British Army Liberates Mons and Rejoices Along Roads
London writer reports a rare armistice atmosphere as British troops advance from Mons. Civilians relocate on foot and offer bread to soldiers while townsfolk greet the liberators with garlands, music, and chants. Canadians in Mons join parade. German brutality tales surface. army lines hold for six days before advancing.
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Perry Robinson
London Times
San Antonio Light
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
British
Rhine
Somme
Ancre
Lys
Mons
Tipperary
Emol Skin Remedy Claim By W. Rose Co
The advertisement touts emo as a quick cure for eczema acne pimples and other skin troubles. It markets emo as a penetrating antiseptic liquid that clears the skin without staining and promises safe dependable treatment from The W Rose Co Cleveland O.
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the & W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Relief for Gas Stomach Sleep Disrupted by Indigestion
An 80c bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN offers a liquid digestive aid to relieve gas and indigestion at night. Pleasant to take and now produced by Grove's Tasteless chill tonic makers.
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Grove
Estimated casualties total 100000 for American forces
Washington reports official estimates place total American expeditionary force casualties at or below 100000, including killed, wounded, missing, and those who died of disease or accidents. Many figures remain unofficial as reports from battles and hospital lists are compiled and released by authorities.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
United States
Baker
France
Woman Claims Mentho-Laxene Cures Colds
A reader from Tiffin Ohio writes that mixing Mentho-Laxene with simple syrup yields a potent cold and cough remedy. She says two doses stopped a week of coughing and asserts the homemade medicine is effective without opiates or narcotics.
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Joseph Mellleur
Jefferson Street
Tiffin
Ohio
Coub Ak
Armistice Signing Detail Described in London Dispatch
London Times dispatch recounts German government decision to accept Allies terms and the delay before capitulation signatures. It notes 22,000 civilians killed by asphyxiating shells at Mezieres and Charleville, plus Kaiser Wilhelm II’s reported movements through Holland to Amerongen Castle and his austere reception.
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London Times
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
the Public Ledger Co
London
Hamburg
Times
Berlin
Spa
Marshal Foch
Chimay
Chateau de Francport
Admiral Wemyss
Germany
Mezieres
Charleville
Kaiser
Wach
Hague
Holland
Middachten
Bestinck
Arnheim
Wisefeld
Marshal von Hindenburg
Uit
Ameerogen Castle
Tolland
Sherain
von. Fiessen
von Gontard
Mueshai von Phaten
von Frankenberg
von Litorff
von Grimman
Count von Moltke
von Niester
von Hirschfeld
von Jiserman
Less
Knauff
Schalderberg
Grutsehe
Unclear Archive Scene Described In Autocrat’s Exit
Descriptive fragment depicts a tense moment with a Kaiser and generals, noting aged improprieties and emotions. A Dutch photographer is prevented from a shot as a car departs amid rain and autumn gloom, with onlookers mute and somber.
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Jil Pudent
Pan American Labor Conference Aims at Fraternal Plan
Pan American Labor conference in Laredo Texas plans a unionized hemispheric labor network. Delegates from the United States Mexico and several American nations back reciprocal recognition to ease cross border union access. Plans include preparing for a Pan American congress and broad union organization in member countries. Zach Lamar Cobb of El Paso spoke for the State Department and departed for Mexico City.
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Laredo
Tex
Western Hemisphere
United States
Mexico
Iabor
William B. Wilson
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Federation
Counel
Americas
Honduras
Zach Lamar Cobb
el Taso
State Department
Mexico City
Reds Plan Surrender Of German Ships Armistice Terms Decried
Paris reports a German plenipotentiary declaration protesting certain armistice terms. It asserts evacuation delays and transport shortages threaten execution of the agreement, warning that enforcing the convention could drive Germany into anarchy and famine.
