Mutiny Sweeps Ruler's Vessels in Wilhelmshaven
A mutiny aboard four German battleships at Wilhelmshaven led to the sinking of a captain, and sailors surrendering after Marines refused to fire. Another mutiny on the Nurnberg aimed for internment near Norway. it was forced to surrender by a destroyer. Emperor William and Chancellor Michaelis visited, but the seven mutineers shot was reduced to three amid protests over responsibility. Poor food cited as a cause.
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Amsterdam
Wilhelmehaven
Westfalen
Nurnberg
Norway
William
Wilhelmshaven
Michaelis
Food Control Drives Licenses for All Dealers in Life Foods
The Food Administration will require licenses and open books for all dealers including retailers with $100 000 gross to curb hoarding and profiteering. President Wilson plans to issue a proclamation under the food control law effective November 1, placing reporting duties on individuals and firms handling prime life foods. Middlemen must reveal records to agents or face takeover. false reports will be prosecuted.
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Washington, D. C
Food Administration
Wilson
Bombard German cities pledge calls for brutal war for fate
London officials report Sir Auckland Geddes predicts full bombing of German towns “before many moons” though he regrets civilians’ suffering. He cites necessity under a harsh rule urging protection of women and children as law. Munsey buys $4,000,000 Broadway site for new Munsey offices and publishers.
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London
Auckland Geddes
National Service
Nottingham
Germany
Periak
Munsey
New York
Btewart
Broadway
Munsey's Magazine
British Casualties Last Week in London Report
British casualties reported last week totaled 17,505 as killed or died of wounds 311 2 965 officers wounded or missing R62 men 13 367.
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London
Commandeers Coal Supply To Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington reports the fuel administration issued the first commandeering order to solve the coal shortage. Under Dr. Harry A. Garfield's directive, the Pennsylvania Railroad serving 700 mines will receive bituminous coal from producers on a pro rata basis at government-set prices. Railroads must stay running and some contracts may be interfered with to meet broader needs.
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Washington
Harry A. Garfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Gaid
Fuel Administration
Bigamist Rendell Arrested Over Atlantic City Disappearance
Elizabeth Rendell of Philadelphia was arrested in New Orleans on conspiracy to defraud charges tied to the 1915 disappearance of Philadelphia contractor Frederick Roe Searing. They had been living under assumed names as fugitives, with Searing later buying a St Tammany parish farm before claiming amnesia after an Atlantic City cafe incident. They planned to return to Philadelphia without extradition.
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New Orleans
Elizabeth Rendell
Philadelphia
Frederick Roe Searing
Atlantic City
Searing
Miss Rendell
Frederick Reynolds
St. Tammany Parish
Crop index shows losses in September crops
Government report notes considerable losses in principal farm crops due to September conditions. Despite the drop in corn by over 36 million bushels, record crops are forecast for corn, oats, rye, white and sweet potatoes, tobacco and beans, with notable increases in corn and other grains.
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Washington
Admiralty to commandeer rum in the United Kingdom
London reports that the admiralty will seize all rum stocks in Britain and prevent any sale transfer or movement without its consent. Washington notes two new loans of 40 million dollars each to Great Britain and France increasing allied loans to 2.6124 billion dollars.
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London
Admiralty
United Kingdom
England
France
Washington, D. C
Great Britain
Vice District to Be Abolished in New Orleans
New Orleans city commissioners adopted an ordinance to abolish the segregated vice district within 30 days. The district has been among the largest and most notorious in the country, reflecting a broader cleanup drive across the city.
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New Orleans
City Commission
Destruction Plots and Sabotage Circulated by German Staff
Washington revelations show German general staff aided sabotage plans in the United States and Canada via Ambassador von Bernstorff. Messages name Joseph MacGarrity and others as reliable figures for carrying out sabotage, with cautions on railway targets and propaganda. Five Athens barge crew members drown in Lake Huron during a gale. three rescued.
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Washington
State Department
United States
von Bernstorff
Canada
Joseph MacGarrity
Philadelphia
P. Keating
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Jeremiah O'Leary
Park Row
New York
Sir Roger Casement
Port Huron
Mich
Athens
Lake Huron
Reward for Kalet's Capture in Fort Worth Area
Fort Worth Texas Poolville in Parker County raised 1246.60 for delivering the German Kaiser to American authorities. Nearly every male resident contributed to the fund.
