Balkan War Fronts and Allied Strikes Reported
The report details Bulgarian capture of Uskup and Serbian collapse in the south, heavy bombardment near Dedengatch with civilian and soldier casualties, and entente notes pressuring Athens. It covers German military moves in Courland, Russian advances, Greek stance on Cyprus, and a broad set of wartime incidents including U.S. and Allied actions, aviation deaths, and domestic strikes in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
London
Cyprus
Serbia
Cavell death, Bulgarian trial, and Paris explosion reported
Reports from Brussels and Sofia note the execution of Edith Cavell and a Bulgarian court sentencing M. Stambulinsky for anti militarist propaganda. A Canadian dispatch confirms a Canadian police shooting near Estevan. A Paris factory blast kills fifty two and wounds many. The American Red Cross urges Thanksgiving offerings to aid war relief. Panama Canal traffic to resume by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Zimmerman
For A
Berlin
Brussels
Belgium
Edith Cavell
M. Stambulinsky
Agrarian Party
Sofia
Bulgaria
Brand Whitlock
Walter H. Page
London
Whitlock
Rue de Tolbiac
Paris
American Red Cross
Washington
Remarkable city carpenter cherishes vast tropical fish collection
William L. Paullin, a skilled carpenter with seven children, maintains about 10,000 fish in roof aquaria and a glass house. He preserves goldfish and tropical species from India to Brazil, including rare Pterophyllum scalers worth $150. His mouth-breeding Paratilapia multicolor intrigues, as he notes fish eat their own young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pe Sdrly Bras
William L. Paullin
Florida
Brazil
Mr. Paullin
America
India
Siam
China
Africa
Mexico
South America
Seven Corpulent Men Trapped in Broadway Elevator
Seven corpulent actors including Bob Harris brother in law of Lew Fields became stuck in a Broadway Theater elevator after rehearsals for Up or Down or Who Stole the Oxygen The group called for beer and was freed after firemen police and an elevator expert pried them from the car at about eight o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orew York
Bob Harris
Lew Fields
Broadway Theater
William White
Fields
West Thirtieth Street
Peanut Pushing Bet Ends With 2-Mile Crawl In New Jersey
In East Orange New Jersey George Magee an ice dealer and Jack O Neil wagered Magee would push a peanut from St Mark s Triangle West Orange to Cronen s cafe one and three fourths miles east Magee used a painter s ladder truck with a lantern to haul a peanut along Main Street to the cafe crowds of about 10000 watched Magee crawl on hands and knees to fulfill the bet O Neil later admitted Magee outwitted him and joined the crawl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AST Orange
N. J
George W. Magee
East Orange
Jim Savage
Madison Square Garden
Charlie Weinert
Jack O’neil
Weinert
Magee
O’neil
St. Mark’s Triangle
West Orange
Main Street
J. F. Cronen
O’neill
Kansas City Prisoners Dog Walk In Court Riot
In Kansas City a dozen couples demonstrated a dog walk in a courtroom to a judge after 25 Black residents were arrested at 2008 East Nineteenth Street around 1:30 a.m. Judge Casimir J. Welch presided as the crowd clapped and swayed to the in-court display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Fansas City
Jedge
George Byson
Nineteenth ‘ Street
Casimir’ J. Welch
South’ Side
Byson
Minnie. Sawyer
Italian Forces Smash Austrian Front as Victor Emmanuel Tours War Front
Rome reports Italian troops shattered the Austrian first line along the great battle front and press the second line at several points. King Victor Emmanuel flew 50 miles along the line to inspect positions and congratulate General Cardona on the offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teutonic
King Victor
Athens
Serbia
Veles
Koprula
Krivolsk
Vardar
Saloniki-Nish
Ishuib
Uskub
Strumnitza
Pasitch
Krivolac
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Count Cardonna
Cardona
Isonzo
Carso
Italy
Balkans
Zealandia Arrives in Yucatan Port as German Raider
The steamer Zealandia has reportedly been converted into a German commerce raider and arrived at an obscure Yucatan port. Confidential advices indicate most of the crew are Germans, but the vessel’s destination could not be learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yucatan
Sultan's Daughter Wedding Report From Alexandria
Dispatch from Alexandria reports Samiba, daughter of the sultan, married Prince Jameel Daoud, aide de camp to the sultan, on Sunday. The ceremony was noted in London on October 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Samiba
London
Intervening petition seeks state and county funds in ditch case
In Laporte on October 25 lawyers representing Kankakee valley land owners asked the court to compel the state auditor and Laporte and Stark county auditors to turn over funds from swamp land sales. They argue federal and state actions require using proceeds to improve the river and surrounding lands. Summons set for November 128 to show cause. Father and son Hook, farmers of Starke county, are jailed in Laporte charged with murder in a family feud after a shootout with Ortis Fout. Self defense is alleged as Fout allegedly fired first. each Hook sustained bullet wounds but are in fair condition.
