Bulgarians Break Turkish Front As Rail Link To Saloniki Is Isolated
Wartime reports describe heavy fighting along a twenty mile front near Luleburgas where Turkish positions near the Erkene river bridge endure fierce assaults. Bulgarian artillery wields heavy losses as they push to capture Muradli station and sever the Saloniki rail line while Christian soldiers in the Turkish army flee the front.
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Torgut Shetak Pasha
Erkene
Sofia
Muradli
Saloniki
Renew Fight at Adrianople During Siege Progress
Nov 2 report says main Bulgarian force closes on Adrianople, intensifying the siege as thearmy mass around the city grows stronger. The ongoing engagement is described as the bloodiest phase of the siege.
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Adrianople
Banks Close For Election Day Holiday In San Antonio
On Tuesday November 5 election day a legal holiday the following banks will close City National Bank Alamo National Bank West Texas Bank Trust Co American Bank Trust Cox D Sullivan Co Lockwood National Bank Groos National Bank Frost National Bank D A Oppenheimer National Bank of Commerce State Bank Trust Co San Antonio National Bank
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American Bank & Trust
Cox D. Sullivan & Co., Lockwood National Bank
D. & A. Oppenheimer
National Bank of Commerce
Wilson calls for reform across tariff, trust, and currency
President Wilson urges Congress to solve tariff, trust, currency issues in workers’ and farmers’ interest. He argues for forest and mine stewardship, balanced foreign policy, and government action to serve the people, warning the GOP direction risks blocking progress. Signed Woodrow Wilson.
Bulgarians Close On Adrianople Fort Battleground
A Reichspost correspondent reports renewed Bulgarian assault on the Kadikelli fortress near Adrianople as siege guns bombard Turkish defenses on the northwest front. The Maritza bridge battle rages with heavy Turkish reserves and fierce Bulgarian stamina, signaling a brutal, pivotal contest for control of the city.
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Kadikelli
Adrianople
Tchatalja
Constantinople
Maritza River
Maras
Powers Disinterested Balkans Policy in Turkey Splits
Paris dispatch notes a shift from status quo to territorial disinterestedness among France Russia and Britain as Balkan victory over the Turks could lead to a redistribution of sovereignty in Turkey. The stance applies to great powers while Balkan aspirants for national unity are rising.
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Balkans
France
Russia
Great Britain
Turkey
Balkan
Europe
Germany Accepts French Plan On Balkan Intervention
Berlin reports Germany has accepted Raymond Poincare’s proposal on how European powers intervene in the Balkan sitution. The plan does not settle Balkan borders. Germany acts with its allies, and the measure is understood to reflect Anglo-Russian views as well.
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Berlin
Germany
Raymond Poincare
Foreign Office
Russian Foreign Minister Sees Balkans War Localized
Viedomosti interview with M. Sazonoff says Russia hopes for localized Balkan war but will not join peace-at-any-price policy. He emphasizes Russia’s readiness for battle and notes Austria and other powers may pursue economic interests without conflicts.
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Russia
Austria
Balkan powers reject intervening mediation in peace talks
Belgrade dispatch reports the Porte has sent two delegates to Vienna seeking Austria's help to restore peace. The Balkan powers will refuse to negotiate with any intervening power and insist on direct talks with Constantinople.
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Stampa
Porte
Vienna
Austria
Balkan
Constantinople
Balkan States Begin War of Liberation, Mir Says
The Sofia based Mir reports the Balkan nations are engaged in a war of liberation and that the moment to press Turkey for an answer to its prior refusals has not yet arrived.
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Sofia
Mir
Balkan States
Turkey
Democracy underscored at Unity Club talk in Dallas
Patton W. Sumners urged the audience that democracy faces the times with forward momentum. He praised the Democratic Party as protecting the rights of the people against special interests while highlighting William Jennings Bryan as an apostle of democracy who gave the party a new vision.
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Tex
Patton W. Sumners
Unity Club
Democratic Party
William Jennings Bryan
Iis
Democrac
Parade Cancelled Amid Vp Funeral Observances
New York on November 2 reports the cancellation of a planned Democratic parade. Chairman McCombs announced the decision, noting Governor Wilson would not review a political parade while the funeral of the United States Vice President is held.
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New York
McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
United States
Duchess of Sutherland and Diamond Jim Do a Turkey Trot
The Duchess of Sutherland hosted a private farewell dinner at the Ritz when Broadway and Fifth Avenue did meet in a rare moment of social overlap. In the adjoining ballroom a Rag Time breeze drew her in to dance a turkey trot with Diamond Jim Brady after an introduction by Foxhall Keene.
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Duchess of Sutherland
Foxhall Keene
New Signs for Old Mortar and Pestle in San Antonio
Old time symbols fade as druggists adopt modern store fronts in San Antonio. Mortar and pestle signs vanish while illuminated signs and red green window lamps replace them. Cigar stores remove wooden Indians for safer, brighter electric signage.
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San Antonio
Apothecary
Busiess
Redskins
First killing frost hits Vernon as cold settles in
Vernon Texas reports the season’s first killing frost at 25 degrees. Elsewhere an advertisement touts a big turkey supper at Riverside Restaurant for 25 cents tonight and tomorrow. Cyprus seeks union with Greece but remains under British administrative control since 1878.
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Vernon
Vernon, Tex
Riverside
Youthful Lawmakers in Parliament through the Ages
The piece notes the British House of Commons as highly representative, citing youths as young as 16 who served as MPs in 1613 and highlighting figures such as Edmund Waller Charles James Fox Chesterfield Willian Pitt. It traces early parliamentary service from adolescence to early adulthood and mentions notable maiden speeches and rapid rises in power.
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New York Press
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Clarendon
Charles James Fox
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Midhurst
Westminster
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St. Germans
Willian Pitt
Appleb
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Pitt
Exchequer
Glass brittleness linked to cooling rate and salt solution
The article explains glass becomes brittle when cooled rapidly and gains strength when cooled slowly in a weak salt water solution. It notes that rapid heating harms glass, while gradual cooling and controlled heat can reduce breakage in laboratory glassware and lighting globes.
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