Otranto Kashmir Collision Triggers Troop Loss Report
London reports 400 Americans missing after the British steamer Otranto collided with the Kashmir off Islay in a storm. Over 1,000 aboard, including 700 soldiers, many bodies washed ashore as destroyers rescue crews. Otranto wrecked on rocks near Talay Island. Kashmir from Greenock.
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London
Otranto
Talay Island
Islay
Dnner Hebrides
Scotland
North Channel
Ireland
Kashmir
Sixty four missing after Morgan shell factory blast
Perth Amboy, Oct 8. Sixty four men are missing and 925 of the 700 buildings of the T. A. Gillespie shell company plant at Morgan, N. J. were destroyed in the fire and explosions that swept the plant on Friday and Saturday, according to an official statement by T. A. Gillespie, president of the corporation.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
T. A. Gillespie Waning Company
Morgan, N. J
Thonine A. Gilleaple
Cholera Reappears in Berlin with Fatal Toll
Basel reports cholera slowly spreading in Berlin despite measures. Seventeen cases were recorded October 8 and sixteen deaths occurred from the disease during the period.
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Basel
Berlin
Bey- In
German envoy quits Sofia leaves Bulgaria
Basel Oct 22 The German minister to Bulgaria departed Sofia after confidences about German interests in Bulgaria. The telegram notes tensions with German authorities and signals a shift in diplomatic stance as European officials reassess Balkans policy.
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Basel
Bulgaria
Sofia
Serene Tere
Holland
B. Frankfort
Tax on spirits is cut beer rate to stand
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee trimmed the beverage tax schedule. Distilled spirits for beverage use drops from 8 to 6.4 per gallon while beer and wine rates rise to the new level. Spirits for nonbeverage use like perfumes stay at 3.2 per gallon. Committee hoped lower spirits tax would boost consumption and reduce warehouse withdrawals, potentially lifting federal revenue from this source. Prohibition prospects were noted as influencing the revision.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Simmons
Christmas packages for POWs must reach Red Cross by Oct 15
Washington reports American Red Cross requests Christmas gifts for U S soldiers in German and Austrian prison camps. Each prisoner may receive one package under 11 pounds, bearing the soldier’s name, regiment, camp, and camp province. Packages go to Warehouse, Atlantic Division, American Red Cross, 20 East Fifteenth Street, New York City, with sender name and a note. Packages are mailed free of charge.
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Washington
Red Cross
Germany
Austria
Atlantic
American Hed Cross
East
Harvard men dead in war figures released by university
Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard University reveals 136 Hyuyned men killed in action and 6 200 of 87000 Harvard graduates serving in the army or navy in a wartime bulletin.
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Harvard
Army
Navy
Cambridge
Masset
Leinster Sinking Hits U boat Attack Victim Count
Dublin reports Captain H. S. Cone of the American naval air ship service was among Leinster passengers when the steamship was sunk by a German submarine. Captain Cone sustained a broken leg.
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H. R. Cone
Naval Airship Service
Dublin
H. S. Cone
American Naval Airship Service
Leinster
Cone
Wilson's Armistice Inquiry Demands German Withdrawals
President Wilson told Germany that no armistice talks could occur until all invaded territories are evacuated. The note, drafted with Allied leaders, seeks to confirm if Germany accepts the January 8 terms and announces that no Austrian peace reply is contemplated. Officials stress unity with Britain, France, and Italy to avoid prolonging bloodshed and to prevent a claimed defensive German war narrative.
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Washington
Oct. C
Wilson
United States
Congress
America
Germany
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Orlando
U boats sink 4 ships in Atlantic assignments fall
London reports the Leinster torpedoed with about 400 presumed dead. The Ticonderoga, 6,180 tons, torpedoed and sunk with around 250 lost. 20 survivors landed, 17 American soldiers among them. Deepwater and Hirano Maru also sunk with significant casualties including nurses and children.
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London
Dublin
Leinster
Exchange Telegraph Company
Atlantic
Ticonderoga
France
New York
Deepwater
Japan
Trelond
Yank s Take 10 Hot Kitchens Near Verdun
Ten mobile kitchens that fed German troops were captured by American forces northwest of Verdun on October 10. The devices and food supply were seized during the Franco American push west of the Argonne forest, with fires burning in several kitchens as Americans overtook them near Somme Py. Horses used to haul the kitchens were also captured and put to Allied service.
