Robbers strike Maryland post office and more riots
Robbers blew the safe at the Maryland station post office near Freeport Illinois and escaped with fifty dollars. Other items report a cellist shot as a spy, court arguments in Jackson, suffragists convening in Chicago, and a banker fatally wounded in Steubenville.
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Maryland Station
Freeport
Bruno Steindel
Europe
Chicago
Mississippi Spreme Court
Jackson
Kansas City
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Dorhman J. Sinclair
Union Deposit Bank
Steubenville
Ohio
Charles Gilmore
Gilmore
Bache
Denman Coal Company
Prairie Creek
Corinne Schine
City Hospital
St. Louis
President proclaims Thanksgiving Day as nation observes holiday
Washington reports President Wilson designates November 26 as Thanksgiving Day while easing White House duties. The Supreme Court advances the Ohio coal case to a November 30 argument date. Navy awards total 10,674,112 dollars in armor plate contracts to Bethlehem and Midvale, with substantial savings versus two years prior.
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Department of Agriculture
Wilson
White House
Supreme Court
Iowa
Federal Circuit Court
California
Mississippi
Idaho
Navy Department
Bethlehem and
Midvale Steel Companies
Pennsylvania
Boxing and racing bits from Illinois and Nebraska
Tommy Gary of Chicago outpointed Ad Wolgast in a ten round no decision in Streator Illinois. Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maud C racing pair sold at Taylorville for seven thousand dollars. Leslie Mann welcomed home in Lincoln Nebraska with parade reception and banquet. Fritz Walker Mercedes Fritz dies in Galesburg hospital from a racing accident. Kalamazoo theater hosts a ladies matinee boxing bout with Joe Mandot and Hal Stewart no admission fee.
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Tommy Gary
Chicago
Ad Wolgast
Streator
Ill
Hedgewood Boy
Lady Maud C
Taylorville
Thomas Kiser
Stonington
J. C. Crabtree
Leslie Mann
Lincoln
Neb
Fritz Walker
St. Louis
Mercedes Fritz
St. Mary's Hospital
Galesburg
Jack Gabe
Walker
Kalamazoo, Mich
Joe Mandot
New Orleans
Hal Stewart
Fort Wayne
Ind
Numerous 1914 incidents reported across cities and fronts
The bulletin covers Sunday accidents injuring nearly twenty men, women and children in New York area. It notes fires at Antietam garage Shirley building and Hotel Baldwin in Hagerstown with about 400000 dollars loss. Carranza accuses Villa of ordering Madero’s execution. Jerusalem faces famine risk for 100000 inhabitants. Armed clash hits a negro cotton camp in Texas with no injuries.
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New York
Antietam
Shirley Building
Baldwin
Hagertown
Carranza
San Antonio
Tex
General Villa
Madero
Jerusalem
Samuel Edelman
Aconia
Coast Battle Bloodiest Of This Conflict
News from the eastern front reports renewed Russian advances near East Prussia and heavy fighting along the Belgian coast. Allied ships contest German and Austrian forces at sea while Belgian, French, British, and Belgian troops resist German assaults inland.
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Czar
East Prussia
Starving Belgians Face Immediate Food Relief Need
Brussels reports nearly seven million Belgians threaten famine without outside aid. American minister Brand Whitlock says cities have less than two weeks of food, with worse conditions in Louvain Liege and Namur. Germany has seized food for soldiers, while soup kitchens feed about 100,000 in Brussels as factories close and transport falters.
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American Commission For
London
Walter Hines Tage
Robert de Forest
Brooklyn
United States
Albania
Aviona
Vaniri
Mussulmans
Gheghi
Kerclovo
Socialisi
Bus
Tepeleni
Rubz
Premedi
Brussels
Belgium
Brand Whitlock
Whitlock
Louvain
Liege
Namur
Turks Sink Slav Vessel Turkiye Greece and Bulgaria Conflict
A naval clash escalates as Turkish forces sink a Slav vessel prompting clashes involving Italy, Greece, and Bulgaria amid rising regional tensions.
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Italy
Greece
Bulgaria
Turkish Entry Complicates War Across Europe
The Turkish Empire joins the Teutonic alliance amid fighting at Theodosia. Turkish destroyers sink the Russian gunboat Donets in Odessa harbor and damage several merchant ships. Officials warn of a prolonged war with shifting Balkan loyalties and a hard Sinai march as Turkey widens the conflict.
