British Enter Valenciennes Amid Frontline Advances
London reports British troops penetrate Valenciennes and expect full occupation soon. Forces push into Raismes Forest, surround Tournai, while Belgian and French units advance along the Holland to Tournai front. French gain two miles after Lys river crossing near Vive-St. Bavon and Belgians clear the Rav enburg Canal west bank.
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Valenciennes
Raismes Forest
Tournai
Holland
Lys River
Vive-St. Bavon
British and Americans Attack Ten Mile Front at Le Cateau
British and American troops attacked a ten mile front between Le Cateau and Solesmes this morning. General Haig reported good progress against strong enemy resistance. Later dispatches said the Anglo American attack had advanced a mile and continued.
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Ten Mile
LE Cateau
London
Solesmes
Haig
Battle Front
Swiss Charge Delivers German Note at Ten O'clock
October 23 the Swiss charge dhe affairs delivered the official German note at ten o'clock. A cursory reading showed the note was substantially the same as the unofficial wireless text.
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Washington
Dhe
Denton Doctor and Quanah Relative Come to Roswell
Dr Rowe of Denton and J F Johnson of Quanah arrived in Roswell by telegraph yesterday to tend to Cadet J W Johnson in serious condition. The boy died last night. Parents Mr and Mrs W T Johnson of San Antonio have stayed at the Gilder ten days while Mrs Johnson is ill with influenza.
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Dr. Rowe
Denton
Texas
J. F. Johnson
Quanah
Roswell
J. W. Johnson
W. T. Johnson
San Antoni
Gilder
Notice to discontinue posting bulletins in the Record
The Board of Health informs the Record to stop posting bulletins and urges readers to wait for the paper’s publication. Wanted job on a ranch for a young man with a wife and three children. experience with stock required. Address T. M. Powers 1301 North Main. 2313x
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Board of Health
T. M. Powers
N. Main
Soldier Letter Moves Closer to Overseas Duty
Lieut John B Connelly of the 63rd Po meer Infantry reports transfer from Camp Pike Arkansas to Camp Dix New Jersey. He expresses excitement at being nearer overseas service and hopes to help defeat the Hun soon.
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John B. Connelly
63Rd Pomeer Infantry
Camp Pike
Ark
Camp Dix
N. J
Auto coach service between Roswell and El Paso
Between Roswell and El Paso a special passenger service by FB Poswell Auto Co operates with phone contact 189 7tfe for reservations and details.
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Roswall
el Paso
Poswell Auto Co
Wood rains bring calm at Hope ranch gathering
Elza White reports three or four wood rains near the Hope area and says all is well. Mr and Mrs E L Fields apt son Linwood are visiting the Whites at the ranch for a week. Elza White is missed from the bulletin boards.
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Elza White
Hope
E. L. Fields
Linwood
Wilson Considers German Peace Note After Cabinet Talks
President Wilson weighed a potential reply to Germany after a Cabinet meeting with Secretary Lansing and General March. He then consulted Secretary Daniels as the war strategy discussion broadened to allied questions. The state department said no immediate reply was expected, with next steps to be discussed with allied nations.
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Pres. Wilson
Wilson
Lansing
General March
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Germany
Armistice Terms Pitched by England and France
London report states England and France will demand surrender of German U boats to Britain and France will seek evacuation of Alsace Lorraine as a precondition to any armistice.
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London
The
London Chronicle
England
France
Alsace-Lorraine
French Hold Danube Bank As Allies Break German Retreats
Saloniki Greece October 23 The French troops have advanced to hold the southern bank of the Danube in Bulgaria facing Roumania on a twenty mile front around Palanka. In Serbia and Montenegro the allies continue cutting to pieces the Tear guards of the retreating Austro Germans.
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Saloniki
Greece
Danube
Bulgaria
Roumania
Palanka
Serbia
Montenegro
Wheat Growers Ask Wilson to Set Wheat at 2.46
Washington October 23. Mick Wilson as Wheat Growers association has asked President Wilson to fix a price of 2.46 dollars a bushel for wheat. The association notes that corn and cotton prices are about three times prewar averages.
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Wheat Growers Association
Wilson
Washington
Mick Wilsion
Tracy Stains Wins War Cross in WWI Memoir
Lieut. Tracy D Stains of the Machine Gun Battalion earned the Distinguished Service Cross after being severely wounded near Belvy le Sec on July 18 1918 He continued to direct his unit before accepting medical aid Esa and Roswell NM M I share in the honor of the DSC Stains was NM Military Institute graduate and shortly before enlisting was pursuing a Chicago University degree The piece notes the greatness of such decoration.
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Pershing
Army
Navy
D. Stains
Belvy-le-Sec
Lieut
Stains
New Mexico Military Institute
Chicago University
Roswell
Influenza outlook improves in Roswell amid fewer new cases
Local Health Board reports brighter influenza conditions in Roswell with fewer new cases. Chihuahua faces a worse trend with 60 cases in the Mexican Catholic Church hospital, 9 serious vs 30 yesterday. A call goes out for camp cots mattresses and especially old sheets for the hospital, with contact at the Fire Station Health Board.
