Italians Drive Austrian Attack Back on Carso Front
Rome reports Italian forces repulsed Austrian counterattacks and advanced along the Carso plateau. General Cadorna’s troops consolidated gains near Trieste as reinforcements moved up. In Dobrudja Roumanians clash with Mackensen’s forces, forcing enemy withdrawals and shelling Danube towns.
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Rome
Carso
War Office
Count Cadorna
Trieste
Adriatic
Cadorna
Carta- Snavizzi
Mackenser
Bucharest
Dobrurja
Davni
Garlici
Dosmand
Gaidar
Danube
Virsova
Hiraova
Constanza-Tchernavoda
Predeal
Biresht
Tirgujiuly
Jiul
No Order For New Mexican Activities
Washington reports General Hugh L. Scott denies any truth to a San Antonio claim of an order for General Pershing to prepare for activities in Mexico after election. War department officials call the report ridiculous while noting talks on dissolving the joint American Mexican commission if demands by Carranza’s commissioners are not met.
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Washington
Hugh L. Scott
Army
San Antonio
Pershing
Mexico
War Department
State Department
United States
Carranza
Villa
Columbus
N. M
Terrific Fight on West Front Fractures Allied Gains
Berlin reports a major British French effort on the Somme failed with heavy losses. The only ground gained was a few trench lines in St Pierre Vaast Wood, later retaken by German counterattacks. Paris says French forces advance in St Pierre Vast Wood with over 609 prisoners. British gains at Butte de Warlencourt are consolidated after counterattacks.
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Berlin
St. Pierre Vaast
Paris
Somme
le Sors
Bouchavesnes
Sallisel
St. Pierre
Vaast
Germany
Baron Marschall
von Deimling
von Garnier
War Office
Sunday
Butte de Warlencourt
Facing the Crowd Charles E Hughes as He Appears on Platform
Charles E Hughes makes a public platform appearance led by a crowd and press attention. He engages with supporters and outlines policy themes during the event.
The Battle Cry of the New Freedom Parody
Satirical song lyrics praising watchful waiting and safety first while condemning foreign foes. The chorus invokes Union imagery and references keeping the country out of war, with repeated refrains about waiting and pride in neutrality.
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George Frederick Root
Aurora Girl Weds at Mountain Altar
Miss Lillian Hayden age seventeen marries George Huth of Chicago at a snowbound altar near the mountains guarding the trail to Ne trail to the golden fields of Yukon. Hayden is daughter of Harry Hayden former territorial governor of Alaska. Cleved? Cleveland, a department head at Geneva School for Girls, arrived Oct 28, welcomed by Skagway residents.
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Aurora
Lillian Hayden
George Huth
Chicago
Skapwiy
Alaska
Yuron Renton
Hayden
Harry Heyden
Preston
Crover Cleveland
Geneva School For Girls
Skagwa
Seven-Foot Eagle Caught After Poultry Conflicts
A seven foot eagle wounded by Ray Isbell at Fillmore is in a restaurant cage awaiting zoo custody. Farmers reported losses of poultry and pigs, and locals had seen eagles circling farms. Isbell shot the bird after a gunmen response, breaking a wing. the animal is convalescing under veterinary care.
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Fillmore
III
Ray Isbell
Isbell
Illinois War of 1812 Society Pilgrimage at Tippecanoe
Illinois War of 1812 Society members visited Tippecanoe in Lafayette Indiana to mark the 105th anniversary of the battle. Chicago figure John Meloy Stehl served as master of ceremonies with speakers James Edge Brown Mrs Robert Hall Wiles and William C Royse joining the observance.
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Lafayette
Mnd
Man Fined For Selling Bass In Rock Island
Frank Schil of Rock Island Illinois was fined ten dollars for violating the state fish law after attempting to sell a black bass to Game Warden Elmer McDole.
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Rock Island, Ill
Frank Schil
Elmer McDole
Lanao Sunk by Submarine. Lloyds Stamps It U S Vessel
Lloyds reports the steamship Lanao sunk Oct 28 by a German submarine off the Spanish coast. Thirty men landed at Barry and were picked up by the Norwegian steamer Tromp. The Lanao is not American owned. records show Hans Hannevre of Christiania Norway as owner and that it was sold by American owners in the Philippines.
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London
Lloyd's
Lanao
Barry
Marry
Tromp
England
Washington
Lanae
Bureau of Navigation
Department of Commerce
Hans Hannevre
Christiania
Norway
Philippines
Seventh Man Dead After W W Riot at Everett Wharf
Everett Washington November 7 Jefferson M Beard former Snohomish county sheriff and deputy in the posse clashed with the Industrial Workers of the World at the Everett city wharf. Beard died from a chest wound becoming the seventh fatality in the violence over the I W W right of free speech. Engineer KE Buehrer University of Washington student Athol Gorrill and Harry Blackburn were wounded with varying conditions.
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Everett
Wash
Jefferson M. Beard
Snohomish County
Industral Workers of the World
Everett City Wharf
Beard
KE. P. Buehrer
Cngineer
Everett High School
Citizens’ Posse
Verona
Seattle
Athol Gorrill
Spokane
University of Washington
Harry Blackburn
Nominees Rest at Home Ahead of Election Day
President Woodrow Wilson and Charles Hughes, leading candidates for president, stayed home before the election as they awaited results. Wilson visited Princeton to vote while Hughes lingered at his hotel then went to the Republican national headquarters to thank workers.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
Charles &. Hughes
Wilson
Princeton
Heughes
Republican National
Mr. Wilson
President Wilson Snapped Near the Polling Place
A candid photograph captures President Wilson near a polling place as voters line up. The image underscores public participation during the election period and shows the president engaging with citizens in a civic moment.
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Wilson
U S Food Quiz Begins Amid Price Rise Probes
Chicago officials announce a nationwide inquiry into rising prices for milk meat flour coal as U S investigators prepare a systematic probe. Hearings look to coal car misuse by railroads while bread adulteration concerns draw public complaints from housewives and grocers plan a meeting on high costs.
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Chicago
Hfe
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Chicago Bureau of Investigation
A. Bruce Bielasaiy
Bureau of Invesigation
Washington
Clabaueh
Clabaugsh
United States
Clyne
Gregory
Willis O. Nepee
Chicago Council
Minneapolis
London
Alderman Noance
Chicago Retail Ciocera and Butchers’ Association
Masonic Temple
D'Annunzio Honored by Rome for Gallantry
Gabrielle D'Annunzio, the poet and novelist, is promoted to captain for gallantry in action. General Cadorna notes D'Annunzio on October 19 and 14 set a notable example for troops attacking Austrian positions.
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D’annuncio
Rome
Gabrielle D’annunszio
Cadorna
D’annungio
Grange Furnishes Hospital Room in Columbus Plan
The Columbus Grange has decided to furnish a room in the new Bartholomew county hospital. The hospital will be ready for patients by December 1. Efforts are made to have states and organizations here furnish at least one room each.
Chicago Labor Body Endorses Wilson for Re-election
The Chicago Federation of Labor unanimously endorses President Wilson and Governor Dunne for another term, signaling broad support from organized labor in Chicago.
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Chicago
Wilson
Chicago Foderation of Labor
Wison
Dunne
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American Firers Association
Chicago Daily Tribune
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U.S
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Labers
American Preea Association
Clabaugh
U. S
Clubaurch
Chicago & Eastern Tuiners Railroad
Chicago, Terre Haute & Southern Railway
Landis
Indiana
Ilinois
Housewives’ League of Chicago
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