War News Roundup From Europe and Americas
European dispatches report heavy fighting with Brigadier General Marchand and General Sainte-Claire Deville wounded, Austro-German forces pushing in Galicia, Roumanians retreat in Buzen valley, and Serbia driving Bulgarians toward Monastir. British seaplane losses, Cunard liner Alanta sunk, and Lake Erie tragedy emerge alongside U.S. political visits and domestic incidents.
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Paris
Marchand
Sainte-Claire Deville
Galicia
Lemberg
Berlin
Ringwood Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested in Texas
Report states domestics blew Bank of Ringwood with nitroglycerine and fled with 86 000 after a payroll robbery. Police say James Walton alias Gordon was arrested in Dallas Texas by Pinkerton detectives and allegedly confessed to a $70 000 Detroit Burroughs plant payroll theft and firing the paymaster.
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Bank of Ringwood
James Walton
Gordon
Dallis
Tex
Winkerton
Burroughs
Detroit
Armored Railroad Car Tested at Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
A moving blockhouse style armored railroad car built for patrols and countering mobile troops was trialed at Sandy Hook. The Bremen submarine loss was effectively admitted by senior German diplomats. Lieut. Col. George O. Squier announced orders for 120 high powered aerophones at about $20 000 each.
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Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
United States
Bremen
Washington
George O. Squier
Army
War Department
Unattached runner breaks Milwaukee Chicago distance record
Sidney Tinteh covered the Milwaukee to Chicago route solo in 14 hours 50 minutes 50 seconds, completing 35.7 miles in 20780 elapsed time. The performance set a new mark for the distance between the two cities.
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Sidney Tinteh
Milwaukee
Chicago
Vatican Receives Red Book On Irish Rebellion Document
The Red Book is presented at the Vatican and distributed to cardinals and elite laymen. It is described as a documentary history of the recent Irish uprising. Austrian Premier Count Karl Sturghk was assassinated in Vienna for political reasons after refusing to convene parliament. Doctor Friedrich Adler, his assailant, claims responsibility and is labeled a radical socialist editor of Der Wampe.
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Vatican
Rome
Karl Stuergkh
Vienna
Friedrich Adler
Doctor Adler
Teutons Take Constanta and Push to Tchernavoda
German and Bulgarian troops captured Constanta on the Black Sea as Mackensen advances toward Tchernavoda. Romanian and Russian forces retreat in Dobrudja while counterattacks form along the Transylvanian fronts and in Moldova. The fall threatens a critical rail and sea access point for Romania and the Danube corridor.
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von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Petrograd
Buzen
Berlin
Constanta
Black Sea
Mackensen
Black
von Munckengen
Danube
Tchernavoda
London
War Office
Transylvanian
Trotus
Vituz
Sianic
Moldavian
Bucharest
Roumania
Dobrunija
Roumanian Black Sea Squadron
Taft killed after killing sheriff in Whitestone siege
Frank Taft sixty five decades after shooting Sheriff Paul Stier of Queens County Taft held off police and deputies firing from his window Four officers were wounded before Taft was killed by Sergeant James Fitzgerald who borrowed an automatic rifle from a sailor stationed offshore at Henley torpedo boat Taft's death ended a siege that began when officers served an arrest order Taft barricaded himself and resisted with a shotgun until Fitzgerald shot him after being wounded
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Whitestone
N. Y
Paul Stier
Queens County
Frank Taft
Taft
Supreme Court
Aft
Stier
United States
Henley
Sergt
James Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Police Chief Is Indicted In City Hall Graft Case
Chicago on October 25 reports State's Attorney Wayne obtained indictments against Police Chief Charles C. Healey his secretary William Luthardt and Charles T Essig secretary of the Sportsmen's Club in a whirlwind finish of his graft drive.
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Chicago
Charles C. Healey
Wiliam Luthardt
Charles T. Essig
Sportsmen's Club
Wayne
Clock of Case School Keeps World’s Most Accurate Time
A Case School of Applied Science clock in Cleveland holds a record for timekeeping accuracy. It varies by only eight-thousandths of a second per day, less than three seconds a year, with a complex system of temperature control, gas flame, and automatic winding. The clock operates in a brick room on a shale foundation and can synchronize other clocks elsewhere using electric connections.
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School of Applied Science
Cleveland
Herbert Spencer and the Opposed Decimal System
The article notes Herbert Spencer as among the fiercest opponents of the decimal system. It mentions his pamphlets against it and his plan to keep opposition alive by immediate reprinting if authorities consider adoption. Executors are said to be watching for renewed agitation.
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Herbert Spencer
Quiet Talk Sparks Car Purchase Debate
A man contemplates buying a motor car while another notes the risk of neglecting business. The exchange reveals concern over how costly impulses or ideas can affect finances and daily priorities.
Electric mind sees future of lighting and power
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Charles P. Steinmetz envisions steady progress in lighting systems and power plants. He cites hand held lamps, autophotography flashlights, and advances that will aid cinema, transportation, and rail travel, signaling electricity will lead the post demolition era.
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Charles P. Steinmetz
Phladelphia Ledger
Wife Too Ill To Work In Indianapolis
Mrs. WM. Green of 332 S Addison Street Indianapolis says her health failed and she weighed 109 pounds. After five months on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she gained to 133 pounds and can do housework again. She credits the remedy as a godsend and invites advice from the Pinkham company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Lydia L.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
WM. Green
S. Addison Street
HF and
EB. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Rabbit dog misidentified as fox terrier in Jones case
Wee Willie recalls a curious exchange about a dog head sent to Pittsburgh. The doctor reportedly ruled the dog was not a fox terrier but a rabbit dog, as described by Mrs. Jones in this Youngstown Telegram snippet.
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Willie
Jones
William
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
How to Remove Dandruff with Cuticura Ad
Promote dandruff relief using Cuticura Ointment for itching and burning spots followed by Cuticura Soap shampoo next morning. Claims the emollients keep scalp clean and aid hair growth. Free sample by mail with a postcard address to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Contradictory Methods
A dialogue notes a character asks why another is always prepared and the reply cites a standing rule to keep everything in running order. The exchange emphasizes discipline and readiness as a habit rather than a chance outcome.
Personal Interest Considered in Candy Box Exchange
Jones asks if peace is in sight while Brown replies hoping for harmony when his wife sees a five-pound box of candy. The brief exchange centers on a light domestic moment and a humorous gift.
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Jones
Brown
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