Roumanians to Defend Capital as Bucharest Fortified
Berlin reports Bucharest is becoming a war camp with martial law and food control as civilians flee. Comana Falls to Teutons. Campulung captured, opening the Tartrberg corridor for Falkenhayn and Mackensen. Teutons claim 5,000 prisoners in 24 hours as Romanian forces retreat.
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Lokal Anzeiger
Stockholm
Bucharest
Berthelot
Comona
Teutons
Tromona
Giurgu
Berlin
Niaslov
Arges
Comana
Teutonhanes
Prahovo
Buczen
Falkenhayn
Mackensen
United States Proclaims Martial Law in Santo Domingo
Secretary Daniels announces martial law over the Dominican Republic. Captain Harry F. Knapp, commander of the cruiser squadron, is empowered to establish a military government due to deplorable conditions. The move resumes government salaries and restricts arms as the U. S. assumes fiscal protection and governance.
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Washington
United States
Republic of Santo Domingo
Navy
Daniels
Harry F. Knapp
Dominican
Republic
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
H. S. Knapp
San Domingo
Wausau Welcomes Third Wisconsin National Guard Company G
In Wausau on November 30 the Third Regiment Wisconsin National Guard Company G receives a public homecoming with a large demonstration. Civic societies, Spanish War veterans, and former members attend. Soldiers will be treated to a dinner and a public reception.
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Wausau
Red Cross Barred From Serbia Relief Work
Austria asks the American Red Cross to stop relief efforts in Belgrade and other northern Serbian regions now under Teutonic control after current supplies are used. Ambassador Penfield in Vienna conveyed the inquiry. Austria offered thanks but gave no reason for the discontinuance.
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Washington
Austria-H
Hungary
American
Red Cross
Belgrade
Serbia
Teutonic Forces
Penfield
Vienna
Judge Landis Fines Saloons for Law Violations
Federal Judge Landis takes a firm stance against saloons violating liquor laws. He imposes penalties and signals ongoing enforcement. The ruling underscores stricter oversight of saloon operations.
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Landis
East St. Louis
U. S
Busch Brewing Co
August Busch
U.S. Gunners Praised For Long Range Sea Firepower
Admiral Benson told the House Naval Committee that no nation matches the United States in long range sea gun play. He said the navy could detail needed personnel to fill skeleton crews and man all ships in an emergency.
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Washington
United States
Admiral Benson
House Naval Committee
Benson
Wilson to Dedicate New Liberty Light
President Wilson will dedicate the new illumination system for the Statue of Liberty at Bedloe's Island. The Mayflower will transport him as the Atlantic fleet anchors nearby, with the French ambassador and hundreds of officials present. The statue will glow in white light as a beacon to European arrivals.
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New York
Wilson
New York Harbor
Atlantic Fleet
National Life
Bedloe’s
Old World
Republic of the New World
Europe
STANDARD OIL IS UNAFRAID
Wireless dispatches from Berlin report the Roumanian government will destroy oil plants in the county. Standard Oil offices in New York read the news without apparent trepidation. The Bucharest representative said all well, with holdings valued at 7 to 10 million dollars.
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New York
Berlin
Standard Oil Company
Bucharest
Milwaukee Divorce Trial Reveals Wife Desires Dogs Over Home
In Milwaukee on November 30 Mrs. Clare Stapleford testifies in circuit court that she would rather keep dogs than a home and children. Her husband, a Diamond Ink stockholder, testified he told her he would give a thousand dollars to get something on her as the divorce suit proceeds.
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Milwaukee
Clare Stapleford
Stapleford
Diamond Ink Company
Michigan man Van Noordwich comes to Chicago with plan
The half naked body of a Kalamazoo paper mill worker was found in Lake Michigan at Greenleaf Ave. A bullet wound was in the head. Clothing tied in a bundle held a notebook bearing the name William J. Van Noordwich and a note confessing to the act with a revolver.
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Chicago
William Janse van Noordwich
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lake Michigan
Greenleaf Ave
William J. van Noordwich
Washington Avenue
W. Janse
Beatty Replaces Jellicoe as Grand Fleet Commander
London reports Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe is named first sea lord of the admiralty. Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty takes over command of the Grand Fleet after leading the battle cruiser squadron at Jutland. Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson becomes president of the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, taking the post in May 1915.
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London
John R. Jellicoe
Admiralty
David Beatty
Jutland
Henry B. Jackson
Royal Naval College
Greenwich
Lord Fisher
Football scores from Illinois and surrounding regions
A compiled list of recent football results across Illinois Prep Normal U and other high school teams with scores such as La Salle Peru 7 Freeport 20 and Pontiac 49 Normal 9, plus Midwest colleges like Colgate 28 Towne 0 and Notre Dame 20 Nebraska 0, reflecting varied regional performances.
