Germany to Form Federation After Kaiser Era Ends
Berlin reports say demobilization proceeds under Hindenburg and Groener while troops move to frontier and food transport ramps up. A national assembly is planned, with moderates favored to establish a federation of free republics and no return for the Hohenzollern line. Local unrest and naval crews resist armistice terms as Belgium seethes with pro-Belgian protests.
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Rene Fribelman
San Antonio
Chicory Laiy News
Chicago Daily News Co
Amsterdam
Holland
Berlin
Germany
National Assembly
Hindenberg
Groener
Belgium
Baltic
Arge
Ebert-Scheidemann
Sweden
Fonner
Bealgium
Brussels
Liems
Her. Hin
Suman
Nation Assembly
Nieuwe Lotterdamsele Courant
Mexican pedestrian struck by car at West Commerce and St Marys
A 27 year old Mexican pedestrian was hit by a car at the West Commerce and St Marys Streets intersection and taken to Hobert Memorial Hospital unconscious. The Austin driver, K J Nalle, was charged with careless driving and released on $200 bail. Police identified conflicting accounts about a speeding truck said to have struck Nalle’s rear fender and caused the fatal push that left the pedestrian under the car. The truck driver’s identity remained unknown.
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Hobert 1.Een Memorial Hospital
KJ. Nalle
Lumberghan
Austin
West Commerce
St. Mary's Streets
Nalle
Too Tall for the Army Discharged Man Returns Home
Charles Otken of Jersey City, six feet tall, says he was rejected by the army for being too tall to fight in trenches. He arrived from Camp Dix with an honorable discharge, planning to enjoy civilian life and nature from his narrow bed at home. Local draft details and confusion appear in a humorous, clipped report.
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Charles Otken
Camp Dix
New York
Camp Vix
Jersey City
San Antonio native wins Distinguished Service Cross in France
Edward R. Warren of the 315th Engineers, 90th Division, earned the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery near Fay-Our-Haye France on September 12. He led a detachment after infantry officers were killed, was twice wounded, losing sight in his right eye. His wife Mrs J W JisIdle of 319 East Euclid Avenue reports word of his recovery.
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Taient
Edward R. Warren
315Th Engineers
Fay-Eu-Haye
France
San Antonio
Camp Travis
Warren
Pecan Street
el Paso
Fort Benjamin Warrison
Washington
J. W. Jsiddle
Mast
Euclid Avenue
Romani of Albania a nomadic people in Albanian mountains
A Grigadier General description portrays the Romani as descendants of Romans living in Albania’s peaks and valleys. The page notes their pastoral, non criminal lifestyle, scattered settlements, and a nomadic cycle with herd migration across rugged terrain, listing estimates of around 80 000 individuals with uncertain precise numbers.
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Europe
Albania
Rome
Durazzo
Elbasan
Krishi
Monastir
Vodenn
Saloniki
Constantinople
Suannts
Indus Mountains
Linseoviki
Abraham
Why Tobacco Is Important for Soldiers
An old wartime piece argues tobacco is vital for troops providing comfort and nerve soothing effects in trenches. It notes historical use from Roman to Napoleonic forces and cites pleas from leaders to send cigarettes and pipes to soldiers, highlighting tobacco as essential alongside food.
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Germany
Cuesne
Napoleon
Unstable Rule in Germany Sparks European Peace Threats
A special cable reports that postwar Europe lacks stable government east of the Rhine with Austria-Hungary in crisis. Italy’s armistice actions and secret London treaties risk broad conflict as nations debate peace terms. The United States may be relied on to stabilize efforts amid rising nationalist factions and new governments.
