Roumania hints at shifting capital amid retreat from Bucharest
Roumanians report flight from Bucharest after destroying the Cernavoda bridge, the longest railway span in Europe, to impede von Mackensen. The king and ministers may set Odessa as provisional capital while fronts shift, with Roumanians claiming gains in Transylvania and heavy German losses on other fronts.
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von Mackensen
World
Europe
London
Dobrudja
Danube
Cernavoda
Bucharest
Odessa
Russian Black Sea
Nocoe Vremya
Petrograd
von Falkenhayn
War Office
Teutons
Moldavia
Karekharas
Bicaz
Mackensen
von Macken‘sen
Rustchuk
Constanza
Berlin
Sofia
Black Sea
Constantinople
Mount Kerekharas
Hospital Corps Mustered Out at Springfield
Springfield October 27 Field Hospital Corps No 1 Illinois National Guard Chicago was mustered out and plans to depart for home station Hospital Corps No 2 will not be mustered out until November.
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Uur
Springfield
Field Hospital Corps
Illinois National Guard
Chicago
Hospital Corps
Hotel Summit Fire Claims One Life In Lee's Summit
William Barton of Independence died in a hotel blaze at the Hotel Summit in Lee's Summit Missouri on October 27. Several persons were injured as the building burned and collapsed.
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Lee’s Summit
William Barton
Independence
Summit
Mrs Thomas A Edison Inventor’s Wife Honored at Big Show
Mrs Thomas A Edison, wife of the famed inventor, attended a grand public event honoring her husband. The evening highlighted Edison’s contributions to science and industry with speeches by leading figures and a display of his milestones.
Treasury officials refute Willehad submarine station claim
Washington report states the Willehad could not act as a German submarine telegraph station due to strict espionage rules. Officials say the steamer’s wireless was sealed when leaving Boston for New London on August 24 and remains sealed, keeping her neutral status intact in or near American waters.
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Washington
Treasury Department
London
Willehad
Wile
Boston
New London
Wisconsin stir over hyphen issue in state church rifts
Milwaukee Oct 27 Catholic clergy in Wisconsin warned not to mix church with politics or risk loss of ecclesiastical faculties as the American Independence conference backed Charles Evans Hughes and aligned German Protestant and Catholic pastors. The two day clergy meeting sparked outrage over expenses paid for attendees, with over $2,000 spent.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
S. G. Messmer
American Independence Conference
Charles Evans Hughes
G. H. Jacobson
Evening Item Becomes Morning Paper in Richmond
Richmond Indiana’s Evening Item shifts to a morning publication starting Thursday morning. F L Dowd remains owner and publisher as the paper joins the morning field, leaving the Palladium with the afternoon market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Item
Evening Item
F. L. Dowd
Prominent young people wed in Delphi nuptials
Miss Marguerite Bowen and Russell Sullivan, son of Mr and Mrs George R Sullivan of Indianapolis, were married at the bride’s grandmother Mrs Nathaniel Bowen’s Delphi home. The Rev Reginald Williams of Milwaukee, Wis, read the service.
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Delphi
Ind
Marguerite Bowen
Russel Sullivan
George R. Sullivan
Indianapolis
Nathaniel Bowen
Reginald Williams
Milwaukee
Wis
Enemies of Wilson Co-operate With Bandits Near Mexico
Washington reports indicate enemies of the administration are co operating with Villa and other bandits in Mexico to plan a bold attack on American troops or border communities before election day. Generals Funston and Pershing are forewarned, with money paid to bandits in silver coin. Villa demands U S withdrawal and border guards must remain.
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U. S
Washington
Baker
War Department
Mexico
Funstone
Pershing
United States
Villa
State
War Departments
Funston
Lansing
Gregory
Couht
Wilson
U.S
Columbus
N. Mex
Namiquipa
Guardsman Flogs Motorman Fined in South Clark Court
In Chicago on October 27 a South Clark street police court case pitted unions against the army over a cavalry sergeant’s alleged attack on a street car motorman with an iron weapon. Judge Beckwith ruled unions had no role, that a soldier may endure insults but must not strike civilians, fining Sergeant Frank W. Russo ten dollars plus costs. Russo, on leave from Fort Sheridan, attacked a northbound Taylor Street car after it allegedly failed to stop and reportedly knocked his wife to the pavement.
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Chicago
South Clark Street
Army
Beckwith
Alexander Freundlich
Frank W. Russo
First
Ilinois Cavalry
National Guard
Russo
Hillside
Fort Sheridan
Taylor
Canal and
Polk Streets
Ohio Guardsman Heir to $350,000 Fortune
El Paso Oct 25 Private Charles Callahan of the Fifth Ohio infantry receives fifteen days leave to travel to Detroit and claim a fortune estimated at 350000 left by his aunt Mrs Mary Callihan who died in Detroit recently.
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Ohio Guardsman
el Paso
Tex
Charles Callahan
Fifth Ohio Infantry
Detroit
Mary Callihan
Woman Sets Fire to Self After Husband's Death
Bloomington Ind Oct 25 Mrs Joseph Finley 60 attempted suicide by pouring gasoline over her body and lighting a blaze in a bid to die for the death of her husband who was killed in an accident months earlier. She is in a dying condition.
