Italians Repulsed at Tagliamento Front in Italy War
Allied forces rush to reinforce Italy along the Tagliamento as Austro German troops press. Berlin reports 180,000 Italian prisoners and 1,500 guns captured while Italian defenses collapse east of the Tagliamento in a large-scale engagement.
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Gabon
Berlin
Tagliamento
Pella
Adriatic Sea
Teutons
Tome
War Office
The
U. S
King
Victor Emaanuel
Orlando
Page
Rounanian
America
Austria
United States
Yong Hindenburg
Italy
Isonzo
Buinstazaplaten
German War Office
Six Die as Car Hits Auto Near Lafayette Indiana
A Terre Haute driven car struck an automobile two miles north of Lafayette Indiana killing six people including Hugh Ellis and several children. The victims were members of the Wills family, former Lafayette residents now from Frankfort, Indiana. Several others were injured and transported to a local hospital.
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Lafayette
Inil
Tiugh Ellis
Here
Hugh Wills
Bia Silits
Frankfort
Ind
Latiyerte
U S Assures No General Coal Shortage This Winter
Washington November reports that households worried about coal shortages are told by the fuel administration that any shortage will stem from individual hoarding. If needed the administration will redistribute the available supply to prevent broad scarcities.
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Washington
Weville
Rowe Sanitary Mfg. CO
Retagit
Mich
San
U S War Taxes Now In Effect Today
The nation moves to fund the war with broad levies starting today. Taxes hit amusements freight rail fares and telegraph fees, plus postal rate hikes and new duties on life insurance and insurance premiums. Amusement venues over five cents admission charge a cent per ten cents, with sworn returns due from operators.
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Washington
America
Pullman
Aecrne
United States
U. S. Picket Boat Lost At Sea
The Navy Department says a picket boat from the U S S Michigan foundered in home waters on October 30 and the crew of twelve is missing. Names listed include Walter Fischer Edward Tintlow Joseph Schultz Herman Schultz Luff Lafayette Fort Wayne Indiana Joscoe Scott Denver Cole Stiles Whits Detroit Austin Atwood Sandusky Mecklenburg County North Carolina.
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Washington
Navy Department
U. S. S. Michigan
Ives
Walter H. Fischers
Edward Tintlow
Chicago
Joseph J. Schultz
Aviurios Brother
Hemian Schults
Luffayette Street
Fort Wayne
Joseph WH. Hendrickson
Suara
York
Joscoe Scott
Deneyer
Cole
Stiles J. Whits
Detroit
Mich
Austin Atwood
Sennon
Sandusky
Arthur A. Plow
Sentin
Mecklenberg Coounty
North Carolina
Blame Spies for Big Fire Hits Baltimore Front
The Justice Department launches an investigation into a waterfront fire destroying two piers and a British steamship with an estimated loss of five million dollars. Federal agents suspect German agents staged the blaze, targeting munitions and supplies for General Pershing's army in France.
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Baltimore
Department of Justice
General Pershing
France
French Regain 8 square miles on the French front
Reports from France on Nov 6 describe French forces advancing beyond the Chemindes-Dames line, reaching the southern bank of the Arlette and reclaiming about eighteen square miles since Saturday. German artillery employed mustard gas shells to slow the push, while the French noted traps and cautious advances amid ruined bridges and cratered terrain.
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France
Chemin Des Divnes
Arlette
Ine
Tarring and Feathers for foe in Lansing incident
William Baler prominent Lansing resident and uncle of Vic Suter was abducted on a city street. He was transported to Lansing Golf Club links where vigilantes tarred and feathered him after a mock trial. He admitted alleged pro German stances and Liberty loan tensions during the proceedings.
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Lansing
Mich
Wiliam Baler
Vic Suter
Cubs
Post Sater
Baler
Foe
Ray
Five Billion War Loan Subscriptions Seen By Week’s End
Washington reports indications total subscriptions to the Second Liberty loan may reach about five billion dollars. Banks were to report by Thursday but officials expect Reserve Bank reports delayed for days. Analysts see a near five billion total and a two billion dollar over-subscription to the limit.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Federal Reserve Banks
Officinls
U S Troops Captured by Germans in France
Washington reports a German raiding party attacked an American infantry position on the French front before daylight November 3. Three Americans were killed, five wounded, and 12 prisoners taken or missing, with one wounded German captured. The raid cut the salient from the main force under heavy artillery barrage. enemy losses are unknown.