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Kalet
Fort Worth
Tex
Poolville
Parker County
Littre
Women Make Good Soldiers in Harvard Talk
Cambridge Mass Dr Dudley A Barcent argues at Harvard that women can endure more pain discomfort and fatigue than men of similar condition and should be as capable as soldiers. He says women are biologically more savage and barbarian and have greater physical endurance under cold thirst hunger and privation.
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Cambridge
Mass
Dudley A. Bar Cent
Harvard
French People Decreasing in 1916 Births and Deaths
New York figures show 112000 births in France in 1916 with 700000 civilian and 400000 military deaths, an excess of 788000 deaths. Prewar annual deaths were about 725000 and births 77000, excess births 60000. Mr Rutherford Stuyvesant, treasurer of the American Fund for the Charite Mate cellule de Paris, appeals to Americans.
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New York
France
Rutherford Stuyvesant
American Fund For the Charite Mate
Celle de Paris
British Airmen Bomb Key Stations
London reports British airmen have bombed Staden Roulers Courtrai Menin Thorout and Ledegham Uichtervelde stations, dropping more than three tons of explosives in the raid.
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London
Staden
Roulers
Courtrai
Menin
Thorout
Ledegham and
Uichtervelde
Pennsylvania Railroad subscribes five million to Liberty Loan
The Pennsylvania railroad has subscribed for 5,000,000 of the second Liberty loan. An announcement to this effect was made after a meeting of the board of directors.
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Liberty Loan
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
College to Be Military Hotel in London
The Wesleyan Theological College of Handsworth has been seized by military authorities for use as a hotel and collection center for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.
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London
Wesleyan Theological College of
Handsworth
Women’s Army
Fuxiliary Corps
Food pledge drives tied to Liberty loan drive for war aid
Washington reports combine food conservation and Liberty loan effort during the week of October 21. Herbert Hoover urges nationwide enrollment of American families to pledge food conservation, with campaigners mobilized to support war finance and ally aid. The campaign emphasizes the kitchen as the field of battle and asks households to display a food administration pledge card.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Fond Ad
Federt Food Administratora
Fom
United States
United States Food Administration
Strike for Home and Glory Lads Tale
A weary Tommy explains to a subaltern that while comrades went over the top toward glory, he struck for home. The officer orders forward, but the speaker reveals his urge to retreat from the frontline.
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Tommy
Broken Health Remedies and Garbage Perfume Factory Plan
A wartime era style note recalls a woman who recovered after experts doubted she would stand. It cites a Vegetable Compound recommended for childbirth and recovery, with a call for other women to write for advice. The piece ends with an odd blurb about Perfume From Garbage and a plan to start a perfume factory as a by product of garbage.
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Mr. J Pene
North St
Mipneapedia
Coveted by all but possessed by few beautify head
Fragmented ad like passage describes hair care product La Creole Hails Creme fag offered for sale at price 100. The text mentions a state street firm junior partner and senior partner in a telegram style scene with fragmentary dialogue about telephone adds and customer tastes.
Mimation Ad Claims Originality For Hair Dressing
An advertisement touts a counterfeit style claim for La Creole hair dressing priced at 0.00. The text is fragmented but presents a boast of authenticity and value as a sales pitch.
Untitled Incident In Tom’s Home Reported
A disturbing scene described in a Baltimore style fragment where a preacher visiting Tom’s home is shaken and threatened. The text shows a boy or man reacting violently, shouting and threatening, with mentions of laps and a risky escape toward a sewer area. The garbled OCR preserves a memory of violence though details are unclear.
Virginie country registrar records conscription exemption tale
A fragmented regional notice recounts a 19th century registrar's difficulty handling a wartime exemption claim. The applicant struggles with the reasons for military service and answers in stark, archaic terms, reflecting the era's coercive drafting context.
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Virginie
Gunahy
Crown Prince Said to Have Accomplished Little
Fragmentary quotes question the crown prince only briefly, noting lack of notable deeds or achievements amid unclear context and garbled OCR text.
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