Bombardments Rage Across European Fronts
European fronts show fighting in France Macedonia and Italy. Bucharest fell to central powers after Romanian retreat along the Danube. Berlin says Ploiesti captured and four capitals of Entente now in enemy hands. Russian offensives along Moldavia front meet limited success while Verdu n sector gains and heavy gun actions continue. Submarines bombard Madeira and sink ships near Funchal.
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Bucharest
Transylvanian Alps
Danube
Bukowina
Berlin
Roumania
Dobrudja
Ploetehl
Jassy
Brussels
Belgrade
Cettinje
Carpathian
Moldavia
Carpathians
Jablonitza
Aeight
Trotus
Oituz Pass
Kedzi Varsahely
Budimirisa
Serbia
Saloniki War Office
Gradeshnitza
Monastir
Verdun
Avecourt
Paris
Narayavka
Galicia
Funchal
Madeira
Surprise
Texas railroads face Looney led litigation push
Attorney General Looney announced a determination to wage unrelenting litigation against Texas railroads until they fall again under Texas railroad commission jurisdiction. He called the Fonda tariff the railroads war declaration as shipping interests push ICc for a Shreveport case reopening to challenge new freight tariffs under national orders.
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Washington
Looney
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Fonda
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shreveport
Earriers
National Commission
Mines at Parral Closed Down by Villa Action
In Parral, dynamiting of the Palmillo mills at the Alvarado Mining Company plant followed an aborted operating attempt. Two foreign refugees who arrived Friday said Jose Ynez Salazar, Villa's second in command, protested before the closure.
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el Paso
Tex
Villa
Palmillo
Alvarado Mining Company
Parral
Jose Ynez Salazar
Sinkings Reported by Lloyd's at London
Lloyd's at London reports the sinking of two British steamships, Burcombe of 3,516 tons gross and Istrar of 4,582 tons gross.
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Lloyd's At
London
Burcombe
Istrar
Lloyd George to Head New British Cabinet
London reports David Lloyd George named prime minister after Andrew Bonar Law's hesitation. A coalition cabinet is expected with Lloyd George leading a reshaped government to accelerate war management amid wartime strains and reforms under Asquith's ouster.
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Lord George
London
David Lloyd-George
Great Britain
Andrew Bonar Law
Herbert Henry Asquith
King George
Lloyd-George
Bonar Law
Crisie
Herbert H. Asquith
Asquith
David Lloyd- George
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
British Air Board
England
David Beatty
Mr. Lloyd- George
Terry's Texas Rangers Reunion Elects Officers
The forty-fifth Terry's Texas Rangers Association reunion ended with George W. Littlefield of Austin chosen president. The next meeting place will be fixed by the commanding officer, with Austin likely to be selected. T. M. Rector and W. R. Davis named first and second vice presidents, William Owens third vice president, E. J. Caldwell corresponding secretary, Ed Phelps recording secretary, and George W. Littlefield treasurer.
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Terry's
Texas Rangers
Houston
Tex
Terry’s
Texas Rangers Association
George W. Littlefield
Austin
T. M. Rector
W. R. Davis
William Owens
E. J. Caldwell
Ed Phelps
Germany Admits Sinking Marina With Loss of Americans
Washington reports Germany admits submarine torpedoed the British horse ship Marina causing six American deaths. Secretary Lansing and President Wilson decide no action until it is clear whether the Marina was a private vessel or belligerent transport. Germany said the commander believed Marina a transport and sought U.S. info.
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Germany
Marina
Washington
Lansing
Wilson
United States
Disease of Cattle Declared Harmless in Kansas City Case
The ailment among cattle suspected of foot and mouth disease is stomatitis, a comparatively harmless malady. Investigations completed Saturday by the laboratory confirm the diagnosis. The disease, known in Europe and South Africa, has appeared in the United States before. It is contagious but animals usually recover in eight to ten days.
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Washington
Kansas City
Department of Agriculture
Europe
South Africa
United States
Receiver Sells Bay City Plant at Public Sale
Bay City Texas Rev Henry J Brown receiver for the gravity irrigation plant sold the company property at public sale Tuesday. The property went to Walter Hennig a St Louis capitalist for 50000.
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Bay City
Tex
Henry J. Brown
Walter Hennig
St. Louis
Third Minnesota Infantry Returns Home from Llano Grande
The Third Minnesota Infantry stationed at Llano Grande entrained for home Saturday. The regiment is among five ordered home by the War Department on November 16 upon General's recommendation.
