President Appeals for Election of Democrats in Congress
The article reports Woodrow Wilson urging a Democratic majority in both houses to sustain his leadership during wartime. It also quotes Republican leaders arguing a Republican majority would back the war more vigorously and curb government waste, with named figures Lodge, Smoot, Gillett, and Fess opposing the President.
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Senate
House Republican
Congress
Republican Party
House
Germany
United States
Democratic
Casualty Lists Show Large Decrease in Wartime Losses
Government casualty lists published this morning report one of the month’s largest decreases with 358 men among killed missing and wounded. Among the losses 20 New Englanders appear on the morning list and none were killed in action. The breakdown includes killed in action died of wounds missing in action severely wounded slightly wounded wounded degree undetermined and prisoners zero.
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New England
Usatcassavecescenteves
New England Boys on Casualty List
The casualty list names multiple New England servicemen reported wounded or missing in action. Included are Ft Antonio Maccagno of Pittsfield and Pt Antonio Licciardi of Boston with others from Norwalk Woodstock and Providence areas among listed units and locations.
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NEW England Boys
Casualty
Unofficialist Killed in Action List of Names
A war casualty list names soldiers killed in action and their hometowns across Connecticut and nearby areas. Includes Sgt Paul Farrell of Centreville, Ralph Thibodeau of Waterville, Arthur Johnson of Middletown, Thomas Leahy of Winsted, Harold Archer of Watertown, Herbert Pratt of Leominster, Aldy Gallant of Lynn, John FitzGerald of Norwalk, Edward Gerber of Southbury, Joseph Cavalho of New Haven, Walter Lukazwick of Wallingford, Joseph Petruzolo of East Hartford, Raymond Boomhower of Lawrence, Harold Gardner of Lawrence, John Ruffin of Middletown, and others associated with 102d Inf, 58th Inf, 104th Inf, and 313th Inf units. The list brackets multiple towns and street addresses reflecting their communities.
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Paul Farrell
Centreville
Conn
Ralph Thibodeau
Sargent St
Waterville
Arthur Leonard Johnson
Middletown
Herbert Pratt
Kings Corner
Leominster
H Co
Aldy Gallant
Park Terrace
Lynn
I Co
John FitzGerald
Water St
Norwalk
Edward Gerber
Southbury
F Co
Joseph Cavalho
Irving St
New Haven
Walter Lukazwick
Wallingford
Joseph Petruzolo
East Hartford
Raymond ‘Boomhower
Holly
Lawrence
Harold A. Gardner
Essex St
C Batt
John A. Ruffin
Court St
E Co
Soldiers Recovered Return to Duty From Missing Status
Pt Edwin J Sweet of New London Connecticut and Pt Otis Hine of Torrington Connecticut members of K Co 18th Infantry and M Co 102d Infantry are listed as returned to duty after being previously reported missing.
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Edwin J. Sweet
East Ave
New London
Unveiling of Wright Monument Postponed
In Le Mans France on October 25 the unveiling ceremonies for the Wilbur Wright monument have been postponed for a few weeks due to the grip health advisories. The decision follows a recommendation by health authorities.
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LE Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Olive Tablets offer liver bowel help and rosy skin
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets are a vegetable compound said to purify the liver and bowels without calomel effects. The ad claims yellow skin and dull appetite improve with a nightly dose, noting millions sold at 10c and 25c per box.
Monteux Debuts as Boston Symphony Conductor
Pierre Monteux led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the 1918 1919 season opening in Symphony Hall. The French maestro received a warm reception as subscribers and audience showed strong support for the orchestra and its future.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Symphony Hall
Boston
Monteux Elevates Boston Symphony with Fradkin Lead
The Boston Symphony Orchestra gains with new personnel led by concertmaster Fradkin as Pierre Monteux conducts a program featuring Franck, Schumann, Dukas, and Debussy. Monteux’s interpretations win praise for warmth, elasticity, and dramatic depth, highlighting a refined steel of tone, color, and mood. The concert, capped by Iberia and Sounds and perfumes of the night, earns a triumph for conductor and orchestra alike.
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Boston
Monteux
Russian Ballet
Iie
Boston Symphony Orchestra
France
Germany
Franck
Liege
Schumann
Manfred
Dukas
Madamoiselle Trouhanova
Debussy
Iberia
Mendelssohn
Spain
Mr. Monteux
May label food law violators may label food law violators
The Massachusetts Food Administration plans to display warning cards in parlor windows of homes across the state alleging violators of the sugar ration. Brockton authorities have already imposed this penalty and officials believe thousands of households exceed the two pounds per month per person limit.
