FIERCE FIGHTING IN FRANCE BETWEEN BRITISH AND GERMANS
Paris reports capture of German first and second line defenses in Verdun region with 300 prisoners after an attack last Sunday Bread cards to be issued in Paris. Berlin notes 300 British prisoners and 20 machine guns taken while repulsing minor actions around Bourlon and Cambrai Italian front unchanged.
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Paris
Verdun
Berlin
Bourlon
German War Office
Bourlen Woods
Cambrai
London
Ypres
Flanders
Passchendale
Chavelt
Meuse
Belgium
Chemen Des Dames
France
Ruprecht
Bavaria
Svainly
Bourlen Wood
Bourlen
Inda
Creve Coeur
Germany
Camrai
German Officers Arrive to Aid Lenine in Advisory Role
Information from Petrograd reports a number of German staff officers arriving. Ten are said to come to assist Lenine as part of an advisory committee.
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London
Petrograd
Lenine
Riots erupt in Sherbrook during anti-war meeting
Anti-war rioting in Sherbrook Quebec lasted three hours as cabinet ministers spoke. The front of the theater was badly wrecked and twenty battles occurred citywide while fire hoses protected spectators. Russian front: Bourlon village and Bourlon wood captured by British forces near Cambrai.
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Sherbrook
Que
Borden
Italians Halt Austro German Drive in Alpine Battle
Italian forces report fierce mountain fighting between Piave and Brenta valleys with the Italians reclaiming Monte Tomba and Monte Pertica. Both sides suffer heavy losses though Teutonic casualties are higher. the clash could determine access to the Venetian plains.
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Rome
Piave
Brenta
Monte Tomba
Monte Pertica
Teutons
Bolsheviks Arrest Grand Duke Michael in Petrograd
A Petrograd dispatch reports Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, brother of the deposed czar, has been arrested and imprisoned by Bolsheviks. Other notes mention disrupted communications between North and South Russia and formal protests over Russia's chaotic regime.
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London
Petrograd
Michael Alexandrovitch
Russia
Odessa
Persia
Monte Pertica: Four Changes Before Italian Retention
In Flanders the Germans launched strong counter attacks on the British driven salient west of Cambrai. The assaults were repulsed as Monte Pertica changed hands four times before final Italian retention.
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London
Flanders
Cambrai
Mail from outside sparks rumor of lost Iditarod mail
McGrath Alaska November 28. White Dog Smith reports the first inbound Iditarod mail consignment was lost in Knik Arm waters. The dispatch notes the news as a sensational rumor amid wartime tensions and a separate German claim aims to poison Swiss views of the United States.
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McGrath
Alaska
White Dog” Smith
Seward Trail
Iditarod
Knik Arm
Washington
United States
Switzerland
Germany
Arrives With Little Way Mail From Takoma Route
Sid Ensor returned after noon on Wednesday with a small consignment of old mail and a few letters from nearby camps. He exchanged outgoing mail with Carrier Smith and went to Takoma. News that the season’s first in coming mail was lost in Knik Arm disappoints many along the route due to the long-delayed first class letters.
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Sid Ensor
Carrier Smith
Ensor
Takoma
Knik Arm
Wilson Will Not Seek War Declaration Against Austria
President Wilson will not ask Congress for a declaration of war against Austria and other German allies in his forthcoming annual message, as learned today.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Austria
Two Americans Slain in French Frontline Fire
Washington reports General Pershing confirms two American soldiers killed and five severely wounded amid artillery combat with German forces on the French battle front.
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Washington
Pershing
Alaska Wireless Telegraph Station Opens at McGrath
The Alaska Wireless Telegraph Company's station at McGrath is completed and operating. The rate from McGrath to Iditarod is $2.50 for ten words, day or night messages.
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McGrath
Alaska
Alaska Wireless Telegraph Company
Iditarod
Mariposa Struck Off Wrangell Breaks Up
The steamship Mariposa, wrecked five miles west of Wrangell Alaska on November 18, is reported fast breaking up with little chance of salvage. In a separate note James Ernest Malcolm Beattie delivered his fifteen dogs to Discovery Otter then the runaway team reached Manuel Galarte’s kennels with the sled intact and undamaged.
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Seattle
Mariposa
Wrangell
Alaska
James Ernest Malcolm Beattie
Discovery
Otter
Manuel Galarte
Anchorage Chamber Pushes Rail and Road Link to Kuskokwim
The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce seeks a branch rail line from near Willow Creek to McGrath on the Kuskokwim with wagon roads to Iditarod Candle Creek Ophir and Ruby. It asks residents to send data and petitions to Congress and to notify other districts. The Iditarod Commercial Club will gather information and prepare petition forms. The project aims to unite Alaskans in supporting expansion of rail and feeder roads.
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Anchorage
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
Government
Wilow Creek
McGrath
Kuskokwim
Iditarod
Candle Creek
Ophir
Ruby
Congress
Kuskokwim Valley
Flat City
Iditarod Commercial Club
Great Kuskokwim
Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer Andrew Ann Dies on Kuskokwim River Frontier
Andrew Ann, a noted pioneer of Alaska, died near Sleitmut on the Kuskokwim River around November 15. Born Russian, he and his family were sent to Siberia as prisoners, then came to Alaska in 1853, remaining after the territory was purchased by the United States in 1867. He kept a diary in his native language, a potential historical resource.
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Andrew Ann
Sleitmut
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Mr. Ann
Siberia
Ann
United States
Doctor Green Barely Injures Foot Cutting Wood
Ta koma informs The Pioneer that Dr. W. Green, U. S. commissioner, while cutting wood in birches nearly severed his felt shoe. No mention of the foot that wore the shoe.
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Takoma
W. Green
U. S
Brazil Allows Use of 30 Former German Ships
Brazil reaches accord with France to fly Brazilian flag for one year on thirty former German vessels held in Brazilian ports. The ships will be used to provision allied nations.
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Rio de Janiero
Brazil
Secretary William B. Wilson Suffering in Labor Board Effort
Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson is reported to be suffering a breakdown in Portland Oregon on November 27. The strain comes from his work with the National Mediation Board attempting to settle a wage dispute between Pacific coast telephone companies and their striking employees.
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Portland
Ore
William B. Wilson
National Meditation Board
American steamship Action torpedoed near Corunna
A Corunna dispatch reports the American steamship Action sunk by a submarine. Twenty one survivors have reached Port Camarines and three boats with remaining crew are still missing.
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London
Corunna
Spain
Port Camarines
Missouri Senator Stone backs war declaration against Austria
Washington reports Senator Stone of Missouri, a noted pacifist in the last Congress, now favors a US declaration of war against Austria, Turkey, and Bulgaria. Thanksgiving observed with only a few local closures as signs of the holiday.
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Washington
Senator Stone
Missouri
Senate
Congress
United States
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
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Amsterdam
Berlin War Office
Haig
Bourlon Wood
Tiflis
State Department
Caucasus
Stockholm
Kiel
Moscow
Copenhagen
Denmark
McGraths Wireless
X-mas Goods
J. E. Riley
Otter Creek
Pioneer
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