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San Antonio Light
Chicago
IaLy
Chicago Defens Co
Geneva
Rhine
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Germany
Russia
Rance
Lelgiua
Serbia
United States
Italy
England
France
Europe
Allignes
London
Trent
Lrieste
Wime
YO Miles
Americay
Hag
Hid
Jother
Cattalya
Lof Revolutionixis
Agram
Austria
Slavonia
Croatia
Berzegovine
Tohensia
Dalmatia
Bulgaria
Balkan
Sensations of a flier in a Caudron brevet attempt
A first brevet flight on a small Caudron biplane unfolds with a ten-cylinder start, rare weather above the camps, and a pilgrim-like ascent into cloud seas. The narrator recalls climbing to 600 feet, then to cloud tops, marveling at distant mountains and the lone sky. A distant peer on a similar flight is noted in Atlantic Monthly.
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Goo
Atoll
Orizaha
Chimhorazo
Drensworld
Nordhoff
Atlantic Monthly
Woman credits Tanlac for dramaticweight gain and relief
Mrs J W Binkley of Nashville Tennessee says she weighed ninety pounds after eighteen years of suffering before Tanlac improved her health. She reports gaining twenty two pounds after eight bottles and now enjoys foods she previously could not tolerate. Tanlac sold at Wagner's Drug Store and Meier's Pharmacy.
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Tan- Inc
Tanlac
Antonio
Wagner
Meier
Ady
Jewish Bank Extends Credit to Colonies
The Anglo-Palestine Company known as the Jewish Bank operates actively in Jaffa Jerusalem Gazaland Hebron. It resumes branches, extends credit to Zionist colonies stimulating orange plantation owners and merchants to acquire petroleum coal and planting materials. Deposits grow daily from institutions and private individuals.
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Anglo-Palestine Company
Palestine
Jewish Bank
Judean
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Gazand Hebron
Why toad swells up and sheds its old skin easily
A curious article explains why the toad swells when threatened and inflates to twice its size to deter snakes. It notes the toad’s milky toxin behind the eye and its harmlessness to humans if not applied to tender parts. It also describes the toad’s skin-shedding as snakeskins shed similarly.
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Pertuips
Yonda
Fairbanks gift figures in prolonged arithmetic tease
Readers puzzle over a Brooklyn Eagle note citing a $50,000 Fairbanks gift to Indianapolis. A self styled certified accountant asserts compounded at 4 1/2 percent, doubling every twenty years, predicting astronomical totals by 100, 200, 300, and 500 years, reaching trillions before collapsing into a final grand sum.
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Fairbanks
Inlianapolis
Pure Chambers
Brooklyn Gagle
Jon
Earth
Mars
Moon
Fairbanks Memorial
One of Custer's Cavalryman Serves Boys on Texas Border
Thomas Goldin known as Dad, a veteran of Custer's Seventh Cavalry and a government scout, stays near Presidio Texas to aid soldiers on the Big Bend border. He helped install portable lighting for outposts, recalls Little Bighorn service as regimental clerk, and recounts river island marooning after a cloud burst. He values duty over danger, earned the Medal of Honor for 1876 actions, and remains active in Y Building projects along the border.
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Custer
Seventh Cavalry
Mexico
Thomas Golden
Presidio
Texas
Wisconsin
Dad
Big Bend
Lad" Goldin
Rio Grande
Lin Lizzy
Lizsie
New Hampshire
VaNmont
Goldin
West Point Military Academy
L&ty
7Th Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Golding
Major Reno
Ith
Jones
Old Fort Isliss
el Base
Hayle Tass
Montana
Bury
Kansas City
Karas City
Ym.a
Misuri, Kangay
Oklboma
Bot
Oklahoma City
Colorado
EL Paso
Mexican and Northwestern Railway
Tok
Fiayd
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BANKS
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R. GS
Acorn Gas
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Hous
Ton St
Anne
R. G
Dure Ing
Arvk
Peck’s
Remova
PGK Furniture Coosts
Yellowstone
Standing Rock
Nez Perces
Oregon
Northwest Territory
En. Nelson A. Miles
Tongue River
ARL
Fort Meade
Arizona
Conon Thomas Goldin
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