Auto Crash Near Alexander Leaves Multiple Injured
Six people were injured and three thought fatally when a car skidded into a telephone pole at Alexander Indiana on October 13. Driver Harvey Anderson was crushed beneath the engines, Frank Bassett was hurled fifteen feet with a skull crushed, and Oscar Anderson with his wife and two children suffered serious injuries.
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Alexander
Ind
Harvey Anderson
Frank Bassett
Oscar Anderson
Italian Paris Report Says San Giuliano Is Dead
A private Rome dispatch reports Italian Foreign Minister San Giuliano has died.
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Paris
Rome
San Giuliano
West Point cadet strength urged to rise to seven twenty
Colonel C. P. Townsley urges maintaining West Point at 700 cadets the maximum in the academy’s annual report. He notes that under the 1910 law there will be 720 cadetships in 1915 and 745 in 1916 and argues instructors should be exempt from the Manchu rule to stay four years.
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Townsley
West Point
Washington
C. P. Pownsley
Townsley warns on cadet capacity and accuracy of physical standards
Colonel P Townsley argues the 1010 law must be revived to keep the military academy within capacity at 700 cadets. He notes only 44 percent of active officers are academy graduates and that many cadets are physically screened, with 142 of 562 rejected for defects.
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Townsley
Short Stories and Thirteen in Ancient Myths
A mix of lines notes that field guns for the US Army will be mounted for air defense Ancestral Mexica and Yucatan cultures count thirteen in their sacred numerology The 2010 census reports 6 361 502 farms covering 878 798 000 acres with buildings and five stock worth 11 000 000 000 dollars
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Yucatan
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertises Bright Laundry Result
The notice touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a laundry aid making clothes whiter than snow and pleasing laundresses. It emphasizes grocery suppliers and household use for whitening fabrics.
Germans Gain in Poland West of Vistula and Ostend Panic
Ostend residents flee to England as German forces push west after Ghent. Berlin reports Prussian corps suffer 123,017 dead or missing. Russians and Germans clash on the Vistula bank. Belgian and British forces retreat toward Ostend with Bruges under bombardment. The French claim Roye captured but Lille still held.
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Ghent
Ostend
England
Sandomierz
Petrograd
Berlin
Poland
Vistula
Harve
South Africa
Tsing Tao
Antwerp
Bruges
Royce
Lille
France
Ghents
Washington
Carpathians
Vistula River
Russian Poland
Cracow
Galicia
London
Argentine Consul M Lemair Killed in Antwerp
Amsterdam reports M Lemair the Argentin a consul at Antwerp was killed in an incident. The article provides few details on motive or party responsible.
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Amsterdam
M. Lemair
Argentina
Antwerp
Belgian Cabinet Members At Havre Signal Ostend's Fate
Report from Bordeaux dated October 18 states several Belgian Cabinet members are at Havre where France has set up temporary quarters. The dispatch implies Ostend is doomed as events unfold in the area.
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Bordeaux
Havre
Ostend
Belgian and British Soldiers In Action Reported At The Hague
The Hague reports a large Allied force with 22 000 Belgian and British soldiers involved in ongoing operations. Details remain fragmentary as dispatches filter through, with emphasis on manpower and strategic deployment across fronts.
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the Hague
Germans Capture Lille as War Advances
Marines have crossed the Dutch frontier to escape pursuers and all have been interned. The Germans have captured Lille. French gains reported between Arras and Albert and at the center front. Government advised Warsaw’s capture by Germans is imminent.
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Arras
Albert
Washington
Neullys
Armentieres
Labasse
Roye
Lille
Paria
Warsaw
Dreamed Baby Death Tied to Telegram Vision
Toledo physician Kosman Boycheff received a telegram from Secretary of State Bryan saying his four year old daughter Telen died in Bremen during a Bulgaria visit with his wife and two other daughters. He had telegraphed funds but had no details on the child’s condition or cause of death. He earlier claimed he dreamed of the baby’s death.
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Toledo
Kosman Boycheff
Ao University
Bulearia
Bryan
Telen
Bremen
Boycheff
Bulgaria
War O
Boychett
Rischichiter
Jet
Bryan Roycheff
Limeurser Cheese Still on the Menus
Washington announces through a department of agriculture bulletin that American cheese, including limburger, can cover domestic demand despite war disruptions. It states American limburger rivals foreign cheese in quality and price, with Swiss types equal to Gruyere and Sweitzer now produced in the United States.
