War Is Declared Against Turks Passports Are Two Nations
Turkish ambassador handed his passports in Petrograd and London signaling a de facto war declaration. British ships and 25,000 troops patrol the Suez Canal as Egypt mobilizes Turks across Palestine and Sinai. Greece, Bulgaria, and Balkan fronts show growing wartime activity while dispatches note German and Austrian movements and Russian counter offensives.
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England
Berlin
Constantinople
Egypt
Suez Canal
Palestine
Sinai Peninsula
Greece
Rome
Caucasus
Beirut
Jaffay
Balkans
Bulgaria
Servia
Washington
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Russia
Morgenthau
United States
Sebastopol
Elections Loom as Nation Chooses Senate and Governors
Washington, November 2. Chief interest centers on control of the next Congress with all Senate and House seats decided by popular vote. Democrats defend a slim Senate majority as Republicans must gain six seats. House requires 218 for a majority with 68 seats to flip. Campaigns in New York California and Pennsylvania run bitterly while President Wilson and cabinet members campaign nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Solid South
Wilsen
Taft
Congressmen Lewis and Leacy Wilson Visit Mining Region
Congressmen Lewis and Labor Secretary William B. Wilson toured the George's Creek coal region meeting miners at Luke Barton Pekin Midland Ocean and Shaft then in Frostburg. Miners welcomed Wilson after years and pledged support while Lewis reported strong endorsements along the route.
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Shaft
Mr. Lewis
Mr. Wilson
Billy Wilson
Billy
T. F. Ryan Donates $10,009 to War Fund
T. F. Ryan, a multi millionaire traction magnet, gives $10,009 to the Red Cross War Fund. It is believed others among the nation’s wealthy will follow with similar large gifts.
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T. F. Ryan
Traction Magnet
Red Cross War Fund
Mr. Ryan
Five Niedballa brothers in German army cited with Iron Cross
John Niedballa of Cumberland Street reports a postcard from his brother in East Prussia saying five Niedballa sons are alive in the war. The eldest, August, has been decorated with the Iron Cross for valor. The card shows a battlefield scene and notes the war dates. Another brother, Frederic, is also in East Prussia fighting for Germany. Donations for war victims were collected with help from George Laing of The Dingle and his automobile for the Woman's Suffrage movement.
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John Niedballa
Cumberland Street
Jacob Niedbala
Fast Prussia
August Niedballa
Mr. Niedballa
East Prussia
Frederic. Niedballa
George Laing
Dingle
Woman’s Suffrage Movement
Europe
Annual meeting of St Luke's Missionary Society
The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of St. Luke's Lutheran Church on Bedford Street will hold its annual bank offering meeting tomorrow evening in the Sunday School room.
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Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Bedford Street
Government halts cattle slaughter at major stockyards
Chicago and East St Louis stockyards stop slaughter after foot and mouth disease is found in four Illinois cattle. Railroads ordered to halt livestock shipments to Chicago and eastern markets. in transit stock redirected. Federal and local agencies begin strict inspections and quarantines to prevent spread. price impact on meat uncertain.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
National Stock Yards
East St. Louis
United States
Packingtown
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bennett
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Union
Chiesco
Fourteen Year Old Girl Attacked Near Piedmont
Ninia Coddington, 14, reported being attacked by a unknown dark man near Piedmont West Virginia. He chloked her and dragged her into bushes before fleeing as two boys and a man approached. A search by bloodhounds traced a river and railroad path to McCoole. A reward is offered for the suspect who is described as a light mulatto about five foot eight, 158 pounds, scar under left eye.
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Piedmont
Brokek “White
Tome
Bo & G
W. Va
Ninia Coddington
Ed Listy
Powell
Hunter Negro
Netlikin
Tyler
Stotler
Fairmont
Freeman Bloodhounds
Maryland
W. M
McCoole
Nethkin
Coddington
Tri Towns
Rockefeller 10 Sends Aid to War Victims by Largest Ship
New York November 2 The Rockefeller Foundation will mobilize its resources to aid non combatants affected by the war promising millions of dollars if needed. Dr Alexis Carrel and John D Rockefeller Jr. announce the relief effort and authorize sending 4000 tons of supplies to Belgium via the American consulate to assure aid reaches non combatants.
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Rockefeller
Belgium
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Stanas
John DD
Relief Tries
Rockefeller, JP. Foundation
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Reigns
Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller Institute
Wetional Bank of Cam Pe United States De Mad
Fragmented OCR text mentions a bank and a date in November, with unclear names and legal terms. The readable bits center on a financial institution and a potential legal or holiday reference, lacking coherent details for a full summary.
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Poliday
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General Chaffee Dies of Pneumonia at 72
Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee, U.S. Army retiree and former chief of the general staff, died in Los Angeles after a stay of two weeks with typhoid pneumonia. A WWI veteran who rose from private to lieutenant general, he led the China relief expedition and served in Civil, Indian, and Spanish-American wars.
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Adna R. Chaffee
U. 5
S. A
Army
Chaffee
Orwell
Miles and
Lawton
China
General Chaffee
Iieeiatiins Atta
Begi
United States Cavalry
Hentie
Ni Ous
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