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Verdun
Lnes
Mont Blanc
Argonne Forest
Somme-Py
Gompers Arrives in Rome Amid War Victory Hope
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor arrived in Rome on October 8. In a reply to a welcome, he said American ideas would soon prevail among German workers. He asserted the American people would fight until victory is won as crowds cheered at the station.
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Rome
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
America
Supreme Court Opens Fall Session in Washington
The U S Supreme Court reconvened for the fall and winter term led by Chief Justice White. Members visited the White House to pay respects to President Wilson. It is expected several decisions will be handed down this week.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
White
Prassient Wilson
Germans retreat as Allies push to Saint-Quentin line
British and American forces press the German retreat from Laon to the Valenciennes Lille line. German defenders abandon bridges and ports as Debeney’s and allied units advance toward Guise and Guise’s threat grows. Italian troops aid the British attack and French forces hold the Suippe while blocking Ostend and Zeebrugge harbors.
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Guise
Debeney
Oise
St. Quentin
Chemin Des Damed
Hindenburg
Loon
Serre
Sissonne
Luon
Reims
Fifth Army
Suippe
Bertricourt
Courteean
Troyon
Laon
Flemish Goast
Scarpe River
Donal
Drocourt-Quent
Lens-Doual
Beaumont
Quisery- La-Motte
Henin-Lietard
Flemish
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Treachery and hard fighting over Hill 240 near Verdan
American forces northwest of Verdan captured Hill 240 after a German white flag ruse failed. German guns reopened fire as Americans advanced, inflicting casualties. A field hospital near Cheppy was shelled soon after enemy planes passed. Germans defended the hill to preserve a key observation point over the Meuse plateau.
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Verdan
Oct
Meuse
American Casualties Light in Cambrai Sector
In the American sector of the Cambrai front German forces resist strongly. American losses are not heavy, with total American casualties less than half the number of Germans captured.
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Cambrai
London
Cambrai Front
Polish Legion Joins French Army Near Nancy Ceremony
A Polish legion largely composed of American Poles was received into the French army near Nancy in the Amari con zone. The event was marked by a notable ceremony in France on October 8.
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France
Nancy
Amaricon Zone
Bank robbers kill citizen in Turtle Lake raid
Turtle Lake Wisconsin October 11 four bandits blew the bar safe and took five thousand dollars after a pistol battle with a dozen residents one man was killed during the exchange of gunfire as the robbers escaped the scene
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Turtle Lake
Wils
Wis
Iti. Gen
Woman Works 15 Hours A Day in Peru Indiana
Anna Metoriano of Peru Indiana testifies to back pain and die placement relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes long daily routines from 4 AM, factory work, and home duties, noting prior doctors urged surgery with limited relief and reporting improved health after the remedy.
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Ind
Lydia B. Pinkham
Anna Metoriano
West 10Th St
Peru
Lydia H. Pinkham
Ill-fated visit to the exam board
A young man sits for examination claiming to be ready to chase the runs. Though perfectly healthy, his face is deemed homely enough to stop a clock. The doctor calls him plucky, but the boy quips that no German could do worse than his looks, promising improvement.
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Gersmans
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Systemic Cure
Advertisement claims catarrhal deafness stems from mucous inflammation and that only a constitutional remedy can restore hearing. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through the blood to treat the inflamed Eustachian tube, promising cure and offering a $100 reward for proof of failure.
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Hall
B.J. Chaney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
The Right View Foots Husband's Hose
Mrs Snobson jokes that a wife should darn her husband’s hose if he foots her bills. Mrs Wright agrees, saying she should foot his stockings as a balance of household economy in a light Boston Evening Transcript exchange.
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Tiiconuderoge
Camilla U Rickmers
Morgan
Idie
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Ouren
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Robert Lansing
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American Red Cross
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Grand Pre
Suippe River
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Bhellod
Gontingent
Gaslic Army
Fletcher
Uncle Eben
Bottin
Hisself
Buccesa
Bright
Dean
Iowa
Council Blues
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Gat
Ge A Bie Doan
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