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Laporte
Dixon W. Place
F. M. Trissal
Chicago
Kankakee Valley
C. H. Tuesburg
Laporte Superior Court
Stark Counties
Kankakee
Crumpacker
State
Starke
Samuel Hook
William Hook
Starke County
Ortis Fout
Laporte County
Harry Hook
Samuel
San Pierre
Fout
Rescue Men Trapped in Evansville Warehouse Fire
Thirteen men escaped death when a blaze destroyed the Evansville Warehouse company building. Falling wires and a power outage hampered firefighters as they rescued the trapped workers on the second floor. The Midland Furniture company suffered fifty thousand dollars in losses. the building belonged to Mrs. William Heilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ada Holzgrafe
William Heilman
Midland Furniture Company
Ohio Pastorate Call for Kiplinger at Mansfield
Rev. O. L. Kiplinger chaplain of the state prison has been called to lead the First Congregational church in Mansfield Ohio. Officials expect he may resign here Novem ber 1 after resigning as president of the local charities organization society and as a local Y M C A official. A committee recommended the call based on his record here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Michigan City
O. L. Kiplinger
State
First Congregational Church
Mansfield
Kiplinger
Charities Organization Society
Sleeper on Track Killed Near Wolcottville
Lagrange report states Cook Saxon of Kendallville died after being struck by a Grand Rapids and Indiana freight near Wolcottville. The man, age forty, fell asleep on the track. the engineer saw him eighty feet away but could not stop. Saxon leaves a widow and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange
Cook Saxon
Kendallville
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Wolcottville
Saxon
Sims Post Office Robbery Reported in Marion
In Marion on October 25 robbers gained entry through a side window at the Sims post office breaking a glass pane. They stole $19.50 in cash and stamps from the money drawer and left tools from a nearby railroad box car behind in the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sims
Marion
Richmond Chosen 1916 DAR Convention City
Richmond selected as the 1916 convention city for the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution at the closing session in Terre Haute. Mir Henry A. Beck of Indianapolis was elected state regent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Terre Hautes
Conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Henry A. Beck
Indianapolis
Jewelry Store Robbery Reported with Entrance Torn
Brief transcription notes a jewelry store burglary, describing a torn entrance door and missing goods valued at an estimated sum. Police indicate a crime occurred overnight with limited details available. Authorities urge witnesses to come forward.
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Uskup
Dedengatch
Exchange Telegraph Company
Idea Nazionale
Amsterdam
Germany
Courland
Copenhagen
George
England
The
London Times
Saloniki
Nish
Baronovichi
Leopold of
Bavaria
Russia
Geneva Tribune
Bekau
Dvinsk
Rachel Stoldt
Avon Township
Michigan
Minnie Engle
Romeo
Stoldt
William Stoldt
Fraser Crossing
Grand Trunk Railroad
Mount Cleens
Mich
Grand Trunk
Lovelady
Tex
United States
Ojo de Agua
Shafer
Third Cavalry
Joyce
Signal Corps
McConnell
John C. Reading
Boston Aviation School
Philip Bulman
Malden
West Lynn
Mass
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Franklin R. Voorhees
LaSalle Street
Voorhées
Sisth
Rio Grande
San Pedro ‘Ranch
Brownsville
Attorney General of
State Building and Loan Department
J. C. S. Sowar
Citizens’ Building and Loan Association of Brazil
Ind
Joseph Johnson
Washington, D. C
John Dailey
Ilinois
Streator
Atlantic
Navy Department
Arlington
Hiffel Tower
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
New York
Anton Lang
Christ
Oberammergau
John H. Baker
United States District Court
Goshen
Willard D. Doremus
Seneca, N. Y
Fourth
United States Infantry
H. E. Moore
Wilson
Carranza
Winnipeg
John Weight
Northwest Mounted
Estevan
Sask
Morren
Panama Canal
Dugal, Canott
Saar
Philadelphia
Gotham
Arian Lee
Mlaka
Alioud Dva
Rachatza
Demirkapu
Zealandia
Sultan
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