Victory guns in funeral salute for Francis Joseph
Vienna reports that Teuton guns will sound for the funeral of Francis Joseph with a capuchin mausoleum burial planned next Thursday. Kaiser Wilhelm and his six sons arrive at Schoenbrunn. a death mask is being made and public viewing is set for Tuesday and Wednesday before the capuchin vault burial. United States ambassador Penfield expected to attend.
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Vienna
Bucharest
Francis Joseph
Zepfenstreich
Falkenhayn
Hapsburg Court
Austria- Hungary
Roumania
Kaiser
William
Schoenbrunn
Verdun
Europe
Schoenbrunn Castle
Hofbure
United States
Penfield
Myron T. Herrick Urges Major War Relief Loan
Former ambassador Myron T. Herrick advocates a one billion dollar war relief loan. He calls for large scale funds to support allied nations and stabilize postwar recovery through government backing and rapid disbursement.
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American Press Association
United States
France
Europe
Britannic Sunk by Mine, 24 Dead Reported
New York officials said the Britannic was sunk by a mine in the Aegean Sea with up to fifty lives lost. A later dispatch listed the captain, officers, and engineers as safe, but confirmed twenty four deaths. The news attributed these messages to the British Admiralty.
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New York
White Star Line
Lon
Aegean Sea
Admiralty
War to Victory, Says Karl
Emperor Charles of Austria proclaims he will wage war until a peace secures the existence and development of the monarchy. Vienna dispatch to Reuters via Amsterdam notes the proclamation printed in Wiener Zeitung with an autograph letter to Premier Koerber and confirms Charles has taken over the government, with Koerber remaining premier.
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London
Charles of Austria
Vienna
Reuter’s
Amsterdam
Wiener Zeitung
Koerber
Indianapolis groups allege rate bias harms livestock market
The Indianapolis chamber of commerce, Indianapolis Abation company, and the Indianapolis Live Stock Exchange inform the Interstate Commerce Commission that higher rate advances from Illinois and the west to Indianapolis compared with unchanged rates to Chicago Peoria and East St. Louis have disrupted competitive livestock markets and harmed Indianapolis as a marketplace.
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Washington
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Indianapolis Abbation Company
Indianapolis Live Stock Exchange
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois
Indianapolis
Chicago
Peoria
East St. Louis
Convict Returns to Joliet Prison After Escape
Harry Patterson, an inmate who escaped from the prison honor farm on August 8, 1915, walked into the main door and told Warden Zimmer his conscience drove him back. Patterson had been received from Peoria on a ten year larceny term and had eighteen months remaining.
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Joliet
Ill
Harry Patterson
Honor Farm
Patterson
Zimmer
Paterson
Peoria
Coal Shortage Hits Williamson County Mines
In Marion Illinois on November 24, Williamson county with twenty nine operating coal mines producing over 7 015 000 tons annually struggles to obtain coal for local consumption due to a shortage of coal cars. Prices rise from 1 75 2 25 to 5 a ton and coal remains hard to obtain even at that price.
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Marion
Ill
Williamson County
Veterans back Perry for adjutant general in Indiana
Veterans of the civil war in Wayne county and Judge Henry C. Fox of the Wayne circuit court endorse Oran Perry of Indianapolis for adjutant general of Indiana. The appointive post rests with Governor-elect Goodrich. Perry previously served four years as quartermaster general under Governor Durbin.
Chihuahua City Attacked Again by Villa
Vicious assault reported as Francisco Villa leads forces from Parral toward Chihuahua City and joins troops near Santa Rosalia. General Funston confirms the attack, seen as expected by Trevino and authorities, with Villa warning that foreigners and "white Chinese" would be killed.
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San Antonio
Tex
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Frederick Funston
Villa
Parral
Santa Rosalia
Jacinto Trevino
Chihuahua
German levy on Belgium raised to fifty million francs
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam citing Echo Belge reports Belgium’s German levy increased from 40 million to 50 million francs per month. The order, issued by the governor general of Württemberg and General Friedrich von Falkenhausen, funds the German army of occupation and administration in the occupied territory.
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London
Belgium
Reuter
Amsterdam
Echo Belge
Wurttemberg
Friedrich von Falkenhausen
Heilner Freed In Mann Act Case
Julius Heilner a wealthy New York corset manufacturer is freed as Florence Giddens now refuses to prosecute. She has since married and says the prior charges of immoral transportation are untrue.
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Chicago
Julius Heilner
New York
Heilner
Florence Giddens
Noted Guy Axworthy Sold In New York Auction
Guy Axworthy the sire of the world champion trotting Stallion Jee Axworthy sold for 20000 dollars at New York auction. He moved from the estate of the late Jacob Ruppert to that of the late L V Harkness.
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Guy Axworthy
New York
Jee Axworthy
Jacob Ruppert
L. V. Harkness
Governor Dunne Praises Prosperity in Thanksgiving Proclamation
Springfield Illinois November 24 Governor Dunne thanks the nation for industrial prosperity and national peace with honor in a Thanksgiving proclamation.
