Maximalists seize Petrograd and seek immediate peace
London dispatch says the Maximalists, aided by the Petrograd garrison, have toppled the provisional government. Kerensky is deposed as Leon Trotsky declares the provisional government extinct. The movement pledges land to peasants and immediate peace with Germany, prompting fears of civil war in Russia.
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London
Petrograd
Germany
Kerensky
Leon Trosky
Council of the Soldiers’ and
Military Revolutionary Committee
Petro Arad
Apitol
Ian Army
Council of Soldiers
Russia
Washington
Tr Va
Moncow
Keren
Mir
Austro German Forces Cross Livensea River Frontline Breaks Ten Miles
Berlin Nov 8 The war office reported Austro German troops crossed the Livensea river extending ten miles beyond the Tagliamento line signaling a notable advance in the campaign.
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Livensea
Tagliamento
Berlin
War Office
Livensea River
Wet and Dry Vote in Ohio Very Close
Cincinnati voters report a razor thin lead with twenty precincts uncounted. Dry candidates hold a 1829 edge as Ohio election totals narrow.
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Ohio
Cincinnatti
American steamer Rochester torpedoed and sunk
The American steamship Rochester was torpedoed at dusk on November 2 and sunk. Four sailors were killed. The captain and 22 crew landed at Buncrana. A lifeboat with nine survivors reached Rossport in County Mayo yesterday.
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London
Rochester
Buncrana
Rossport
Army of Specialists Moves Through Camp Taylor
General Pershing aims to make the American army a corps of specialists. At Camp Taylor Louisville 90,000 men from Kentucky Indiana and Southern Illinois are being assigned to posts matching civilian skills. A nine member psychology board screens mental fitness while chauffeurs join motor truck units telegraphers the signal corps clerks and business men the quartermaster corps and athletes the bomb thrower platoons.
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Camp Taylor
Louisville
Pershing
National Army
Board of Examiners
Signal Corps
Quartermaster’s Corps
Draft evader sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor
Otto Wangerin of St. Paul Minnesota was convicted by a general court martial at Camp Dodge Iowa of draft evasion and ordered to serve fifteen years at hard labor in a federal penitentiary. J G Stivers of Carsonville Illinois received five years for theft of ten dollars.
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Camp Dodge
Waa
Otto Wangerin
St. Paul
Minn
W. R. Graham
Wangering
J. G. Stivers
Caseenovia
349Th Infantry
Judge Taber Urges Support for Soldiers in War
Judge E J L Taber delivers a stirring wartime address to departing soldiers urging citizens to back the front with Liberty Bonds Red Cross food conservation and Y M C A support He denounces those who value money over liberty and warns the war's outcome with Russia Italy and others will shape mankind's future.
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E. J. L. Taber
Canada
Lord North
George III
Pitt
Burke
North
Atlantic
Russia
United States
Committee On Public Information
Secretary of War
Haly
Trentino
Elko
Belgium
Servia
Roumania
France
Mary
Red Cross
Wellington Welland
YM. C. A
Kiko County
Elkoeminty
OTokkmen Meet at Gold Creek in Nevada 1917
North Fork Livestock Association held a meeting at Gold Creek Nevada on November 3 1917. Officers were elected unanimously with C A Laing as president J L Blackburn vice president E J Milne secretary treasurer and a nine member advisory board. A protest against unfair range allotment discrimination was approved and will be sent to the forest supervisor and possibly Washington. Discussion included maintaining bulls on range until June 15 to reduce calf losses and the plan to install a set of cealee for the organization.
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North Fork Livestock Association
Gold Creek
Nevada
Association
G. A. Laing
C. J. Keas
Salls Bros. EL Ht
C. A. Laing
J. L. Blackburn
E. J. Milne
Treacher
J. M. Pranty
Lo Nuekola
A. Evans
HW. Keas
G. FE. Truett
Naylor
Arcasher
Etter
Favre
Washington, D.C
Milne
Howard Morse
Elko Cake May Become Famous Across States
A fruit cake built by Alex Carden, cost about fifteen dollars, now displayed in the Red Cross and pledged to support Red Cross efforts. Donated by Mrs Brennan, it raised 1410 dollars for the Catholic Bazaar and may tour a widening circuit beyond Nevada and California. The cake, christened The Liberty Cake, could spark a charitable fundraising wave on Thanksgiving Day Proclamation planned for November 29.
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Elko
Gridley
Nevada
California
Dod
Alex Carden
Tnzway
Thomas
Red Cross
Dazaar
Carden
Mra. Brennan
Natal
Dhephiy
Red Crome
Prices of ham and bacon cut by Illinois food admin
Chicago reports a ten cent reduction in ham and bacon prices for consumers as the Illinois Food Administration tightens packing industry control. The move may set a national standard. the article also notes a meeting in which members paid dues and discussed weighing cattle with scales in North Park valley.
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Chicago
Illinois Food Administration
Officials' Malfeasance Cases Put In Statu Quo
At ten o clock this forenoon the hearing of malfeasance in office cases against H. J. Jones James G. Gregory and B. Hunter was continued by Judge Taber. Deputy DA Patrick reported that Sam Gay sheriff of Lincoln county had appeals submitted to the supreme court on Elko case points and recommended keeping the Elko cases in statu quo pending the high court decision. The judge ordered the stay until ten days after the supreme court ruling or a later date for good cause.
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H. J. Jones
James G. Gregory
8. B. Hunter
Taber
Patrick
Sam Gay
Lincoln County
Supreme Court
Elko
U S Corn Crop Reaches Record High This Year
Washington reports the United States corn crop at 3,191,082,000 bushels, 60,600,000 more than any prior year. Conditions since the October forecast have reduced the total by 17,000,000 bushels.
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Washington
Nav
United States
America
Department of Agriculture
Senator Kearns Visits Elko On Utah Ranch Trip
Former U S Senator Kearns of Utah stays with Mrs Kearns at their North Fork ranch in Elko County. They plan to return to Salt Lake City tonight after spending several days in the area. The senator is described as an enterprising progressive businessman showing interest in the county.
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U. S
Kearns
Utah
Elko
North Fork
Salt Lake City
Thia County
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Fox
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Provo
Holloway
Ploche
Fea
Vitagraph
Antonio Moreno
Wary Anderson
Judge Taber
Tan Remiml
Illinois State Food Administration
Kearns Ranch
Crociation
North Park Valley
JT. Hartman
J. M. Prunty Ornenconnsene
G. E. Truett
E. A. Prunty
BE. HL Salle
J. L. Blackburn Cone
H. J. Satts
Newton
Sunset Grocery Company
Fifth Street
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