Germans Seize Orsova and Press Romanian Retreat
Report from Sayville states German forces captured Orsova and forced a Romanian withdrawal. British and French artillery pounded German trenches near Ancre while Paris news notes a French trench advance in Alsace with prisoners taken and five German planes destroyed. Allies report progress around Mons, Nezepol, and Italian gains near Nezepoll.
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Alsace
Rorlin
Sayville
Gerrans
Orsova
Hritah
Ypres
Ancre
St. Piarre Vanstroos
Chaulan
Paris
Alente
Bailly-Saillinet
Monastir
Sarrall
Nezepoll
Liverpool price details and grain market notes
Market items from Liverpool and Portland report fluctuating grain prices and futures. No. 2 hard winter wheat and No. 1 Northern Manitoba prices noted with advances and bids, alongside general commodity quotations and regional market updates.
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Liverpool
Laverpool
Manitoba
Wille Ad
Horthorn Manitoby New
Ife Rd
Suit Chosen For Test Kept Secret
Rail road officials and government representatives conferred on whether the Missouri Pacific or Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad injunction against the Adamson law would be needed as a test. They refused to reveal which suit was selected until word came from Attorney General Gregory.
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Kansas City
Monta Fe
Mimouri
Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Gregory
German police employ women as inspectors
Paris reports a Part Journal note that Berlin will use women as inspectors in the secret police. A tram incident shows a woman inspector calmly directing a soldier back to his duty, presenting her card as an official police inspector to a conductor and fellow passengers.
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Paris
Part Journal
Berlin
Loeave
Verdun
Indy
Pyteman
Ecller
Last Words Of Ruler Tamgtired In Fragmented Will
London Nov 34 Frang Josefa farewell to the nation is included in this will The text, read with errors, expresses gratitude for loyalty and devotion to his people and to his successor It notes the bravery of the army and navy and mentions the Austrian capture Craviowm The body lies in state at Schloss Schönbrunn Palace before a transfer to Hofburg Augustiner Chapel for funeral rites
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London
Frang Josefa
Craviowm
Svuhoenbrunn Palace
Hofburg Augustiner Chapel
Miss Minnie Renn Dies Suddenlty in Walla Walla
Miss Minnie Renn, a prominent local figure and Woodcraft leader, died suddenly after a collapse at a moving picture show. The Pendleton native had lived in Walla Walla with her family, endured by her mother, sister Colla Renn, and brothers Logan, Arthur, and Robert. Funeral arrangements were announced with Judge Markh and others asked to serve as pallbearers.
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Gery
Reel
Dent
Ateter
Tom
Aidlons
Pendleton
Familly
Walla Walla
B F. Renn
Colla Renn
Logan Arthur
Robert Renn
Minn Renn
Women of Woodcraft
Hartman Abstract
Charles H. Markh
J. Jh
Montgomery
James Johny Jr
ANOTHER HOSPITAL SHIP DESTROYED AT SEA
The report says another hospital ship bound from S al Nika to Maltin was sunk in the Mykonos Channel in the Aegean. All aboard were wired. A mine or torpedo was responsible.
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Sal Nika
Maltin
Sak
Mykont Channel
Acheanea
Six injured as local jumps elevated railway switch
NEW YORK Nov 114 Six people were injured none seriously when a south bound local jumped the elevated railway switch during the rail hour. One car left the rails and several persons were crushed in the ensuing panic.
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New York
Jeanette Rankin First Congresswoman of Montana
Missoula Mont November 14 Jeanette Rankin the first woman elected to Congress is described with features and a sunny face She is imagined as a strong champion for the cause of woman suffrage and child welfare influencing national policy from her western birthplace in Montana.
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Missoula
Mont
Jeanette Rankin
Worthig
United States Congress
Handoth
Montana
Halle Children of the Land
Mig Rankin
Congress
High School Faculty Sets Rules for Students
The high school faculty adopted new governing rules after a Friday meeting at the Inez campus. The measures require students to uphold decency, be regular pupils to hold offices or join activities, maintain standards in work, and have student funds controlled by the council, aiming to balance freedom with higher standards.
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Jevel
Am Fede r ation of Labor Calls Wheat Embargo
The American Federation of Labor votes for an embargo on exporting wheat and foodstuffs until prices normalize. Delegate Joseph Cannon of New York denounces profiteers as starving America. Officials note U S crop sufficiency but cite rising flour prices since the Civil War. Foreign agents allegedly bid for 200 million bushels of U S wheat.
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Baltimore
American Federation of Labor
Joseph Cannon
New York
America
Department of Agticulture
Austria Faces Crisis in Army Reserves
Milan dispatch reports the Austro-Hungarian empire faces a drastic reserve crisis. By April only 2,000,000 of 7,400,000 called men remained available for war, with about 4,400,000 lost to death injury imprisonment or missing, forcing a near insoluble manpower gap.
