Villa Ready 10 Hit Agua Prieta
Gen Francisco Villa moves troops toward Agua Prieta Sonora opposite Douglas as U S troops entrench nearby Brig Gen Thomas F Davis surveys the border as Villa vows to fight any cross border reinforcement and a Carranza spy is shot fleeing the attack area.
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Villa Ready
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Ariz
Francisco Villa
Sonora
United States
Villa
Gallardo Ranch
Angua Prieta
Carranza
Thomas F. Davis
Eagle Pass
Texas
Augua Prieta
STILL BATTLE FOR RIGA
In the east a battle rages from Riga to Dvinsk as Von Hindenburg presses to reach the area. German shelling on a 150 mile front tests Russian defenses while the Russians fall back little in the north and advance through the lake district toward Vilna Dvinsk railway. Emperor Nicholas and son visit Gen Ivanoff as Linsingen shifts troops toward Romania. Joffre arrives in England after talks with Kitchener and ministers.
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London
Riga
Dvinsk
von Hindenburg
Dvina
Lake District
Sventsyany
Vilna-Dvinsk
Nicholas
Ivanoff
von Linsingen
von Mackensen
Servia
Styr
Galicia
Joffre
England
Earl Kitchener
Minsters
Blanche Walsh Dead Martyr to the Stage in Ohio
Famous actress Blanche Walsh died at Lakeside Hospital Cleveland on October 30 after an appendicitis operation. She insisted on performing in Youngstown soon after surgery, collapsed there, and was brought back to Ohio. Born January 4, 1873 in New York City, she married H. W. Travers in 1906 and left no children. Her home was The Lilacs, Great Neck, Long Island.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Blanche Walsh
Lakeside Hospital
Hippodrome
Miss Walsh
Youngstown
Toledo
New York City
Thomas Power Walsh
Tammy Leader
Tombs Prison
Miss’ Walsh
H. W. Travers
F-4 Submarine Disaster Details Final Board Report
The final board of inquiry headed by Rear Admiral Busch details the 1915 F-4 submarine disaster near Honolulu in which 21 crewmen died. The report pins the loss on a corroded battery lining and poor diving response, with all hands remaining at their posts until escape attempts faded.
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Washington
Honolulu
Busch
Tragic Peabody School Fire Claims Twenty Children
In Peabody Massachusetts a fire at St John s Parochial School on October 28 killed twenty children aged seven to seventeen, mostly girls. Panic trapped many at the front exit as sisters guided others to safety, with ten identified among the corpses. Mother Superior Marie Carmelita was severely burned. cause remains undetermined.
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Peabody
Mass
St. John’s Parochial School
Order of Notre Dame
Mabel Beauchamp
Nellie Burns
Florence Bourke
Elizabeth Comeau
Helen Bresnahan
Annie Bolesky
Ida Essiambre
Mildred Fay
Helen H. Keefe
Annie M. O'Brien
Marie Carmelita
Washington Austria dispute on munitions exports
Washington received a diplomatic note from Austria asserting that the United States cannot export munitions to allies under existing international law. The note argues for a liberal reinterpretation of the law amid current extraordinary conditions and mentions Ambassador Dumba’s activities, though it does not address U S charges of interference with munitions plants or internal policy.
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Austria
United States
Washington
State Department
Dumba
Garibaldi Wounded. Ezio Improves Slowly in Italy
Udine Italy reports Saente Garibaldi a son of Gen Riccioti Garibaldi was wounded by a bullet in the hand. His brother Ezio, who was seriously wounded near Coularca, is slowly improving.
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Garibaldi
Udine
Italy
Saente Garibaldi
Riccioti Garibaldi
Ezio
Coularca
Bulgars hold Serb fortress as Austrians press
The Servian fortress of Pirot, key to Nish, is in Bulgarian hands as Austro-German forces attempt a ring around Kraguyevatz and seize the Servian arsenal. Austrians press Montenegro along the Drina while Anglo-French troops push toward Strumitsa, with allied fleets bombarding Bulgarian towns on the Aegean. Rumors of a Russian march to Roumania persist, while British and French reinforcements remain unconfirmed.
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London
Pirot
Nish
Kraguyevatz
Montenegro
Drina
Vishegrad
Bulgaria
Strumitsa
Aegean Sea
Servia
Viviani Resigns as French Premier and Briand Asked to Form New Cabinet
Paris reports the French cabinet led by Rene Viviani has resigned. Aristide Briand is urged to form a new government after lengthy talks among political leaders. The Chamber of Deputies adjourned on October 28 without a formal announcement. Briand holds no official mandate yet, but is expected to assemble a reorganized ministry with top national figures.
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Paris
Rene Viviani
Aristide Briand
M. Viviani
Chamber of Deputies
Theophile Delcasse
Viviant
M. Briand
Dutch Steamer a Prize in Chesapeake Port Action
The Dutch steamer Hemborn from New York and the steamer Hocking from New York for Norfolk were brought in by prize crews from a British warship. The Hocking had been the Danish Gronland and was recently re registered as American, flying the U S flag when seized.
