Slaughter at Chicago Stockyards Ends Epizootic Drawn Down
Chicago reports the hoof and mouth outbreak eradicated at the stockyards after 262 cattle and 160 hogs were shot and buried in quicklime. Federal and state funds will cover half the $74 000 slaughter value. Illinois to seek legislative funding for the rest as inspectors extend controls across states including Kane county farms and other quarantine actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International Amphitheater
S. E. Bennett
Kane County
Dunne Ofllinois
Wisconsin
Colorado
Wolf of Wall Street David Lamar Held on Bond
David Lamar known as the wolf of Wall Street was arrested at the Waldorf Astoria hotel for impersonating a United States officer and defrauding the United States Steel Corporation and J P Morgan Co He is held in a 70100 bond by Federal Judge Rudkin for charges of impersonating a government officer and attempts to defraud major firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lamar
New York
the Wolf of
Wall Street
Waldorf-Astoria
United States
Rudkin
Lamar
United States Steel Corporation
J. P. Morgan & Co
No Heinze Will Found Estate Passes to Son
Frederick Augustus Heinze lies buried at Greenwood after a simple funeral. His estate is estimated at 1.5 million dollars and will go to his young son. No will has been located yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick Augustus Heinze
Greenwood
William M. Flettmann
Buffalo Yards Tied Up
Buffalo stockyards show no cattle sheep or hogs on hand and market activity is expected to remain halted for several days due to current conditions and maintenance at the yard complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Buffalo, N
Ten Thousand Troops Ready to Rush to Vera Cruz
Washington reports ten thousand American infantrymen and several transports are at Galveston ready to reinforce General Funston at Vera Cruz if needed. War Department seeks truth behind rumors of an imminent attack and unrest in Mexico City. Funston downplays danger saying rumors are unsubstantial and local conditions are not alarming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Galveston
War Department
Funston
Vera Cruz
Two Presidents in Mexico Carranza Denounces Peace Convention
In Mexico City Gen Venustiano Carranza proclaims himself chief of the republic. He orders military chiefs and civil officials to obey him and to ignore the Aguas Calientes convention. Gutierrez, named provisional president by the convention, announces his own excessive claim starting November 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Mexico City
Venustiano Carranza
Cordoba
Aguas Calientes
Eulilio Gutierrez
Mexico
Six Die in Waverly Hotel Fire on Eighth Avenue
A blaze at the Waverly hotel lodging house at 342 Eighth Avenue New York killed six men and left many others badly injured. The flames cut off stairways trapping about 50 occupants. some escaped by jumping from the second story and seven were severely hurt and hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waverly Hotel
Eighth Avenue
Land Suit 18 Won By U S Court Fails to Award
The Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad lost its Supreme Court land grant suit seeking 61 000 000 for 3 000 000 acres of Oklahoma lands granted fifty years ago. In Bloomington Illinois a teen and a 76 year old were killed in separate railroad incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad
Washington
Migsouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
United States
Married In Jail Ascessory to Murder Bride and Groom Unite
Miss Lillian O'Donnell of Memphis wed Fred S. Simmons, held on an accessory to murder charge, while his hands touched hers through cell bars. The ceremony occurred on November 10 in a jail setting as the couple witnessed the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernanda
Miss
Fred S. Simmons
Lillian O'Donnell
Railroad Official Indicted For ICC Law Violation
Chicago November reports former Chicago and Alton vice president W. L. Ross indicted by the grand jury on a charge of violating Interstate Commerce Commission laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. L. Ross
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Grand Jury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Suffrage Conference opens in Chattanooga Tennessee
Female suffrage activists from across the country arrive for the opening session of the Southern States Woman's Suffrage Conference in Chattanooga Tennessee signaling regional momentum for suffrage goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanoga
Tenn
Nev Wi
Worman
Belgians in Ostend and Ypres front amid heavy shelling
Berlin reports Potsdam prepping for Emperor William's return. Belgian forces gain Ostend while Ypres burns under heavy German shelling. French sources confirm renewed German offensives near Dixmude and Ypres with slow progress due to fog and strong defenses. Austrian trade falls sharply as war drags on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dixmude
Ypres
Lys
Otse
Austria
Venice
Ministry of Commerce
Vienna
Turkish Fleet Shells Russian Vessels Near Kosloe
Constantinople dispatch reports the Turkish fleet bombarded a segment of the Russian fleet near Kosloe on the Black Sea. The Russian ships escaped as Turkish pursuers closed in, the action described as a Turkish shelling with partial success.