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Austria
Milan
Home War Office
Avetria
Army mixed ages amid data monarchies upheaval
A fragment notes youths of 14 and men up to 50 being incorporated into military service. It mentions the Data Monarchy lacking alternatives and references a ruined Net of wubpeda and a prior examination under Song niitlew. The language suggests a political or dystopian critique.
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Rikid Neviaion
Wubpeda
Song Niitlew
Emmanuel Institute Head Boyd Charged in San Francisco
Rev. T Parker Boyd head of the Emmanuel Institute of Health was held to answer on a charge of giving medical treatment to patients without a legal license. Boyd was arrested October 30 in San Francisco where the institute is described as an offshoot of a movement within the church.
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San Francisco
T. Parker Boyd
Emmanuel Institute of Health
Boyd
Emmanuel
Exumantel
Eveterm al Mente
Hetapentica
Bnieconal
Inverted tard watch prompts wary public eye
A cryptic notice hints at a delayed or unusual event drawing attention from local residents. Officials emphasize caution while residents await clearer information about potential risks and schedule adjustments.
Railroads to Give Wilson Free Hand
Rail executives say President Wilson can draft a plan to resolve industrial disputes and prevent strikes. They believe railroads, unions, and the public can rely on Wilson to craft feasible remedies after several talks failed to produce an anti strike program.
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Wilson
Washington
London cremated without ceremony
Jack London was cremated without ceremony in San Francisco on November 24. Mourners included Elisa Shepard and her son Irving, J. Byrne his secretary, London’s daughters Joan and Peas, and friend E. S. Payne. Widow Charmion London could not attend. hundreds of sympathy telegrams arrived from around the world.
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San Francisco
Jack London
Elisa Shepard
Irving Shepard
J. Bryne
Joan
Peas
London
Payne
Charmion London
Glen Ellen
Johnny Heinoth
Woebeter Street Bridge
Oakland
Heinoth
Lim
Rive
Cars Ordered to Rome Lines in Washington
A car efficiency conference committee announced that all railroads must immediately return all fruit and railroad cars to their home lines to avert a threatened car shortage. The order was issued in Washington on November 34.
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Washington
Car Efficiency Conference Committee
Rail way group seeks to end car shortage in war effort
Washington November 4 The newly organized conference committee on war efficiency of the American Railway Association launches a campaign to relieve car shortages by instructing railways to return loaded or empty cars to owners immediately. Committee members expect rapid dispatch of cars to interior coal fields from congested seaports within two weeks to ease the coal crisis.
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Washington
Contracts Awarded for Two U S Destroyers
Washington Nov 24 Daniele awarded contracts for two destroyers to the Mare Inland navy yard of California. They will cost about 1.05 each and delivery is due in 18 months.
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Washington
Daniele
Mare Inland Navy Yard
California
Last Indian Scout Poe-poe-tow-e-aeh Dies on Reservation
The aged Cayuse Umatilla and Walla Walla scout Poe-poe-tow-e-aeh, who joined Lt. E. W. Farrow’s 1575 effort with Sheepeaters, died yesterday on the reservation. Surviving veterans recall his role in the expedition that captured a renegade band after defeats of Bannock and Paiute clans.
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Poe-poe-tow-e-aeh
E. W. Farrow
Walla Wallas
Seven Devila
Boise
Farrow
Census Bureau estimates U S population in 1940
The census bureau of statisticians estimated the United States population at 111,699,597 with insular areas added. Continental United States stands at 102,526,708. The figures reflect early nation wide demographic counts.
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Washington
Census Bureau of Statisticians
United States
Villa orders charge as Chihuahua men advance
El Paso reports Villa forces again advance toward Chihuahua City despite morning attacks. Four thousand Villistas reportedly pressed from the south and west as fighting grows more general. Consul Bravo and Materenk claim high officers killed. Villa commands renewed attacks at dawn.
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Bravo
EL Paso
Villa
Chihuahua
Benond Villa
Special federal grand jury to probe election frauds
Federal Judge Hollister ordered a special federal grand jury to investigate Cincinnati election frauds after a conference with Federal Prosecutor Frank C Halles. The jury meets December fourth.
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Special Federal Grand Jury
Cincinnati
Hollister
Frank C Halles
Two Trains Collide Near Kansas City
A head on collision between a Loule and Man topiecenger train No 24 and a Hock fatund OCreight train in eastern Kansas City suburbs killed two and left more than a score injured after the crash.
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Kansas City
Six Gimla Injoiled With Ae Pests Pactony
In Lima a factory incident at the Mattress Company sent two hundred fifty people rushing to safety. One fireman fainted after the building, disrupted by the chaos, and several injured were reported as responders worked.
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London
Hiram Stevens Maxim
Maine
Hudson Maxim
Maxim
Hiram Maxim
Maxim Silencer Company
Amertes
Lima
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