Mothers and Fathers of America Give to Your Own Sons
A wartime plea from a YMCA and Knights of Columbus worker in France urges American families to support wounded soldiers. He recalls a dying Scot boy, the care of French hospitals, and the need for funds to aid recovery and moral strength. The appeal calls for multidenominational backing to help heal and return soldiers home victorious.
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America
France
Young Men’s Christian Association
Knights of Columbus
Kige
Mummy
Atlas
Pebioa
Hell
Flandersfield
Lille
Giri
Call —Literary Digest
Kaiser Refuses Abdication as German Crisis Deepens
Amsterdam dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm II defies socialist demand to abdicate, saying stepping down would invite anarchy and bloodshed. Revolt spreads, navy leadership flees Kiel as sailors seize control, amid imminent abdication rumors and chaos across the empire.
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Reichslag
Prince Henry
Havy Ang Brothers
Kiel
Berlin
Tid
Grand Fleet
Onere Aeananontim Nenly Fiers
Republican Senate gains reshape postwar committees
The Associated Press reports Republicans secure a Senate majority likely to head key panels. Lodge would head foreign relations, Penrose finance, Warren to lead appropriations, Wadeworth military affairs, with Chamberlain chairing and many postwar budget and policy changes foreshadowed.
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Penrose
Wadsworth
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Martin
Chamberlain
Oregon
Wadeworth
New York
Mone
Allies Press For Armistice Terms In World War I Update
Allied negotiators deliver terms to German delegates at a French headquarters as the clock ticks on a 72 hour window. Emperor William rumored at Spa. German revolts surge across Germany with republics forming in Bavaria Kiel Hamburg and Bremen. British troops breach toward Brussels with advances from Valenciennes toward Maubeuge and Mezieres rail lines face pressure.
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Germany
Department of the Alane
Spa
Belgium
Gouraud Advances on Meuse River Front Near Sedan
General Gouraud and the French Army push the Meuse line from Sedan toward Messines as troops reach eight miles of advance. The day’s operations concentrate on securing a riverbank position along the Meuse with steady progress reported.
German Armistice Prospects Amid High Level Germany Conference
Amid reports from Spa and Washington the fate of immediate German surrender hangs on a high level conference. Marshal Foch demands a clear reply within 72 hours and the Allied position rejects provisional ceases. German delegates travel with limited powers as tensions rise over terms and a peace conference looms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
West Front
Marshal Foeh
Perle
Cllvene
Spa
Americans and French press toward Sedan fronts
The article notes French and American forces advancing near Sedan on the Meuse front with Sitio infantry clashes and heavy artillery across the lines. German retreat and congested routes from Stenay and Conflans toward Mets are reported as the battle tightens.
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Sedan
Sitio
Meuse
Stenay
Seday
Conflans
Longo
You
Mets
Unusual Bank Popular At Paris Front
A vivid vignette from Paris on November 8 shows a tanned doughboy at a seaside counter filing a note at a salt bank. The exchange with a YMCA girl hints at war times and morale as soldiers exchange salt for money while awaiting return to duty.
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Paris
Atte
Cisina
Scrittyny
France
Fila
Mexico to Have Another Uprising
An extra of La Republica claims to publish an open letter from General Jelipe Angules denouncing the Carranca government and proposing Dr Pran cino Vaegte Gomes as provisional president. The letter, dated New York, notes a Junta organized there to oppose the government with rebel leaders Lylealmailere and Entlano Yapata backing the movement.
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Paso
la Republica
Spanien
Jelipe Angules
Villa Artillery
Fall Wins Senate and House Races in New Mexico
Reports from Albuquerque indicate Senator Fall, a Republican, leads over W. J. Watton by 1,678 votes for the U S Senate while Boltenrides tops G A Richardeos by 1 205 in the lower house race as results trickle in from 8 November precincts.
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Washington
Senate
House
Detroit
Michigan
Trueman Wnewberry
Henry Ford
Idaho
Nugent
Gooding
Montana
Jeannette Rankin
M Ngnate
Tate
Albert
Majoriny
W. J. Watton
United States
Bolternatides
G A. Richardeos
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Prussia
Tournai
Brussels
Scheldt
Valenciennes
Avesnes
Maubeuge
Idart
Hethel
Mezieres
Parton
Gouraud
Gours
Meuse River
Messores
Trige
Gut Fogh
Hostil
Presdent Wilmon
Lanning
Lansing
Mexico
Assocated Press
Senator Fall
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