Death of Francis Joseph Ends 68 Year Reign in Austria Hungary
Vienna reports the death of Emperor Francis Joseph at age 90 after 68 years on the throne. Archduke Charles Francis, born 1887, heir to the throne, served on fronts in World War I. Paris papers debate his legacy while Germany notes potential new military actions in the dual monarchy.
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Francia Joseph
Vienna
Exchange Telegraph Company
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Archduke Charles Francis
Francis Joseph
Austria- Hungary
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Archduke Charles Francie
Princese Zita
Bourbon House of Parron
Archduke Otto
Co Pees
Francie Ferdiee
Seana
Europe
Archduke
Ferdinand
Bosnia
Mrancia Joseph
Mage
Usia
Ferdinand I
Hungary
Arch‘uchemn Val
William
Schoenbrunn
Jancis Joseph
Paris
Authen
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Mbusay
Logute
Armice Ae
Kaneas Bishop Dies in Millapough Home
In Millapough the Kaneas Bishop died at home after a long illness. The obituary notes his prominence and ties to local church and community. His passing leaves a void in the town’s religious and social circles.
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Kaneas
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We Oelcome
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Diet Squad Tests Cheap Living Menu In Chicago
Twelve Chicago health department workers start a two week trial to show a 40 cent per day diet can sustain proper living. Breakfast is served at 8 00 with items including apple liver bacon egg muffin butter and coffee. Participants may drink water chew gum and smoke if desired. Six men and six women participate in this economical eating experiment.
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Chicago
Chicago Health Department
John Dill Robertson
School of Domestcarts and Sciences
Robertson
Howevr
Wilson May Lose Labor's Backing In Rail Legislation
Washington reports that President Wilson plans to push additional railroad legislation despite opposition after the Adamson Act passage. A high administration official says he will press Congress to act and may clash with labor and Brotherhoods if he persists.
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Nova
Wilson
Congress
Fear Effects of an Economic War
Washington reports show concern over a postwar European economic conflict. Consular officers abroad track plans and impacts on U S foreign trade worth about 8 billion dollars annually. The Webb bill and tariff measures are debated as defense options with the foreign trade council meeting in Pittsburgh scheduled for January 25-27.
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Webb
Ile
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Pittebureh
Claims to be oldest Mason in the state
Spirit Lake Iowa November 22 Cleorge Gallagher of this city claims to be the oldest active Mason in the state. He has visited four quarters of the globe and every country, was born in Ireland, joined the British army as a drummer boy at age 12 in 1887, later toured the world, landed in Milwaukee in 1848, then moved to Minneapolis, pursues his trade as a mason, and recently marched in the dedication parade for the Masonic temple.
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Cleorge Gallagher
Doubtlown
Horn
Ipelanad
Brugiseh Army
England
Sir Goallagher
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Mnenoor
Widow Lowell Inherits 176000 From Astronomer
Mrs Compiance Lowell widow of late Dercival Lowell astronomer receives 176000 and about 60000 yearly from his estate to fund Lowell Observatory held in trust by William Lowell Putnam. Nov term of Plymouth county district court opens with grand jury selection and docket pending.
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Lemaie
Miymouth
Jintae Wyfa Koleos
Boechon
A. Donner
Ity
Darke
Woolwater HM. MN
Johnwon
Kettler Jenny
J. B. McArthur
Boains Fhernett Teenken
Ledara
Adulah
Rumanians Severely Beaten in Great Battle Near Craiova
Allied reports indicate Austro German forces crushed Romanian units in Wallachia as Craiova falls and the Orsova Craiova railroad is cut. Central powers push toward the Romanian plain with heavy casualties and major strategic gains in Dobrudja and Transylvania regions.
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War Office
Rothenthurm Pass
Alt Valley
Wallachia
Orsova
Craiova
Dobrudja
Trigujiulis
Willachian
Rumania
Transylvanian
Moldavian Mountains
Wallachian Carpathians
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Jiul
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Jomsen
Transylvania
PLAN SOCIAL SURVEY AMONG MOUNTAINEERS
Four representatives from 170000 Presbyterian women report to Kentucky North Carolina and Tennessee to assess conditions. The survey will influence a major campaign for mountain people. Langdon and Erdman presented the appeal in New York.
