Noted City Guest Addresses Shore Women
Mrs. Thomas J. Preston former wife of Grover Cleveland spoke in Salisbury at the Wicomico Hotel on the Needlework Guild of American work. The meeting featured a Guild review and extension suggestions followed by a reception.
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Wicomico Hotel
Thomas J. Preston
Grover Cleveland
United States
Maryland
Accomac
Northampton
Virginia
Sussex
Del
Robert A. Boy
Salisbury
Wiconsico Woman's Club
Armistice Day halts Hall Mills murder trial in Somerville
The Armistice Day court pause in Somerville New Jersey altered the Hall Mills murder proceedings after the state prosecutor accepted a protest from the American Legion. Barbara Tough, a former maid to Frances Stevens Hall, testified that nothing unusual occurred at the Hall home the night of the murder. She described Mrs Hall as reserved and noted the minister's aged mother lived with him, while Mrs Mills and other relatives were involved in the case.
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Somerville N. J
Alexander Simpson
American Legion
Hall-Mills
Hall
Barbara Tough
Frances Stevens Hall
Edward W Hall
New Brunswick
Eleanor R. Mills
Wille
Henry Stevens
Milla
Mrs. Hall
Tiesding
Cole
Pershing Urges Preparedness in Chicago Speech
General John J. Pershing told Kiwanis Club members in Chicago that the United States could have ended the war in 1917 if fully equipped. He warned against large campaign spending and urged honest citizens to scrutinize candidate funding while calling for law and order amid fears of domestic terror.
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Chicago
United States
Peetie
John J. Pershing
Expeditionary Force
America
Statistica
Winter Touch Spreads Across North Atlantic States
A cold snap covers the region from Quebec to Tennessee and extends through Ohio Pennsylvania and Maryland with frosty air expected to linger but forecasters predict a milder spell by Saturday though still crisp for football games.
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New York
A. P
North Atlantic
Quebec
Tennessee
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Atlantic Ocean
Tornado Victims Buried In La Plata Mass
Ten victims of Tuesday's La Plata tornado were buried today as the town mourns. Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart Church for Jack Clark Jr Leviga Martin Mary Alice Cooksey and Edward Dean. Additional burials and joint church services followed for other victims. All but Watts were La Plata School pupils.
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la Plata
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Jack Clark, Jr
Leviga Martin
Mary Alice Cooksey
Edward Dean
Rufus Watts
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Mary Ellen Bowie
James Wright Maddox
Lester St. Clair
Henry Claggett
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lillian Della
Watts
Man and Brother Arrested Over Dominoes Game
Parkersburg West Virginia November 11 Ora Hathaway 16 and his brother Willard 14 are in Grantsville County Jail after a dominoes dispute turned deadly One was shot and Willard is held without bail pending coroner jury inquiry
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Parkersburg
West Va
Ora Hathaway
Willard
Grantsville
French Army service cut and reforms debated in Deputies
Paris reports War Minister Chamber of Falaleve will introduce a measure reducing military service from 18 to 12 months and lowering effective French forces. The draft outlines a plan to slash Army strength and reshape conscription as deputies prepare for today’s session.
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Paris
Messeren
Chamber of Falaleve
Memorial Dedication in Kansas City With Coolidge Presence
President Coolidge returns to Kansas City for the memorial dedication honoring World War I dead. The ceremony on Armistice Day features guards, artillery salutes, and Queen Marie of Romania with representatives from Church and military. The 600 foot limestone memorial rises on Memorial Hill near Union Station with Memory Hall and a war museum.
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Kansas City
Coolidge
Quene Marie
Romania
Church
Army
WDAF
Kansas City Star
National Guards Artillery
Memorial Hill
Union Station
City
Memory Hall
Marie War
Shekar
Beatan Nov 11 Neck Broken In Gas Plant Incident
A report from the gas plant describes a neck injury suffered by an unnamed worker after a fall from a scaffold during a 16 day shift. Medical staff performed X rays and treated burns noted in the partial OCR readable text.
Body found on Ohio River bank identified as Everett Heath
The body of a man found on the Ohio River bank in Cincinnati's east end with feet tied and a stone attached was identified as Everett Heath, 20, of Waynesburg Kentucky. Two neck wounds and a head wound noted. coroner estimates the body was in water three to five days as the river receded.
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Cincinnatii
Ohio
St.a
Everett Heath
Waynesburg
Handley
Fanatics attack garrison at San Juan De Los Lagos
Fort Mexico City reports a garrison of 15 men was attacked by Fanatics. The commanding officer and three soldiers were fatally hurt. Four Fanatics were fatally injured as troops were rushed to punish the remaining rebels.
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Mexico City
San Juan de Los Lagos
War Department
English Scientist Designs Air Belt for Miners
An English scientist created a belt filled with compressed air that escapes around the wearer. The device is intended to protect miners by providing a buoyant or cooling effect during work.
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Miner
Churches urge disarmament move for world treaty
A draft disarmament treaty was submitted by American churches at Pittsburgh. Delegates propose a conference of all self-governing states to meet in Geneva or Washington to limit armaments, abolish war, and fund an international peace bureau, with disputes settled by an International Court.
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Pittsburgh
World Alliance For International Friendship
W. J. Hull
Swarthmore College
Henry T. Alien
John T. Shotwell
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
The
of Nations
Geneva
United States
Washington
International Court of Justice
Hague
Permanent Commission of Inquiry
Navy
Hull
Allen
Shotwell
War and Navy
Remembrance on the Western Front Holds Memory Across France
KY ALTON H. KETCHUM recalls a journey along the Western Front eight years after WWI, describing ruined villages, cemeteries, and scars from battles from Meaux to Rheims. He notes shattered towns, rebuilt churches, and trenches, with mass graves and the American flags at Chateau Thierry and nearby memorials.
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KY Alton H. Ketchum
NEA
Meaux
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Paris
Chateau Therrs
Rheims
Dormaas
R- Serpe
Verdun
Schneser
van der Galtz
Bourget
Roques
Vaux
President Coolidge Rejects World Court Draft Plan
President Coolidge, speaking at Armistice Day in Kansas City, urged adherence to the World Court only on Senate conditions and called for conscription of capital and manpower in war. He argued for equality in sacrifice and warned against profiteering while others fight.
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Kansas City
Coolidge
United States
Senate
Liberty Memorial
Washington
Court of International Justice
Dorchester Marsh Sold for 258000 to Delaware and Maryland buyers
Cambrdge Md Nov 11 The 6000 acre marsh and ducking lands with wood and improved lands were sold by Charles I Seward to Ernest H Burns Chester C Housh of Talbot County Md and Wilbert Rawley of Leipsic Del for 258000 with 100000 cash due by January. The tract is the county’s largest muskrat marsh and valued for fur prospects and farming use.
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Cambrdge
Charles i. Seward
Ernest H. Burns
Chester C Housh
Talbot County
Wilbert Rawley
Leipsic
Kent County
Delaware
Bucktown
Church Creek
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Woman's Guild
U.S
Armestice
Seerby
F. W. Weolworth Company
Germany
AB. NM. Streagman
New York Corporation
Berlin
Philadelphia
New
Mines
Commonwealth
Pinchet
Mhermix Park
Charleston
W Ba
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Alfred Taylor Lemetrat
West Virginia
Tayler
West Vietnia
Engreveiena
Beatan
Ftack
OO River
ALL Nations
Dorchester Marsh
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