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Springfield
Ill
Dunne
Santa Fe Case Agreed as Test for Eight Hour Law
Railroads and the attorney general signed a stipulation to speed the eight hour law case to the Supreme Court. The Santa Fe case will be the test, chosen to reflect all major objections. Proceedings moved to Kansas City for an early settlement and a hearing was postponed to Friday.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Attorney General’s Office
Gregory
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Tudge Hook
Pollock
Women in Food Boycott Pledges 5000 in Peoria
Peoria Illinois November 24 1920 5000 women pledge to skip buying Thanksgiving poultry unless local dealers lower prices. The boycott movement aims to cut costs of turkey ducks geese and chickens and links women’s clubs across the city to the effort.
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Peoria
Ilm
Allied bankers challenge Chicago loan in China dispute
British French Russian and Japanese bankers warn the minister of finance that the Chicago banks loan violates article 17 of the 1913 reorganization loan. They call the loan political not industrial and seek an explanation as Chinese parliament approves a $5 million gold loan from Continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago for immediate administrative needs.
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Pekin
Quintuple
Chicago
Continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago
Billy Sunday Evangelist Would Close Career at Old Bail Park
Evangelist Billy Sunday plans a final campaign stop at Old Bail Park signaling the wrap of his preaching tour. The veteran evangelist faces large crowds and expects to end his public ministry after this venue.
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Old Bail Park
Sunday Would Close Where Career Began
Chicago reports evangelist Billy Sunday aims to end his career in the city where he began. He opened talks to rent the old West Side ball park for a year starting Jan 1 and would raise a large tabernacle there for meetings. A Cubs official, Charles Weeghman, discussed the park deal and hinted a possible closure soon.
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Chicago
Billy Sunday
Old West Side Ball Park
Charles Weeghman
Cubs
Weeghman
Cub Park
Anson
Weerehman
Old West Side Park
Teutons Advance Toward Bucharest Threaten Roumania
Berlin reports two major threats loom as von Falkenhayn pushes toward Craiova and Danube crossings favor a southward drive by Mackensen. If both advance, Bucharest could fall within days. Orsova garrison endures a critical stand as forces move to crush Romanian resistance.
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Berlin
Roumania
Craiova
von Falkenhayn
Slatina
Wallachia
Rothenthurm
Danube
Teuton
van Mackensen
Bucharest
Falkenhayn
Orsova
Mystery Flute Player Stuns La Crosse Residents
Ernest H. Steiff, 22, son of a prominent family, shocked La Crosse by dawn parade in cloak and autumn leaf crown atop a bluff, greeting the sun with a flute. He clarifies he is not sun worshiper. he is a composer and virtuoso whose art blends nature with music.
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la Crosse
Wis
Ernest H. Steiff
Mr. Steiff
Miner kills wife then takes his own life in Burnett
In Terre Haute Indiana Fred Nieco a 39 year old coal miner living in Burnett beat his wife with a stove poker wounded her and then shot himself in a fatal act witnessed by five children. The wife is in critical condition and police say the quarrel began over plans to visit a sister.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Fred Nieco
Burnett
Coon Pupils Bobcat After Night Hunt Near Petersburg
Three hunters Link Miley Sim Richardson and Will Miley treed what they thought a coon in White River bottoms three miles north of Petersburg Indiana. When shot the animal proved to be a bobcat measuring three feet and weighing eighteen pounds. It fought a running chase for over a mile and defeated three coon dogs.
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Petersburg
Ind
Link Miley
Sim Richardson
Will Miley
White River
Here
Grange Urges Nationwide Prohibition Including DC
National Grange adopts resolutions urging a nation wide dry policy and calls to include the District of Columbia in any prohibition bill. Delegates warn that exemptions for the district may be sought and urge tightening federal liquor licenses in prohibition states.
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Congress
District of Columbia
Washington
National
Grange
Hospital eggs priced at 1 dollar a dozen in Twin Cities
In St. Paul on November 23, Harry Baltoff, a commission expert and producer price list publisher for the Produce Exchange, predicts hospital eggs will retail for one dollar a dozen. The eggs are described as strictly fresh and seven to eight days old.
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St. Paul, Minn
Twin Cities
Harry Baltoff
The
Produce Exchange
Twenty Hibbing Residents Indicted by Grand Jury
Duluth Minn November 24 Twenty leading Hibbing residents are named by county officials as among those indicted by the grand jury. Names will not be released until warrants are served.
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Duluth
Minn
Hibbing
Chicago live stock and grain market report
Hogs receipts 40 000 with light to heavy ranges from 7 25 to 9 80 per cwt. Cattle receipts 10 000 with good to choice steers priced 10.00 to 11.00 and cows 6.50 to 7.00. Wheat No 2 hard winter 1.86 to 1.89. Corn No 3 white 95 1/4 to 95 1/2 cents. Oats No 3 white 67 58 cents. Butter and eggs prices varied across grades with mixed quotes for extras and firsts.
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Chicago
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Court
Women IN
China
Chicago Ball Park
Snsova
Mackensen
Plete Doom of
Teutons
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Mate
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Biutter
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