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Halifarx
Hemborn
New York
Hocking
Norfolk
Gronland
Open Roads for Central Powers Through Servia and Bulgaria
London reports the German army crossing the Danube at Orsova has linked with Bulgarian forces, creating a land corridor to the Aegean and Constantinople. Austro German efforts press north in Servia, while Bulgaria contends for Belgrade Salonika railway control. Allies, buoyed by French wins, fight to hold the south and block the German push toward Turkey. Internal Bulgarian unrest and a royal conspiracy are noted, with Roumanian unease over government inaction and pro allied agitation abroad.
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London
Danube
Orsova
Servia
Prahovo
Bulgaria
Aegean Sea
Constantinople
Belgrade
Saloniki
Krivolak
Athens
Veles
Uskup
Macedonia
Turkey
Ferdinand
Russia
Villa Prepares to Strike Near San Bernardino
Dispatches say Villa’s army moves in a solid column three miles wide along the Bernarda River Valley fifteen miles south of San Bernardino and twenty two miles east of Agua Prieta, with Carranza forces massing at Cabullona and Anavacachi Pass. US infantry and cavalry units arrive at Douglas, boosting American force to about eight hundred, as clashes with Yaqui at Anavacachi reportedly occur.
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Douglas
Ariz
Francisco Villa
Bernardino River Valley
San Bernardino
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Carranza
P. Elias Calles
Villa
Cabullona
Calles
Caballona
Anavacachi Pass
Urbulejo
Seventh
Twentieth
United States Infantry
Eagle Pass
U S Issues White Book Second Volume Released
Washington reports the State Department issued a second installment of the U S government White Book. It publishes diplomatic correspondence with European belligerents since the first volume last May. The volume records charges and counter charges amid neutrality observations.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Mississippi News Items From Across The State
Hattiesburg reports a boiler explosion at M. and O. Lumber Co New Augusta injuring George Kelin Charles Matthews and four others the mill wrecked Natchez notes the Esperanza plantation near Natchez sold to G. H. Taylor of Kentucky for a large sum to be devoted to grain and livestock Laurel sees lumber industry gains per Southern Pine Association with millions of feet booked and shipped Purvis reports Progressive Star editor W A Blackburn shot dead but publication continues under Mrs Fannie Blackburn Itta Bena buys West Side Plantation for 60 per acre Dr C C Moore to take over Jan 1 1916 Newton 29 corn club boys raise nearly 1000 bushels Mason Pennington Clarence Estes Graham Stuart Andrew Holly win trips to State Fair University of Mississippi medical students adopt an honor system Dewey Taylor 16 kills Troy Womack 18 at Marietta both boys from Prentiss County Aberdeen women discover a still, alert US Revenue Agent. Natchez mills run full or near full in hardwood country Aberdeen case against L L Brewer for murdered George Nichols to be tried Soso cotton gin and mill burn, one of county’s most modern gins, with unknown origin
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Newton
Corn Club
Jackson
Mason Pennington
Clarence Estes
Graham Stuart
Andrew Holly
Graduate Nurses In Missis sippi Annual Meet
The Mississippi Association of Graduate Nurses met in the senate chamber with delegates from major communities and hospitals. Covington County won the feature corn club prize at the State Fair for best county superintendent efficiency, with Ira Allen and W W Coursey securing second and third prizes. The Mississippi Farmers Union held a strong state meeting, elected officers, and planned a January rally to publicize Union aims. University Trustees met in a special session. a prison escape by Charley Jones was reported, and bids were invited for five or more carloads of state-raised cotton seed.
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Jackson
Mississippi Association of Graduate Nurses
Senate Chamber
Covington County
Corn Club
The
Fair Association
Burn Hilburn
Ira Allen
Tate County
W. W. Coursey
Newton County
Farmers’ Union
Mississippi Farmers’ Union Convention
J. B. Mitchell
Goodman
N. A. Mott
Yazoo City
Emma Jackson
Chaplin
J. L. Collins
Coffeeville
A. Blanton
Farmers’ Union of Mississippi
Gov. Brewer
T. B. Franklin
Robert Powell
T. W. Carter
E. M. Clarke
J. W. Catter
O. F. Lawrence
Grenada
State Penitentiary
Charley Jones
Jones
Brown
Parchman
Carpenter Gang
Arthur Simms
Adams County
Hinds County
J. J. Coman
State Prison Board
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Uncle Sam
U. S
Teutons
Vivian
Briand
Document of
Mississippi
Hattiesburg
M. & O. Lumber Company
New Augusta
George Kelin
Charles Matthews
Natchez
Esperanza
Joseph Parker
G. H. Taylor
Kentucky
Laurel
Southern Pine Association
Itta Bena
J. D. McLemore
West Side
C. C. Moore
University
University of Mississippi
Marietta
Dewey Taylor
Troy Womack
Taylor
Booneville
Prentiss County
Aberdeen
Sarah Williams
Miss Williams
Monroe County
Alabama
United States Revenue
Humphreys
J. D Cooper
L. L. Brewer
George Nichols
Soso
Green Brothers
Hilburn
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