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Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Imperial German Commissariat
United States
Boy 15 Raises 50 Bushels Per Acre On 20 Acres
Courtland Kansas reports Weary Emery fifteen year old son of J M Emery has grown twenty acres of corn on the Pitsenberger farm and anticipates a yield of fifty bushels per acre. This record showcases what a diligent young farmer can achieve.
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Courtland
Kan
Weary Emery
J. M. Emery
Pitsenberger Farm
Stowaway John Vaughan Reaches San Francisco Aboard Admiral Schley
John Vaughan arrives in San Francisco aboard the Admiral Schley, the first known stowaway to successfully navigate the Panama Canal, aboard the new Admiral Line vessel.
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Fleet Canal
San Francisco
Panama Canal
John Vaughan
Admiral Line
Admiral Schley
Something to Rejoice For Cheer Up Poem
The Detroit Free Press poem urges cheer amid slow work pace and toil with tug and wrench. It contrasts laborers with troops facing a foe and notes that small progress gains do not require digging a trench.
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Detroit Free Press
Colombo Wards Barbed Wire and Beer in Consular Report
In Colombo Sri Lanka the consular report notes desires for barbed wire and beer among other items. The Mexico City narrative records Zapata declaring a truce ending a reign of terror in the capital.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Mexico
Zapata
Wife Clings to Leper Husband in Exile
In Wilkes-Barre Joseph Norman and his wife and two children, all from one of two Norman homes, are isolated after doctors declare him a leper. When the family learned of his fate the wife refused to abandon him, seeking to accompany him into exile with their children and pleading with city officials.
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Lefer
Wilkesbarre
Joseph Norman
Chilldren
Norman
Pastor cites women pressure over second marriage
Zanesville Ohio Reverend 38 year old Golden head of Market Street Baptist church says he married a second time within a year after his first wife died to escape pressure from women trustees. He explains unmarried ministers faced embarrassment as some women squeezed his hand whispered endearments and one proposed.
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Zanesville
Olden
Market Street Baptist Church
Gare
Horse Dies In a Real Bed Near Bloomfield Kentucky
Nelson Kentucky Henry Grubbs on Harry Murphy's farm six miles from Bloomfield buys a horse for 35 dollars from a traveler. The horse is released in the yard, wanders inside, lies on Grubbs bed with a humanlike stance before dying. Cause of death unknown.
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Nelson
Henry Grubbs
Harry Murphy
Bloomfield
Grubbs
Flippant Flings Across Mason Dixon Line Seen
The snippet notes light gossip about potential cross border drinking, European mediation, and jokes about glass, with mentions of Abyssinia Bulgaria and China. It cites reporters from New York World Chicago News Philadelphia Ledger and Detroit Free Press in a wry, satirical tone. One line links Nat Goodwin's former wives to wartime rumor.
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Mason and Dixon
New York World
Europe
ABC
Abyssinia
Bulgaria
China
Chicago News
Philadelphia Ledger
Nat Goodwin
Goodwin
Detroit Free Press
Town Topics Port Progress Across Cities
A set of city voices argue that major ports should expand without federal delay. Philadelphia Ledger questions why Philadelphia cannot push development, while Chicago News notes Chicago’s harbor plans shaping next summer. St. Louis Republic warns on auto speeds and motorcar pirates amid evolving urban mobility. New York Sun reports on coastal city competition and port prospects.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Chicago
St. Louis
New York Sun
Chicago News
Holland Pensions Reach Over Eighty Thousand Recipients
Holland distributes old age pensions to more than 80,000 people aged seventy and over. Brazil’s textile industry employs upwards of 100,000 workers, reflecting its scale in the sector.
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Holland
Brazil
Careful Facial Personal Care Tips From Historical Text
The excerpt advises rubbing nails sideways rather than up or down and cautions that trimming eyebrows and eyelashes can cause stiff hairs. It notes rotating forehead movements toward the temples to reduce wrinkles and mentions blinking to avoid deep wrinkle lines. It also states that a bran or oatmeal bag in bath water softens water and aids cleansing.
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J. Meyer
Thomas A. Edison
Stanton
Shoeis
Pearl Packing House
Jattle
Gus Yunker
Prop
W. H. Anger
Pfortner’s
F. W. Pfortner
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