Flag Still Waving As American Ship Sinks Under German Torpedo
The steamship Chemung was torpedoed near Cabo de Gata and foundered with the American flag flying after Captain Duffy and his crew refused to lower it. Spanish steamer Giner rescued the crew, who then reached Valencia. Lloyd's reports also note other torpedoed vessels and captures.
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London
Lloyd's
Valencia
Cabo de Cata
Giner
Lloyd’s Shipping Agency
Kebjerg
Grimsby
Helle le Wae
Ushaut
Dount
Gothenburg
Bilbao
Alfred de Coltreey
Malvina
Lloyd’s Ala
Christoforon
Piraeus
Cone Wored
Madrid
Wirelow
Chemung
Arman
Duffy
Dufy
Duty
New York
Valonele
Joba
Potomut
Awbay News Brief Reports Mary Smith Case in Chinage
Awbay Newfoundland and Labrador dated November 26 reports Mary Smith, a Chinage girl, as a notable figure in a case involving James Pankbural, a wealthy local resident, with sparse details remaining readable from the damaged OCR segment.
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Awbay, NL
Mary Smith
James Pankbural
City girl rejects country life in elderly couple deal
Mary Emith, selected by Pankhurst and his wife from applicants, agreed to live with the elderly couple as a companion in return for a guarantor of $10,000 upon their death. She now plans to return to Chicago, saying money isn’t everything and she wants to be free to leave. The case drew publicity for attempting to bind a city girl to a rural life.
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Farmer
Almust
Ingle
Chicago
Mary Emith
Pankhurst
Hils
Turkeys Hold Fair All to Themselves at Ohio County Grounds
Visitors at the Ohio County Fair grounds encounter a large turkey display owned by W. I. Wile & Bros Hartford Produce Merchants. About 1000 birds are on site, with 2,100 expected before shipment to New York. Turkeys cause worry and expense for owners while attracting crowds, with nightly fights among the birds and guards on duty.
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Ohio County Fair
Cardinal
Christie
W. i. Wile & Bre
Hartford
New York
Swordfish Rams Navy Boat in Gulf Approaches
In Galveston Texas on November 26 the U S engineering launch Nueces was rammed by a five foot swordfish in the inter coastal canal between Caney creek and the Breton river. The hole below the water line was kept afloat and the fish was shot and hauled aboard. Captain Predergast noted the sword measured five feet.
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Galveston
Texas
Caney Creek
Breton River
George Prodergant
Nueces
Predergast
Cooperative growers called to vote on pool
Tobacco poolers from the Cooperative Tobacco Growers Association are summoned to Hartford on Monday December 4 at 2 00 p m to accept or reject offers for pools. Offers range from 12 to 7 dollars for leaf 10 to 7 for cig and 5 for trash. Frost bitten tobacco paid by merit. Magisterial chairmen to meet at 9 30 a m to transfer business.
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Co-operative Tobacco Growers Association
Hartford
L, B
Tichenok
Ch’m's
Obiy County
Airplane daylight raid over British capital shocks residents
A German air mission during daylight drops bombs on London as sirens sound and residents seek shelter. Tur ing score noted amid wartime air actions. Emergency crews respond to fires and damage across affected districts as warnings continue.
Zeppelins Shot Down and London Bombing Reported
London reports said two air ships were destroyed over the northeast coast, crews perishing, while six bombs were dropped on London. Over 100 bombs total caused windows shattered and minor injuries amid property damage. Also noted were appeals for food regulation and civil affairs measures in New York.
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London
England
Dunkirk
Trate
Pastor provides free lunch after saloons exit
Chicago story recalls saloons leaving Waukegan TL last May and ending the free lunch. Rev. W. B. Collins, a University of Chicago student, proposed a constructive alternative by planning a free lunch after sermons to be earned for the first those Sundays.
