German Attacks on French Front Repulsed Across Multiple Sectors
Datis Oct 25 reports eight German assaults on the French lines in Cham pagne and Lorraine repelled. French batteries blasted trench works at Tahure and along the Meuse Moselle corridor. Violent artillery clashes south of the Somme hint at a possible general engagement entering a critical phase.
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Tahure
Champagne
Meuse
Moselle
Lorraine
Embermenn
Domevre
Gideons Adjourn After Bible Drive For Reading Hotels
The Gideons convention in Reading Pennsylvania closed with a mass meeting at the Y M C A and raised another supply of Bibles for local hotels. Officers elected for the coming year include John W Gailey Bedford President C F Potter Scranton Vice President W S Esusick Reading Secretary Treasurer and David Salmon Lock Haven Chaplain. The group reports placing 265000 Bibles in hotels nationwide and 2000 in Pennsylvania.
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Reading
Christian Commercial Travelers’ Association of America
the Gideons
John W. Gailey
Bedford
United States
Pennsylvania
John W. Galley
C. F. Potter
Scranton
W. S. Esusick
David Salmon
Lock Haven
Wisconsin Professor Paul G Miller Named Porto Rico Education Commissioner
Paul G Miller, a Wisconsin professor, has been appointed as commissioner of education for Porto Rico. The announcement notes his background in higher education and his new leadership role overseeing Puerto Rico's schooling system and educational policy.
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Wicconsin
Porto Rico
Broker Shot to Death in Chicago at Home Doorstep
Franklin Voorhees, a Chicago board of trade broker who profited from ammunition inputs, was fatally shot at his Hyde Park Boulevard home. He died in Mercy hospital. Police suspect two assailants and a staged diamond theft to mislead investigators about a larger jewel heist.
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Franklin Voorhees
Step of Chicago
Chicago
Franklin FR. Voorhees
Chicago Board of Trade
Hyde Park Boulevard
Hoe
Mercy Hospital
Voorhees
Auckon
Rides Off With Son In Wilmington Kidnapping
William Bullock rode up on horseback to 1232 Tatnalt Street and abducted his three year old son from his mother. The horse was found tied at Sixteenth and French Streets after a citywide search. Police pursued but neither man nor boy were located. domestic troubles had been aired in court.
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Jack Henderson
Sidney Rolfe
Gilbert Park
Evelyn
Park
Rolfe
Georgette
Wilmington
Del
William Bullock
Tatnalt Street
Bullock
Sixteenth
French Streets
Bulgars Near On Serbian Front and Danube Crossing
Bulgarian official reports place forces reaching Uskup and blocking the Salonika Nish route. Austro German operations push north crossing the Danube near Craiova as French and Serbian defenses slow the advance. Greece and Romania’s involvement remains uncertain, while Bulgarian coastal troops shift to the Serbian front with five Turkish divisions replacing them on the coast.
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London
Uskup
Salonika-Nish
Danube
Crsova
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Southeatern
Athens
Salonika
Aegean
Black Seas
Serbia
Greece
Romania
Havas
Eveting
Strumnitza
Nabova
Veles
Old Serbia
Serian
Exchange Telegraph Company
Pirat
Kalatevac
Mexican Troops Allowed to Exit Texas Toward Arizona
Reports from Laredo say 500 Carranza troops may move through U S territory from Laredo to Douglas Arizona before reentering Mexico. No movement has begun. Amsterdam dispatch notes Emperor William II decorated King Ferdinand of Bulgaria with the Iron Cross first and second classes.
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Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Douglas
Ariz
Mexico
United States
Amsterdam
Wil Ham Ta
Ferdineed
Buk Zorta
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