War News Across Fronts From Passchendaele To Venetia
Major Allied updates report Canadian advances beyond Passchendaele center and large prisoner gains. Italy begins a strategic retreat across Venetia while German forces threaten the Tagliamento line. Allied battles continue on Aisne and Verdun fronts as German efforts in Italy and France face stiff resistance.
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Passchendaele
Tagliamento
Carnic Alps
Adriatic Sea
Venetia
Pinzano
Chemin-des-Dames
Aisne
France
Berlin War Office
Wilson Proclaims Thanksgiving Amid World War I Turmoil
President Wilson designates November 29 as Thanksgiving Day urging national gratitude despite war. He calls Americans to thank God for blessings beyond peace and prosperity, for opportunity to serve mankind, and for unity, duty, and shared justice.
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Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
God
United States
Waite Will Stay In Dayton After Socialist Defeat
Dayton Ohio voters gave City Manager Waite a decisive vote of confidence as Socialist nominees failed to unseat him. The top Socialist for commissioner drew 13 633 votes while the lowest Citizens ticket tally reached 16 474. Waite earns 12 500 dollars annually and is praised for saving the city money. Governor Cox hailed the Socialist setback and Waite’s retention as a win for municipal stability.
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Dayton
Waite
Citizens’ Ticket
War Savings Campaign Aims to Curb Excess Spending
Washington reports a new war savings drive to fund the national war chest. A 2 billion dollar issue of war savings certificates will be offered for five years with denominations as low as five dollars. Certificates go on sale at post offices and government agencies nationwide at a four percent rate.
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Washington
War Savings
National War Chest
Treasury Department
No More Flirting With Jackie At Great Lakes
Chicago Nov 8 Captain W A Moffett commandant at Great Lakes Naval Training Station bans visitors except Wednesday afternoons and Sundays after an order due to flirting at the station.
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Jackie
Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
W. A. Moffett
A Dry Victory in New Jersey Election
Newark N J November 8 local option won at the election in New Jersey assemblymen indicating a dry policy in the state capital and surrounding districts.
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New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Dr George Fraker Dead in Noted Insurance Swindle Case
Kansas City reports the death of Dr George W Fraker of Excelsior Springs in a highly publicized life insurance fraud. Previously believed dead after a river incident in 1894, Fraker surfaced alive in Minnesota. Insurance payouts were partially recovered after his arrest, though prosecutions failed for lack of proof he benefited from the schemes.
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United States
Kansas City
George W. Fraker
Excelsior Springs
Fraker
Missouri
Dr. Fraker
R. T. Herrick
Independence
Kas
I Raker
Minnesota Woods
Pork Producers Seek Price Guarantee At Missouri Meeting
Two hundred hog growers met at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture in Columbia to press for a food administration price guarantee equal to the value of fourteen bushels of corn per hundred pounds of hog on foot. They urged heavy hog premiums and asked to suspend hog cholera rules to ship in hogs for frostbitten corn. Dean Mumford urged expanded pork production as war demand cited, noting U S livestock declines.
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Missouri
College of Agriculture
Columbia
Food Administration
F. B. Mumford
Atchison County
D. F. Luckey
Doctor Luckey
Dean Mumford
United States
Tornado Rips Greene County Causing Farm Damage
A tornado and electrical storm swept through the north portion of Greene county injuring several people and causing heavy farm property damage. The twister moved from Clear Creek head down the valley about twenty miles, twisting houses from foundations and wrecking outbuildings. It was traced throughickney Mill Walnut Springs Willard Elwood and Glidewell.
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Ozarks
Greene County
Clear Creek
Federal food administrator warns on profiteering in Missouri
F B Mumford announces that retailers who seek excessive profits on foodstuffs may have supplies cut off by licensed wholesale concerns, enforcing controls to curb price gouging in Missouri.
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F. B. Mumford
Missouri
Missouri Man Dies After Gasoline Car Crash
J. C. Flint died from injuries after being thrown from a gasoline motor car on the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad. He died at the company hospital in Sedalia. His wife survives.
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Missourian
J. C. Flint
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Company
Sedalia
Train Hits Auto at Carthage Killing James Hull
James Hull was killed when his automobile was struck by a Frisco passenger train at a grade crossing in Carthage. R N Alexander city street commissioner was badly injured in the crash.
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Carthage
James Hull
R. N. Alexander
Missouri Baptists Endow Colleges With Gifts
The Missouri Baptist General Association finished its Springfield convention by raising $1,200 to endow colleges.
