British Again Beat Teutons in Somme Advances
British forces captured Beaucourt on the Somme front as part of a continuing offensive around the Ancre region. Official bulletins report more than 5,000 enemy soldiers taken prisoner, with Paris noting four fogbound days preceded the British push and fierce assaults near St. Pierre and other villages. Reports from Berlin and Rome confirm German losses and Allied progress in multiple sectors amid heavy fighting.
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London
Beaucourt
Somme
Ancre
Paris
la Liberte
Ising
St. Pierre
Memas
Berlin
War Office
Repumont-Himel
S J. Pierre Divianh
Divian
Petrograd
Rothenthurm
Alt River
Teuton
Bumbeshti
Sakharoft
Macken 8En
Tchernavoda
Glergyo
Transylvania
Tulehes Pass
Jiul Valley
George W. Wickersham Called In by Chairman Willcox
The article reports that George W. Wickersham was summoned by Chairman Willcox amid disputes over states and governance. No further details of the meeting or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
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Willcox
FIND MISS SHARPLEY BLAME PUT ON LOVER
Annie E Sharp ley a Melrose Park poulterer and playwright admitted borrowing over 8100 000 from Chicagoans and said a sweetheart from her girlhood days in England blackmailed her She claimed to be Mrs Annie Sharpley once convicted of raising postal money orders in Philadelphia The tale echoed her stage drama Lights Ahead as she met with her attorney in Chicago to recount the incident
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Chicago
Navy
Annie E. Sharpley
Melrose Park
Noted Lake Captain Dead
Kenosha Wisconsin Navy veteran Robert Symmonds died at his Dorchester England home aged eighty two. For sixty years he guided vessel measurements on the area lakes and was known from Duluth to Chicago. In Chicago he steered a steamer for years and later sailed to his final port.
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Kenosha
Wis
Robert Symmonds
Dorchester
Eng
Duluth
Chicago
Ordinance to Put Vacants to Work in Aurora
The Aurora city council plans to pass a measure requiring all men convicted of vacancy to toil on city streets for the full term of their sentence. The ordinance aims to mobilize labor for street improvement during the term.
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Aurora
Ili
Lost Chicago grain broker Horace Jackson reported missing
Norace Jackson, a wealthy Chicago grain broker, is the subject of a search near Burn Side Lake country about fourteen miles northwest of Ely after he disappeared. The Baldwin brothers and their hounds arrived by train to lead operations and Howard Schaeffer rode with the party noting Jackson once trailed toward Big Moose Lake despite a light snowfall.
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Chicago
Norace Jackson
Ely
Minn
Baldwin Bros
Horace Jackson
Burn Side Lake Country
Howard Schaeffer
Indianapolis man commits suicide in jail awaiting murder trial
Harry Dyar aged 41 of 1101 Kappes Street Indianapolis hanged himself in his jail cell while awaiting trial for the killing of Migs Fern Brumi 18 of 1102 NADPeS Street Indianapolis. Authorities report the death as a personal crisis.
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Ferg Drupi Spencer
Ind
Harry Dyar
Kappes Street
Indianapolis
Migs Fern = Brumi
Nadpes Street
Clark Predicts Speaker Victory With Democratic Majority
Champ Clark predicts he will be re elected speaker of the next house by a majority of at least three votes after conference with Doremus. He cites Democrats with 212 confirmed seats versus Republicans at most 211 and notes six close districts awaiting official counts. He warns the temporary roll will fix control and the elections committee will handle future contests.
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Navy
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
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Missouri
Doremus
Democratic Congressional Committee
Steele
Iowa
Tavenner
Illinois
Scully
New Jersey
Weaver
North Carolina
Martin
Louisiana
Beakes
Michigan
Northwestern Will Adhere to Eight Hour Law for Trainmen
Aurora Illinois November 15 The Chicago and Northwestern railroad will comply with the Adamson eight hour act for its train men although the law takes effect January 1 The company plans to rearrange schedules by December 1 so all trainmen work eight hours and be paid for eight rather than ten hours Previously many worked ten hours and earned overtime pay
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Aurora
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern
Noblesville Man Dead After Long Indiana Gas Era
Noblesville Indiana announces the death of York sixty six years old who arrived from Pennsylvania in the eighties and drilled the first gas well in what would become the Indiana gas belt on Sess seventh street. He earned money in the field then spent it on diamonds and clothes. His fortune faded, health failed, and he died with no known relatives. The county will cover funeral expenses. Nov. 15. Ernest
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Noblesville
York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Death in Los Angeles Fire Claims Richmond Native
Richmond November 13 local relatives report the death by his own action in Los Angeles California of fifty five year old former ae and ms mn su ae Richmond resident who died in a fire at Logan
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Mn. Su
Richmond
Los Angeles
Logan
$100 000 Claim Over Stay-Single Pact In Ill. Court
Vandalia Illinois November 15 Grant Fletcher sues for the $100000 estate of his late uncle Granville Fletcher claiming a verbal agreement to remain unmarried. Fletcher cared for his uncle for 37 years at Bachelor Hall near St Kimo and house duties included cooking and cleaning. The elder Fletcher allegedly promised the entire estate if the nephew vowed not to marry. No adoption papers were filed. The elder died in 1915. The case is under advisement.
