Yearlong Deadly Struggle Seen By British Front
British officers and prisoners alike foresee another year of war with a grand offensive unlikely this summer. German fortitude in Western trenches and a focus on Romania suggest a drawn, attritional campaign as both sides await a decisive end. Morale among prisoners fluctuates, but the resolve remains to endure until victory favors the stronger will.
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France
Tendon
Associated Press
Somme
Rumania
Hrntieh
Witck
Rumanians Driving Back Teutons In Transylvania
Rumanian troops push Austro German forces from a Transylvania frontier. At Predeal they claim driving Teutons beyond the border. In the Trotus valley they say 600 prisoners and 12 cannon taken. A detachment from Golows reports 200 prisoners and several machine guns seized.
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Bucharest
London
Transylvania
Predeal
Cording
Brandefile
Trotus
Golows
Claim Allies Suffered Great Repulse on Somme
Berlin cites German army order from October 14 describing a planned Allied blow on October 12 across the Somme front from Ancre to Houdincourt. Five British divisions attacked between Courcelles and Low Bouefs while Sailly and Raucourt saw fresh French troops. the German Tenth Army repelled the assault, keeping positions.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Entente War Office
Somme
Hhe Germa
Ancre
Houdhwvesnes
Courcellette
Low
French Make Progress North of Somme Front
Paris reports French forces advanced north of the Somme near Blaches and La Maisonette with further progress announced. Attacks continued from dawn to noon against German lines, parts of positions held under fire, while some gains were recaptured or held amid counterattacks.
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London
Bomme
German Attacks Repulsed by Russians in Volhynia
Petrograd reports via Jonden that Splatt Hahn in Volhynia checked German assaults in the Vladimir Volhynia region. The war office notes Russian success as German efforts were repulsed. London dispatches say German troops yesterday carried a brief offensive in Volhynia and seized Russian trenches on the west bank of the Brok bed.
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Jonden
Splatt Hahn
Volhynia
Vladimir-Volhynia Te Oney
War Office
Caval
Hasiane
Hevlin
London
Brokbed
Oklahoma Train Bandits Believed Cornered in Ravine Pass
A federal rail robbery near a desolate stretch of track left express messenger Perry Norman dead as bandits torched and blew the safe of Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe No. 406. Authorities waited at dawn for word from the ravine where six men allegedly loot- ed the train, with two men said to have boarded at Ponca City. Reinforcements hoped to halt the fleeing outlaws before they reach the hills.
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Oklahoma
Plas
Raneiiven
Vera
Su Qumeri
Atchison, Topela & Bante
Perry Norman
Horth
Biles
Wive Hind Teen
Nie
Rete
Ponca City
Biss
Poswes
Perrys
Almos
Eloutme
Early Blizzard Sweeps Country Across Sioux City
A heavy snowstorm rolled across the Midwest, with Sioux City reporting two and a half inches of snow. The system disrupted travel as trains were delayed, streetcar service slowed, and temperatures hovered near 26 to 29 degrees. Snow covered the Rockies and plains while rain fell east of the Mississippi.
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Sioux City
Weather Bureau
Mercury
G. W Meowall
Hocky Mountains
Tuikotus
Wyoming
Middle Western
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Pacific Coast States
Northwest
Nebraska
South Dakota
Burlington
Ilinois Central
Great Northern
Nebraska Snowstorm Grips State With Early Fall Storm
A snow storm blankets Nebraska from Norfolk to Lincoln with four inches in places and a high northwest wind. Rail schedules suffer as telegraph lines lag and the weather bureau forecasts the system will persist most of the day. Temperatures hover near 32 degrees and the moisture aids wheat after weeks of dry weather.
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Norfolk
Neb
Oet
Nebraska
South Imbeta
Lincoln
Government
Snow Storm Buries Sioux Falls With Two Inch Cover
Sioux Falls awoke to a northwest wind and a heavy snow storm. A blanket of snow two inches deep covered the city while temperatures remained just below freezing. The storm began shortly before midnight and continued through the morning with reports of widespread blizzard conditions across the state from Yankton to Aberdeen.
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Sioux Falls
Wierre
Aberdeen
Snow Extends Into Southern Iowa With Early Morning Snowfall
Snow began falling in Cornell Bluffs this morning and accumulated nearly two inches by noon. The winter event extended into southern Iowa, disrupting early plans and prompting cautious travel advisories in the region.