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San Antonio
Tex
Minnesota Infantry
Llano Grande
War Department
Carranza forces retake Chihuahua City from Villa troops
Carranza troops announce recapture of Chihuahua City driving Villa bandits from the state capital. General Ozuna reports entry from the north at seven p.m. as telegraph lines restore. Villa followers reportedly captured or killed. foreigners except Chinese deemed safe. Murguia also enters the city after defeating a Villa column nearby.
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Villa
Chihuahua
Francisco Murguia
Carranza
Torreon
Chihuahua City
T. R. Watson receives life term for Patterson murder
In Waco Texas the fifty fourth district court jurors found T R Watson guilty of murder in the fatal August 28 shooting of John S Patterson former commissioner of banking and insurance at Teague. The jury imposed a ninety nine year sentence in the penitentiary and Watson was in the courtroom with his wife and six relatives when the verdict was read. His son Roscoe Watson asked the judge to take the penalty himself.
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Waco
Tex
Fifty Fourth District
T. R. Watson
John S. Patterson
Banking and Insurance
Teague
Watson
Roscoe Watson
Company B
Third Texas Regiment
R. L. Munroe
Bryan Outlines Reforms He Favors
William Jennings Bryan outlined reforms he hopes to push the Democratic Party toward within four years. He urged nation wide prohibition as the top priority, plus federal woman suffrage, direct popular vote for president, and easier constitutional amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Congress
Jack Rabbit Dinner Held by Texas Department of Agriculture
In Austin Wednesday a dinner under the Texas department of agriculture promoted marketing Texas jack rabbits to cut living costs and curb the rabbit pest threatening truck growers. Commissioner Fred W. Davis acted as toastmaster with about two hundred guests present.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture
Fred W. Davis
Deportation of Belgians Continues Across Provinces
London reports say the Belgian deportations by the Germans proceed steadily in the provinces and the removal of unemployed is expected to begin at once in Brussels.
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London
Brussels
Republican Governor Elected by Narrow Margin in Arizona
Thomas Campbell, a Republican, won the Arizona governorship by a plurality of thirty-two votes over Democrat George W. P. Hunt at the recent election, shaping state leadership.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Thomas Campbell
Arizona
George W. P. Hunt
Texas Project Estimates Submitted to Congress
Washington reports treasury estimates for Texas projects across rivers and harbors, reclamation, and public buildings. Items include Galveston channel work, Sabine Pass, West Galveston Bay, Rio Grande reclamation, San Marcos hatchery, and multiple city building grants such as El Paso, San Antonio, Denton, and Beeville.
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Washington
Treasury
Texas
Congress
Galveston
Galveston-Texas City
Port Bolivar
Houston Ship Channel
Port Aran Sas
Sabine Pass
Mouth of Brazos
Sabine- Neches
West Galveston Bay
Rio Grande
New Mexico
San Marcos
Bay City
Beeville
Belton
Cameron
Commerce
Denton
el Paso
Gilmer
Honey Grove
Mount Pleasant
Orange
Pittsburg
San Antonio
Stamford
Vernon
Yoakum
Liberty Flashes Light on Statue of Liberty Ceremony
President Wilson used a wireless flash to illuminate the Statue of Liberty at 6 PM on Sunday. The monument will be lit nightly from top to bottom as a symbol of liberty funded by French donors and public subscription.
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Wilson
Statue of Liberty
New York
Bartholdi
United States
France
Bedloe’s Island
Orchestra Leader William Withers Dies After Long Illness
New York report says Colonel William Withers, 80, head of Ford's theater orchestra the night Lincoln was shot, died Tuesday after a long illness. He blocked Booth on the back stair, Booth stabbed him in the neck as he fled the theater.
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Lincoln
New York
William Withers
Ford
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Booth
Withers
Farm Loan Plea by Texan Before Bank Board
Adolph Boldt of Houston Texas appeared before the farm loan board to advocate placing a Southwestern town as a farm loan bank site. He argued that Texas homestead law would not bar rural credit system application to Southwest needs.
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Texan
Washington
Farm Loan Bank
Farm Loan Board
Adolph Boldt
Houston
Texas
Boldt
Southwest
Loan to China Opposed by Allied Ministers
British French and Japanese ministers in Pekin support their bankers protests against China's $5,000,000 loan arranged with a Chicago bank.
