Front War Report Describes Snowbound Trenches and Shifting Fronts
London reports winter storms cripple troop movements on both eastern and western fronts. Prussian forces push through snow in sheepskin jackets while trenches in northern France and Belgium flood and delay operations. Allied and German actions around Dixmude Ypres and Calais remain fluid with heavy fighting and high casualties.
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France
Belgium
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Bertin
Paris
Ypres
Bixachoote
Ines
Calvis
Petrograd
Anyale
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Calais
War Office
Veer
War Moves Reported Across Fronts Monday
Reports from France describe zone battles on the left wing near Bixschoote with territory inundated and a German regiment said destroyed. Roberts’ body expected to be transported. a possible German submarine sighting off the northwest coast. Weather hampers west operations. no decisive actions in the east. Russia presses eastern Prussia toward Thorn and Galicia. Turkish victories over Russia raise expectations of broader Muslim alliance with Constantinople declaring.
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Bixschoote
England
Lord Roberts
Norworlin
Turkey
Caucasus
Constantinople
Naval Battle Hopes Pivot on Dardanelles Crossing
Reported naval clash as British and French fleets renew bombardment of Turkish fortifications at the Dardanelles. Officials fear heavy defenses near Constantinople will resist a sea assault, with implications for the Black Sea and Russian routes.
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Maurdanelies
Dardanelles
Sea of Magmory
Pope Urges Peace In Encyclical Among Warring Nations
Rome reports the pope published an encyclical blaming war on four causes: lack of mutual love, contempt of authority, class injustice, and pursuit of material welfare. He pleads rulers and people to end ruin and bloodshed and to seek a dawn of peace.
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Rome
Europe
Christ
Commerce Shows A Healthy State Of Foreign Trade
Washington November 16 The pulse of the matron s foreign commerce is showing steady improvement according to telegraphic statements from Secretary McAdoo. Ports handling 87 percent of imports reported 2 330 512 in imports for last Saturday. Ports handling 72 percent of exports reported 10 421 5651 in exports. The daily average for November 1912 shows imports 4 923 627 and exports 6 083 426.
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Washington
Daily Telegraphic
McAdoo
Chicago stockyards reopen as foot and mouth quarantine ends
Chicago stockyards reopen after a seven day quarantine tied to the foot and mouth outbreak. Receipts resemble a normal Monday with cattle about 7 000 head and hog and sheep demand down. Prices start modestly higher but later gains are uncertain as buyers fear higher meat costs. Cattle arrivals hailed from the Dakotas Minnesota and parts of Michigan.
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Federal Reserve Banks Open Amid Plans to Expand
Washington reports all twelve Federal Reserve banks opened today as the Fed board outlined plans to widen operations and increase cash reserves. The Post Office Department ordered postmasters to stop depositing Postal Savings funds in nonmember banks immediately and to discontinue deposits in those banks.
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Heraime
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Federal Reserve System
Chavez and Delmont Box 26 Round Draw
Chavez and Delmont fought twenty rounds to a draw in Juarez Mexico yesterday afternoon. Many spectators felt Delmont should have won the decision.
Kaiser's Foreign Minister Von Ingen Poses in Public
The Kaiser's minister of foreign affairs von Ingen has been photographed abroad for the first time since the war began. The image shows him outside Germany and marks a notable departure for a top official linked to Belgium and England’s involvement in the conflict.
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Kaiser
Foreign Affairs
von Ingen
Belgium
England
Germany
Internal Revenue Tax Provisions On Various Articles
A historical note outlines federal taxes expanding on December 1 and November 3 1914 with duties on liquor tobacco and many goods. It lists rates for beer wine tobacco and telegraph postal items plus charges on licenses brokerages and transport documents.
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Uncle Sam
Boone
Petapae
Unclear Local Notice From Wrapnen, Washington
Damaged OCR text from Wrapnen Washington mentions a Tuesday event and unclear wording, with missing names and details. The readable fragments suggest a local notice or brief item, but essential facts are not discernible.
Millions of Steel Jobs Return as Mills Reopen
ITIGUSANDS OF WORKERS GIVEN JOBS HARRY Ind Nov 16 Six thousand men went back to work at the Garylend mill after weeks of idleness. Officials cite improved business in steel and allied industries as the cause with plans to resume production in tinplate and American Bridge. Auto parts and armor plate are noted as upcoming outputs while railroads are expected to place orders soon, signaling a revival in the steel sector.
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Sta)e Company
Tinplate Mille
American Bridge Company
Pillsbury Mills
Autotiobiea Paleo
Planta
Orfors
Dayling
Requests That Son Preach At Funeral In Tampico
Charles Wesley Welsh 83 died in Tampico of complications. His son is asked to preach his funeral, with Rev. George W. Welsh of Grace M. E. Church Joliet to officiate. Welsh was an evangelist once a blacksmith, converted by Wilson after leaving the race track.
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Tampico
Charles Wesley Welsh
George W. Welsh
Grace
Joliet
Wieson
Eight Hour Day for Government Employes Sought
A Labor Federation meeting seeks an eight hour workday for government construction work. A judge’s opinion against the eight hour rule for Lincoln memorial work is denounced. The AFL and allied committees push to preserve the eight hour standard under an adequate employment law and related regulations.
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American Federation of Labor
Worhington
Ouncuno
Awirleah Federation of Latoy
Melivynolde
Awmellok
Tubeth Molounon
Wetdu
Uiwcerm Gregory
Council of the Ormametation
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Elgbioen
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