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New York
South
United States
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Mir
Thomas Langdon
Baltimore
Aios
Frederick Erdman
Thiladellyin
Wilson Holds Up Various Appointments
Officials say President Wilson will not make recess appointments to the tariff commission the shipping board and the working men's compensation law agencies while Congress is in session. The administration has not finalized selections for any posts as new machinery and reforms are discussed in hotels and similar venues.
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Congress
Wikean
Shipping Board
Pound
Sunday Movies Illegal Says Court in Albemarle
The appellate division of the Supreme Court ruled Sunday film showings illegal in Albemarle. The decision upheld the cage proprietor of a local motion picture house in Chicago by keeping his play home pen on Sundays in facing Me lav, we were Mercury Chiles Trou Lite.
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Germany to Stand Ready for Postwar Trade War Says Morgan
Henry H. Morgan, U S Consul general of Hamburg, states Germany will not be crippled in a coming trade war after hostilities end. He asserts the empire will do big business with America and German bankers will aid postwar trade despite wartime strains.
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Hamburg
Germany
Exper
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Morgan
Steel Corporation Raises Wage Scale
The United States Steel corporation announces a 10 percent wage increase for about 200,000 employees in the fimateeear iron companies, effective December 15. Payroll is expected to rise by roughly 20 million dollars, with the average daily wage increasing to a record level.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Serbs Meet with Stiff Resistance on Macedonian Front
Paris reports energetic resistance by German and Bulgarian forces north of Monastir as Entente advance stalls. About 500 prisoners taken. German Bulgarian line runs from Snegovo to Hill 1150 near Makovo. Berlin also notes British trench raids near La Basne and a Paoulova height seizure on the Monastir front with guard units holding against attacks.
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King Albert Appeals On Behalf Of Belgians
King Albert of Helium sends autograph appeals to King Alfonso of Spain the Pope and President Wilson regarding the deportation of Belgians by German authorities as reported by the Vingtione Siecle.
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Kaiser to Vienna Delivers Delirious News of Death
London dispatch reports the German emperor and King Ferdinand of Halearia set to arrive in Vienna. Telegrams via Geneva say the Austrian emperor died after a delirious afternoon and lapsed into coma with no recovery. details mirror earlier communications from the Vienna Exchange Telegraph.
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Perdinand
Halearia
Camorron
Vienna
Exchange Telegraph Company
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Posas
Bank Examiner Succeeds Amid Nebraska Shakeup
Lincoln Nebraska November 22 Hlaniey M M Hall of Blunden Neb was today appointed bank examiner for Nebraska to succeed BN Vanhoopn of Pawnee City who resigned.
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Neb
Hlaniey MM Hall
Blunden
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BN. Vanhoopn
Pawhoy City
Small Craft Bank Report of Sinking by Submarine
A damaged fragment from London reports the sinking of a Wroutt steamer named Houen by a submarine on November 20. The event occurred near S22 tony Bred with several names unclear but mentions Babuuncohion and Lluyde as involved in the later note.
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London
Tony Bred
Houen
Judge Rules 8 Hour Law Unconstitutional in Missouri
Judge William Hook, in United States district court at Kansas City, declares the Adamson eight hour law unconstitutional. He orders the Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf receivers to enjoin the act, seek Supreme Court review, and invite railroad representatives to hearings. Government plans to appeal. decision expected by January.
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Willion Co Hook
United Starter District
Hook
Missouri, Oklahomaa& Gulf Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
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Supreme Court
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Teutonic Envoys Set to Depart Athens
Athens reports diplomats of the central powers and Turkey will leave quietly tomorrow morning under Allied demands. Admiral Du Fournet refused to extend the deadline. The Turkish minister is dismantling his legation and packing furniture as departure proceeds.
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Turkey
Athens
du Fournet
Hospital ship Britannic sinks with heavy loss of life
Athens reports the White Star Britannic hospital ship for wounded Entente soldiers was sunk after a torpedo strike in the Aegean. London confirms about 60 lives lost with 1,106 survivors and 24 injured. the disaster follows prior plans to use the liner as a massive hospital ship with 6,000 beds.
