Schwab Sees U S Business Revival on Horizon
Bethlehem Steel head Charles M. Schwab, returning from Europe, declares the United States faces a new era of business revival. He says America stands strong with no export embargoes, and predicts conditions will improve as political measures favor steadiness and confidence.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Europe
United States
America
Great Brittain
Germany
Washington
Eight Die In Lake Michigan Barge Wreck Near Seney
The barge Annie M. Peterson of the Edward Hines Lumber fleet was found wrecked eight miles from Grand Marais Michigan. Six men and two women were recovered on shore. It is feared the steamer F. Curtis and the towbarge Selden K. Marvin may also be lost. The Peterson reportedly carried seven crew and no traces found of the other vessels toward Whitefish Point.
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Annie M. Peterson
Lake Michigan
Seney
Mich
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Chicago
Grand Marais
F. Curtis
Selden K. Marvin
Peterson
Whitefish Point
Court Upheld $200 Award for False Arrest in Train Incident
In Trenton New Jersey November 21 the court of errors affirmed a $200 verdict for Frederick Mallery who was falsely arrested after Fria train carried him past his home Pasaste to Paterson while asleep. He refused to pay extra fare.
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Trenton
N. J
Court of Errors
Frederick Mallery
Pasaate
Paterson
Mallery
Rockefeller Undergoes Rheumatism Treatment in Hot Springs
John D. Rockefeller is in Hot Springs Virginia taking a course of rheumatism treatment. He spends an hour and a half daily with his hands in an electric oven set to 325 degrees as part of the regimen.
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John D
Hot Springs
John D. Rockefeller
Cattle quarantine lifted from Canada to U.S.
Washington reports the department of agriculture has lifted the cattle quarantine on shipments from Canada after foot and mouth disease concerns. The action ends the ban that restricted trade and movement of cattle across the border.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Department of Agriculture
Lind Appeals for Friendship with the People of Mexico
John Lind, Wilson’s representative in Mexico during Huerta’s rule, urged Americans to show warmer, kinder regard for Mexicans at a Chicago banquet. He contrasted U S diplomacy with Europe’s approach, urged aid like branch banks, and expressed hopeful belief in Mexico’s political progress.
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Chicago
John Lind
Wilson
Mexico
Huerta
Industrial Club
Congress Hotel
Lind
Europe
United
Mr. Lind
Mississippi Valley Trade Conference Aims for Small Factory Aid
Memphis delegates from 17 states meet Nov 21 to push foreign trade for small factories in the Mississippi Valley. With over twenty thousand small factories from New Orleans to Montana, they lack direct access to foreign buyers, causing layoffs and income loss when US business slows. Delegates say big concerns do not need help in foreign trade.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Montana
United States
Train Kills Four Doctors and Wives in Ohio Auto Crash
Fort Wayne Indiana November 21 Four people were killed when an automobile carrying two Ohio physicians Dr J DeHays and wife and Dr D W Lessie and wife of Conway Ohio was struck by the Broadway Limited passenger train of the Pennsylvania Railroad about 30 miles east of Fort Wayne.
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Ohio
Broadway Limited
Fort Wayne
Ind
J. DeHays
D. W. Lessie
Conway, O
Pennsylvania
Here
Big Corporation in Trouble in New York Suit
Emanuel Metzger, a stockholder, sues in supreme court to appoint a receiver for the United States Motor Company a New Jersey corporation with capital stock of 42,500,000 charging waste of assets with intent to ruin and defraud.
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New York
Fmanuel Metzger
Supreme Court
United States Motor Company
New Jersey
Peoria Banker Marries in Kewanee Listen
Peoria banker Joseph R. Durkin, a former collector of internal revenue, wed Miss Katherine Goodman of Proma in a late Wednesday ceremony in Kewanee Illinois. The couple announced their marriage in a quiet service attended by nearby friends and family.
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Kewanee
Joseph R. Durkin
Internal Revenue
Peoria
Mes Katherine Goodman
Prorma
Fire Destroys Homes in Quardville Blaze
Fire in Quardville destroys fifteen buildings mainly business sites in Pottaville on November 21 causing about 159000 in losses and leaving several families homeless.
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Pottaville
Quardville
Bresnahan to Manage Cubs
Moger Bresnahan, catcher of the Chicago Cubs, signed a three year contract to manage the Cubs beginning next season in Cincinnati on November 21.
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Bresnahan
Cubs
Cincinnati
Moger Bresnahan
Chicago Cubs
Dynamite blast kills four laborers on levee project
Four workers thawing dynamite on a government levee 20 miles north of Burlington Iowa were killed in a blast. The workers were employed on the levee construction when the accident occurred.
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Burlington
Enormous Losses for Allies in Northern Front
Reports from Holland claim French losses of 20,000 and 1,500 British drowned near Yser canal. Blizzard freezes front. pneumonia spreads, and telegraph lines are down as armies halt operations and regroup amid shifting Meuse positions and mounted Russian pressure in Galicia.