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China
Washington
Pekin
Chicago
Sale of Hermann oil holdings in Humble district
Sale of the late George H. Hermann oil holdings in the Humble district fetched 1 200 000 dollars with 1 100 000 dollars paid in cash Tuesday. The remainder likely deferred. The transaction involves Houston based interests.
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Houston
Tex
George H. Hermann
Humble
President Wilson hailed by Congress amid suffrage banner incident
President Wilson opened his congressional address focusing on railroad legislation and reform. A silk suffrage banner dropped from the gallery prompting cheers for the president and a protest from woman suffrage leaders over Porto Rico policy.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Hall of the House
Porto Rico
Washington Congress reconvenes amid high cost of living and reforms
Congress reconvenes for a three month session facing railroad reforms and unprecedented 1918 expenditures totaling 1 654 819 654 dollars. Both houses adjourn early to honor late Senator Clarke of Arkansas and Resident Commissioner Rivera of Porto Rico who died since the September adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
Clarke
Arkansas
Rivera
Porto Rico
Jury Frees McDaniel in Wife Murder Case
Oscar D. McDaniel prosecuting attorney of Buchanan county was acquitted by a jury in St. Joseph Missouri of the charge he murdered his wife Harriet Moss McDaniel. Mrs McDaniel was found beaten and dying in her bedroom near midnight July 14 as two of her three children slept nearby.
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St. Joseph
Oscar D. McDaniel
Buchanan County
Criminal
Harriet Moss McDaniel
Standard Oil President Dead in New York
John Dustin Archbold, capitalist and president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, died after a two weeks illness following an appendicitis operation. He was 68 and left an estimated fortune of 100 million dollars.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John Dustin Archbold
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Copy of Conquista De Neuva Espana Found in Bucks County
Philadelphia finds a copy of Antonio de Solis 1587 work Conquista De Neuva Espana in a book stack donated to the Bucks County Historical Society. Librarian Warren S. Ely announces the discovery. A London sale recently fetched about $15,000 for a copy.
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Philadelphia
Antonio de Solis
Buck’s County
Suit Against Oil Wells in Humble Oil Field
The attorney general's department filed suit Tuesday in the Twenty sixth district court for an injunction and for the recovery of about forty acres of oil land in the Humble oil field where producing wells exist. The action targets the Producers Oil Company of Houston and others.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
Twenty-sixth District
Producers Oil Company of Houston Et al
Humble Oil Field
Withdrawal of Land Urged in Public Lands Areas
Secretary of the Interior Lane urged President Wilson to withdraw 45 000 acres of Colorado and 86 000 acres in Utah from entry including part of the Green River formation. The move is estimated to yield at least 1 000 000 barrels of fuel oil.
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Washington
Colorado
Utah
Green River
Wilson
Federal probes to tackle high cost of living fight
The government plans to involve federal agents in investigations aimed at curbing rising living costs. The move signals a broad effort to scrutinize pricing practices and market conditions affecting households nationwide.
Kidney Care Ad Promises Swamp Root Remedy
Physicians emphasize kidneys' role in filtering poisons and waste while urging proper water intake and exercise. An herbal compound Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as uniquely effective for kidney and bladder relief, with a sample offered by mail and a request to mention the paper.
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Dr. Ilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Ady
First Circus Visit Sparks Feathered Question
A young girl Katherine and her mother see the ostrich pen at a circus. One ostrich nears, possibly sniffing the locket on her chain. The child asks why are there feathers stuck in it, expressing wonder at the birds.
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Katherine
Reggie
Petcy
A Bad Case of Criticism Over a Son
A mother touts her son to a neighbor claiming he resembles the father. The neighbor, once a friend of the father, dismisses the praise with a flippant question about trying everything.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets Labeled as Liver Bowels Stomach Aid
Advert says Dr Pierce s Pellets aid liver and bowels with a laxative and cathartic effect. One Pellet for laxative three for cathartic claims are stated by Advy.
Campaign orators, spray specialists in post election talk
The quoted exchange questions rewards for campaign speakers who supported Mr. Wilson and asks what will be done for the specialists who rushed to spray the orators’ throats. It reflects wartime style remarks on political influence and media manipulation.
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Mr. Wilson
Plain Bat Versus Tenable Theory Sparks Household Row
A fragment from a domestic dialogue shows a husband touting a tenable theory of right living while a neighbor dismisses it as a plain bat. The exchange reveals tension over personal philosophy and household authority.
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Macedonia
Patterson
Treasury Department
Liberty
McDaniel
Standard Oil
Charity
Hostetter
47Th Street
Beptlc
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