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London
White Star Line
Cie Aegean
Deutschland Safely Under Way Again From Nantucket
Nantucket Mass November 22 reports indicate the German submarine Deutschland has left American waters in darkness while passing Waterhill and is believed underway toward a 4000 mile voyage to Germany. Captain Koenig aims to evade Allied patrols as she proceeds at about 10 knots.
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Germany
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Vensele
Ban Placed on Movies at Fort Madison Pen
Fort Madison Iowa November 22 The motion pictures long a weekly prison pastime are barred indefinitely by official order. No shows until adequate fire protection is supplied including a nonflammable machine booth and double inhalation. The ban follows a state fire inspectors report though no accidents or injuries have occurred.
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Fort Madison
Dr W F McQuitty Dead In Correctionville
Dr W F McQuitty died after a recent illness following a stroke and cerebral hemorrhage. He practiced for over twenty years in the Correctionville area and was a prominent figure in the community. Funeral services will be held at his home Friday afternoon at 2 oclock.
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Correctionville
W Fo McQuitty
Hiram Maxim's London Figure in Military Automata
The fragment references Hiram Maxim of London and mentions his invention of an automatic system for the army. Details are fragmented, but point to Maxim as a notable inventor with wartime applications.
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Hiram Maxim
London
Nin Manxim
Russia Quieted Crisis Brings Possible Duma Victory
Peregrad Nov 22 The government and the Duma neared a settlement ending a serious political clash. The agreement, hailed as a Duma victory, is to be clarified in days. Observers see nationwide political awakening and a end to rumors of separate peace amid unrest and foreign policy tensions.
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Russia
Duma
Gau
Frese
Boeal
Fingl
Rusaskiya Vehemontl
Moscow
Kyventa
California Republicans concede as Wilson leads with largest Democratic margin
California returns show the state’s lowest Democratic elector ahead of the highest Republican by 3 242 votes, placing Wilson ahead with 66 197 votes to Mrs Carrie Lo Tyler 62 632 and J F Caurlston as the top Republican with varying totals.official canvassing covers major counties with more results awaited.
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San Francisco
California
Wilson
Francis J. Heney
Carrie Lo Tyler
J. F. Caurlston
France adopts two meatless days per week
The cabinet decided to set two meatless days each week, Thursday and Friday, amid a food supply debate. It also plans to ban fresh pastry, cakes, rolls, and cone bread, allowing crackers and similar staples as the only permitted bread-like items.
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France
Furia
Fitzgerald Leads Push for Food Embargo in Congress
Democratic chairman of the House appropriations committee, Mr. Fitzgerald, urged an embargo on food shipments to press Britain over its blacklist while arguing it would shield Americans from famine as retail prices surge. He claimed widespread distress from rising food costs and warned of a domestic crisis if foreign trade expansion continues. The coming session is expected to see a heated fight over the embargo, with Wilson and the cabinet reportedly opposing it.
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Let Crops Decay to Force Prices Up Witnesses Say
Chicago November 22 witnesses allege fruit and vegetable dealers let crops rot to push prices higher. federal agents under United States District Attorney Cine investigate whether supply disruption and storage actions raised food costs. seven acres pumpkins twenty eight crates peppers and a trainload of cabbage reportedly destroyed while beans held in storage drive up prices. forum on prices of foods and other necessities to be held here soon.
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United States
United States District Attorney
Cine
Ln Keurchine
Federal Grand Jury
Chine
Cline
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Saginaw
James H Wilson of Iowa Dies After Operation
James H Wilson of Iowa dies at midnight following an operation. Prominent in local politics, he had long held offices and served the community. Interment will be in Menlo with many friends from the area attending. County Attorney Wilson of Dia Moines and relatives from Metlie were mentioned in relation to the case.
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H Wiletin
Wileon
Bevemeirys
Wilson
Dia Molnes
John
Metlie
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Conrad Er
Merghere
Commins
Lake Andes Farmers Seek Damage Claims Broad Fight Over Water Rights
Local farmers in Lake Andes demand compensation for crop and property damage blamed on water rights and power infrastructure. The group schedules a meeting to outline claims, noting affected families, local lines, and anticipated totals.
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Lake Andes
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