Governor Walsh Campaigns Through Berkshire Towns
Governor Walsh tours Berkshire communities amid heavy rain, rallying crowds far larger than his opponent. In Pittsfield and North Adams he draws strong receptions while urging focus on state issues like taxation and education rather by national tariff debates. He greets schoolchildren, attends multiple town halls, and schedules further stops through the day including Westboro, Hopkinton, and Beverly.
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Springfield
Edwin A. Grosvenor
Pittsfield
North Adams
Jacob Morse
Knox Hall
Odd Fellows’ Hall
McCall
Massachusetts
Charles Downey
Daniel F. Doherty
Westfield
Democratic State Committee
Jeremiah S. Kingston
Berkshires
West Springfield
Little District Court Room
Walsh
Simple home recipe claims to cure liquor habit
Los Angeles resident Earl A. Smith states a home mix of water muriate of ammonia Vartex Compound and pepsin cured his drinking problem after two failed treatments. He says the remedy is harmless, tasteless, and easy to disguise in beverages and food, with low cost via any druggist.
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Earl A. Smith
S. Grant Avenue
Los Angeles
Calif
Mr. Smith
Candle-curtain work on the part of Queen Sophia
Landmark sentence notes candle-curtain work credited to Queen Sophia as described on the page. This compact item highlights a ceremonial or ceremonial-like contribution attributed to Queen Sophia within the period covered.
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Queen Sophia
Cyprus and Balkan Fronts Shape War Anxiety
Cyprus, a key strategic island near Asia Minor, could tip Greek involvement and boost British hopes in the Dardanelles. Meanwhile Austro German and Bulgarian advances press in the Balkans, with news scarce and fronts shifting from Belgrade to Riga as Hindenburg and Ivanoff maneuver on the eastern war theater.
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Mediterranean Sea
Greece
Cyprus
Great Britain
Turkey
Constantinople
J. E. Clauson
Venizelos
England
Dardanelles
Balkans
Riga
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Volhynia
Galicia
von Hindenburg
Dvina
Ivanoff
Serbs Deny Cutting Nish Railroad In War News
At the Serbian legation officials said reports reached them that Serbians still resisted the invaders on both fronts. They denied Bulgarian occupation of Vranja or railroad disruption, though a Bulgarian hold on a nearby point near the railway was noted.
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Nish
London
Vranja
War News In Brief From Frontline Dispatches
Reports from London Paris Berlin and Brussels describe Balkan policy resignations Allied and German attacks near Hulluch La Bassée Arras Loos and Givenchy wood as well as munitions depots destroyed near the Aisne and Navarin farm German reconnoitering forces took 368 French prisoners near Prunay Champagne while a Middelkerke crash left a British plane and crew captured Austro Hungarian advances near Mitau Bulgarian victories at Sul tan Tepe and Kumanovo with 2000 Serbian prisoners and 12 cannons taken
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Balkans
Little Kingdom
Berlin
London
Shabats
Belgrade
Sultan Tepe
Egri Palanka
Kumanovo
Uskup
Vranya
Pozarevac
Macedonia
Edward Carson
House of Commons
Hulluch
Hohenzollern
la Bassee
Arras
Loos
Givenchy Wood
Lille
Mitau
Serbia
Shabatz
Lucica
Dezevac
Report Claims Austrian Evacuation of Czernowitz
A dispatch from Odessa notes Russians have halted plans to evacuate northern Bessarabia while Austrian forces reportedly pull back from Czernowitz, suggesting a shift in wartime positions.
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Czernowitz
Odessa
Bessarabia
British Front Repels Enemy Attacks At Hulluch
Field Marshal Sir John French reports a midday enemy assault from quarries to Hulluch repelled after heavy trench bombardment. Infantry advances were stopped by coordinated artillery, machine guns, and rifles with severe enemy losses near Hohenzollern redoubt and Fosse No 8.
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London
John French
Hulluch
Hohenzollern Redoubt
Fosse No. 8
Shaw Hopes For A Suffrage Victory
William Shaw a Prohibition candidate for Governor says New Jersey narrowly defeats suffrage. He expects Massachusetts to offset the loss with a splendid suffrage victory and urges the Prohibition party to stand by the issue until it triumphs in the state.
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William Shaw
Prohibition
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Prohibition Party
President's Fiancée Shown As a Child in Sunday Post
The statement notes the fiancée of the President was a young girl and that the Post will publish her childhood photo, showing her at age two, in the upcoming Sunday issue.
