Victories Claimed From Balkan Fronts Amid Smoke of Reports
London dispatch notes limited fighting with Montenegrins seizing Plava and Gusinje and Greeks taking Elasona but described as minor. On Servian and Bulgarian fronts the front lines show little change with unconfirmed Bulgarians taking Kirk Kilis seh likely false. Denials flow from Constantinople and Sofia in response to opposing claims.
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London
Plava
Gusinje
Elassona
Kirk-Kilisseh
Constantinople
Sofia
Sofia Decrees Martial Law Over War Inventions
An official Sofia statement brands Turkish invasions as inventions and threats summary punishment for spreading them. Montenegro claims a Turkish troop capture at Tushi. Servian advances toward Uskup meet little resistance as headquarters move toward Vranya amid heavy rains. War correspondents and attaches head to the front under strict controls while Belgrade blocks staff joins.
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Sofia
Tushi
Uskup
Servian forces seize Rulya Heights near Vranya
Belgrade reports the crown prince led the Servian army to capture Rulya Heights south of Bu Janoratz, taking trenches around Vranya and driving Turks back across the Morava Valley. Albanian irregulars attacked near Prepalatz. a Servian captain's detachment faced fire, with 1 officer and 12 men killed and 4 wounded, and 200 irregulars killed by artillery.
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Belgrade
Rulya Heights
Bujanoratz
Vranya
Nish
Morava
Prepalatz
Divorce Bid by Mrs Caroline Plant Opens This Week
Mrs Caroline Plant wife of Thomas G Plant of Jamaica Plain files for divorce in Suffolk Superior Court seeking alimony after filing in 1911. The suit long inactive was expected to proceed this session with alimony questions central following Plant’s sale of his Jamaica Plain factory to United Shoe Machinery Company. The couple married in Chicago on June 26 1895 and separated in 1910.
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Caroline Plant
Thomas G. Plant
Jamaica Plain
Suffolk Superior Court
Plant
United Shoe Machinery Company
Chicago
Boston
Boston Man Stedman Hanks Among Royal Circles in England
Stedman S. Hanks, Harvard 1912, secretary to Ambassador Whitelaw Reid in England, has formed a friendship with Manuel former King of Portugal. He recently attended a royal house-party in Scotland meeting the King and Queen. Hanks, son of Mrs Charles Stedman Hanks of 337 Commonwealth Avenue, was popular at Harvard and belonged to several clubs.
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Stedman S. Hanks
Harvard
England
Whitelaw Reid
Manuel
Portugal
Scotland
Hanks
Hasty Pudding
The
Delphic
Kalumet
Institute of '76
Noble & Greenough
Charles Stedman Hanks
Commonwealth Avenue
West
Manchester
Hunt for Lost Man Fails in Melrose Area
Searchers from Melrose and surrounding towns scoured the woods and highways for Homer B. Littlefield. About 200 men and boys searched the Fells Way and lands of Melrose Wakefield Saugus North Saugus and Stoneham but found no trace of the missing contractor.
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Melrose
Homer B. Littlefield
Saugus
Fellsway
Melrose Highlands
Wakefield
North Saugus
Stoneham
Seize Arms of Greeks on Steamer Venezia
On the steamer Venezia carrying 1200 Greeks to fight Turks, Providence police seized most firearms as the ship docked. Rioting passengers firing revolvers in New York prompted authorities to board at Providence. 150 Greek reservists boarded there and Italian passengers feared trouble. Revolvers to be returned after Naples disembarkation.
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Providence
New York
Venezia
Marcantetti
Rhode Island
Naples
Piraeus
Turks Volunteer to Return Home for War Effort
More than 1000 Turks in Peabody volunteered to return to Turkey and take up arms. A Turkish war fund collection near $1000 was raised at a Peabody Town Hall meeting.
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Peabody
Turkey
Turkish War Fund
Peabody Town Hall
Soliloquy of a Poor Man Seeks Better Clothing Purchases
A poverty stricken narrator laments rising costs and a failed $10 suit from ads. He seeks a durable all wool worsted for $20 including a black kersey overcoat, hoping Mitchell The Tailor can provide fit and value with samples offered by the quizzing narrator.
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Agnes
Mitchell
Reader
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