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Bloomington
Ind
Joseph Finley
Finley
Strikers Return to Work in Pennsylvania Coal War
Strikers return to work near Punxsutawney as many miners of the Roches ter and Pitsburgh Coal and Coke company resume duties after a strike.
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Punxsutawney
Rochester and Pitsburgh Coal and Coke Company
Three Aged Residents Die After Ptomaine Poisoning
Lafayette Ind Oct 27 David Brogan born Tippecanoe County seventy six years ago Civil War veteran former county recorder and Republican activist died here of paralysis after ptomaine poisoning from Oct 1 centennial pageant in Indianapolis. Two others William Mitchell eighty two and Mrs Lucinda Guntrip sixty nine died at their home northeast of city.
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Lafayette
Ind
David Brogan
Tippecanoe County
Indianpolis
Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythias
William Mitchell
Lucinda Guntrip
William Guntrip
Help Shortage Corn Peril in Champaign Illinois
Champaign Illinois October 27 loss of central Illinois corn crop threatened by unprecedented shortage of farm hands. Husking crews from Indiana Kentucky and southern Illinois absent. Harvested corn yields have averaged thirty five bushels per acre.
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Champaign
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Newton DC Baker Accused of Slurring Washington Soldiers
In Newton DC Baker faces charges after allegedly accusing Washington soldiers of cowardice during a public event. The incident drew responses from local officials and veterans groups seeking clarification and accountability.
Wilson urges nations' society to avert future war in Ohio tour
President Wilson in Cincinnati urges a society of nations to safeguard humanity and keep America out of the next war. He warns that without US leadership the nation risks entanglement while recalling boyhood ties to Ohio. Mrs. Wilson receives a warm, orderly welcome with quiet enthusiasm.
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Cincinnati
Wilson
Society of Nations
America
Ohio
Steubenville
Did Not Register Will Vote Moves Court Ruling
Huntington Ind Oct 27 Special Judge W D Hamer ruled Heber Harter's name must be added to precinct 3 Huntington township registration records. County Auditor Ovid Eviston, a defendant in Harter's mandamus action, had refused entry as Harter did not register in person or by affidavit. Harter was out of the city. The decision nullifies the registration law so far used by parties. County Attorney Claude Cline won leave to appeal. briefs to be filed for a Supreme Court ruling before the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
W.D. Hamer
Heber Harter
Huntington Township
Ovid Eviston
Harter
Eviston
Iarter
Claude Cline
Supreme Court
Has Best Ten Ears Corn Prize Won at Show
Bloomington Illinois October 27 Charles Vandever of Modesto Macoupin county received the sweepstakes prize of 220 dollars for the best ten ears of corn at the second annual corn and grain show highlighting prize awards and local agricultural talent.
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Bloomington
Charles Vandever
Modesto
Fall Fatal to Child in Renton Home
Helen Gambler seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Gambler of Christopher dies after fracturing her skull in a fall down cellar steps. The accident occurred on October 27.
French Retain Gain at Verdun in Heavy Fighting
Paris reports include four French counterattacks at Verdun against German positions near Douaumont, Vaux, and Chauffour wood, all repulsed with heavy enemy losses. Prisoners exceed 5,000, and Douaumont was evacuated before French forces captured it. Berlin confirms the Verdun actions and Vaux assaults.
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Paris
Somme
L’abbewood
Bouchavesnes
Sailly-Saillisel
Vermandovillers
Chaulnes
Verdun
Douaumont
Hardamont
Berlin
Fort Douaumont
Fort Vaux
London
Archduke Charles Francis
Carpathians
Petrograd
German War Office
Brusiloff
Volhynia
Lutsk
Vienna
War Office
Son Identifies Skeleton In Delphi River Bank Mystery
Delphi Ind Oct 27 clothes and jewelry found on the Wabash river bank near Delphi were identified by L A Moore of Tipton as those of his father Samuel W Moore a 74 year old man who disappeared from his son s home Aug 18 More had threatened death by own action He was traced as far as Delphi He had been a justice of the peace at Sheridan
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Delphi
Ind
Wabash River
Ll. A. Moore
Tipton
Samuel W. Moore
Sheridan
Shoots Husband and Self in Shelbyville Tragedy
Jesse Angleton, 34, was shot in the neck by his wife Jo sephine Angleton, 35, who then killed herself. He survived and was taken to his parents’ home in Flat Rock. The woman’s body was to be moved to her parents in Penn. Angleton said he returned from work at a coal yard and was preparing for supper when targeted, having previously taken a revolver. She accused him of financial and infidelity issues.
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Shelbyville
Jesse Angleton
Josephine Angleton
Foster Angleton
Flat Rock
Here
Henry Devore
Penn
Angleton
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Thomas A. Edison
American Press Association
Edison
New York
Treasury
Cae
Messmer
Grand Duchess
Olga
American Pres Association
Czarr
Russia
Newton DC. Baker
Washington’s Soldiers
War Baker
Valley Forge
Meuse
Fort Douau
Mont
Nored
Wabash
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