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London
Breslau
Theodosia
Russia
Donets
Odessa
Balkans
Greece
Balkan
Bulgaria
Great Britain
Turkey
Caucasus
Egypt
Syria
Palestin
Sinai Peninsula
Suez Canal
Italy
Gulf of Awabab
Red Sea
Suczenna
Catre
Vienna
Amsterdam
Central New Agency
Constantinople
Fort Dodge Banker George E. Roberts Resigns Mint Directorship
George E. Roberts of Fort Dodge Iowa director of the mint resigns effective upon President Wilson's acceptance. A veteran financier he previously led a Chicago bank and the mint bureau from 1898 to 1907 and 1907 to 1910 before a second mint term. He may return to banking and has been a trusted adviser on currency law.
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Chicago
Roberts
The
Treasury
Oust Carranza and Villa at Mexican peace conference
Aguas Calientes protocol from Paso, Texas reports General Carranza and General Villa are removed from power by a Friday decree. The convention will name a provisional president later, with Zapata’s southern campaign to be continued. Large estates of Imperial sympathizers are to be confiscated as the constitutionalist republic reshapes Mexico.
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Paso
Tex
Carranza
Cegeral Villa
Aguas Calientes
Zapata
Mexico
Denver Abestor Ammons and Sioux Falls Strike Turmoil
Denver reports amid strike trouble last winter and spring. Ammons faces obituary notes and political accusations in Sioux Falls and Colorado tied to unrest. Mentions John Malling and Joe Gavin in South Dakota and Colorado disputes.
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Denver
Abperor Ammons
Sioux Falla
South Dakota
Heulhent
Colorado
John Malling
Jodee Gavin
Belgian Parliament to Meet Paris Session Called
The newspaper France reports the Belgian Parliament will be called into session at Havre. The move signals planned discussions likely related to foreign policy and national affairs amid tense European tensions.
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Paris
France
Havre
Allies Push German Forces From Ostend and Lille
Officers returning from the battle front report allied success on the extreme left near the coast and at Ypres and Arras. A Amsterdam message says the Germans evacuated Ostend and Lille, while Belgian French and British troops resist renewed German onslaughts.
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Channel
Yser Canal
Teutons
Ostend
Lille
Paris
Ypres
Arras
Amsterdam
Record U S Exports Rise in September Breadstuffs Meats
Department of Commerce analysis shows Washington Ware demand boosting American exports of breadstuffs meats and other foods in September. Strong gains across granaries packing houses and wills indicate a broad upturn in agricultural exports to international markets.
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United States
Washington
Department of Commerce
Horses Worth $800 Each In German Purchase Bid
In St Louis it is stated that the German government is offering 600 to 800 dollars per horse, with delivery to Germany in the deal. The notice highlights the price range and the destination for the purchase.
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St. Louis
Germany
Navy orders demand pure food for enlisted men
Washington reports General McGowar has issued a special order to Navy purchasing officers insisting on wholesome food for all enlisted men. He says the Navy acts as trustees for service members and any experiments or tests on food must be suppressed to ensure adequate subsistence and discipline.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Services
Church Gains Thousands as Adventists Grow Worldwide
Washington report to the general conference shows more than 8 000 new members added this year and Adventist mission reaching eighty five countries. Contributions for evangelistic work total 2 866 727 dollars, up 164 528 from 1913, with 2 079 238 raised in North America.
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Washington
Seventh Day Adventist Church
General Conference
Seventh Day Adventist
North America
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Hague
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Barrity
Reuter
Madrid
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Vera Cruz
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Battenberg
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Henry of Battenberg
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Exchange Telegraph Company
Prince of
W. N. Stromberg
III
American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
Robert Ralston
Philadelphia
Edwin Abbott
Bronson Winthrop
Runnels
Rolla Wells
Democratic National Committee
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Mineral Point
Wis
Edward Schultz
Milwaukee
Florence Carman
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N. Y
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N. J
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Gloversville
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Franklin Coal and Coke Company
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Poland
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Russian Poland
American Committee For the Relief of
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Soissona
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Great Lakes
Furnes
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Tsing Tau
Marine Heavy Artillery Corps
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Holland
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Hofstade
Asatic
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