Shackleton Rescues Marooned Antarctic Explorers
Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton returns to Punta Arenas with the rescue ship Yelcho, bringing home the 22 expedition members marooned on Elephant Island after three failed rescue attempts due to ice. The voyage completes Shackleton’s long effort begun August 26 to reach the stranded crew, who faced extreme polar conditions and uncharted terrain on a historic Antarctic expedition.
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Chile
Sir Ernest H. Shackleton
Elephant Island
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Sir
Ernest Shackleton
Yelcho
Port Stanley
Falkland Islands
South Polar
South America
Game Point
Ross Sea
Captain Scott
Amundsen
Pole
Sir Ernest
President Signs Eight-Hour Bill At Union Station
President Wilson signed the Ad amamson eight hour day bill in his private car at Union Station amid rail labor talks. The measure sets a January 1 effective date with possible constitutional challenges and a pending investigation by a special commission.
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Congress
Railroad Brotherhoods
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Union Station
Shadow Lawn
N. J
Hodgenville
Special Commission
Brotherhood
A. B. Garretson
W. G. Lee
W. H. Carter
W. S. Stone
Tumulty
Kern
Senate
Webb
House
Lincoln Farm Association
Abraham Lincoln
Brotherhoods
New York
Zeppelins in Big Air Raid Over London and Midlands
Thirteen Zeppelins attacked eastern England with London the main target. One airship fell destroyed near Enfield after burning in the north, two others driven off by defenses. Casualties and damage feared light given ships engaged. official notes on reconstruction efforts and fragment reports urged public submission.
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England
Midlands
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Cufley
Enfield
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Tealm
Landoléners
Republican Campaign Textbook Highlights Mexican Issue
Two Ohioans contribute to a Republican campaign textbook outlining Harding’s convention speech and Hughes telegram. Myron T. Herrick analyzes rural credits. the Mexico theme leads with Lodge, Roosevelt pieces. The Mexican situation is positioned as the central issue for GOP speakers.
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Charles E. Hughes
Ohio
Myron T. Herrick
United States
Herrick
Mexico
Lodge
Theodore Roosevelt
Alleged Teutonic Plot Justifies Allied Drastic Action
A newspaper report claims Allied leaders cited an alleged Teutonic plot as the rationale for severe measures. The article outlines political tension and wartime policy decisions tied to the claim.
Greece Pressed by Entente to Enter War and Surveil Posts
Athens dispatches report London and Paris demanding Greek control of posts and telegraphs and the deportation of Central Powers agents. King Constantine and Prime Minister Zaimis confer as Venizelos shifts to support the cabinet amid national crisis.
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England
France
Great Britain
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Streit
Venizelos
Zaimis
Weather Summary for States and Stations
Ohio and Indiana expect fair to partly cloudy and warmer conditions with scattered showers. Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia show fair skies and rising temperatures with overcast periods in places. The report notes high pressure west of the Mississippi and off the Pacific coast with cooler weather in the Middle Atlantic and New England regions and very cool conditions in the Northwest.
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Ohio Valley Fair
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Magyars in native dress amid Russian advance
Villagers on the Hungarian plain discuss the westward approach of Cossacks with excitement as a photograph shows three peasants in traditional attire. Men wear sheepskin coats with colored wool decorations, likely for gala occasions, while a thatched house stands nearby.
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Galicia
Bukowina
Hungary
Entente Sinks German Sub Near Phaleron Greece
Entente naval forces sank a German submarine off Phaleron Greece in neutral waters. The action follows seizures at Piraeus and the occupation of the Greek wireless station, amid moves to base supplies for the Macedonian front. Reports note British ships sunk and crew saved while more vessels were torpedoed elsewhere.
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Saloniki
Athens
Baron von Schenk
Greece
Agency Today
Duart
Strathallan
Kelvinia
Mascott
Leith
Reuter’s
Amsterdam
Zeerarend
Rotterdam
Infantry Engagements on the Somme Sectors
British and German forces clashed today north of the Somme in France with fighting near Mouquet Farm and south of Gprefval and along the Ancre. British units reportedly gained some ground.
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Somme
France
Mouquet’ Farm
Gfrevval
Ancre
Falfemont Farm
For est and Clery Sur Somme Taken by French and British
French and British forces captured the villages of For est and Clery Sur Somme and all German positions between them after heavy artillery prep. The War Office reported over 2,000 prisoners taken along with twelve cannons and fifty machine guns. A second line noted further progress in the ongoing operations.
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Forest
Clery-Sur-Somme
War Office
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