Romanian Capital Threatened as Danube Army Advances
Berlin reports Mackensen's Danube army 37 miles from Bucharest after capturing Giurgiu, with Curtea de Arges fell to German forces. Budapest and Bucharest seek to resist as German lines push toward the capital. Roumanian government maintains calm amid growing siege conditions.
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Berlin
von Mackensen
Danube
Bucharest
Roumania
Ferdinand
Roumanian War Office
Gallieni
Kluck
Paris
Marne
Mackensen
Cap'tal
Buehea
Giurgiu
Teutons
German War Office
Lar
Campulunge
Dragostavel
Campulune
Curtea de Arges
General Trevino Routed Villa's Two Attacks on Chihuahua
General Trevino repelled Villa's two assaults against Chihuahua with firm defense. The clashes centered near strategic positions, tallying casualties on both sides and reinforcing Mexican forces bolstering the frontier.
Fire Rushes to Mendon as Quincy Sends Aid
Quincy fire apparatus hurried to Mendon eleven miles away on a special train to help battle a major blaze threatening the town. Loss is estimated at 35000 dollars.
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Quincy
Ill
Mendon
Here
Specia
Mrs Harriman Seeks Leniency for Jewel Theft Case
Mrs E H Harriman is reported to wish leniency for the bank clerk accused in the theft of her $65,000 in jewels. Friends of the accused are said to be working to have the person treated nominally.
Pastor Sprague resigns amid misconduct scandal in Kokomo
Reverend James A. Sprague, longtime Main Street Methodist pastor in Kokomo, resigns and surrenders his ordination after an impropriety with a woman. He leaves with his wife and children for Jacksonville to enter real estate work, ending a seven and a half year ministry marked by civic activism.
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Kokomo
Ind
2&Ag
James A. Spragen
Main Street
V. Sprague
Kokoigo
Villa isolates Chihuahua City as forces move toward Juarez
Washington reports seven messages from the Mexican border claim Pancho Villa has isolated Chihuahua City. A rebel division advances toward Juarez along the Mexican Central railway, with a subordinate leader to command the Juarez attack. U S troops near El Paso are noted, and Pershing's Casas Grandes force is said ready to meet any Villa force.
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Washington
State Department
Pancho” Villa
Chihuahua City
Merxican Central
Juarez
Villa
United States
FE Paso
Funston
Pershing
Casas Grandes
Gusman
Ascension
Slavs repulse Teutons near Riga in gas attack report
Petrograd reports an outpost engagement west of Riga where German forces two companies strong were repulsed. South of Riga Germans released a cloud of gas that failed to reach Russian trenches.
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Petrograd
Riga
Morrissey Dies Former Brotherhood Leader at Galesburg
Patrick Henry Morrissey longtime assistant to the Chicago Burlington and Quincy vice president and former grand master of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen died in Galesburg after a nervous breakdown suffered last summer. He had been unable to attend duties since his illness began.
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Brotherhood
Chicago
Patrick Henry Morrissey
H. E. Byram
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway
Galesburg
Morrissey
Robbers flee after breaking into Glasford bank
In Glasford Illinois on November 29 burglars used an electric tool to bore through three steel doors of the Jarmera State Bank. They failed to reach the inner compartment containing $7,000 before they were frightened away.
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Glasford
Jarmera State Bank
Must Hang for Killing Judge
Davin D Overton formerly of Madison County was found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Judge W Wr Lawler. The court set the hanging for 12. He pleaded self defense.
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Huntsville
Ala
Davin D Overton
Madison County
Psatt
Dex Wiam Lawler
Thanksgiving Verse on Nature’s Bounty and Freedom
A Whittier tribute extols harvest bounty and national liberty. It praises durable soil, generous deeds, and gratitude for home abundance, urging readers to celebrate the golden hours and the power of freedom to transform hardship into Eden.
Premier Trepoff of Russia Named As New Leader
Gen Alex Trepoff born 1862 served nine years in the army. In 1914 he joined the imperial council and has led reform work with Count Witie. As imperial minister of railways he is noted as a liberal reformer and his selection signals new esteem between church dogma and government.