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Ilinois Prep
Normal U
la Salle-Peru
Freeport
Springfield
Pontiac
Normal
West Aurora
Eest Aurora
Dubuque
Iowa
St. Vintors
Galesburg
Kewanee
Sterling
D’xon
Little
Iinois College
Southern T Mlllinois
Penn State
Notre Dame
Nebraska
G. U. of Pennsylvania
Cornell
Ames
Drake
Wabash
Marquette
Food prices rise 16 percent in past year across U S
Retail food prices in the United States climbed 3 percent from Sept 15 to Oct 15 and 16 percent over the past year, with meats mostly down in the month but eggs and other items up. Potatoes lead yearly gains at 75 percent. coffee, tea and rice steady. Turkeys drop in Pittsburgh amid boycott, eggs fall in New York.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tryghe
Pittsburgh
New York
Lord Robert Cecil and the Peace Talks
Lord Robert Cecil is cited in discussions on peace prospects as negotiators seek a framework to end hostilities. The article notes his role and expectations for successful diplomacy.
Railroad fatalities in Illinois fall for 1915
Springfield Illinois reports 709 total railway fatalities in 1915 down from prior years. Passengers 14, employees 155, at highway crossings 95, trespassers 427, other persons 18. Sixty percent of the deaths were trespassers. overall injuries also declined from 1914.
Carranzista Reinforcements Reach Juarez After Chihuahua City Battle
Seven hundred Carranzista troops with twenty five artillery pieces arrived at Juarez after the Chihuahua City fighting. Wounded and refugees are being moved toward the border as General Ozuna's cavalry advances and looting reports surface from the retreating bands.
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Juarez
Mex
Chihuahua
Ozuna
Trevino
Red Cross
Chihuahua City
Gonzales
Carranza
Murguia
Horcasitas
Nombre de Dios
Borquez
Mattos
Mur £Ula
U Boat Sinks British Fishing Fleet Off Brixham
A German submarine raided the Brixham fishing fleet on Tuesday sinking three trawlers. The crews were saved. Lloyds reports the British steamer Reapwell of 3417 tons was also sunk. The submarine shelled other vessels in the fleet.
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London
Brixham
Lloyd’s
Reapwell
Lloyds
Germany Accepts Damages Over Bloomeradijk Sinking
Germany declares willingness to pay damages for the steamer Bloomeradijk and its grain cargo to the Dutch government. The remaining cargo will be referred to a prize court. The Bloomeradijk was sunk off Nantucket.
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Germany
Amsterdam
Bloomeradijk
Nantucket
Mexican Interior Minister Jesus Acuna Resigns
Jesus Acuna, Mexico's interior minister, resigns in Queretaro on December 1. No reason is public. The afternoon announcement cites no details on the cause of his departure.
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Queretaro
Mex
Jesus Acuna
Interior
U of I Youth Revel in Urbana Turkey Day Feast
University of Illinois students celebrated a Thanksgiving revel in Urbana as classes were suspended for a day. Three oxen were barbecued and served to 5,000 students at the university armory with wagon loads of turkey delicacies and cabaret acts. The event included afternoon dancing in the gym annex and a buffet luncheon followed by more dancing.
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Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois
University
Gas Jet Accident Kills Doctor in Springfield Home
Dr F M Hayes of North Vernon Ind died in Springfield after a gas jet was left on in a room at the home of Pr 0 DPD Franks. Dr E B Starr said death was from uremic poisoning not gas and that Hayes had been drinking heavily. authorities consider the poisoning accidental during a heavy drinking episode.
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Springfield
DPD
Franks
F. M. Hayes
North Vernon
Ind
E. B. Starr
Hayes
Two Towns Raided by Yeggs in Indiana
In Portland Indiana on December 1 five businesses at Tennville twelve miles NW were raided by geeres. Safes and cash registers were emptied and an Ireland garage auto used in the getaway. Bryant seven miles north saw a similar night raid with two businesses robbed.
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Yeggs
Portland
Ind
T’ennville
Here
Geeres
Ireland
Bryant
Villa Forces Seize Chihuahua City as Carranza Fliers Fall
Villista bands cut the Mexican Northwestern Railway near Guzman and burned bridges, blocking forage for General Pershing. Chihuahua City falls to Villa after Carrancista defenders are routed. reports say foreigners fled or were slain as Villa’s forces control the northern capital.
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Pex
Guzman
Villista
General Pershing
Villistas
Jizman
United States
Chihuahua
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Chihuahua City
Villa
United States Department
Ohio returns show Wilson re election lead in 1912 vote
Columbus reports the board of canvassers finds Wilson won Ohio in the 1912 election by 99 10 points with 604 546 votes to 514 886 for Hughes. Wilson carried more votes than any candidate in Ohio history, surpassing Roosevelt in 1904 and Taft in 1908. The record includes about 180 006 previously non supporting voters who shifted to Wilson.
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Sirten
Fints
Woodrow Wilson
Ohio
Wilson
Judge Hushes
Olfe
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
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