cruiser. Two Austrian subs ventured from the Bay of Kotor to attack a French fleet along the Dalmatian coast but were spotted by French lookouts. The leader went to the bottom while the second escaped. The French fleet resumed bombarding Cattaro forts. An Austrian aeroplane dropped bombs near the fleet but caused no damage.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
London
Adriatic
Cattaro
Dalmatian
How To Stop Stomach Torment Advertisement
An advertisement urges readers to treat indigestion by dissolving stomach acids with Bisulated Magnesia after meals. It argues most dyspepsia stems from fermenting food acids, not lack of digestants, and promises relief within five minutes with a safe, inexpensive remedy available at drug stores.
England Watches German Supply Ships
A Havas dispatch from Barcelona reports La Publicidad of Barcelona quoting Gibraltar that England tracks several German vessels seeking refuge in neutral ports before the war. These ships carry provisions and coal to stock German steamers converted into auxiliary cruisers.
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Paris
Havas
Barcelona
la Publicidad of
Gibraltar
Engineer Silas Pennell Held to Peace Bond After Threats
Silas Pennell an engineer living at 35 Temple Street was found guilty of threatening Miss Gertrude G. O'Brien a Peter Faneuil School teacher on Joy Street in Municipal Court before Judge Duff. He was held on 200 bonds to keep the peace for six months after a confrontation over his daughter Mildred’s involvement in an incident with 1 year old Elizabeth Ross. The teacher testified Pennell demanded to know the trouble and warned of trouble with the school. She later swore out a warrant fearing for her safety as he loitered on the grounds.
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Silas Pennell
Temple Street
Gertrude G. O’brien
Peter Faneuil
Joy Street
Judge Duff
Pennell
Mlldred
Elizabeth
Train derailment in Texas leaves two dead
Granger Texas October 19 Two trainmen were scalded to death and a half dozen passengers were bruised when the Missouri Kansas & Texas Katy Flyer bound from San Antonio to St Louis derailed near Bartlett Texas early today.
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Granger
Texas
Nephew of Roosevelt Goes to War from Oyster Bay
Nicholas Roosevelt, nephew of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt of Oyster Bay Long Island, resigns from Harvard teaching post and leaves for Europe amid the great upheaval, departing in whirlwind fashion as nations clash.
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Nicholas Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Europe
Harvard
Roosevelt’s Roaming Path From Harvard to Europe Frontliner
Nick Roosevelt, likened to the famed Flanagan, left Harvard after earning his A B last year and serving briefly as an assistant in Professor Channing’s American history course. He resigned within 24 hours to sail for Europe and study war conditions, planning to write war articles and pursue editing. A Harvard figure on the Gold Coast, he helped organize the Harvard Opera Association and secured student opera discounts.
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Nick” Roosevelt
Flanagan
Harvard
Mr. Roosevelt
Channing
Cambridge
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Europe
Nicholas Roosevelt
Gold Coast
Harvard Opera Association
Boston Opera House
British color-sergeant tells spy story aboard transport
A British color-sergeant recalls a German spy aboard a transport in the English harbor. The saboteur blended with the crew, feigned sleep, and was flagged by a bugle call he failed to respond to. He was handed over to authorities at Havre.
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Havre
Engineer wounded at Charing Hospital after Mons attack
An engineer, the last of a party to blow a bridge after Mons, lay at Charing Hospital with a bullet in his head. The bullet entered the left side of his face and was removed. He praised the Germans, saying his left eye now sees perfectly.
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Mons
Charing Hospital
Quote on limits of military argument in Germany and elsewhere
The speaker notes that neither can men be created nor gold coins produced from an empty hat. They warn that military arguments valid in Germany, as in other places, apply only for a limited time.
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Germany
Swiss Neutrality Guarded as Red Cross Ambition
A Berne newspaper argues for a postwar agreement on food importation with neighboring states. It proposes Switzerland act as an ambulance hub for all belligerents to secure supplies and protect neutrality, stating the Red Cross cradle and the Geneva Convention make it a fitting arena for the experiment.
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Berne
Switzerland
Red Cross
Curious Feast of Charles XII During the March
A historic tale recalls Charles XII's method of cooking a fat hen on campaign. The fowl was larded and stuffed with butter, a hot steel rod inserted, then wrapped in a tin box and carried on a soldier's back. After hours, the meal was ready. Also told is a Tadars tale of cooking meat while galloping on horseback as a saddle.
