Germans Reach Piave River From Segusino To Adriatic
Rome dispatch reports enemy forces checked in Ledro Valley and Tesino basin while Italian rear areas disengaged and crossed the Piave River blowing bridges. Berlin confirms Austro-German advance from Segusino to the Adriatic with Asiago captured twenty miles west of Piave on Trentino front.
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Piave River
Segulino
Adriatic
Asiago
Trentino
Piave
Rome
Ledro
War Office
Brocia
Tesino
Segusino
Adriatic Sea
Berlin
English Attack Near Passchendaele Reported By War Office
London dispatch says dawn attack northwest and north of Passchendaele progressed with reports of good initial gains amid stormy rain and high winds. French forces repelled near Rheims while British advances measured 800 yards at Passchendaele and along the ridge.
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London
War Office
Passchendale
Rheim
Paris
Ainst
Belgium
Associated Press
Gothrem
Payschendale
Lmited
Road to California Still Passable Says Travelers
Traveler reports indicate the route to California remains passable through Carson and Placerville toward the coast. A caller from Mation told the Red Arrow Brgy in this city last night that no dimension issue was found until a certain point where snow began. they expected to proceed today. Alex Welland, a noted Ple rancher, had returned from Klamath Walia.
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Carson
Placerville
Red Arrow
Alex Welland
10 Klamath Walia
Y M C A Drives Support To Aid Soldiers At Home And Abroad
The Y M C A appeals for a national drive of 35 million dollars to sustain and extend aid to American soldiers. It highlights red triangle stationery letters from soldiers, YMCA centers, and the need for paper, envelopes, entertainment, and writing space to ease homesickness and maintain morale.
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Army
Navy
M.C A
Red Triangle
YY. MC. A
Dairy price settlement discussed locally in Denver
Denver reports that Food Commissioner Hoover wired Secretary Nolan on charges for bread butter and cream to be settled locally. The item notes a rumor about a young lady from Biko and mentions Attorney E. E. Caine returning from Salt Lake City on professional business.
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Denver
Hoover
Nolan
E. E. Caine
Salt Lake City
First American Soldiers Buried on French Soil
Nov 10 report from France honors Private Enright, Private Gresham, and Private Hay, the first U.S. soldiers killed in trench warfare. Their interment near the front featured French infantry guard, American detachments, and taps as guns fired. France praises their sacrifice and dedication to liberty, with tributes from a French division and reminders of shared struggle. The article notes a young Elko woman pledging weekly Red Cross sweaters in support of soldiers.
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France
Army of
Enright
Gresham
Hay
Europe
Army of the
United States
Comba
Republic of the United States
Praner
Greeham
Mystery in Fear of Snakes
Analyzes why snakes are widely feared and how instinctive notions may not explain it. The text notes children’ s attraction to bright snakes challenges hereditary fear and questions biblical interpretation as sufficient causation.
Bolshevik Cabinet Named by Russian Workmen's Council
The all Russian congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates reportedly named a Bolshevik cabinet led by premier Lenin with Trotsky as foreign minister. The body, supported by left and socialist revolutionists, adjourned until a constituent assembly or new selection. Shliapinffok to labor commissioner and Bibenko to the war committee.
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Petrograd
All Russian Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers
Bolsheviki Party
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotsky
Left and
Social Revolutionist
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Congress
Shliapniffok
Bibenko
Committee of War
Kronstadt
Nevada may call extra session over soldier voting rights
Carson dispatch reports that Nevada likely will convene a special session to amend election laws so soldiers at training camps or front lines can vote. Governor Boyle notes prison and mental hospital funding, and government expense readjustments, may be addressed, but soldier suffrage appears decisive under Article 3 Section 2.
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Carson
Reno Gazette
Nevada
Boyle
Thatcher
United States
Margaret's party turns to charity on her fourth birthday
Margaret's mother cancels a party and then invites neighborhood children at two. Five year old Clarence arrives with a present, while others bring none and face questions about bringing money. Clarence questions the others about gifts and money as the morning unfolds.
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Margaret
Clarence
Aril
Japan’s First Written Language Emerges From Inconvenience of Chinese
The article traces how China’s characters were introduced from Korea during Emperor Ojin’s reign around 885 and notes the subsequent invention of kana scripts takana and hiragana. It explains these forms aided the development of a distinct Japanese language.
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Japan
Korea
Ojin
Postmaster Advises On Soldiers Mail And Australia Restrictions
Postal guidance outlines Christmas mail timing for American forces abroad, packing rules, and labeling. It also lists prohibited Australian gifts and clarifies Trading With The Enemy act status for German allied citizens, noting postal savings deposits untouched by seizure risks.
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Australia
Minister of Trades and Customs of Australia
Germany
United States
Germans Occupy Helsinki Capital in Latest Advance
Stockholm November 1 reports that Helsinki, the Finnish capital, has been entered by German forces. The dispatch from Haparanda confirms German occupation sweeping into the city as tension rises in the region.
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Stockholm
Helsings
Fors
Finland
Saya
Haparanda
Ely Threatened With Coal Famine
The White Pine News reports Ely district faces coal shortages for the Nevada Northern and Nevada Consolidated lines. With 50 tons on hand and 130 tons daily use, trains risk disruption until Utah or Wyoming coal arrives. Nevada Northern converts 35 cars into 40 ton coal cars, sending them to Utah mines and back in about ten days to cover temporary needs.
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Ely
Nevada Northern
Nevada Consolidated
White Pine News
Precent
Utah
Wyoming
East Ely
Child asserts dignity in family kiss skit
A boy in old family scenes refuses to kiss his new redheaded cousin. With hands in pockets and a serious air he proclaims, Men don't, Keine Womens, as he exits the room after the suggestion from his father.
Contment and Self Improvement in a Cautionary Note
A proverb-like reflection on contentment as a safe today while urging tomorrow's improvement. It warns complacency can hinder progress and praises a mindset that avoids fretful discontent to better tomorrow.
Rules Adopted by Nevada Hotel Men
Reno Gazette reports a state hotel and restaurant resolution: after November 10 extra butter service costs five cents to conserve butter. Porterhouse and Thone steaks are discontinued to reduce waste. No meat served on Tuesdays except poultry, game, fish, or beef/mutton byproducts. White wheat products are banned on Wednesdays. Minimize white bread and sugar. The aim is to aid the war effort.
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Reno
Beaten I W W Members Fled Tulsa After Mob Attack
Seventeen members of the Industrial Workers of the World were flogged with a cat of nine tails tarred and feathered by sixty masked Knights of Liberty in Tulsa. The partially clothed men were driven from the city at night with warnings not to return, pursued by gunfire through the brush.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Industrial Workers of the World
Knights of Liberty
Military Ball Thanksgiving at Elko County High School
Thanksgiving night at the Bradley Opera House the Elko County High School cadet corps will host a military ball to raise funds for regulation U S military uniforms and drill guns. The Knights of Pythias will shift its traditional Thanksgiving ball to the event, aiming for a major social success.
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Bradley Opera House
Elko County
U. S
Fuel administrator appointed for West
Washington Nov 10 W W Armstrong fuel administrator for Utah was appointed to oversee coal distribution for Nevada Washington Colorado Oregon Idaho and Utah He will make allotments based on local needs but may not exceed the 1916 usage in any locality
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Washington
W. W. Armstrong
Utah
Nevada
Colorado
Oregon
Idaho
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California
Biko
Paramount Picture CO
Marie Doro
Elko
Soldier Boys
Red Cross
Lenine and
Trotsky
Igf
Helsingfors
LW. W
Oklahoma City
West
Swift
Sunset Grocery Company
Fifth Street
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