Portugal Agrees to Aid Allies as War Expands
Lisbon dispatch notes Portugal will cooperate with the Allies and partial mobilization is called. Portugal’s treaty with England binds mutual aid in case of attack, and the army’s peace footing is about 35,000, with the navy comprising a dozen smaller vessels. Reports also describe German reinforcements and ongoing battles near Posen, East Prussia, and Przemysl amid Austro-German offensives.
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Stanmary
Lisbon
Portugal
England
Europe
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Switzerland
Spain
Italy
Balkan States
Servia
Monenegro
Africa
Heavy Attacks Hurt Allies as Germans Renew Push
Reports say heavy German reinforcements strike from Ypres to La Basse in a bid to pierce Allied lines. British artillery blocks advances while weather, frost, and fatigue slow fighting across Flanders. Russians win a major clash between the Vistula and Warta near Poland, easing fear of Warsaw's capture.
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Ypres
la Basse
Berlin
William
France
Morocco
India
Flanders
Ornes
Verdun
Lys
Chauvancourt
St. Mihiel
Vistula
Warta
Poland
Warsaw
Turks Push to Batum and Suez Canal Reach
Official dispatches report Turkish gains across the border to the Chursk river line and control of Artwin. British forces at Shatt el Arab tally 750 dead and thousands wounded. The Turkish Hamidieh cruiser and torpedo flotilla bombard Taurse, while Turkish statements claim troops reached the Suez Canal after clashes near El Kantara where English forces retreated.
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Constantinople
Batum
Black Sea
Chursk
Artwin
Shatt-el-Arab
Hamidieh
Taurse
Russia
Suez Canal
el Kantara
Foreign affairs flare as allied fleets threaten Italy
The British embassy in Constantinople is sacked and a Russian hospital pillaged with serious abuses against foreigners. Italy warns Austria seeks Turkish action and reports expect a joint Austro Turkish squadron to strike Italy soon.
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Constantinople
Italy
Austria
Turkey
Belgian War Hero General Youngbluth Noted Aide to King Albert
General Youngbluth, aide de camp to King Albert, stands among Belgian commanders who have gained distinction in the war. His service marks him as a notable military figure in early reports.
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General Youngbluth
King Albert
Germans Strive to Reach Calais in Desperate Clash
London reports a blunt German push toward Calais as half a million troops are set to attack in coming days. Authorities warn thousands may die to fulfill the Kaiser's order and open a path for survivors, driven by devotion to the Fatherland and fear of command.
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London
Germany
Calais
Belgium
Barcelona
Spain
Bar Association
Madame Poincare
France
Snow Halts Austrians as War News Flows From Europe
Dispatches from London and Petrograd report German forces in Poland surrounded and retreating amid harsh winter. Russian armies reportedly win a major Polish engagement while Berlin claims no decisive battle. Combat quiet in the west contrasts with battles in Poland and the Adriatic. Submarine activities near Dover and ship losses on the Channel and North Sea are noted along with the sinking of the Khartoum and casualties on the Bulwark.
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Czenstochowa-Cracow
Petrograd
Poland
Berlin
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Russia
Petrgrad
Servia
Roumania
Bulgaria
England
Australia
Bordeaux
Mediterranean
Adriatic Sea
Dardanelles
Egypt
Suez Canal
North Sea
Pacific
Chilean
Havre
Prime
Lloyd's
Germany
Fire at Florida State Reform School Kills Eight Inmates
Amid late dispatches a blaze at the Florida State Reform School in Marianna killed eight inmates and two guards. Other items note Seattle relief funding, a Chicago warning to keep young girls away, and a fatal elevator collapse in Los Angeles.
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Florida State Reform School
Marianna
World War Dispatches and War Loan Totals
Reports from London Berlin and Lima describe German bombardment at Ypres and a naval note outside Valparaiso while British officials outline a 1 000 000 man army expansion. London closes a War Loan at £2 350000000 aiming for a record total. private aid to Vienna shelters Russians and others.
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Berlin
Ypres
Amsterdam
London
Rotterdam
Muir & Co
New York
House of Commons
Lima
Peru
Valparaiso
Chile
Thanksgiving notes weather guests and policy shifts
Secretary Bryan returned from Miami and President Wilson spent Thanksgiving in Williamstown with his daughter. Officials welcome assurances from Vera Cruz governor General Aguilar on foreign resident safety. Navy turns discarded Mark VI guns into aeroplane guns. Wilson declines AFL call for federal takeover of Colorado coal mines. Price drops for American producers in October. Cabinet and officials attend Pan American Thanksgiving at St Patrick's Church.
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Wilson
Williamstown
Mass
F. B. Sayre
General Aguilar
Vera Cruz
Navy Department
American Federation of Labor
Colorado
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
The
Supreme Court
St. Patrick's Church
Villa Remains At Tul a Train Service From Mexico City To Juarez Reopened
Western Newspaper Union reports that Villa forces enter Mexico City while Villa stays at Tula. A train from Mexico City to Juarez resumed after communications opened. Caballero recognized the convention party as Garza opens a Villa consulate in Brownsville. Carranza plans reforms and tariff changes. Silliman struggles to join Carranza. Violence in the capital includes limited looting and Spanish ambassador notes.