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REDS
Paris
Marshal Moch
Germany
Marshal Foch
Two Hurt in $250000 Upper Sandusky Fire
Upper Sandusky Ohio November 14 a devastating fire leveled the heart of the business district with losses estimated at over 250000. Ten people were trapped under a falling brick wall and two were injured likely fatally amid the blaze that consumed more than a dozen mercantile houses.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Home Made Gray Hair Remedy
A home made gray hair remedy offers a simple, low cost mix to darken gray hair without dye. Mix half a pint of water with an ounce of bay rum a small box of Barbe Compound and 1-4 ounce glycerine, apply twice weekly until the shade darkens. This method smooths the hair, improves softness and gloss and is gentle on the scalp.
Final Comb Out Process Last Straw for German Masses
Edward Price Bell reports that Germany’s crisis stemmed from drastic conscription of industrial workers. Mutiny in Kiel and Hamburg followed fleet orders, leading to abdication pressure, Kaiser William II’s flight to Holland, and Ebert’s move toward a party government as Germany neared revolution.
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Edward Price Bell
San Antonio
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Daily News Co
Londo
England
Holland
Germany
Jong
Herlames
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Hamburg
William
Berlin
Belgium
Maximilian of
Baden
William II
Maximilian
Friedrich Ebert
Ebert
von Hueddorff
Spa
Allies To Check Violence Of Huns In Rowneuias
A terse order directs the group under Field Marstal von Maes Kensen to restrain barbaric acts and for senior officers to maintain command as they lead troops home. The message stresses discipline and duty to all ranks.
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Marstal von Maes Kensen
Rowneuias
Metz Most Important Base Fortifications Protect Vast Iron Fields
Metz sits on the Moselle with 28 forts encircling the city forming a fortress system key to Lorraine iron ore. The region, rich in iron and coal, supplied much of France and Germany before the war, with Metz guarding the Moselle valley and the narrow route into the region. Population around 60,000, Metz has long been a fortress and major industrial center.
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Metz
France
Germany
Moselle
Seille
Lorraine
Rhine
Bassin de Briey
Briey
Alsace-Lorraine
Belgium
Luxemburg
Pont-a-Mousson
Frankfort
Valley
Strassburg
Thionville
Grayclotte
Metz Forts Flanked by German Fire on the Moselle Front
The siege area southwest of Metz shows forts such as Torts Hassler and de Sommy on the Moselle and Fort Kroupring on the left bank. Tort de Nommy lies under five miles from Amaville near the Franco German border as Metz remains a key railway supply point for German forces.
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Mets
J.non
Urges Stock Raising as War Needs Rise
Dean William Horace Hoskins of the New York Veterinary College calls for nationwide zoning with an animal engineer in charge and new abattoirs and rendering plants to turn unprofitable animals into food, feathers, wool, fats and fertilizer to feed U S forces and war-torn Europe. Lieutenant John Philip Sousa was declared recovering from a cold as his naval band tour continues.
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New York
Navy
United States
Europe
Dean William
Horace Hoskins
New York Veterinary College
Sousa
Fort Washington
John Philip Sousa
German Socialists Take Power Amid Turbulent Change
A coalition of German Socialists consolidates authority as a deputy assembly forms and presses for order. Vorwärts and other papers shift under new leadership while factions warn Bolshevik methods invite Allied intervention. Miss Myrtle Dust of Alpena becomes the first woman patrol on the Great Lakes.
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Myrtle Dust
Alpena, Mich
Great Laker
Turkish leaders flee Constantinople amid embezzlement charges
Reports from Paris dated November 14 state that Talnut Pasha former grand vizier and finance minister Enver Pasha former minister of war and Djemal Pasha former minister of marine have fled Constantinople. They are accused of embezzlement and other crimes.
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Paris
Switzerland
Talnut Pasha
Enver Pasha
Djemal Pasha
Constantinople
Open Nostrils Relief for Cold or Catarrh
A promotional note promises quick relief for head cold or catarrh with Nig's Crea Baim antiseptic. It claims fifty counts relief as nasal passages open and breathing returns to normal, with instant soothing of swollen mucous membranes.
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