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Chicago
Waukegan
W. B. Collins
University of Chicago
Wars and canals cross long historic distances in odd record
In a terse note the text cites sixteen wars across seventeen years and mentions a 121 mile interoceanic canal carved from a total 164 mile length. The fragment references Colon, Tanuma Acrom and Nicars, with unclear context but hints at grand geographic and military topics.
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Colon
Tanuma
Acrom Nicarsque
Nature
Unele
Nicaragua Canal Rivalry Saddled by US Purchase
The United States bought canal route rights for 3 060 000 dollars to block rival Nicaragua projects and secure naval stations at each end. The piece notes Zelaya the Unbeatable, his many marriages and killings, and claims sixteen wars occurred in seventeen years under his rule.
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Baw
Panama
United Staten
Werome
Nicaragua
Ale
Posible Canal
Zelaya
Ivictios
Turkey Withholds Leave for Americans From Jaffa Route
Washington reports Turkish government rescinded its earlier permit allowing several hundred Americans to depart via Jaffa. Diplomacy exhausted as Turkey cites military necessity and lack of authority for previous agreement. Number of affected remains unknown. refugees’ fate unsettled as Des Moines may not land at Jaffa to aid.
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Washington
Jaffa
State Department
Elkins
Constantinople
Turkey
Des Moines
Alexandria
Red Cross
Stolen Overcoat Sparks Courtroom Confusion
In Chicago Judge LaBay's court Frank Winters and Daniel Cunningham faced a charge of stealing clothing from Marcus & Co. The lawyer for the defendants argued, then admitted the stolen overcoat was in evidence, while the judge set a grand jury bond of $2,000 each as the case moved forward.
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Chicago
Tradore Plotke
Frank Winters
Daniel Cunningham
Maroux & Co
Grand Jury
Labuy
Dusloes Scholarship Offer at Owens Business College
Brief notice offers a scholarship for a complete course in either Bookkeeping and Accounting or Stenography at Owens Business and Industrial College. Application details reference Republican Attics for inquiries.
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Dusloes
Owens [Hors Business & Industrial College
Sale finally signed for 1976 tobacco crop pool deal
The Farmers Cooperative Tobacco Association sale of its 1976 crop to Tack & Company of Louisville was signed in Owensboro Tuesday. Meetings will be held across Ohio and Daviess counties to ratify terms, with prices set per 100 pounds and a 60 cent pool delivery holdback until all crop is delivered.
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Farmers’ Co-operative Tobacco
Tocks& Company
Louisville
Ford Bes
Ohio County
Court House
Hartford
Daviess County
Owensboro
Hancock
Hawesville
McLean
Daviess Countty
Ut Ix
Rom-Vaughn Company
Tack & Company
Ross-Vaughn Company
Williikely
Fordsville
Narrows
Tuck & Company
Mrs N S Barrass Dies at Taylor Mines
Mrs Nicholls 5 Barrass died at her home in Taylor Mines Wednesday night after a complete nervous breakdown. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Q B Jones of Taylor Mines. She leaves her husband and two small children. Funeral services and burial will be Beaver Dam Friday afternoon.
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Beaver Dam
Railroad Worker Buys Engine He Operated 25 Years Ago
O P Byers, once an engineer on the Rock Island, recalls engine No 496 on the Fort Worth to Chickasha run. Now president of Anthony and Northern, he finds engine No 490 inoperative on the Rock Island, but secures a replacement and restarts his old locomotive to pull wheat trains for his line.
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Hutchinson, Kans
Abk Mosl
O. P. Byers
Rock Twand
Port Worth
Tex
Chickasha, Olle
Alr
Byers
Anthony Ant “Northern
Rock Island
Jon
Anthony
Mr. Byers
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Stemarine
U.S
Captain Mefuses
Ohio County Patr
Swordfish
Rams Hole
EN . S. Engineering Boat
Nashville
Tennessean
National Housewives’ League
Wilson
New York City
Israel Feinberg
Board of Coroners
Board of Aldermen
Traube
Charles C. Traube
Marty
Siukus
Stokes
Sale Si
Cooperative Tobacco Pool
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