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Mexico City
Juarez
el Paso
Tex
Washington
General Villa
Zapata
State Department
Various Colorado and regional football results and boxing draw
Fort Collins Farmers defeated Cheyenne High 7 to 0 in Cheyenne. Cornell beat Pennsylvania 24 to 19 at Franklin Field Philadelphia. University of New Mexico defeated New Mexico Agricultural College in Albuquerque. South High Denver won the state preparatory football title 15 to 0 over Greeley High at Greeley. Milburn Saylor of Indianapolis and Billy Wagner of Chicago drew ten rounds in Terre Haute. A Santa Cruz High School player died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mapual defeated East Denver 6 to 0, South beat North 21 to 0 at Union Park Denver. Colorado College led by tactic near end but tying 7 to 7 with Kane. Colorado School of Mines team won Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship after tie, finishing undefeated.
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Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
University of New Mexico
New Mexico Agricultural College
Albuquerque
South High
Denver
Greeley High School
Greeley
Milburn Saylor
Indianapolis
Billy Wagner
Chicago
Terre Haute
Ind
Saylor
Russell Place
Santa Cruz
Cal
Mapual
East Denver High School
South
North
Union Park
Tiger
Colorado College
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
School of Mines
Colorado Springs
Tragic death of infant in Hollidaysburg and war relief updates
Seventeen month old Eugene Ryland burned to death by boiling taffy in Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania. The Norwegian steamship Orn left Philadelphia with food and other supplies for Belgian war sufferers bound for Rotterdam. A 10,000,000 railway cross contract was received by a Selma Alabama lumber firm from a British government agent. Warren La Rue Thomas, aged 71 and past grand master of the Knights Templar, died in Tucson Arizona. About 100,000 men in the United States offered to enlist in Canada for Europe service per General Hughes. Fred Sullivan and wife hanged by a mob for burning a plantation barn near Byhalia Mississippi. Colorado University football team members dined in Denver with President Farrand and Coach Folsom. Romulo Noon, Argentine ambassador, told Philadelphia manufacturers the European crisis opens avenues for U S business in South America.
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Selma
Ala
Warren la Rue Thomas
Skrand
Knights Templar
United States
Tucson
Ariz
Canada
Europe
Hughes
Fred Sullivan
Byhalla, Miss
Romulo
Argentine Republic
Philadelphia
South America
Holy War Proclamation Signed by Sultan Call to Moslems
A proclamation published Friday declares a holy war against Great Britain, Russia and France. Signed by the sultan and twenty-eight Moslem priests, it marks the first public call to arms in the Moslem world.
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Constantinople
Great Britain
Russia
France
Denver & Salt Lake Railroad Boss Denies Sale Report
Newman Erb president of the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad returns to New York from Minneapolis and denies Denver reports that a deal is underway to sell a controlling interest and that he would be eliminated from the road.
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New York
Newman Erb
Denver & Salt Lake Railroad Company
Minneapolis
Denver ii
Warden Sims May Resign over Florence Hangings Plan
Warden Sims of the State penitentiary at Florence threatens to resign unless Governor Hunt reprieves the eleven murderers condemned to hang. Sims says he will not act as executor under a plan for a wholesale hanging, while petitions pleas and press criticism push the governor toward wavering on the executions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sims
Florence
Hunt
German Budget Grants Massive 1914 Loan Plan
Berlin reports the Reichstag has a second supplementary imperial budget for 1914. It authorizes the imperial chancellor to raise 5,000,000,000 marks in credit to cover extraordinary expenses and to issue treasury notes up to 400,000,000 marks beyond normal treasury working capital.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Paris Bourse Reopens December 7 for Cash Trading
Paris stock market to resume operations on December 7 after a pact between the minister of finance and a syndicate of French brokers. The plan covers cash transactions and marks the return of trading after a halt.
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Paris
French Stock Exchange
Man Killed by Eight Foot Fall in Colorado Springs
John Tartar, a local restaurant man, fell eight feet from a shed roof and broke his neck. He died on the way to the hospital.
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Colorado Springs
John Tartar
Late Market Quotations From Colorado and Nebraska Livestock Prices
A late market list shows Beef steers and heifers priced per hundredweight with ranges for corn fed and grazing stock. Cows, calves, hogs, sheep, and feeders appear with quoted bids and per ton hay prices, including Denver and Nebraska regions and regional forages.
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CO Chong
Unclear OCR Fragment Lists Items and Prices
Fragmentary text shows item names like vegetables and produce with scattered numbers and locations such as Colorado. The legible portions include celery and potatoes references and vague grading notes but lack coherent storyline or full details.
Silver in London and grain prices in Minneapolis
The report notes London bar silver at 23d per ounce and Duluth flaxseed prices with December at 1464 and May at 1.50. Minneapolis wheat prices show December at 1.14 and May at 1.19, with No. 1 bard at 1.19% and No. 1 Northern at 1.164 118% and No. 2 Northern at 1.12% 1.16.
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London
Duluth
Minneapolis
Bard
Northern
Kansas City Butterery Market Summary and Omaha Live Stock Quotations
Butter and Eggs prices list 29¢ for firsts and 26c for seconds at Kansas City Butter-Creamery. Pack ing firsts 30c seconds 23c. Poultry roosters turkeys listed. Omaha live stock quotations show hogs cattle sheep with price ranges for heavy light pigs native and western steers Texas cattle calves lambs. Cotton futures quoted New York for December January and other months.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Texas
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