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Pridiy
Lnes
Wetle
Het
Aisne
Chemin-des-Dames
Washington
War Department
Pershing
American Expeditionary Forces
US Soldiers Relieve Frantic Trench Duty Near FT France
American troops describe tedious relief, active German sniping, and intensified artillery near the front. Snipers—popularly challenged by returning soldiers—achieved decisive impacts when targeted. Germans shelled rear areas, adding danger to trench and battery positions during the late trench phase.
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France
Finland torpedo attack kills eight on US transport
The American transport Finland was torpedoed, eight lives lost including two Naval Guard sailors, a fireman, barber, waiter, mess boy, infantry private, and a transport worker. Names of the dead list seamen James W. Henry and Newton R. Head, among others, with one missing. Finland to be dry docked in a French Atlantic port after minor damage.
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Washington
Finland
War and Navy Department
Naval Guard
Transport Workers’ Battalion
James W. Henry
Harrison
N. J
Newton R. Head
Cleveland
Army
Lester Hickey
Chicago
Charles H. Maxwell
Concord
N. O
M. Cardoza
J. Hanesso
Barber
W. F. Phillps
Walter
New Orleans
Jose Cuevas
Havani
Cuba
Porter Hilton
Naval Cnps
Toccoa
Atlantic
Food Destruction Alarms Chicago Officials
Chicago officials reveal thousands of tons of vegetables were secretly moved from freight cars near West Chicago yards. J Harry A Wheeler says grand jury and federal prosecutions will follow proof of wanton destruction and an embryonic board of trade operating in railroad yards. Commission men allegedly buy sell and rebuy carloads until they decay and are dumped.
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Chicago
Nay
Harry A. Wheeler
Fond Techinistrator
West Chicago
Chicago & North- Western Railroad
Wheeler
Health Department
Board of Trade
Tea Party in a Hospital Amid War Front Tents
A New York correspondent describes a contrasting war scene in a hospital camp. While a nearby cemetery of crosses marks the cost of battle, a nurse hosted tea for American and British troops with music, color, and bouquets, uniting nurses, officers, and medical staff from New York, Chicago, Georgia, Virginia, and beyond on French soil.
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New York
America
Rogi
France
United States Medical Corps
Agaln
Chicago
Boston
Atlantic City
Unclear OCR Phrase Shares Ancestral Journey
Fragmentary OCR lines reference ancestors crossing a season and two sons over a passage or transport. No identifiable people, places, events, or dates are clearly stated. The readable text lacks a coherent news item or report to summarize into a factual card.
Everybody's Luck and the Silent Judge of Marriage
A compact aphoristic note on luck and jealousy. It suggests a barenin linter may uncover gold as readily as others and warns that marriage exposes blind spots. It asserts honest men are scarce and emphasizes the value of a woman with sound judgment to enforce silence.
Nineteen Killed in Paterson Salvation Army Fire
Paterson New Jersey November 6 Nineteen men died in a Sunday blaze that destroyed the Paterson Salvation Army Rescue Mission. Eighteen burned before rescue workers reached them. others injured in the panic or by jumping from windows. Some victims burned beyond recognition. bodies possibly unrecoverable. Many occupants were elderly or crippled, as the mission served homeless and destitute men.
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Paterson
N. J
Salvation Army Rescue
Ford's Grandson in Peril in Detroit
Federal agents investigate an alleged kidnapping or murder plot against Henry Ford IV, infant son of Edsel Ford and grandson of Henry Ford in Detroit. A $1000 ransom demand letter was turned to postal inspectors. A youth and a man detained. Jacob Yellin, 20, arraigned in U S district court for sending the threat.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford IV
Edsel Ford
Waset Ford
Post Office
Jacob Yellin
United States District Court
U S Senators Endure London Air Raid Experience
United States Senators William S. Kenyon of Iowa and John B. Kendrick of Wyoming passed unscathed through a second London air raid. They had attended a dinner at the Athenaeum club by the lord high chancellor and later slept in their hotel suites on the seventh floor when the bombardment awoke them.
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London
Navy
United States
William S. Kenyon
Iowa
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Athenaeum Club
Milk to sell at 12 cents in Chicago for November and December
Chicago authorities announced a 12 cent milk price for November and December after a direct appeal to producers and distributors. Farry A. Wheeler state food administrator urged a $3.92 per ten pounds price in a closed meeting with MK Producers' association directors to end the dispute.
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Chicago
MK Producers’ Association
Farry A. Wheeler
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Tagamento
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von Krobutin Cave
Hugh Frayne
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Petain
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William Sater
Lansing, Mich
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Zachary Traylor
Louisville
Ilnois
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China
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Reagan
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Foster-Mi Surn CO
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