World War Turmoil and Naval Actions Reported
Five German transports sunk by British submarines in the Baltic. An imperial ukase proclaims a state of war in Moscow. Allied forces occupy Strumnitza Bulgaria and guard rail lines from Saloniki. German gains in Artois and Champagne. Russians push near Dvinsk. British B ships claim naval victory in the Baltic. Austro German forces bow Serbia. Public unrest, political recalls, and a Kronprinz Wilhelm crew missing.
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Baltic
Petrograd
Moscow
Artois
Champagne
War Office
Berlin
Vermelles
Fort Sheridan camp closes as peace declared for 500 men
Sunday marked the formal closure of the Fort Sheridan military training camp and disbanding of the rookie army, followed by a series of other stark incidents and announcements including a sheriff’s order to close a segregated Springfield district, a fatal shooting in Galesburg during a bootlegging pursuit, and national plans to expand the army and navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan, Ill
J. A. Wheeler
Springfield
Til
Desertion of Three Generals Forces Army Pursuit at Casas Grandes
An official report from Gen. Francisco Villa's mobilization army at Casas Grandes describes three generals and 300 men deserting. They were pursued and largely exterminated, with an alleged bribe paid to a general captured along with prisoners.
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Francisco Villa
Casas Grandes
el Paso
Wealthy Batavia Mayor Thomas Snow Weds in Chicago
Thomas H. Snow, prominent Batavia manufacturer and former mayor, married Laura H. Zimmerman of Aurora in Chicago. Also noted is the London death announcement of Sir Lionel Carden, longtime British diplomat and former Mexican minister under Huerta, born 1851 in County Tipperary, Ireland.
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Thomas H. Snow
Batavia, Ill
Chicago
Laura H. Zimmerman
Aurora
Lionel Carden
London
Mexico
Huerta
Carranza
County Tipperary
Ireland
Lady Nicotine of Chicago Wins an Oklahoma Offer
A Tulsa visit turns into a humorous pursuit as Edward Kaselle pursues Mayme Hoskins, the blonde cigar stand operator known as Lady Nicotine. After months of courting with cigars and cash, Kaselle loses funds but later sends a telegram requesting she come to Tulsa with cigars for a quick marriage.
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Hicago
Edward A. Kaselle
Tulsa
Okla
Kipling
Clifford Outhouse
Sherman
Nicotine
Mayme Hoskins
Outhouse
Kaselle
Havana
Arcadia
Miss Hoskins
Oklahoma
Gotham Girls Find New Ways of Making Money
EW YORK. Young women in the city pursue work while studying by creating new revenue streams. A visiting bootblack offers boot polishing plus glove repair and wardrobe upkeep for residents in upscale apartment hotels. Others act as visiting parlor maids or work as cooks in kitchenettes, while another buys and sells second hand lace and jewelry, describing it as an inherited, lucrative trade.
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York
Upper West Side
Pennsylvania
Texas
Upstate
New York
Mystery Water Use in Eading Pa Causes Applejack Flavor
City water bureau notes unprecedented water use with a strange taste like dilute bourbon. Health inspectors trace fault to cider mills dumping apple pulp into Maiden Creek, causing fermented juice to flavor the water and affect fish behavior.
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Eading
City Water Bureau
Carrie Nation
State Health Board
Maiden Creek
Cupid Banished From Topeka YWCA by New Secretary
A Pennsylvania girl, Clare Armstrong, arrived in Topeka and forced Cupid from the Young Women's Christian Association building. The prior Cupid parlor, a room for entertaining male visitors, faced protests from residents who threatened to leave if it vanished. Armstrong ended the controversy on arrival, turning the space into an ordinary office.
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OPERA
Kan
Pennsylvania
Clare Armstrong
Cupid
Topeka
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Dice
Allied invasion and bridgehead near Salonika in Balkans
Reports say the entente landed at Enos near the Bulgarian border and seized a railway. Strumnitza and other regions see heavy fighting as Bulgarian irregulars and Turkish forces bolster defenses. Italian ships may reinforce the Dardanelles, with British, French, and Indian troops advancing toward Saloniki.
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Rome
Enos
Aegean Sea
Turkey
Athens
Messaggero
Paris
Roumania
London
Bulgaria
Strumnitza
Saloniki-Nish
Serbia
Saloniki
Vranje
Varna
Dedeagatch
Black Sea
Aegean
Enver Pasha
Italy
Dardanelles
Bulgarian
Balkans
Italian King Faces Bombing Amid Warfront Courage
Paris reports King Victor Emmanuel ignored danger as he watched a battery on the Corso front. A hostile aeroplane flew over him, two Italian planes pursued, and bombs rained toward Italian lines with one landing near the king, who refused to move.