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M. Trepoff
Russia
Count Witie
Imperial Council
Trepoff
Three Die After Train Crash Near Red Barn Crossing
At Red Barn crossing in Mount Carroll Illinois a car was struck by a C M and St P freight train. Rev W E Wredey pastor of a Norwegian church in Chicago and agent for the Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society died. Mrs Daniel Fulrath and her son Bert Schmaling also perished with Schmaling badly injured before dying.
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MT. Carroll
Ill
Red Barn Crossing
W. FE. Wredey
Chicago
Mhlinois Children’s Home and Aid Society
Republic
Daniel Fulrath
Bert Schmaling
German Air Raid Fails to Do Much Damage Over London
London officials report a German air assault dropped six bombs on the capital with four injured and one seriously hurt. British hydroaeroplanes later destroyed a Zeppelin over the North Sea in flames, another raider off York and Durham counties was shot down, and crews perished. Seven Zeppelins have been lost in Britain this year, with eight thousand feet of defense credited to the British air force.
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London
North Sea
York
Durham
Lord French
British Home Forces
England
Great Britain
Germans Capture Port Off England Near Lowestoft
German naval forces conducted another raid near the English coast close to Lowestoft and captured an enemy patrol vessel and its crew. The Narval armed trawler is missing after duty off the east coast on November 26, while neutral steamers were stopped and released if no contraband was found. This marks the second German naval raid in a week.
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London
Lowestoft
Narval
Berlin
Admiralty
Emperor William to send Wilson gift of American authors
Budapest paper Az Est reports a deluxe set of American authors prepared and bound in Berlin. The German submarine Deutschland will carry the gift to the United States on its next Atlantic voyage. The Emperor also plans a richly illuminated Bible for Pope Benedict.
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Geneva
Emperor William
Wilson
Royal Printing Works
Berlin
Budapest
Az Est
Deutschland
United States
Pope Benedict
Illinois Board Reports Big Rise in Equalized Property Value
Springfield Ill Nov 29 The state board of equalization reports an overall equalized value increase of 212 600 520 across all property classes with rail property now at 2 702 042 409. Lands and town lots rise while personal property holds, capital stock drops slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Board of Equalization
Torpedo Sinks U S Stearns and Chemung Off Spain
News reports from London Valencia and Washington describe the German submarine attack that sank the American steamer Chemung off Cabo de Gata near Spain, with all 35 aboard, mostly Americans among a crew including Greeks Russians Spaniards and others. The vessel carried no munitions and was bound for Naples from Nov 20.
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London
Cabo de Cato
Spain
Valencia
Italy
New
Chenoa
Naples
Fayal
Azores
Harby Steamship «Pany of
New York
Buffalo
Cabo de Get
Cape Gate
Sask
Andalusia
Gulf of Almeric
Mediterranean
Har Magill Steamship Company
Harley Steame Company
John T. Duffy
Sanline
Putnam
Washington
John R. ? Nam
State Department
de Gato
Calencia
Department
Germany
Marina
Berlin
Wea
Ellermen
City of Birmingham
Lloyd's
Liverpool
Montevideo
Isacar
Spe
Physical Director Sues Lambert for 200000
Roger Cornell former trainer of James J Jeffries and now physical director for August A Busch sues Colonel John Lambert of Joliet Illinois in Chicago for 200000 alleging trespass and his ex wife’s debauchery connected to Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Roger Cornell
James J. Jeffries
August A. Busch
Chicago
John Lambert
Joliet, Ill
Cornell
Lambert
Death Takes Court Bailiff in Anderson
Willant A. Lall, sixty two, bailiff of the Madison superior court in Anderson Indiana, died on November 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Willant A. Lall
Madison Superior Court
Joe Tinker Almost Drowns in Peoria River Boat Accident
Peoria sports figure Joe Tinker, manager and part owner of the Peoria Three- League club, narrowly escaped a boating accident on the river near Chilil cothe when the craft capsized. He was thrown overboard but survived the incident with minor injuries.
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Joe Tinker
Peoria
Chicana
Cube
Pedra
Pitnois
Chililcothe
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Gen
Alex, Trepoff
W. E. Wredey
Kaiser
U. S
Christ
Mas
Equalization Board
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