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Missouri Baptists
Missouri Baptist General Association
Springfield
Slayer Repents as Restitution Arranged for Murder Victims
Attorney Joshua Graham states self confessed killer Wineinger agreed to turn nearly $5,000 in money and notes to the four Goold children, orphans of W. C. Goold killed by Wineinger. Wineinger is in a penitentiary as his family plans to move to Iowa to live with their grandmother.
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Charles F. Wineinger
W. C. Goold
Wineinger
St. Joseph
Joshua Graham
Graham
Goold
Iowa
Columbia Begs for Coal Relief Amid Famine
Columbia coal dealers appeal to Wallace Crossley state fuel administrator for relief from a coal famine. They report coal ordered from Illinois being confiscated in St Louis and a lack of miners for local mines. The state university and two girls colleges face imminent shortages as all dealers run out. many stores report no coal.
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Columbia
Wallace Crossley
Illinois
St. Louis
State University
Printer Patterson marks 60 years of marriage in Marshall
J. M. Patterson of Marshall, a veteran printer and publisher aged 81, celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of his wedding. He has been a long time I O O F member and is the second oldest in the state. His wife, 77, has served as city editor of the Marshall Democrat News for thirty years.
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J. M. Patterson
Marshall
Marshall Democrat News
Red Cross Worker 93 Years Old in West Plains
The oldest Red Cross worker in West Plains is Mrs. Margaret Scherer a 93 year old volunteer. Born in Germany she retains relatives there yet her loyalties lie with the United States and her adopted homeland.
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Red Cross
West Plains
Margaret Scherer
Not a Quarrel in Fifty Years
Mr and Mrs J L McConnell of Hume celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary recently. They were married October 31 1867 in Iroquois County Illinois.
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J. L. McConnell
Hume
Iroquois County
Ilinois
Noted Architect Isaac Taylor Dies in St Louis Home
Isaac S. Taylor a 67 year old prominent architect and director of work at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition was found dead in his St Louis residence. The death occurred recently and the obituary notes his wide renown in architectural circles.
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St. Louis
Isaac S. Taylor
Road bond proposal in Williamsburg for sixteen miles
A special election is set in Williamsburg on November 24 to vote on a bond issue of 25000 dollars for building sixteen miles of hard surfaced roads. The state and federal governments would contribute a like amount if the measure passes.
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Williamsburg
Recall petition seeks special election on Springfield mayor and two commissioners
Petitions circulating in Springfield call for a recall election to determine whether Mayor J J Gideon and Commissioners Edwi F James and William A Swinney should be removed from office.
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Gideon
J. J. Gideon
Edwi F. James
William A. Swinney
Springfield
Auto Upsets, 1 Dead, 3 Hurt
Mrs. W. S. Marshall, wife of a merchant at Birch Tree, was killed instantly when the car driven by her husband overturned near Mountain Grove recently. Three others were injured in the crash.
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W. S. Marshall
Birch Tree
Mountain Grove
Two Years for Disloyal Speech Found by Jury
Thomas Carnell was sentenced to two years in Leavenworth federal prison by a St. Louis district court for making a speech the jury found tended to cause insubordination among the military forces.
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Thomas Carnell
Federal
Leavenworth
United States District Court
St. Louis
Car Men Get More Pay in Springfield Wages News
The Springfield Traction Company announces wage increases for Motormen and conductors averaging two and one fourth cents per hour. The move aims to improve driver and staff morale amid rising operating costs.
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Springfield Traction Company
Peat Bogs of Ireland and Energy Potential
Ireland holds about twenty five million acres of peat bogs one seventh of the island. The Bog of Allen concentrates much of this resource with others elsewhere. A committee led by Sir John Griffiths reviews peat use for power, domestic needs and industrial scale, noting water content low energy value and bulky nature raising transport costs.
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Ireland
Allen
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
John Griffiths
Dublin
DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS Ad Warns of Kidney Trouble
An advertisement urges readers to heed kidney warning signs and start DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS now. It promises first box results, a money back guarantee if unsatisfied, and warns against substitutes. The notice targets preventive care and directs readers to buy at druggists.
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Dodd
Bright
Sidney
Kidney Health
Adv
Awaiting Peace Postponed Jewish Congress Call
New York Jewish leaders have delayed calling for a proposed Jewish congress until peace is declared, deferring action amid ongoing unrest.
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New York
Jewish Congress
Jam Maker’s Stingy Ways Quip in Snowy Ad
An advertisement jokes that a stingy woman won’t share her jam until snow flies, while another note promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver bowels and stomach for clean healthy living.
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Dr. Pierce
No One Believes Him About Early Booze Buy War Tax
A man who bought alcohol early to dodge a war tax faces skepticism from others who doubt his patriotic motive. The note questions his sincerity and hints at public scrutiny in the community.
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