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Paris
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Cadorna
Corso
Slayer Rushed to Peoria After Killing Police Chief
Henry Hopkins, a Black man, shot and killed Chief Lynn Matthews in Galesburg, Illinois. He was brought to Peoria on October 19 to prevent a lynching. Hopkins suffers four bullet wounds, including in the left hand, left arm, left shoulder, and chest near the heart.
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Mathews
Galesburg
Ill
Lottie Hopkins
Peoria
Henry Hopkins
Lynn Matthews
Robbers Loot Evansville Revenue Office Safe
Thieves cracked the revenue collector's safe in the federal building and stole nearly 16000 dollars in war tax stamps from the internal revenue office in Evansville Indiana on October 19. The break in was reported as a yegg job.
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Yeggs
Evansville
Ind
Internal‘revenue Department
Federal
Revenue Collector
Evansville Teller Accused in $2500 Bank Shortage
Evansville bank officials disclose a teller Henry Flentke twenty two fled after an examiner found irregularities. The shortage covers about a year and is estimated under two thousand five hundred dollars. Flentke allegedly fled to the Louisville and Nashville station by train west as inquiries began.
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Evansville
Commercial Bank
Henry Flentke
Hoch
Rockport
Flentke
Louisville and Nashville
Notre Dame Librarian Secures Early Mississippi Valley Papers
Notre Dame's librarian after a Michigan trip obtained full family papers from the McLoughlins of Sturgis and the Mirantette/Miran tettes of Mendon. The documents illuminate Michigan history and Detroit as a trading post with French and Canadian influence. The Mirantette line traces royal Navarre blood, linking to Robert Navarre in Navarre history.
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Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
Michigan
Mississippi Valley
McLoughlins
Sturgis
Mirantettes
Mendon
Michigan Historical Society
Robert
King of Navarre
Detroit
France
Canada
Louis IV
Robert Navarre
Auto Driver Surrenders Over Fatal Logansport Crash
Frank Stimson a 37 year old auto race driver confessed he was the driver of the car that struck and killed Leopold Zaner Cass county farmer last week two miles north of Logansport on the Michigan road. He arrived from Rochester with a party including Roy Shank Tom Hoover and others and said they planned to see a baseball game before the crash. Stimson cited a nervous state and a prior reckless driving record as factors in not stopping at the scene and deciding to surrender after learning the death had occurred.
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Logansport
Frank Stimo0n
Indianapolis Speedway
Rochester
Leopold Zaner
Cass County
Michigan Road
Stimson
Roy Shank
Tom Hoover
Tom Black
Dick Hart
William Morris
Fulton County
Ralph Willard
Scholarship Established at Connersville High School
At Connersville High School an Earlham college scholarship was announced as a memorial to Marguerite Thiebaud, who died at Bryn Mawr. A yearly committee selects a worthy senior to receive the award, starting this school year, with Earlham President Dr. Robert L. Kelly accepting on behalf of the college.
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Earlham
Connersville
Connersville High School
Benjamin F. Thiebaud
Earlham College
Marguerite
Bryn Maw
Robert L. Kelly
Thiebaud
Methodists plan Indiana orphanage in Greencastle
Greencastle Methodists move forward with an Indiana Methodist orphanage to be operated here. A house is rented, Miss Aggie Goodwin named superintendent, and the Indiana conference endorses the plan with property purchases expected next year. Over $200,000 has been donated.
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Greencastle
Diphtheria Epidemic Closes Churches and Schools at Goodland
Oct 18 report from Laporte states state authorities ordered the closing of all churches and schools in Goodland and banned public gatherings to control a diphtheria outbreak. Several fatalities have been reported.
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Goodland
Laporte
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Lord Lansdowne
Galicia
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Sullivan
Third Avenue
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
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Democratic City Executive Committee
Sidney J. Cohen
Graham & Morton Transportation Company
U. S. District Court
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Michigan Trust Company
Eastland
Norfolk, Va
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Chesapeake Bay
Lane
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Geological Survey
Pinte County
Utah
Evangelical Association
Los ‘Angeles
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McAdoo
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Redfield
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Virginia
Joseph W. Folk
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