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Vandalia, Ill
Grant Fletcher
Vandalia
Gran- Ville Fletcher
Fletcher
Bachelor Hall
St. Kimo
Democrat Wins On Recount In Galesburg Illinois
A recount in the Party-third Senatorial district reverses the result with Patrick W. Gallagher Democrat winning by sixty five votes after police and canvass tallies. Edward St Basel gains thirty five votes in a separate tally. One precinct error altered the margin by 100 votes. Gallagher has union and veteran support for state representation. Basel was the city’s candidate.
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Galesburg
Ill
Patrick W. Gallagher
Gallagher
Edward St. Basel
Basel
Dity
Moose Head Passes Away in Cleveland City Hospital
Aged 60, Attorney Hy. Davis of Cleveland, longtime loyal leader of the Loyal Order of Moose, died after intestinal trouble and a hospital operation. Davis, speaking at Mooseheart last July, pledged daily prayers for Mooseheart and its children.
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Aurora
Hy. Davis
Cleveland
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Mooseheart
Cleveland City
Woman Held for Kidnapping Son in Indiana
Mrs. Estella Minges of South Bend is jailed in St Joseph county charged with kidnapping her two year old son from the home of her former husband J S Pellard in Greencastle.
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South Bend
Estella Minges
St. Joseph County
J. S. Pellard
Greencastle
New York Battleship Wins Defense Society Prize
The New York battleship secured the Defense Society prize for practice efficiency in a recognition event highlighting naval readiness and disciplined training across the fleet.
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Defense Society
Ford Evolves Rew Use For Breweries
Detroit report cites Henry Ford stating Michigan’s sixty breweries with about 30 million vested need not close after dry vote. He proposes transforming standard brewery plants into distilleries to manufacture denatured alcohol for auto engines, arguing it would keep assets productive and support future fuel supplies.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Michigan
Ford
Henry*Ford & Son Laboratories
Boys Stolen Horse Relay Arrested In Indianapolis
Three black youths described as poys, returning to Kentucky from Muncie, were arrested in Indianapolis after a tray horse they stole in Noblesville pulled a long relay. They were spotted on Alabama Street near police and Horse Thief Detective members and overhauled.
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Indianapolis
Muncie
Noblesville
Alabama Street
Vote Probe on at Kenosha
The U S Department of Justice inquiry led by Special Agent William Fitch from Milwaukee investigates alleged election fraud in Kenosha County. He says complaints cite illegal voting and that out of town voters from Racine Waukegan and Zion City were brought to poll sites.
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Kenosha
Wis
Navy
Department of Justice
United States
William 8. Fitch
Milwaukee
Department
Kenosha County
Fitch
Racine
Waukegan
Zion City
Electrification of Illinois Central suburban rails debated
Chicago Alderman Ellis Geiger reports that Illinois Central director Charles H. Peabody told him the railroad is willing to electrify its suburban system now. The talk came after a two hour meeting in New York with Peabody, who said financing must be worked out and offered to visit Chicago to discuss a proposed station with local officials.
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New York
The
Central Railroad
Ellis Geiger
Chicago Council
Chaurtee A. Peabody
Illinois Central Railroad
Peahoay
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Astor Estate
Minois Central
Geiger
Morton J. Crosey
Corporation
Terminals Committee
Peabody
Chicago
Railway Terminals Committee
Ilinois Central
John G. Shedd
J. Ogden Armour
Linois Central
Tilltote
Missouri Prohibition Amendment Leads State Vote
Official returns compiled by the Post-Dispatch show the prohibition amendment leading by 24,789 in the state outside St. Louis, with 18 counties missing. In St. Louis the anti vote was heavy, producing a total majority against prohibition of more than 114,000.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Preacher Dies Suddenly on St Paul Train
Milwaukee reports Rev. E. Vorn Holt of La Crosse died after a heart attack while traveling on a St Paul train. The obituary notes the sudden illness struck him on the journey and ended his life.
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Milwaukee
E. Vorn
Holt
la Crosse
St Paul
Farmers Capture Eleven Wolves in Ill Roundup
In Savanna Illinois on November 15 twenty two farmers joined a wolf hunt and trapped eleven wolves along a thirteen mile circle. The effort included five mature wolves and six cubs as they pressed the wildlife roundup initiative.
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Savanna
Ill
Chicago live stock market remains active with varied bids
Hogs receipts 40,000 with quotations from 9.45 to 10.00 for light to heavy packing and good to fancy pigs. Cattle receipts 12,000 with steers 11.00 to 11.50, cows 11.75 to 12.00. Wheat No. 2 hard winter around 1.92, corn No. 2 mixed around 1.02 to 1.04, oats 0.57. Potatoes listed near 1.49 to 1.70. New York quotes cattle 15 cars, market slow. pigs 9.20, veals 9.00 to 9.50, ewes 7.25 to 7.50.
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Chicago
Britain
Dunning and
Stevens
Pye
Het
N. Y
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