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East Lee
Stockbridge
Democratic Committee
Stockbridge School
Post
Pope appeals fail on Edith Cavel case in Brussels
London reports say American and Spanish ministers to Belgium tried to commute the death sentence for Edith Cavel, a British nurse, but were unsuccessful. Pope Benedict and King Alfonso of Spain influenced two French women’s cases, delaying executions until the German Emperor reviews the report.
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London
Belgium
Brussels
Edith Cavel
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
Pope Benedict
Alfonso
Spain
Lord Lansdowne Comments On Miss Cavel Case
Lord Lansdowne said the public is shocked by such incidents and a full report from the American minister to Belgium has just arrived. He noted Miss Cavel might face severe punishment but expected mercy in a civilized country for a brave woman who aided others.
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Lord Lansdowne
Miss Cavel
Belgium
Kaiser Wires Alfonso on Belleville Case from Madrid
Madrid reports that King Alfonso and the Spanish foreign minister pressed Emperor William for clemency for the Countess de Belleville and others sentenced by court martial. The king telegraphed again to the emperor who said he would study the papers before replying.
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Paris
Foreign Ministry
Brussels
Emperor Williams
Countess de Belleville
Miss ‘Thurier
Berlin
Alfonso
William
German Statement on War Fronts Pushes Toward Shabazz
Berlin reports in the German official war bulletin that Western theater reconnoitering gains near Prunay result in four officers and 364 men captured along with three machine guns and three mine throwers. Eastern front sees progress near Mitau. Balkan front notes Bulgarian capture of Sultan Tepe and 2000 Serbian prisoners with 12 cannons.
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Berlin
London
Prunay
Champagne
Middelkerke
Marshal von Hindenburg
Mitau
Prince Leopold
von Linsingen
Styr
Shahatz
Ripany
Lucica
Bozevac
Wilson imposes arms embargo on Mexico ruling Carranza government exempt
President Wilson issues a dual action declaring an embargo on arms shipments to Mexico while recognizing the de facto government led by General Carranza as exempt from the prohibition. The proclamation announces United States policy as of October 20.
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Wilson
Villa
Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Embargo Aims to Block Mexican War Munitions Flow
The proclamation states the United States will prevent war munitions reaching forces opposed to Mexico’s recognized government, with exceptions for border states Chihuahua Sonora and Lower California. Enforcement involves the Treasury with State War and Justice departments, border and coast customs, consular officers, and Justice agents.
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Mexico
General Villa
Chihuahua
Sonora
California
Treasury
Departments of State, War and Justice
Department of Justice
Funston
State Department
Garrison
Austro Hungarian Forces Report Russian Train Destroyed
Official despatch from Austro Hungarian HQ says a Russian armored train was destroyed and two machine guns with rifles and ammunition captured. It also reports Austro Hungarian troops near Shabats and advances southeast of Grocka, forcing Serbians from fortified heights near Ripanj.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Shabats
Belgrade
Ripanj
Grocka
Governors Rally in Berkshire Hills Draws Large Crowds
Gov Walsh challenged Republican rival Samuel W. McCall to stop focusing on tariff and national issues during his Berkshire campaign tour. Bands played as crowds cheered with red fire in Pittsfield Adams and North Adams, each drawing over 1000 supporters and overflow meetings.
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North Adams
Walsh
Samuel W. McCall
Berkshires
Pittsfield
Adams
Artillery Actions Riot Along Western Front
Paris dispatch reports violent artillery actions north of Arras and Loos and near Givenchy Wood. German depots of munitions were hit north of the Aisne and Navarin Farm as Allied batteries answered. A major German bombardment near Rheims was repelled. no other front news reported.
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Paris
War Office
Arras
Loos
Givenchy
Lille
Aisne
Navarin
Hast
Rheims
Butte de Ti
Balkan Front Advances Reported by War Office
The war office released a report from Sofia via Berlin noting Serbian gains by Allied forces in Serbia. In Timoke valley they seized Teherni and several villages. south of Vlassinaswam they captured Pandjingred. Cavalry killed 180 Serbians and took 40 prisoners. Two thousand prisoners and 12 guns were captured at Sultan Tepe near Straun.
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Softa
Berlin
London
War Office
Serbia
Timoke Valley
Teherni
Vrh Charbonvec
Aditchevac
Balinee Novo
Balta Berilovici
Vlassinaswam
Pandjingred
Sultan Tepe
Straun
Feel Young Olive Tablets Ad Promotes Gentle Constipation Relief
An advertisement urges relief from constipation with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. It claims a natural, gentle action without pain, targets aging readers, and notes the product as a vegetable tablet with olive color sold by The Olive Tablet Company in Columbus.
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Dr. Edwards
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