Russian Offensive Drives German Forces From Poland
Petrograd dispatch reports a continued and irresistible Russian offensive causing the evacuation of Poland by German troops. The movement is described as ongoing and significant in scope, signaling a turning point on the eastern front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Poland
Turmoil on French Front as Allies and Germans Exchange Gains
Reports from General Headquarters describe no decisive front action yet as both sides press slow gains in siege warfare. German claims note sorties from Nieuport repulsed and several hundred prisoners taken, while Russian cavalry flanks German left and penetrates toward Pleschen. entrenchments near Czestochow, Cracow offensive underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuamade
France
Nieuport
Iitecks
Ypres
Delvian Ministry of War
Austro German Rear Guard At Cracow Front Faces Russian Advance
A Russian cavalry thrust across Posen penetrates the Austrian left flank near Cracow. Russians attack Austrian rear guard at Pinczow on the Vistula crossing 25 miles from Cracow. Berlin reports repulse of a Russian assault north of Wysztyter lake with heavy losses. four thousand Russians and ten machine guns captured. London reports three thousand German and Austrian prisoners plus guns and rifles reaching Kiev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cracow
Posen
Pinczow
Vistula
Berlin
Wysztyter Lake
Amsterdam
Tijd
Antwerp
Yser
Germany
Brussels
Louvain
Kleff
London
Reuter
Kieff
Russia
Falkland voyage after sea battle. Glasgow and Otranto bound east
In reports from Santiago Chile dated November 10 the British cruiser Glasgow and the transport Otranto, after engagement with a German squadron off Chile on November 1, passed Delgada Point and head toward the Falkland Islands. The Glasgow, not heavily damaged, accompanied the Monmouth as it drifted after the fight while the Otranto was not engaged. Emden escapes British cruiser. Parom reports Emden retreat and British capture of a store ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Glasgow
Otranto
Delgada Point
Straits of Magellan
Falkland Islands
South America
Admiralty
Atlantic
Good Tope
Leipzig
Dresden
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Japanese Take Tsing Tao as German Fortress Surrenders
Tokyo reports the German fortress of Tsing Tao has fallen to Japanese and British forces after infantry captured the middle fort. Casualty lists show British losses of two killed and eight wounded, Japanese losses of 200 killed and 78 wounded. Canada urged to provide 10,000 troops for the war against Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Tsing Tao
Germany
China
Path White
East
Canada
Montreal
Ottawa
Marl Kitchener
Haritish
German order on avoiding aeroplanes leaked from Paris dispatch
A London desk dispatch from Paris quotes a German order for avoiding air reconnaissance. It urges troops to break formations, use hedges and village edges for cover, maintain silence, and cease firing when aircraft survey. It credits French artillery for accuracy and calls for forward observers to outrun the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Costly Mile of Wire Decimated Port Arthur Defenses
An Army officer recalls how a single telephoned line up 203 Meter Hill enabled Japanese gunners to pinpointshells on Port Arthur in 1905. The mile of wire, scarcely visible on small poles, cost tens of thousands of lives and millions in ammunition as the siege collapsed the Russian fortress and fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Russia
Japan
Port Arthur
Osaka
War cuts off ichthyol supply from Tyrol to U S market
The United States Geological Survey notes ichthyol from Seefeld Tyrol, a distillation product used as a medicament, has been disrupted by the war. Prices doubled to over 60 cents an ounce, and a St. Louis firm markets a near substitute as a recommended alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Seefeld
Austrian
Tyrol
St. Louis
United States Geological Survey Bulletin
A Profession and a Home for a New York Educator
Anne Warner, author and wife, proves a woman can maintain a teaching career and a home in a large New York girls school setting. She runs a 12 room apartment with maid and Japanese cook, returned to teaching after her daughter’s birth, and prepared her daughter for college by fifteen. Warner balances housework, writing at home, and a strict workday from nine to five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anne Warner
French fashions curb decollate gowns in New York
A New Yorker notes that French fashions have slowed imports and evening gowns will be less revealing for winter. A witty exchange at a dance highlights concerns about keeping women dressed modestly as a daughter’s dress is pointed out as decollate.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago Yards
Big Mart
Milwaukee
Wits
J. T Boyd
Milwaukee Journalharles
S. Forsythe
Fight
Forsythe Tanning Company
Mra
Alice Murray
Mulinery
Tl Baldwin
State Department
Cedric
Pittsburgh
Tattle
Garrison
Blomington
Ifn
Chicago & Alton
Patersburg Bay
Yarmouth
Tallula
Albert Jones
Roadhouse
Milliview
Quebec
Cols Brothers
California
San Francisco
Califormaia
Syemore
New 8
Po- Hee
Joe Ogden
Samuel Atkinson
Uie
Ble
Atkinson
Potter Sty Ton
Ostend
Teuton Frontier
Copenhagen
Potsdam
William
Halles
Belgium
Dunkirk
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Kaiser
Czar
Lierre
Pleschen
Warthe River
Prussia
Kalisz
Lne
Czenstochow
Cratow
Emden
Sydney
Newa
Parom
Singapore
Penang
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!