King Horse Reclaims Throne in Chicago Horse Market Surge
Chicago reports 100000+ horses sold for 12 million in six months as World War demands shift from autos to cavalry mounts. European agents buy openly after incognito sales, with weekly totals rising from 829 two years ago to 3000 during the week ending November 6. Artillery and draft horses command higher prices while spy scares persist. Berlin reports Bulgarians capture 101000 Serbians since invasion, with the Uskub Mitrovitza region fully occupied and 2000 Austrian prisoners freed.
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Chicago
King Horse
Mexico
Pac
Int'l News Service
Berlin
Uskub-Mitrovitza
Heavy storm cuts Coos Bay cut off communications
Marshfield Oregon November 27 A severe storm rages isolating Coos Bay country Telegraph and telephone lines are down no communication across the bar Walls damaged and property hit Two divorce filings county clerk Orlando S Coates seeks dissolution on desertion married Martinsburg New York defendant Brook held Worthy F Martin seeks divorce from Hilda J Martin desertion married St Paul Minnesota December 26 1911
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Pac. and
Int'l News Service
Marshfield
Oregon
Coos Bay
Orlando S. Coates
Marlinsburg
New York
Brookheld
Worthy F. Martin
Hilda J. Martin
St. Paul
Minnesota
Serbians Still Have A Few Men At Large In Krushevo Capture
Athens Nov 27 Amid reports of large Serbian captures by Austro Germanic forces there remain pockets of resistance. This morning Krushevo on the Serbian southwestern border was seized, with Mr and Mrs J J Schogr and daughter of Wella returning home after a brief visit.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Athens
Krushevo
Serbia
Mra. J. J. Schogr
Wella
Steamer Carlemapus Wrecks Off Vancouver Island
Captain Gillman of the Princess Maquinna reports the Chilean steamer Carlemapus wrecked on reefs off Vancouver Island. All crew drowned as lifeboats were smashed. Maquinna stood by but could not rescue them and had to depart.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Port Townsend
Wash
Gillman
Vancouver Island
Ford Peace Party Proceeds
Henry Ford met Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore on November 22 as he advances plans for a large peace conference next month. Gibbons received him cordially but refused to give official sanction to Ford's proposed plan.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Baltimore
Henry Ford
Auto
Cardinal Gibbons
Ford
Austrians Take 1700 Serbians Northwest of Mitrovitza
Report from Berlin says Austrian forces in the region northwest of Mitrovitsa captured 1700 Serbians and cleared the area. West of Pristina heights the Sitnica river left bank was occupied by von Mackensen who took 400 Serbians in that sector. Bulgarian army crossed Goltschnitza Sumlja Hru bothin Hne. Frankfurter Zeitung notes Kitcheners mission to Greece failed and entente ambassadors may be recalled from Athens.
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Pac
Int'l
Berlin
Mitrovitza
Pristina Heights
Sitnica River
von Mackensen
Goltschnitza-Sumlja-Hrubothin Hne
Frankfurter Zeitung
Dominion Oil employee charged with embezzlement
In San Francisco on November 27 N M Crogaeti an employee of Dominion Oil was arrested for embezzlement. Authorities say his speculative losses total nearly half a million dollars.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
San Francisco
N. M. Crogaeti
Dominion Oil Company
Army Beats Navy at Football in Drizzling Rain
New York dispatch reports Army defeated Navy in the annual football game before a record crowd. President Wilson and Mrs Galt watched with the official family, along with 2000 officers from both services. The drizzly conditions produced a slow contest with few dramatic moments. Ward Lusk returns from San Francisco bound for a three year electrician post in a Guayaquil mine, planning to sail from San Francisco after Christmas.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
New York
Army
Navy
Wilson
Mre. Galt
Ward Lusk
San Francisco
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Lunk
Reno
County awards ownership plats contract to local bidder
Elko county commissioners opened bids for ownership plats and town property maps. H. H. Carrier offered 4985 dollars, the lower bid, and was accepted over the Tithe Guarantee and Trust Company’s 5900 dollar bid. Work must be completed in 100 days for next year’s assessment.
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Elko County
Tite Guarantee and Trust Company of
Elko
H. H. Carier
Tithe Guarantee and Trust Company
Cazier
Joffre Prefers Young Generals In Nevada Thanksgiving
Generals Drude and Latrie are replaced as ten elder officers are retired to reserve. New younger generals will take their places on Thanksgiving Day the 25th in Reno Nevada. Mrs Alice Tolacroft Tolscroft a native county resident marries Henry Tolacroft formerly of the saddlery department at G. Garela store here. Wishing them happiness.
