Australian battle cruiser Australia missing in Hawaiian waters
Berlin reports that the Australian battle cruiser Australia is missing, last seen in Hawaiian waters last September after a Wilhelmina wireless message claimed she chased the German cruiser Nuernberg. British submarine attempt to enter Dardanelles blocked, Venus Fao wrecked in storm near southern England, and news notes a shift of Allied attention from Flanders to Lorraine and Alsace amid ongoing siege warfare and trench gains.
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Teau
Cor Tere Della Sera
Australia
Hawaiian
Watson Navigation Co
Wilhelmina
London
Venus Fao
England
Flanders
Lorraine
Alsace
Belgium
Alsace Lorraine
Upper
St. Michel
Meuse
Frontline Kings and Leaders Rally Amid War News
Maieer and Caer lead forces at the front with Armiee-King George in France. England’s king stays with troops as Belgium’s monarch does. President Poincaire visits northern battlefields while Polish reports remain scanty. Official claims vary though battle intensity is clear.
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Maieer
Caer
Armiee
George
France
Leedon
England
Belgium
Poincaire
Poland
Secrecy Over War Zones Shrouds East Front Actions
Reports describe vicious fighting in the eastern zone with obscure details on wartime fortunes westward. A Petrograd dispatch notes Russian casualties and Caucasus Headquarters announce local town seizures near Dilman Khoi. Paris and London notes mention Belfort activity and Belgian king’s border review.
Russians Form New Line After Lodz Victory
Russian forces formed a new line and drove back German troops after cutting their way out of Lodz encirclement. The Germans leveraged rail networks to reinforce and regain the offensive, tightening control of the Lodz suburbs as they push to straighten the front from north to south.
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Lodz
Allies Begin March East to Press German Hold on Coast
Allied French Belgian and British forces push a westward offensive as Germans divert attention east. Allies claim superiority in offensive and artillery, advancing toward the Yser Canal and La Bassee while the German threat to coast ports recedes.
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London
Yser Canal
la Bassee
New Battle Dawn in Eastern Front as Cracow Struggles Heat Up
Rays of fighting shift east as Russians push toward Cracow with heavy batteries around Wieliczka. German forces pause in the west while forming a new line southwest of Lodz to test Russian centers. Allies anticipate the impact on Vienna Breslau and Berlin as the long war continues.
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Belgium
France
Vienna
Poland
London
Cracow
Praemysis
Wieliczka
Long Ras
Silesia
Racom
Sir John French Honored by King George in France
During his visit to France, King George conferred the Order of Merit on Sir John French, commander of the British forces on the continent.
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Sir John French
London
France
George
German Insurance Paid By Hague Report Reveals Large Payouts
An official report states that the German military service and life insurance company paid out 3,750,000 dollars. The period from October 15 to November 1 saw 1,342,2580 dollars disbursed.
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Hague
Ife Insurance Company
Open Gates of Trade Urged as War Reshapes US Duties
President Wilson tells Congress that wartime needs redefine national tasks. He urges rapid action to open shipping routes, expand merchant marine, chart coastlines, and boost distribution to open markets in the Americas while defending liberty and maintaining peace.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Congress
Hounzein
Senate
Eee
America
Grasshopper Control in Philippine Climate
A discussion on grasshopper plagues in the Philippines notes the warm climate makes control harder. A proposed method involves a drive into a large shallow iron tank, with drying and market sale of captured insects. Professor Deans’ bran mash proposal is also mentioned as potentially stronger. Russian Woman Martyr is reported as Catherine Hreshkovsky, called Baboushka, sent toward the Arctic after imprisonment in Irkutsk.
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Catherine Hreshkovsky
Baboushka
Arctic Circle
Irkutsk
Lost brindle terrier rises to vaudeville stage in Kansas City
Buster a small brindle Boston bull terrier was lost from Robert Owen. He was picked up by a city dog catcher and sent to the pound. A theater owner in Kansas City bought him for five dollars after recognition by Owen. The dog then thrilled audiences as a vaudeville act at the Globe Theatre.
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Robert Owen
JJ North
Hardesty Avenue
The
Kansas City Times
Globe Theater
the Globe
Louisa Oppenstein
Kansas City
New York
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Owen
Oppenstein
Mr Owen
Doctor in Mississippi Rescued as Mob Threatens
Dr Len C Johnson, a Mississippi legislator, was rescued after a black mob near Ballantine attacked following a dispute over payment for medical services. A negro man was killed, prompting arrests and heavy guard to prevent further violence.
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Batesville
Ballantine
Leon C. Johnson
A. Adams
Attorney appoints special judge for Brookhaven case
Gov. Brewer names Lathber M Burch to preside at the Brookhaven Wmakers trial after Judge Barbour recuses himself. The busy term will require a tough staffing effort with Hugh V. Wall and others pressing to bring Becker and associates to trial. A suggestion to summon Judge R F Jackson is noted as a possible remedy.
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Jedge Barbour
Ressons
Gov. Brewer
Chancery
Supreme Court
Hugh V. Wall
Fourteenth District
Becker and Associates
Wall
Barbour
R .F. Jackson
Sixth
Holden
Unclear Estate Appointments At St Louis House
The text notes Mrs. of St Louis receiving all real estate including the Hoffman block and the residence, named as executrix without bond. Details are fragmentary and the full names and dates are missing.
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Er. of
St Louis
Hoffman
Ecutrix
Train collision near Mounds injures passengers
Westbound train No. 12 failed air brakes and derailed after stopping at Mounds Louisiana. Passengers were shaken with several injured. Two locomotives damaged in the wreck. Houston reports Burnitt Harrington dies after shooting by brother in law Zimmie Hill at a gambling drunken carousal nearby. Greenwood notes cotton receipts and shipments data for Sept 1 to Nov. and a Quitman bond issue plan of 10000 dollars.
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Vicksburg
Mounds
Houston
Burnitt Harrington
Zimmie Hill
Houston Hospital
Greenwood
Early named high school agent to boost extension work
State Superintendent announces appointment of A Early to strengthen contact between agricultural high schools in Mississippi and extension efforts at the A and M College. He will visit schools as a friendly advisor to improve coordination with county principals and the college.
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Ides
Mississsppi
Department of Educaton
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Early
Sander
Lincoln
Tate Wuntles
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