American marines land at Acompueleo in Mexican conflict
Port of Acaquico on the Pacific reported occupied by American marines after a request by locals suffering amid the revolution. Gen Venustiano Carranza proclaims himself chief and campaigns against opponents as heavy fighting rages near Xochimilco with reinforcements arriving from the capital.
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Mexico City
Acaquico
Pacific
Venustiano Carranm
Cordoba
Gem
Enlailo Gutierrez
Venico
Aguas Calientes
Chalet
Roque Estado
Carranza
Capial
Corot
Cane
Xochiimilco
Zapata
Kochimilco
Quarantine Measures Expand Amid Foot and Mouth Disease Fears
Disorganized text notes plans for extending quarantines in Pennsylvania counties including Harrisburg Cumberland and Perry as well as Rhode Island and interstate livestock movements. Mentions deaths in New York and Irish immigration background with scattered references to global figures and events.
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Harrisburg
Baerks
Cumberland
Perry
Pennsylvania
New England Banks Fear Sherman Antitrust Measures
The text reports concerns over Sherman Antitrust enforcement affecting New England financiers and backers. Secretary Meade cites $80,000,000 raised toward northern cotton subscriptions, while officials weigh legality. McAdoo labels fear as political “Sencombe,” with Attorney General Gregory to issue an opinion on plan legality.
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Weshington
Norther- Bana
Cottom
Meade
McAdoo
Gregory
President of Minnesota Elected Head of Association of America Universities
President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard addressed the Princeton session on the Economy of Time to Education. He advocated a two year college course followed by a two year graduate program as a substitute for the standard four year general college course.
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Primeton
N. J
A. Gigwrence Lowell
Harvard
Lowell
Fire kills six in New York lodging house blaze
A four story lodging house at 352 Eighth Avenue burned, killing six inmates and injuring many as firemen mounted dramatic rescues. About fifty men slept inside when the blaze broke out and firemen battled the flames to save others.
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New York
Eighth Avenume
Repudiated Mexico provisional president repudiates acts
Aguas Calientes convention in Mexico names Eulalio Cutiermes provisional president for 28 days, but he repudiates his acts. A Paris dispatch notes a fierce Austro Serbian counterattack near Shabaets with heavy casualties. A Mildred Sullivan body found in Presque Isle, Maine, linked to a September death investigation.
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New York
Eulalio Cutierrmes
Mexico
Aguas Caliantes
Leares
Paris
Hayes
Mish
Servia
Shabaets
Renewed Offensive Faces Substantial Enemy Resistance
The report notes no substantial modification in the front due to difficulties posed by a strong foe. In the north, our lines hold between the River Lys and Langemarck with progress between Langemarck and Dizmude. Belgium reports stationary conditions at Nieuwpoort with slight advantage to our side, while the Ver on the right bank remains contested. Berlin General Headquarters cites ongoing enemy activity and artillery bombardments at Dzumude.
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Lys
Langemarck
Langemarrk
Dizmuds
Belgium
Nieupert
Prisoners Granted Correspondence Privileges Reported
Austrian prisoners reportedly receive correspondence privileges and are well treated. Russian wounded get medical aid at Moscow hospitals, with many moved to Omak and Siberia. potential future mining assignment discussed but not confirmed.
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Priseners
Venice
Russia
Moscow
Recov
Omak
Siberia
Japanese Surrender Terms Reportedly Unconditional
The article describes Japan accepting terms after a decisive surrender in World War II era reporting. Tokyo celebrates with lantern processions and public cheer for military leadership while garrisons escape across nearby areas.
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Tsing- Tan
Bsy
Tokyo
Japan
Tsing-Tan
Kisochou
Two British Destroyers Bombard Dardanelles Telegraphs
Reuters reports British destroyers bombarded telegraph stations at Sarmoussak and Ayasmal. The Turkish forces sank a Greek steamer flying the British flag at Afvall. Turkish forts Sedle Bahr and Kum Kale in the Dardanelles reportedly engaged.
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Gritieh Ghetts
Athens
London
Reuter
Sarmoussak
Ayasmal
Afvall
Sedle Bahr
Kum Kale
Dardanelles
Princes Declares War as Marines Land in Syria
American Marines reportedly landed at Geirut Beirut to safeguard Christians as Turks prepare for broader hostilities. Reports from Petrograd and Berlin describe mixed combat updates across France Belgium East Prussia and the Ottoman front with claims of progress and counterclaims amid expanding war.
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Prince
Turkey
Geirut
Syria
New York
France
Belgium
Ygres
Calais
Nouth
Lyra
Petrograd
East Prussia
Vistula
Germany
Russia
Amcasus
Odea
Great Britain
Persie
Beirut
Rotterdam
Ostend
Russia labeled aggressor in wartime dispatches
The Frankfurter Zeitung Vogel dispatch claims Turkey cuts commerce under fear of Russia. Vienna reports Torgut Pasha named commander at the Dardanelles and Bosphorus while Inser Pasha and Shukey Pasha lead Turkish forces. The Times notes the German cruiser Kvanigebezy damaged.
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Turkey
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Vienna
Torgut Pasha
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Inser Pasha
Shukey Pasha
Russians Attack Prussian Border in Forest of Rominten
Russian general staff reports offensives in East Prussia near Rominten and Luck, with heavy German trenches at Sieradz. They claim captures of officers and men near Cracow and Warta, plus artillery and cartridge manufacturing material, signaling a Russian advance into German fortified positions on Russian soil.