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Sasahl
Gree Nas
Drude
Latrie
Reno
Nevada
Alice Johnson
Henry Tolacroft
Tolscroft
G. 8
Garela
Turks Still Claim Great Victories
Constantinople reports from the war office detailing Iraqi front actions and reinforcements disembarking north of Korna under ten warships. Turkish artillery in the Dardanelles region destroyed a mitrall Jeuse and captured one cannon. Mrs G. Garein and daughter Margarite depart for San Francisco to attend the exposition.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Constantinople
War Office
Irak Front
S. Jacobs Co
Korna
Dardanelles
Elk Cafe Menu Specialties and Desserts
A reading of a menu lists soups chicken gumbo fish fried mountain trout maitre d hotel entree pork loin rigsoles with tomato sauce ronat nevada chicken with oyster dressing or suckling pig with apple sauce plus salad sliced tomatoes vegetables baked squash mashed potatoes and lemon pie coffee noir. The price noted is 75 cents.
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Nevada
Governor Boyle Considered Ford Peace Mission Invite
Governor Emmet D. Boyle of Nevada received Henry Ford's New York night letter inviting him to join a peace mission aboard the Oscar I to Europe, with Edison and Jane Addams among invitees. Boyle declined due to duties, praising Ford's enterprise and hoping for genuine peace through disarmament.
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Emmet D. Boyle
Henry Ford
New York
Europe
Ford
Carson City
Nevada
Christina
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Tam
Jane Addams
Thomas A. Edison
John Wanamaker
Pete
Baltimore Hotel
Boyle
Carson
Western Pacific Plans Highlight RY Board Meeting
Jeffrey outlines Western Pacific and allied railroads. Denver and Rio Grande bonds, future feeders, and receivership issues dominate talks. Levy notes income, extension plans, and a shift to independent operation post foreclosure. Ladies invited to civic event at grammar school Monday.
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Denuldams
Neste Tenver and Rio Grande Railroad
B.T. Jeffrey
Triffic
Denver
Mudge
Vinta
Denver and Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Jeffrey
Gould
Rio Grande
C. M. Levy
E. L. Lomax
Denver and
Rio Grande Road
Denver & Rio Grande
Ita
San Francisco
BR Lorier Fair
Brayer VA. Snare
M. Levy
The
Salt Lake
Salt Lake Union Depot
West
Mr. Levy
Southern Pacific
Equitable Trust Company of
New York
Levy
T. Joffrey
Salt Lake City Union Depot and Railroad Company
Civic League
Grammar School
Italian Progress Toward Gorizia
Italian forces press toward Gorizia as St Andrews suburb falls. Kitchener informed of expected fall soon and plan to redeploy troops to Serbia. Italian line holds both banks of the Isonzo except for a four mile gap. fall anticipated hourly.
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Pac
Int
Newa Service
Rome
Gorizia
St Andrews
Kitchener
Serbia
Isonzo
Shooting Affray at Battle Mountain
A shooting affray occurred at Battle Mountain last Thursday night endangering night watchman Wm. Coone who lies in critical condition. A driver known as Billy fired an automatic pistol at an officer, who was struck but returned fire hitting Billy in the left arm. Billy is under arrest.
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Battle Mountain
Wm. Coone
Fresseuner
Billy
Gomez Saloon
Naval
Great Northern Sets West Coast Steamship Record
The steamship Great Northern arrived in Los Angeles from San Francisco in 16 hours 1 minute, smashing all prior West Coast records. The Yale started an hour earlier and arrived 37 minutes after the Great Northern. Mr and Mrs John Cohn of Carlin are guests at the Commercial.
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Los Angeles
Great Northern
San Francisco
Yale
John Cohn
Carlin
Carranza Troops Kill in Error Near Sonora Border
Consul Simpich reports Carranza forces control Sonora border points as Villa loyalists pull back to focus on Chihuahua with El Paso as a supply base. General Funston confirms a shooting left one American dead and two wounded, attributed to Carranzistas by error.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
Simpich
Nogales
Carranza
Sonora
Villa Folowers
Chihuahua
el Paso
Contempt Bid Ties Prison Official Over Fulton Case
Phoenix attorney general files affidavit accusing state prison superintendent Sims of contempt over the alleged attempt to execute William Fulton described as insane. The filing frames a clash between state officials as details of the case unfold in Arizona.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Phoenix
Ariz
Jones
Sims
The
States Prison
William Fulton
Spain to Recognize Carranza Government
The Madrid embassy reports that the Spanish government will recognize the Carranza government in Mexico. Washington dispatches confirm Madrid’s decision, signaling a shift in diplomatic ties.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
Madrid
Carranza
British Send Reinforcements in Salonika Front
Nov 27 Salonika reports large British reinforcements arriving daily and moving toward the front. Bulgarians are retreating along the Tcherna Radjak line, with French forces at Krivolak driving them backward. Bulgarian attack on Vian fever positions repulsed.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Salonika
Tcherna- Radjak
Krivolak
Vianfever
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