Germans Launch Major Raid in English Channel
Berlin reports a large German torpedo boat squadron attacked the Channel between Folkestone and Boulogne. At least 11 outpost steamers and two or three torpedo craft were sunk or damaged, while the flotilla returned unharmed. London confirms ten German destroyers pressed the raid, two were sunk, others driven off.
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Berlin
London
English Channel
Folkestone
Boulogne
Admiralty
British torpedo destroyer Flirt missing. Nubian disabled
The Flirt is missing and nine crew members were saved. The Nubian was disabled by a torpedo and ran aground. Further details appear on Page 4 Third Column.
Villa Blockade Deepens as General Maycotte Advances
From Chihuahua City, Oct 27, General Maycotte arrived at Santa Rosalia with 2200 troops to seal Villa in. The plan aims to stop Villa from turning southeast from Santa Ysabel while northern routes and southern passes are secured. Headquarters says the encirclement covers a wide area, requiring time to show results.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Villa
Maycotte
Santa Rosalia
Santa Ysabel
General Trevino Receives Word of Villa Follower Skirmish
News reached General Trevino today that General Jiminez had engaged a band of followers of Villa in a clash. The encounter signals ongoing hostilities amid the rebel resistance and may influence further military actions in the region.
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Trevino
Jiminez
Villa
Eleven Automobiles Stolen In City By Suspected NYC Ring
Police report an organized gang from New York stole eleven cars across Boston last night. Four vehicles were recovered before midnight after drivers abandoned them during a police chase. Cars were taken from Jamaica Plain Mattapan Dorchester West End South End Back Bay with several recovered in Dorchester Back Bay and Park Square.
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New York
Boston
Jamaica Plain
Mattapan
Dorchester
West End
South End
Back Bay
Harrison Avenue
Norway Street
Thorndike Hotel
Park Square
LaGrange Street Station
Girl Safe After Mysterious Roxbury Disappearance
The 13 year old Helen G Fullerton of 11 Parnell street Roxbury vanished on September 10. A letter in an unfamiliar hand claimed she was safe, heightening the mystery and prompting renewed concern from her parents.
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Helen G. Fullerton
Parnell Street
Roxbury
Missing Girl Sought By Mother After Canada Note
A letter from Essex Street Station reports a girl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Fullerton is missing for nearly two months. The note said she traveled to Canada with a lady to care for two children. The letter asks to give her a chance and promises to learn more and write her mother.
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Essex Street
Helen Conway
Helen
George Fullerton
Canada
Noted Newburyport Hotel Owner Sentenced for Illegal Liquor Sale
Dennis J Kelleher, proprietor of Hotel Dennis at Salisbury Beach, must serve three months in Newburyport jail and pay a $100 fine for illegally keeping liquor for sale. The lower court sentence was affirmed by Judge Joseph F. Quinn in Superior Court.
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Lawrence
Dennis J Kelleher
Newburyport
Dennis
Salisbury Beach
Joseph F. Quinn
Salem
Rumania Still in Teuton Grip as Dual Forays Press
London dispatch reports Rumania remains under attack from two central powers. Field Marshal von Mackensen drives northward in Dobrudja toward a line near Hirzova and Casaphelli, 40 to 60 miles from the Constanza Tchernavoda railway, while General von Falkenhayn presses elsewhere.
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London
Rumania
von Mackensen
von Falkenhayn
Dobrudja
Hirzova
Danube
Casaphelli
Black Sea
Constanza- Tchernavoda
Teutonic advance nears river crossing at Hirzova
The capture of Hirzova would grant Teutonic allies an easier river crossing into old Rumalia as low ground trails vanish around Hirzova. General von Falkenhayn advances toward Campulung south of Predeal on the tran.
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Hirzova
Old Rumania
von Falkenhayn
Campulung
Predeal
Jury Deliberating in Haverhill Riot Case
In Lawrence on October 27 the jury retired to decide the case of Mayor Albert L. Bartlett and four city officials charged with failing to suppress rioting at an anti Catholic lecture in Haverhill on April 3. Instructions were given to report a sealed verdict tomorrow morning.
Hughesettes Riot After Campaign Arrival in Kansas City
Women campaigners of the Hughes special train faced a stormy reception in Kansas City as a guard of hundreds clashed with hecklers. Banners tore from cars, several men were struck, and a struggle occurred as Democratic and Republican supporters tried to control motor routes. The women spoke at a mass meeting later.