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Iowa
Cornell Bluffs
Fire at Bertram Post Office Hits Cedar Rapids District
A two story frame building at Bertram housing the post office and general store burned today. The postoffice supplies were destroyed and the fire affected J. K. Schley's store. No injuries reported. Local authorities investigated the blaze as flames consumed the structure.
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Cedar Rapids
Postoffice
F. Hall
J. K. Schley
Bertram
New York Central Railroad Authorizes 25 Million Stock Issue
The Directorate of the New York Central Railroad company today authorized issue of 25 million dollars in new stock to be offered to stockholders. This action opens the way for additional capitalization and potential expansion plans across the system.
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New York
New York Central Railroad Company
Christmas tree electric lighting gains ground in 1914 market
The Electrical World reports unprecedented business in Christman tree electric lamps as safe, smokeless substitutes for grease candles grow popular. The shift accelerates trade away from Germany Austria and Holland as wartime factors and rising materials costs push prices up.
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Christman Tree Electric
Christman
Knce More
Germany
Austria
Holland
Bymerly
126 Ships Sunk by One German U-Boat
The order of Pour le Mérite has been awarded Lieut. Cam Arnold De Le Herriers, commander of U-55, for sinking 126 vessels totaling 270000 tons. Among those destroyed were one French and one English cruiser. He also sank transports and munitions ships during Mediterranean operations, tallying 91000 tons in a single voyage and bringing home four cannon.
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Bertin
London
Order of Pour le Mertre
Cam Arnold de le Herriers
Mediterranean
Herriere
Cartagena
Spain
Famous Terminal Rate Case Before Court
Washington, Oct 19. The Pacific terminals case argued before the Supreme Court at the request of the Department of Justice and the Interstate Commerce Commission. It involves Transcontinental freight rates to Sacramento Stockton San Jose and Santa Clara and 178 inland cities. Commercial groups challenge ICC orders raising rates, arguing water competition from the Panama Canal justifies denying reduced rates to bay and inland cities.
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Washington, D. C
Acific
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sacramento
Stockton
San Jose
Santa Clara
Cal
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Bay
Four Bandits Rob Bank in Centralia Heist
In Centralia Oklahoma on October 1 four bandits in an automobile robbed First National Bank looting about $6000. They forced the cashier, three officers and two customers to the floor while one thief searched cash drawers and vaults and placed the loot in a bag. The six bandits were later locked in the vault.
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Centralia
Okla
First National Bank
Stand ard Oil Reopens Bayonne Plant Under Guard
Bayonne New Jersey workers return to the Standard Oil plant after it reopened with police guarding the site. No strikers were present, but employees had been forced out when protests and violence led to earlier closures and loss of life. Little disorder reported today.
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Bayonne
N. J
Standard Il Company
Prederick A. Card
Wad Street
New York
Express
Rey Bailey
Hrietal
Conn
Eben Rexford Dies Poet and Author in Wisconsin
Eben Eugene Rexford aged 68, poet and author, died at Crean Bay Wisconsin today from typhoid fever. Rexford wrote the ballad Sliver Thread Among the Gold.
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Eben E. Rexford
Crean Bay
Wis
Eben Eugene Rexford
Rexford
Mine installs air compressing unit for surface danger
A Colorado mine has installed air compressing machinery at a depth of 1200 feet to manage surface danger from face slides. The system aims to improve safety and reduce rock movement risk for workers underground.
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Cie
Coterado
No These Are Not Rabbit Holes In War Trenches
The picture shows queer holes in the ground that are not rabbit burrows but underground trenches used by the car’s forces in Galaca. They are quickly built and offer good protection, with potential war value noted by observers.
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Caar
Galaca
Bread price rise seen likely if wheat keeps climbing
Chicago reports warn that bread prices may rise again as wheat gains momentum. Bakers cite a 10 cent wheat jump and flour at the highest wholesale cost in 20 years, forecasting higher bread prices or smaller loaves unless wheat and flour costs ease.
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Chicago
Paul Schulze
Epring
Minneapolis
Pahlheimer
Master Hkakers’ Association
British Charges Held Groundless in US Destroyers Case
London reports Parliament heard claims that United States destroyers violated neutrality by standing by as a U boat attacked a British merchantman. Lords debated whether destroyers acted under prior arrangements and if their presence aided German operations, with officials noting humanitarian purposes and adherence to international law.