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Jaroslaw
Preevorsk
San
Cracow
Sleradz
Warthe River
Russian
Poland
Suth
Yallez
Petrograd
Steradz
Warthe
Fighting Around Ypres Persists in World War I Patch
The German forces press near Ypres while Anglo French troops hold positions to the coast. Both sides report gains as they reinforce lines and blast ground with heavy artillery. Navies support land units as Germans seek a route to the French coast amid continuous, grueling combat.
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London
Dingdong
Ypres
French
Turkish Army Reports Russian Inactivity Amid Black Sea Bombardments
An Amsterdam-telegraph notice quotes Constantinople saying Russia showed no activity on the front while the Russian fleet bombarded Black Sea ports and sank a Greek steamer. It notes the Turkish fleet retreating behind the Bosphorus and not engaging.
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London
Admiralty
Fao
Turkey
India
Reuter Telegram Company
Amsterdam
Constantinople
Berlina
Black Sea
Zunguichak
Kuzla
Kuclu
Nikos Waa
Zungeuld
Iak
Rome
Odessi
Bosphorus
Basis of exchange plan between Britain and United States
Authorities discuss the best method to establish a basis of exchange between Great Britain and the United States. The aim is a quick, practical framework to facilitate trade and financial cooperation.
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Great Britain
United States
Japs Capture Tsing-Tau Forts in Bold Three Month Assault
Japanese forces and British troops announced the surrender of the Tsing-Tau fortress after a midnight infantry assault that seized the middle fort and took 200 prisoners. Gen Yoshim ? Yamada led the charge as German garrison of about 7,400 men was overwhelmed. News claims heavy allied casualties but quick capitulation surprised all observers.
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Tokyo
Tsing-Tau
Wie
Taing- Taw
Yoshim! Yamada
Shangtung
China
Europe
Germany
Germans Routed as Teutone Retires Near Vie tula-Lodz
Reported military updates note Russian forces capture Sandomir while German troops withdraw seven miles from the Vie tula-Lodz line. Crossing of the San by Allied troops proceeds with success and Austrians fall back. In the Black Sea no change. Turks attack and take a Cossack battalion near Ordulia before advancing into Russian territory. News from Bombay hints at wartime tensions rising across India.
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The
San
Black Sea
Berlin
Constantinople
Frankfurter Zeitung
Ordulia
Campaign Started for Better Roads in Mississippi
Mississippi delegates met at Atlanta to form a state highway association. D J Morrison was elected chairman to head the Atlanta delegation. The new group aims to pass a law at the next legislature to create a state highway commission with engineers and uniform road construction. A public education campaign will precede legislative questions next year.
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Jackson
Mississippi
American Highway Association
Atlanta
State Highway Association
D. J. Morrison
Commonwealth
Vicksburg Man J D Smits Held in Murder Case
J D Smits is jailed in Warren county awaiting a preliminary hearing for Lena Purrs murder. WI Furr, half-brother of the victim, will return from Bran dywine Port Gibeon with the body for burial. Wil Farr accuses Smits of drugging and robbing the deceased.
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Vicksburg
J. D. Smits
Lena Purr
Richey, Miss
Warren County
WI Furr
Leon Farr
Brand@dywine
Port Gibeon
Leon Parr
Claiborne County
Delta
Richer
Wil Farr
Smith
Farr
Winnie Brown
Smitz
Jury Finds Myers Guilty of Sheriff Murder in Carrollton
In Carrollton the jury convicts Bob Myers for the seven year old murder of Sheriff McDougall. Myers captured in the delta. Gov. Brewer had offered a 1000 reward. The verdict carries a death sentence by Judge Teat with an appeal likely to follow.
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Carrollton
Bob Myers
McDougall
Tht County
Delta
Brewer
Myers
Mississippi
Teat
Supreme Court
Smythe Granted Bail in Westbrook Murder Case
Oscar Smythe, charged with killing Cot tage Hotel clerk Herbert Westbrook on Oct 20, was released on $5,000 bail after a preliminary hearing before Justice Raymond Clay. The case drew a large crowd as Cochrane and McCants defended Smythe while County Attorney Miller and Cliff Mulloy prosecuted. Westbrook died about 30 minutes after the stabbing during a dispute over room rent.
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Meridian
Oscar Smythe
Herbert Westbrook
Raymond Clay
Cochrane & McCants
Miller
Cliff Mulloy
Westbrook
Smythe
Weathbrook
Tate Convention of Baptists Held
The Baptist State convention is to convene in the First Baptist Church at Orford with a preceding pastors conference featuring most prominent state pastors. About 100 delegates are expected and will be entertained in citizens homes. A committee will meet trains and receive delegate cards at designated stations and places.
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First Baptist
Chuich
Jackson
First Baptist Church
Orford
Grenada
Vast Cotton Stacks Fill Clariasdale Compresses
Cotton stores in Clariasdale and two compresses hold more than 45 000 bales, crowded for floor space and stacked bale upon bale. Guards protect the stock from fire and damage as the huge volume represents a large share of Coahoma county wealth.
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Clariasdale
Coahoma County
Magee Cotto Clothes Club Organized at Civic Meeting
A large, spirited citizen gathering led to the formation of the Magee Cotto Clothes Club with J. J. Childre elected to lead the new organization.
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Cotton Clothes Club
Magee Cotto Clothes Club
J. J. Childre
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