Invaders Make Gains in the North on Piave Front
Across the Piave River and along the Asiago area Italian forces hold the line as German and Austro Hungarian units probe Venetian plains. British and French reinforcements are expected. Italian artillery checks crossings while northern lines resist pressure. Reports from Russia vary, with claims of turmoil in Moscow and Kiev amid Bolshevik opposition and anti Jewish violence.
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London
Asiago
Teutons
Lake Garda
Piave river
Adriatic sea
Venetian plain
Diaz
Hahans
Monte Tomitaco
Asiage
Piave
Venetia
Isanza
Feltre
Adriatic
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Wherensky
Bolsheviks
Kiev
Arrestee in Alabama Linked to Liberty Bond Fraud
An Easterner, Dwiegins, is under arrest in Montgomery, Alabama, accused of selling thousands of dollars in Liberty Bonds during the second loan using a “dollar down dollar a week” scheme via a Liberty Loan club run by Dwiegins. Investigators allege a $73,000 shortage and a mail fraud charge as the case unfolds. Governor Cox proclaims a Thanksgiving Day with reflections on abundance, virtue, and freedom.
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Liberty Bond
New York
Kimer wig fing
Montgomer
Ala
liberty loan
United State
Dwigems
Dwiegins
saben
United States
Knox
Nwissins
Americans Hit Back Amid Heavy Shelling At Front
Paris reports brisk fighting along the sector held by American forces against German troops. Casualties rise as shelling and sniping intensify. one American and several Germans are killed or wounded in the latest exchange. Artillery activity increases with shell bursts in the trenches and reserves.
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Paris
bodie
ile
Denounces Haiselden in Chicago Health Board Clash
Chicago health officials clash over euthanizing a defective child named Paul trodaima 214? at the center of a dispute with physicians led by Dr Herman Spahline. A report condemns the use of opiates to end life while seventeen doctors defend Dr Haiselden's actions. Police remove death dealing papers from the child’s parents under board orders.
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Chicago Health Board
Chicago
Paul trodaima
etts ‘apalth department
eterie
Herman Spahline
health department
Harry Haigelden
tar Cormann American lepital
Haiselden
British Prisoner Captures Reach 166000 Since War Start
In a House of Commons speech Henry William Vorster shows that since July 1 1916 Britain captured 20097 prisoners and 86 guns from the Turn, and Forts on the western front yielded 074 prisoners and 51% guns. He notes territory conquered or reconquered totals 128000 square miles and that overall prisoners captured on all fronts reach 166000 with Soo as the remaining tally.
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London
House of commons
Henry William Vorster
Soo
Mexico Action Against Palaez Rebels Triggers Oil Field Fear
Washington officials fear Carranza may push to clear rebels from Tampico oil districts. General Dieguez advances from San Luis Potosi toward the coast with loyal forces, and reports say a rebel leader Cedillo is killed. Allies worry about possible destruction of oil properties but weigh political and economic risks.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Manuel Palaez
Tampico
Manuel Dieguez
San Luis Potosi
Magdalena Cedillo
Cedillo
revolutionista
war department
Drexnez
Palaez
Paleaz
Sheriff Holds Off Mob In Oswego Manhunt
Twenty automobile loads of Parsons citizens drove to Oswego to press Sheriff James Blam to confront the man alleged in the Wick family murder. The sheriff refused, and the crowd returned home. Genevieve Wick, the sole survivor, remains hospitalized with improved condition.
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Parsons
Kan
Oswego
James Blam
1. O. Wick
aiteaiy
Genevieve Wick
fom
General Glenn Sees Allies Bearing War Burden Soon
Major General FL Glenn, commandant at Camp Sherman, spoke at Columbus for the YMCA warning that France Italy and Russia may quit within a year and that the United States and Britain would bear the war burden.
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Glenn
Columbus
FL Glenn
Camp Sherman
Americans killed in torpedo explosion on merchant ship
An explosion sank the American steamer Hachester Nay causing the death of two Americans and an oiler named An inisan. The incident occurred near Washington with reports noting casualties from the torpedo strike and the ship’s subsequent loss.
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Washington, Nay
sheer Sanday
Aninisan
Ameren
Hachester
giral Sims caliey
mont
Foster Passes Away Former Secretary of State and Diplomat
John W. Foster former secretary of state and long serving diplomat died after a long illness in Washington. Funeral services were held, with burial planned in Evansville Indiana. Foster served under Harrison and held multiple minister plenipotentiary commissions and represented the United States before international bodies.
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Washington
John WW. Foster
Mexico
Russia
Spain
Robert Lansing
ald linm
ir Evansville
Ind
Foster
United States
Harrison
international commisson
Would Conscript Labor Build Ships or Lose the War
Admiral Francis T Bowles warns in Philadelphia that the United States must accelerate shipbuilding or risk losing the war and all it sustains. He hints draft use to secure shipyard workers and urges mobilizing the nation to produce ships for the growing army.
