Ancona Raid and Balkan War News Competing Reports
Austrian air raid hits Ancona railway station and electric works, while Berlin claims decisive Allied defeats in Serbia. Dispatches say Anglo French retreat toward Greek frontier with heavy losses. Greece to withdraw from Saloniki. German chancellor signals no peace terms unless compatible with Germany’s safety.
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Ancona
Adriatic
Italy
Vienna
Berlin
Todoroff
Serbia
Germany
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Prosperity Seen Across Nation By Life Company Presidents
Six leading life insurance company presidents in New York report widespread domestic prosperity across the United States. Amid war era tension, events in Michigan include a blue law enforcement order closing most businesses on Sundays.
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United States
New York
United States Demands Reparations Over Ancona Sinking
Washington logs state department note demanding reparation from Austria Hungary after the Italian liner Ancona was sunk by a submarine on November 7 with American citizens among the dead or injured. The note accuses the attacker of wanton slaughter and seeks indemnity and punishment of the officer.
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Austria
United States
State Department
Washington
Ancona
Mediterranean
Koe
Austria-Hungary
Ambassador Penfield
Department of State
Germany
Lansing
Notable Figures Connected to Wilson Era Attend Court
Personal Mrs. Norman Galt, fiancée of President Wilson, wears a diamond bar pin gifted by the president. Lieut. Col. Charles S. Bromwell, head of the Army Engineer Corps in Honolulu, shot and killed himself. his wife and daughter remain in the United States. Bromwell had served as military aide to President Roosevelt, was 46, born in Newport, Kentucky. Admiral Nicoll Ludlow dies at Gotham Hotel New York from apoplexy. he was 74, born in Islip, Long Island.
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Wilson
Columbus
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Committee On Church and Country Life
Charles S. Bromwell
Army Engineer Corps
Honolulu
T. H
Bronmiwell
Roosevelt
Newport
Nicoll Ludlow
Gotham Hotel
New York
Admiral Ludlow
Islip, L. L - 7 Es
Doe Stecher Captures World Wrestling Title Fall 2-0
Doe Stecher of Nebraska defeated Paul Martinson of Chicago in two straight falls to win the world wrestling championship at Sioux City with times 20 35 and 11 40.
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Doe Stecher
Nebraste 2Sphart
Paul Martinson
Chicago
Sioux City
Explosion at Havre powder plant fuels probe of German plots
Inquiry into Havre France powder factory blast widens to Germany linked causes in the United States. Reports say 150 killed. Alberta women win reprieve for Annie Hawkes with sentence reduced to ten years. Porto Rico liner Coamo halted by Descartes. four German sailors taken aboard.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
South Bethlehem, Pa
Europe
Havre
France
United States
Alberta
Annie Hawkes
Macleod
Porto Rico
Coamo
Descartes
Henry Ford calls for immediate war truce to end fighting
Henry Ford telegrams from the peace ship Oscar II urging rulers of belligerent nations to declare an immediate truce and begin peace negotiations. He argues war cannot solve the problem after sixteen months of fighting and cites neutral nations seeking to aid a just settlement. Eight delegates opposed the peace preparedness resolutions.
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New York
Henry Ford
Oscar
Europe
United States of America
Indictments in Ship Plot Named Von Brincken Crowley
A federal grand jury indicted Baron George Wilhelm von Brincken C C Crowley and Mrs Margaret Cornell as ringleaders of a pro German plot to wreck ships carrying munitions to the Allies and to attack factories on the coast. The two counts allege conspiracy to interfere with foreign commerce and sending letters through the mail to incite murder arson or assassination. Crowley is described as chief conspirator with claims of visits to Ambassador von Bernstorff’s summer home. Captains von Papen and Boy-Ind are also named in the conspiracies.
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San Francisco
Federal Grand Jury
George Wilhelm von Brincken
C. C. Crowley
Margaret Cornell
Crowley
Smith
von Bernstorff
von Papen
Boy-Ind
British Forces Suffer Major Balkan Defeat
Berlin reports two British divisions about 40 000 men nearly annihilated in the Balkan campaign. The Franco British forces are said to be expelled from Serbian soil. An Anglo French Greek military accord followed the defeat.
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Entente
Teutonic
Serbia
Vardar
Berlin
London
Balkans
Berlin War Office
Is she a good housewife or a garage wife remark
A witty line asks if she qualifies as a good housewife and answers with a quip that she would be a garage wife instead. The remark plays on traditional roles and a modern critique of domestic expectations.
Cuticura Emollients Offer Free Samples By Mail
Soap to cleanse and purify Ointment to soothe and heal promise relief rest and sleep after use These super creamy EMollients speed healing in most cases of young and old even when usual remedies fail Sample each free by mail with Book Address postcard Cuticura Dept XY Boston Sold everywhere Adv.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
White Clothes and Black Naivete Folly
A humorous dialogue from Every body’s Magazine about Mrs. Morgan and her maid Sarah. Sarah’s lover is mocked for wearing white, with the maid retorting that his color makes the white look worse. The exchange ends with a blunt, slang laden line comparing him to a black snake crawlin’ out of cream.
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Sarah
Jes
Mis’ Morgan
Everybody’s Magazine
Heard in a Restaurant
A diner requests chicken but the waiter says it is sold out. The diner responds with patience, saying he will wait until it returns and is in no hurry.
Her Vindication in an Evening at Bix
A brief exchange shows tension as a date misalignment prompts disagreement over the promised arrival time. The Boston Transcript records the fragment highlighting a dispute over who suggested seven versus eight o'clock.
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Bix
Boston Transcript
Grape-Nuts Lifesaver in Convalescent Feeding Tale
A Kansas woman recalls her six-year-old niece’s typhoid battle in Ohio. After doctors gave up, Grape-Nuts provided delicate nourishment, aiding recovery and restoring appetite and strength, prompting the family to credit the cereal as key to the girl’s survival. The ad closes with a note that genuine letters appear periodically from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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Kansas
Ohio
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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