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Charles XII
Charles
Tipperary song publisher touts wartime sales and morale
Bert Feldman publisher of Tipperary says two million copies had been disposed of three weeks ago and expresses pride in providing the empire's troops with their favorite war song It is hoped soldiers will sing It’s a Long Long Way to Tipperary upon return from battle and in Berlin after victory
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Tipperary
Bert Feldman
Empire
Berlin
Bennett's iron warning on Germany and a six month war outlook
Arnold Bennett asserts Germany will bow once decisively beaten and scoffs at any extorted gains. He predicts the war cannot last more than six months at the current scale, arguing the Kaiser’s claim of divinity is unfounded. He urges a swift, decisive Allied victory to end the conflict.
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Arnold Bennett
Germany
Murmer
Grand Duke Nicholas Key to Russian Constitutional Move
Parliament and Cigarettes describes Grand Duke Nicholas as Russia’s brilliant strategist and liberal ally who persuaded the Czar to grant a constitution and summon a parliament. He urged counteraction against reactionaries at Peterhof with Count Witte, leading to the October manifesto.
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Nicholas
Russia
Peterhof
Count Witte
Baron Fredericks
St. Petersburg
Witte
Night in St Petersburg Ends With Grand Duke’s Parliament Comment
Nicholas described the night as the longest he ever spent as he and another figure reached home between 5 and 1 in the morning. He recalled emptying his cigarette case four times before Witte appeared and quipped that Russia would not have had her Parliament if the cigarette supply had run out.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Witte
Grand Duke
Russia
British Battleship Triumph Damaged Off China
German embassy dispatches from San Francisco report shell fire from Tsingtao fortifications heavily damaged the British battleship Triumph and forced her to withdraw from the British Japanese bombardment fleet.
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Washington
Tsingtao
Triumph
San Francisco
French Consul in New York Recalled to Colors
France summons Trench consul Henry Goiran and attache Paul Moraschini in New York to active service. Goiran, son of former minister of war General François Goiran, holds a French reserve lieutenancy. Moraschini also served in the army. They plan to sail next Saturday on La Touraine for Lavre. France reports 6000 French reservists have left from New Orleans, Quebec, New York and other ports up to last Saturday night.
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New York
France
Henry Goiran
Trench
Paul Pierre Moraschini
Goiran
Francois Goiran
Moraschini
la Touraine
Uavre
New Orleans
Quebec
Vessels Load Wheat for Great Britain in Seattle
Five vessels here are loading about 10 000 tons of wheat for Great Britain. The American bark Edward B Sewall cleared today. Two British steamers and one American liner are among those taking on wheat.
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Seattle
Wash
Great Britain
Edward
Titan Fire Extinguished After Day and a Half in Suez Canal
A fire on the British freighter Titan, towing from Puget Sound to Great Britain with a million dollar cargo of foodstuffs, burned for a day and a half in the Suez Canal before being extinguished, according to a Port Said dispatch.
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Seattle
Wash
Titan
Suez Canal
Port Said
Puget Sound
Great Britain
Orders Foreclosure on Lenox Hotel
Judge Dodge of the U.S. District Court authorized Beacon Trust Company to foreclose the $150,000 mortgage it holds on the Lenox Hotel. The Lenox Hotel Company, which owns the property, gave the mortgage covering real and personal property.
Gardner Talk Sparks Paris Prep Appeal
Congressman Gardner of Massachusetts urges a state of preparedness for future eventualities in the United States. The appeal has drawn wide comment in Paris with Gabriel Hanotaux weighing in via the Figaro editorial.
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Paris
Gardner
Massachusetts
United States
Gabriel Hanotaux
the Figaro
Evolution in America and the war talks in 1916
The speech traces an evolution in American thought since two months ago and notes private letters showing broad support for allied causes. It warns of Germany’s aims to ruin England and dismember France, and argues that a German victory would threaten U.S. independence, economics, and security. It cites President Wilson and Gardiner’s stance as reflecting this shift toward involvement.
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America
United States
South America
Louvain and
Rheims
von Bernstorff
England
Germany
France
Atlantic
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