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Kansas City
Hughes
Warning to Scout Masters Sparks Labor Backlash
Charles C. Jackson, banker and stock broker and president of the Greater Boston council of Boy Scouts, warns 400 plus scout masters at the Harvard Union to prepare boys to withstand postwar labor union strength and aggressiveness, a statement that drew organized labor protests.
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Charles C. Jackson
Greater Boston
Union Meetings Hear Bitter Attacks on Jackson
At Engineers Local 16 on 724 Washington Street and the Telephone Operators Union at Wells Memorial, discussions addressed the matter with sharp rebuke of Jackson, as the Massachusetts State Branch of the organization weighed in.
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Washington Street
Wells Memorial
Jackson
Massachusetts
Prohibition Ticket Rides Across Massachusetts Campaign
Former Indiana Governor J Frank Hanly and Ira Landrith of Tennessee campaigned across western Massachusetts to Boston for one million votes. Mrs Hanly accompanied the party on the nationwide effort.
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J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Boston Common
Prohibition
Ira Landrith
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Boston
Mrs. Hanly
Prohibition Party Explains Campaign Across New England
A special train charter carried candidates to Springfield Worcester Framingham and Boston. Rallies followed in Salem Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Malden Lynn and Faneuil Hall. Hanly trumpeted the Prohibition party as the last progressive force with lines in Boston’s open air and Faneuil Hall.
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Springfield
Worcester
Framingham
Boston
Salem
Haverhill
Lawrence
Lowell
Malden
Lynn
Faneuil Hall
Prohibition
Hanly
Charles Street Mall
Prohibition Party
Turtle Bites Nose Off Inquisitive Man
In Pittsburg on October 27 Gustave Gustafson lost his nose when a turtle he bought from a Homestead fish dealer snapped at him as he peered into its shell. The eight pound turtle detached the nose during the encounter on the way home.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Gustave Gustafson
Gustafson
Homestead
Royalty Weds at Gypsy Camp
Kings queens and princes gathered at Hanson for a gypsy wedding uniting Romany factions from Johnson and Mitchelle. Princess Rose of Johnson and Prince George of Mitchell led the ceremony with tribe retinues. Waso Mitchell and 25 aides accompanied the couple from Georgia. Robert Deacon, a noted gypsy patriarch from Devil's Creek, Michigan, also attended.
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Hanson
Johnson and
Mitchelle
Rose
Thomas Johnson
George
Waso Mitchell
Mitchell
Albany
Prince George
Georgia
Devil's Creek
Mich
Robert Deacon
United States
Chicago fire at sea reaches Fayal Azores
The French Line steamer Chicago with 180 passengers aboard arrived at Fayal in the Azores after a fire at sea. Lloyds reports aid to extinguish the blaze is underway and all passengers are believed safe.
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London
Chicago
Fayal
Azores Islands
Lloyds
Double drowning after fishing trip ends in sea loss
Police report a fishing expedition ended in tragedy when the body of John Winthrop Nightingale was found on Hull flats. An elderly Civil War veteran, John T Hobart, was aboard the dory and is believed swept to sea between Bumpkin Island and Weir River.
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John Winthrop Nightingale
James Street
Hull
South End
Bumpkin Island
Weir River
John T. Hobart
Rockland
Nightingale
Nightingale and Hobart Dory Search Ends in Tragedy
Two men began a smelting trip from Green Hill Thursday morning. Nightingale body recovered near the rocks with a severe head wound. The companion likely drifted away as the tide pulled him out. Survivors include Eliot Nightingale of Brooklyn and Louise Nightingale of Wellesley. Hobart also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Charles Lyons of Rockland.
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Green Hill
Reynolds
Hull
Sparrow
Peterson
Hingham
Eliot Nightingale
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harvard
Louise
Wellesley
Hobart
Charles Lyons
Hingham Street
Rockland
Ambiguous timestamp note marks day events and anniversaries
The fragment notes events and anniversaries including Statue of Liberty dedication eight decades ago and a French cabinet reorganization with Aristide Briand as premier a year ago. It mentions lighting vehicles at 5 13 and a vague sunset moonlight reference.
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Aristide Briand
Fair weekend forecast for Boston and New England regions
Fair weather expected in southern New England on Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change and light to moderate winds shifting from southwest to west. In northern New England Saturday is partly cloudy with possible local rain in north Maine, and Sunday turns fair.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Maine
Temperature Report From Thompson's Spa Yesterday
Readings show yesterday's high near 66 and low around 50 at Thompson's Spa. The record notes 9 p.m. 57 and 12 a.m. 54 with average temperatures listed for the day and year prior.
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Thompson's Spa
Wiese
Maisisaes
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