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Roswell
Health Board
Chihuahua
Mexican Catholic Church
Fire Station
White Line schedule from Roswell to El Paso
The White Line runs from Roswell to El Paso and other southern points with an early car at six in the morning. A regular mail car with passengers departs at 7 30, making intermediate stops between Roswell and Carrizoz o. Phone 223.
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Bush
el Paso
Roswell
Carrisozo
Kuhn Describes War Work With Y M C A in Britain
Letter from Rev. A O Kuhn now with the American Y M C A in London outlines his field secretary role for the Religious Work Department of Great Britain and future plans in France and Italy. He notes British sacrifices, American pride, early venereal disease measures, and the new Y center social spaces for soldiers and local girls under chaperoned hospitality.
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Great Britain
First Church
Roswell
France
Italy
America
Britain
U. S
Uncle Sam
Howdy
Chancellor Calls Germany a Faithful Advocate of Justice
A historical dispatch reports Prince Max addressing the Reichstag on peace talks with Wilson. He cites constitutional changes for a new German government and talks of Alsace Lorraine while urging restraint and defiance against violence.
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Prince Max
Reichstag
Wilson
Alsace-Lorraine
Massey dies at 26 in Roswell sanatorium
Thomas T. Massey aged 26 died this morning at five o'clock at the Keaster Sanitorium from pneumonia. He leaves a wife and young child. The family lived at the O'd Bariend ranch. He was in the cattle business with D. W. Low. Funeral service tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Dilleys conducted by Rev. Bruner. Burial at South Park.
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Thomas T. Massey
Keaster
O'd Bariend
D. W. Low
Everal
Massey Brothers
Roswell
United States
France
West Texas
Dilleys
Rev
Bruner
The
Baptist Church
Burta
South Park
German Chancellor Demands Wilson Answer On Peace Efforts
Prince Max told the Reichstag that President Wilson must respond to Germanys peace efforts which have tested justice or violence. He warned the note could define negotiations and that Germany must ready itself to resist a peace of violence, adding he spoke with reserve and expected others to observe restraint.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Wilson
Ing
Reichstag
Germany
Max
Wilsons Note to Austria Triggers Panic on Vienna Exchange
President Wilsons last note to Austria replying to the Austrian peace proposal caused a market frenzy in Vienna. The Vienna bourse fell sharply with stocks dropping from thirty to ninety percent as traders reacted to the note.
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Wilson
Austria
Washington
Vienna
Navy to add 200000 men to reach 700000 total
Secretary Daniels told the house naval committee that 200000 officers and men will be added to the American navy within a year, bringing naval manpower to over seven hundred thousand. He cited a three year building program for 156 ships costing six hundred million dollars as a response to uncertain postwar armament limits.
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Washington
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Daniel
Italians Close on Austrian Fleeing in Albania
Rome October 23 report says Italians are pursuing fleeing Austrians in Albania and nearing Austrian territory within about forty miles as the chase presses on.
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Albania
Rome
Italy
Decree Granted to John Westover on October 16
A divorce decree was issued October 16 granting John Westover a divorce from Mallie Westover. The piece also notes church and military memorial references, including Cadet James N. Hancock of Alpine Texas honored in a military escort from Dilley Chapel to a southbound train.
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John Westover
Mallie Westover
Hancock
James N. Hancock
Alpine
Texas
Dilley Chapel
S. E. Allison
M. E
Mrs Stewart and party head home to El Paso
Mrs U S Stewart and her son Ca et Stewart with Mrs Alice Morris left by auto for El Paso after Mrs Stewart was summoned by her ill son.
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U. S. Stewart and Son
Ca’‘et Stewart
Alice Morris
el Paso
Attorney Charles Gilbert Recovers After Illness Struggle
Charles Gilbert, a flu victim for two weeks, was downtown yesterday for the fine time as his family, also ill, shows signs of improvement.
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Charles Gilbert
Fin. Joseph Eggum Ill With Influenza at Brother’s Home
Fin Joseph Eggum, a well known sheep man, is quite ill with influenza at the home of his brother Andrew A Eggum on Morningside Place.
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Joseph Eggum
Andrew A. Eggum
Morningside Place
Attorney Elliott Struggles Through Typhoid Fever
Still very weak after seventy days of typhoid fever Attorney D W Elliott remains unable to be in his office and is described as pretty weak.
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D. W. Elliott
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Rav
Enburg Canal
Roswell Beauty Shop
State Department
Tracy Stains
Ikuhn
C. C. Hill
A. O. Kuhn
Christian Church
American Expeditionary Forces
Alfred C. Kuhn
Russell Square
Willard Hird
I and
Willard Hrd
146Th Field Artillery
Tom Massey
Burnett
Viola E. Burnett
N. Rich
Fran
Red
Hoboken
Red Cross
Liberia
Gilbert
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