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London
United States
House of Lords
Lord Beresford
1 -52
Newport
Rar
Viscount Grey
White Sox Fans Demand New Leader
Chicago Oct. 19 The Pants Rowland manager of the Chicago Americans is likely to be discarded and a new leader chosen to pilot the White Sox in 1917. Although President Charles Comiskey is away, insiders expect an announcement on his return. Local boosters have pressed for a new trainer and a stronger manager, believing Rowland unable to handle the team. Comiskey resists but may yield to public demand as Rowland has failed to win a pennant in two seasons.
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Chicago
Rowland
Chicago Americans
White Sox
Charles Comiskey
Comiskey
Sox
Bush
Cent per quart added to the price of milk
New York announces a one cent rise in all grades of milk after a milk strike settlement. Beginning tomorrow grade A milk rises to 12 cents per quart, grade B to 10 cents, certified milk to 16 cents, and buttermilk to 7 cents as supply normalizes.
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New York
Borden Milk Company
Porden Company
United States
Letter About The Man Who Took A Loture Stumps Post Office
A scrambled letter to The Man Who In Taking loture causes a postal standoff in a city. A local page rushes to deliver the missive to a visitor Mr Mein who has witnessed scenes akin to a Michigan film set.
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Tne
Moon Tad
Rumor Submarines to Operate in Western Atlantic
A rumor from Amsterdam via London claims German submarines will operate in the western Atlantic. They are said to target well known shipping routes near Nantucket and Ireland, sinking British merchantmen after offering crews a chance to abandon ship. The report warns this could disrupt grain, bacon, and lard supplies.
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Volks Zeitung
Atlantic
Nantucket
Ireland
German Press Signals New Submarine Drive
Berlin reports via London that the Kriege Zeitung says Germany may expand submarine warfare as merchants are to be armed. If Kingland arms merchant vessels with heavy gas ships, Berlin warns a sharper submarine campaign and risk to German American relations.
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Berlin
lLondon
Kriege Zeitung
Lokal Anzeigur
Iritin
Germany
Kogland
Women Denied Equal Rights by Episcopal Bishops in St Louis
In St Louis on October 14, the House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal General Convention rejected a proposal to let women sit as delegates and denied Logan H W Roots bishop of Hinkow’s request to admit women to his advisory council. The body debated enriching the prayer book as it moves through its fourth day of committee of the whole, reflecting diverse ecclesiastical views while pursuing broader service freedoms.
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St. Louis
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal General Convention
Richt
Logan HW. Roots
Hinkow
Wis
General Convention
Protestant Episcopal Church
Miners Cut Off by Blast in West Virginia Shaft
An explosion trapped about 250 workers at the Barrack Queue mine shaft of the Jamuanisan Coal & Coke Company near Fairmont. Rescue attempts were hindered by the blast and conditions. the number of casualties remained uncertain at noon.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Jamuaisan Coal & Coke Companny
Qle
Aviator Thaw Alive Death Report False At New Haven
Howie said today that William Thow of the Franco American aviation corp is alive and well. He arrived during the night from the front to attend the funeral of Berg Norman Prine of the Vrancoe American core, who died from injuries from a raid over northern Germany. A New Haven dispatch conveyed word of Thaw’s death.
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Paris
Marns
Liew
William Thow
Franco- American Aviation Corp
Howie
Berg Norman Prine
Vrancoe
Diaz Said to Have Set Up Government in Crowes Texas
Brownstode, Texas reports Felix Choe claims a provisional Mexican government exists in Crowes. Specimens brought by Mexican arrivals include copper coins bearing the Provisional government coat of arms and a Henrio Jones profile. The coins are described as square and valued in quarters and smaller units.
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Felix Choe
Crowes
Henrio Jones
Loss of Bremen Now Admitted by Germans
Washington reports German officials admit the Bremen is missing after a voyage from Bremerhaven to an American port. The ship was due mid last month and authorities say no details of its fate are available.
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Washington
Ierman
Berlin
America
Bremerhaven
Attorney General Rules Iowa Soldiers Can Vote
Des Moines reports Attorney General Cosson ruled that Iowa's 4,600 soldiers on the border may vote in the November general election. He upheld a Civil War era law recently revived in the state house by Glover Jarke. The governor will appoint election commissioners to oversee border voting. The absent voters law does not repeal the measure, according to Mr. Cosson.