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Admiral Bowles
Philadelphia
United States
Francis T. Bowles
emergency fleet corporation
chamber of commerce
Bowles
Buckeye Briefs: Columbus Actor Suicide and Other Local News
Columbus reports include Jay Quigley a 44 year old actor who jumped from the Broad street bridge over the Scioto river and died. Louise Macdonald a pupil was accidentally stabbed in a cloakroom incident. John Katsmeyer 40 was found dead from a gunshot wound near Columbus. An Akron strike ends in a wage scale compromise. ratification pending.
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Columbus
Self
Jay Quigley
Broad street
Scioto river
Columbus state hospital
Golmmbus
John Katsmeyer
Katsmeyer
Bremen and Rushcreek War Fund Drive Success Report
Captain H E Young led Bremen and Rushcreek township in the county drive for the Y M C A war fund and secured 2029 dollars toward a 1800 dollar quota. A Sunday service gathered donors and a Monday mobilization of forty autos and workers extended the drive with strong church and community support.
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Bretmen
Rushcreek township
Y. M. Cc. NAN
H. E. Young
Captain Young
Bremen
Capt. Young
Public Service Director Cites Gas Output From New Well
Public Service Director George B Larimer says Lancaster gas consumers now receive 62,000 cubic feet per day from the new gas well about 4.25 dollars per hour. Additional wells are planned near the Messburger house.
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New City
Public Service
George B Larimer
Lancaster gas
Messburger louse
Bedford Elected Chairman of Standard Oil New Jersey Board
Nor th A Bedford elected chairman of the board of directors of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Bedford has served as president and chief executive officer. Walter T Teagle, formerly vice president, was elected president.
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Standard Oil Company
New York
Nor.th—A. C. Bedford
Standard Oil company of
New Jersey
Bedford
Walter T. Teagle
Fle
Imperial Of company
Express firms seek 10 percent rate hike
The Adams Ameri can Wells Fargo and Southern Express companies joined in an interstate commerce commission filing requesting a flat 10 percent rate increase due to insufficient revenues and rising expenses. A hearing date is not yet set. Stump in Irish immigration. Irish immigration to the United States has nearly halted since the war began with government data showing only 80 Irish entrants in the first nine months of the year.
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Northcliffe
London
Lord Northcliffe
air ministry
Lloyd-George
Mr. Lloyd-George
United States
Express
Washington
interstate commerce commission
Adams, American
Wells-Fargio
Southern Express
Stump
eae
Clemenceau Accepts French Premiership Amid Political Turmoil
Georges Clemenceau known as the Tiger accepts the post of premier of France and begins forming a cabinet to replace Painleve. He is hailed as a decisive leader while radicals favor qualifications over party lines. Public debate continues in both chambers over his appointment.
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Paris
Georges Clementea
France
Painleve
Clemencest
Painleyve
Clemenceau
Rolo Pasha
United States
Sobert
senate
chamber
M. Clemenceautt
Head of Trainmen Trusts Wilson Policy. No Strike Expected
Cleveland November 11 The head of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Leo Lee says there will be no strike and expresses faith in President Wilson's policy. He notes railroads seek higher wages but rejects the idea of draft or wartime coercion and argues the government will fund necessary increases.
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Wilson
Cleveland
Lee
pohcy point
wien
Vessels Sunk Near Atlantic Coast in War Actions
United States briefing notes two naval losses off the European coast with torpedo and mine hits. Descriptions mention masked vessels not named, one crewman killed and an escape with 17 000 dollars. Separate incident claims a robbery by gunmen with 317 410 taken and a Johnston Limestone worker wounded.
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New york
Canary islands
Almerian
Pelan NayoO
United States
Casile Pa
Farrell
Tony Sacks
GOW
Johnston Limestone company
Meiwhite
anther
Rail board to ban nonessential commodities transport
The War Board recommends withholding rail service for over 594 nonessential commodities, warning railroads cannot meet winter demands. A committee of traffic officers prepared the list at request of Robert Lovett, with Garf ield to consider coal curtailment for nonessential industries.
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the
Board
Washington
eam
inroad war board
Fairfax arrison
Robert S. Lovett
prigity of transportation
Garfield
msi
ermal
hestv
Mik
Plans for East Side community stores to aid unemployed
The East Side Protective Committee considers opening community stores on the East Side to sell foods at low prices to the needy. It cites 220000 unemployed in the needle trades and widespread food scarcity in the district.
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New York
East Side
Revised Casualties Report From War Front
Revised casualty list from Wasmington reports revised count after fighting along the German lines. Early telegrams listed three killed, later notes indicate more missing and wounded as fronts around European trenches shift.
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Wasmington
trenetal Pershing
Fragmented War Era Notes From Scattered Text
Partial OCR text references wartime topics including Japan China and Argentina, mentions of a 1418 conventon civ and a National Association of Baseball, Sandige ville, and a football injury case linked to a 17 year old. The passage is garbled with many unreadable segments.
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con
aresh
Sam Lee
daundys
Ceseland
Nacional
Basohatll
Sandigeville
Saan
Germany
Marruh
Henry Lederdecker
Champaan
uae
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punil
Irving BCnom
Akron
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