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United States Food Administration
Massachusetts
Brockton
Massachusetts Food Administration
Plan to discipline retailers over food law violations
The State food administration moves to punish stores violating food laws by requiring window signs. Reports say some individuals hold multiple sugar cards across stores to obtain excess supplies. Officials urge citizens to conserve food and reject any peace-with-the-allies notions, noting America must feed 2,000,000 troops and aid Allied nations.
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State Food Administration
Germany
America
France
Wells Memorial Checker Club elects officers for year
The Wells Memorial Checker Club elected officers for the coming year led by President J. H. Hebb and first vice president H. W. Durgin. A. J. Heffner to head tournaments and the interclub league will start about Nov. 1. A committee to arrange the Greater Boston championship with Boston Checker Club was named.
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Wells Memorial Checker Club
J. H. Hebb
H. W. Durgin
A. J. Heffner
E. W. MacDonald
J. P. McKeever
George Hoskins
Jeremiah Driscoll
J. J. Gallagher
C. Garrity
George W. Hayward
J. Davis
Boston Checker Club
Greater Boston
Wells
H. B.reynolds
Rochester
N. Y
Boston
New England
Composer Lecocq Dies in Paris at 86
Paris obituary notes Charles Lecocq a longtime musical composer died at age 86. His operas Girofle Girofla The Little Duke and The Daughter of Madame Angot are well known in the United States. Lecocq was an officer of the Legion of Honor.
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Paris
Charles Lecocq
M. Lecocq
United States
Munitions Makers Urged to Speed Up in Bridgeport
Bridgeport district U S A production chief Major B A Franklin told munitions manufacturers in Connecticut and four western Massachusetts counties that a crisis exists and demands unlimited exertion by both management and workers to boost output.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Connecticut
Massachusetts
B. A. Franklin
Manufacturers urged to train 600000 skilled workers in 90 days
H. E. Miles of the Department of Labor urged lagging manufacturers on government contracts to accelerate training. He warned that 30 days have passed without the 600,000 skilled workers and called for immediate action within 60 days, with women workers likely to be trained. Congressman Tilson echoed the need for munitions.
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H. E. Miles
Department of Labor
England
France
Italy
Canada
New England
John Q. Tilson
House Committee On
Revolt at Fiume Suppressed by Austro-Hungarian Troops
Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen reports three Austro-Hungarian regiments sent from Albania halted the Croatian soldiers of the 79th Regiment at Fiume after hard street fighting. Hundreds were killed in the unrest, with earlier Budapest advices noting the rebels seized the city and destroyed the railroad prompting calls for ministerial resignations.
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London
Fiume
Albania
Copenhagen
Basel
Count Apponyi
Count Andrassy
Budapest
Dr McMann Leaves for Camp Dix Tonight
Dr William H McMann a prominent Jamaica Plain physician is commissioned a captain and tonight departs for Camp Dix to assume duties there as the nation mobilizes for service.
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McMann
Camp Dix
William H. McMann
Jamaica Plain District
Plymouth Division Reviewed at Camp Devens Parade
At Camp Devens on October 25 Colonel Alex A. Dade judged the Plymouth Division’s parade with Major General McCain observing. Regiments 86th and 73d Infantry led the morning shows, followed by the _sith_ Machine Gun Battalion and 4204 Infantry.
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Camp Devens
Plymouth
Alex A. Dade
Inspector-General’s Department
McCain
Central Officers’ Training School
Camp Taylor
Kentucky
Malye
Ordnance
John W. Stanley
Camp Upton
William R. Fleming
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. C
Milton S. Waldman
United States Guards
Roosevelt accuses Wilson of partisan leadership in war year
Roosevelt voices strong rebuke of President Wilson's appeal for a Democratic Congress urging Americans to judge his war policy. He calls the appeal the most lamentable act of partisan politics in a great war and says he will respond in a speech after reviewing the document. He notes the appeal has drawn opposition from both parties.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
All the People
84 Year-Old Ayer Man Found Dead
The body of Myron Peak 84 a former town weigher was found today in his room in a Main Street block opposite the depot He had been missing two weeks and the door was locked from inside Chief Beatty opened the window and found him with a facial injury Medical Examiner Bulkley ruled death from natural causes
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Ayer
Myron
Peak
Main Street
Beatty
Bulkley
Building Strength to Fight Influenza and Pneumonia Danger
The text advises that a delicate constitution or weak health should build up strength and stamina to resist influenza and aid recovery. It warns that convalescence is a vulnerable period, increasing pneumonia risk, and suggests measures to improve resilience during recovery.
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U. S. Army
Europe
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