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Des Moines
Cosson
Iowa
State House
Glover Jarke
Cussan
Four New Warships Get Names Approved by Roosevelt
Acting Secretary Roosevelt announced four dreadnaughts to be named for the states of Missouri New York and West Virginia, with armored cruisers bearing the same names in the usual naval custom.
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Washington
Get
Roosevelt
Borado
Maryhind
West Virginia
Undefined Action on Bicycle and Gun Incident
A man attempted to fix a bicycle while firing a gun at a Frenchman, using a support to hold the bike stationary as the weapon discharged. Details on location and motive are unclear from the fragment, but the event depicts a dangerous confrontation with weapon use.
Cunard Liner Alaunia Sunk By Mine Off English Channel
The Cunard liner Alaunia was sunk after striking a mine in the English Channel between Falmouth and London while en route from New York to discharge war cargo. Captain Keniron and some crew saved, others missing. passengers aboard included Americans. Vessel was 620 feet long with 13,040 gross tons and carried war supplies totaling 10,000 to 12,000 tons.
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Cunard
English Channel
Falmouth
London
Cunard One
Keniron
Alaunia
Trewhoy
Eteernee
Almunia
Liverponl
Cunard Line
Southern Hurricane Ravages Mobile and Pensacola
A Gulf Coast hurricane swept from the gulf coast into Mobile and Pensacola damaging rail sheds terminals and utility lines. Several people were blown through glass but escaped serious injury. Two ships sunk or missing and four driven ashore with fishing boats and small freighters damaged. A cook aboard a sunken steamer drowned.
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Mobile
Ala
Alawan
Florida
Gulf
Pensacola
Aeroones
Jacksonville
High Cost of Living Attributed to Gold Imports
Washington DC on October 19 the director of the mint explains the high cost of living stems from a flood of gold inflows. He notes the mints run 24 hours daily to meet coin demand. In the past two years about 700 million dollars in gold arrived beyond usual imports.
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Washington, DC
Minte
Engleken
Jordan to campaign for peace in Europe
Stanford University chancellor Dasil Starr Jordan plans a transcontinental peace speaking tour in spring. The campaign aims to carry a Europe peace message from California to battlefields abroad.
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Jordan
Europe
Stanford University
California
Get
Dasil Starr Jordan
Battl
Dr. Jordan
Mexican Railway to Buy Rolling Stock
San Antonio dispatch reports Mexico’s National Railway plans a major rolling stock purchase. Leader Jose Hernandez says one million dollars will be spent immediately with orders to follow, as six master mechanics travel from Mexico to Voluminum, Ohio, for the procurement.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Siiday
Voluminum
Ohio
National Railwaye of Mexico
Jove Hernandes
Ruhlen to Lead Frisco Board in Frisco St Louis & San Francisco
Henry Ruhlen, longtime banker familiar with the Frisco system, was scheduled to be elected chair of the temporary board for the St Louis and San Francisco Railway Company today as it reorganizes plans to form a permanent board and officers.
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New York
Henry Ruhlender
Frisco Sym Ten
St. Louis & San Francisce
Japan Police Offer Aid to Chinese Authorities
Ambiguously dated dispatch indicates Japanese police proposed to assist Chinese authorities in maintaining order at a consulate premises in Amoy. The offer was accepted on condition they stay at the consulate until their help was needed again.
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Amoy
Pollo Ane
Japuewe
Liner Arapahoe Loses Rudder Off Cape Lookout
The New York dispatch reports the Lyon line steamer Arapahoe, sailing from Jacksonville on October 17, lost its rudder off Cape Lookout. The vessel, with passengers aboard, found safe waters as rescuers aided a stuck passenger. A separate note mentions a novel automobile speedometer aiding speed regulation to prevent overrun.
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New York
Lyde Line
Jacksinville
Flo
Cape Lookout
Vousela
Unclear Passage Describes Ocean Advance and Tinware Claim
Fragmentary text notes ocean advance on ite aliares and Croat Britain losing area yearly equal to Cibnaltar. mentions tinware will not rust and warns that rubbing will cause tart and baked the oven before use. Details are incomplete and names unclear.
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Britain
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