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Berlin
Holland
Bixachoote
Dixmude
Yser Canal
London
Flanders
France
Meuse
State Department Presses Morgenthau Over Smyrna Shooting
The state department protests Ambassador Morgenthau for not replying to a government cable seeking an explanation of the firing on a Tennessee launch at Smyrna. Captain B C Decker of the Tennessee, stationed at Chios, reported from Smyrna that orders were issued from Smyrna.
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Morgenthau
Daniels
Ngix
Turkey
Oman
North Carolina
Beirut
Turkish
State Department
Decker
Constantinople
Athens
Washington
Tennessee
Smyrna
B.C. Decker
Chios
Man’s First Wings by Wat son Quinby Inventor United
Delaware inventor Waterson WB Quinby pioneered man flight with a 12 foot diameter semi circular wing machine modeled on a bat. The device attached to the limbs and used flying surfaces instead of balloon principles. The patent for his flying machine dates back over forty years.
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Watson WB. Quinby
Delaware
Quinby
Germans Advancing in Eastern Theater Amid War Office Claim
Berlin reports progress in the eastern theater with the victory at Wloclawec being followed up. Petrograd admits German advances from the Vistula to the Warthe front. General von Hindenburg is praised in Berlin as the hero of the hour. Russian losses are estimated at 50 000 men.
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Joffre
Chauvincourt
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Berlin
Poland
Schirwindt
von Hindenburg
London
War Office
Wloclawec
Petrograd
Vistula
Warthe
Copenhagen
Warsaw
Nicholas
Viatula
Warta
Prussia
Milawa
Plock
Iodz
Czenm Tochows
Germany’s war losses listed by Berlin reports
Berlin dispatch cited by Copenhagen shows Germany’s total casualties at 1,280,000 killed wounded and missing. Including sick officers and soldiers estimated at nearly 500,000, with 80 official German lists naming 580,000. Additional lists cover Saxony Wuerttemberg Bavaria and navy totaling about 400,000 names.
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London
Evening News
Copenhagen
Berlin
Germany
Saxony
Wuerttemberg
Bavaria
Navy
Turks Defeat Russians in Three Engagements
Constantinople dispatch reports Turkish forces capturing five machine guns near Koprikeul after a two day battle along the Azeb Engek and Khoob line. Areb heights taken. Batum advance defeats Russians. Turkiye gains favorable outlook as campaigns continue.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Constantinople
Koprikeul
Azeb
Engek
Khoob
Areb
Batum
Unclear Motion Trials With Malfunctioning Wings
Fragmentary report notes attempts to use winged apparatus during trials resembling swimming motions. The wings failed to operate, preventing any successful ties or completions. The American Doy.
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Ing
Drawing the Line in Party Discipline Tensions
Beoator Gor eham warns that excessive party discipline could undermine leadership, fearing it would shift influence from a respected leader to a strict boss.
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Beoator Goreham
Commander of Przemysl Offers to Surrender
Rome Nov 23 Przemysl has offered to capitulate if the garrison marches out with arms and baggage. Russians refuse the offer as the fortress nears collapse. Surrender is imminent. Berlin notices report heavy fighting on the Russo German front with large forces engaged from the Vistula to the Warta and Cracow region amid winter conditions.
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Rome
von Hindenburg
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Vistula
Warta
Cracow- Czenstochowa
Cracow
Lodz
Copenhagen
Socialista of
Berlin
Vienna
Reuter
Czenatochowa
Petrograd
Warta and
Turkish government allows naturalization of Russian Jews in Ottoman Empire
American Jewish Committee reports Ankara will not expel Russian Jews and will permit naturalization as Turkish subjects. Jaffa alone has 5000 applicants, with over 25000 Jews living in the Palestine region.
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New York
State Department
Washington
Ottoman Empire
American Jewish Committee
Jaffa
Palestine Region
Balance Kept by Nature and Worldwide Death Toll
The piece notes annual births near 80 million and deaths around 60 to 70 million, yielding a net daily increase of about 40,000 amid a global population near 1.8 billion. It compares war tolls with natural disasters such as the 1737 India quake and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, which killed tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
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India
Japan
China
Lisbon
Perala
Domestic fashion and war fashion clash in this critique
A Chicago Post editorial laments American designers mimicking European military uniforms. It argues civilian attire should avoid military style amid wartime news and widespread strategy and battle imagery. The piece frames fashion as an unwanted extension of a world already dominated by conflict.
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Europe
Chicago Post
Boaster Discovers His Gift Cigars Carries Real Calf Mark
A young boastful man's tale about conquests over women ends in a sly reveal. He shows a cigar case with his name on it as a gift from an admirer. A witty observer points out the inscription reads Real calf, exposing the prank.
Actress Louise Randolph Receives Surprise Phone Kiss
Louise Randolph learns of a message from her daughter while preparing to go on stage. The call boy returns with the news that her daughter wants to kiss her over the phone, prompting a quick pivot in her plans.
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Louise Randolph
Miss Randolph
Plaint of Pessimist
The cartoon presents a wry exchange on knowledge and class with a pessimistic point of view. It contrasts two halves of society and hints at mutual suspicion between them.
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Goeben
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