Stalinist Russia censorship sparks Duma turmoil in Petrograd
Berlin dispatch reports that censorship muffled Duma meetings and ministerial remarks before Premier Sturmer's resignation. Milukoff and Milukoff’s speech are cited as triggers, with Rodzianko denying withholding minutes and ministers blamed for withholding truth amid a tense political stand‑off.
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Berlin
Sayville
Petrograd
Sturmer
Today
Moscow
Duma
M. Rodzianko
Paul N. Milukoff
Tschidse
M. Shugin
Russia
M. Chouvaieff
M. Grigorovitch
Markoff
Professor Milukoff
M. Markoff
Mr. Markoff
Milukoff
Grigorovitch
Policeman A Gentleman Says NYPD Inspector Urges Chicago
Inspector Cornelius F. Cahalane of the New York police department told 200 Chicago sergeants that modern policing favors the courteous officer. He argued the “tough guy” style no longer succeeds in major cities and that the duty is to serve the public, not bully it.
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Chicago
Cornelius F. Cahalane
New York
Bananas Turned Into Flour In Mexican Innovation
Bananas or platanos used to make flour in Mexico City due to high cereal prices. The aim is to lower cost of living for the poorer classes by this new ingredient.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Central
South America
Border Troops Return to Camps
Ten thousand regular and state troops forming the white army began the return march to camps at San Benito Harlingen Mercedes and Liano Grande after last week’s maneuvers in Brownsville Texas on November 27.
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Brownsville
Tex
San Benito
Harlingen
Mercedes
Liano Grande
Nicholas 10 Meet King Ferdinand
A Sofia dispatch reported by The Vossische Zeitung says Emperor Nicholas II of Russia arrived in Kiev en route to the Roumanian frontier to confer with King Ferdinand I of Romania.
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King Ferdinand
Czar
Frontier
Copenhagen
London
Sofia
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Nicholas of
Russia
Kiev
Roumanian
Ferdinand of
Foot and Mouth Disease Scare Hits Chicago Area
Chicago reports alarm over a possible new hoof and mouth outbreak as embargoes go into effect. The Union Stock Yards ban cattle horses sheep and swine from Kansas Missouri and Nebraska and a Clinton Iowa stock train is held for examination. Federal inspectors monitor suspected herds and Kansas City quarantine continues until at least Wednesday.
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Chicago
Union
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Clinton
O. D. Dyson
Illinois
East St. Louis
Kansas City
Quarantine Action Linked to Cattle From Nebraska
Omaha Nebraska November 27 The Illinois authorities quarantine livestock from Nebraska Kansas and Missouri as a precaution after a Kansas City stock yards shipment of cattle from Chase county Nebraska. Inspectors who visited the shipment farm declined to state the disease status at this time.
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Omaha
Neb
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Chase County
Cattle Held at Clinton Under Quarantine
A Chicago & Northwestern train of sixty cars including nine Nebraska cattle is held in Clinton Iowa under a Union Stock Yards embargo against Missouri and Kansas stock due to foot and mouth disease reports. In St Joseph Missouri officials say no disease has developed and the embargo on local stock continues.
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Clinton
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Clinton Yards
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
St. Joseph
ST. Joseph, Jr
M. O. Anderson
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Anderson
Weather forecast for San Antonio region
For San Antonio and vicinity tonight unsettled with rain possible later. Tuesday expected rain and a drop in temperature across the area.
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San Antonio
Weather For Tourists In Major Cities
Forecasts from The Light list temperatures for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Readings note clear or cloudy skies, wind directions and speeds, with mentions of probable rain or fair conditions and the day’s expected low temperatures.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Villa forces driven from Chihuahua City report circulates
Reports from Chihuahua City claim Villa’s bandits were driven from the city with government fire, while Trevino allegedly announced a rout. An Associated Press account described Saturday fighting along Zarco avenue, Villa escaping by horse as Salazar was reported wounded. Carranza officials offered no confirmation.
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Juarez
Mexico
Francisco Martinez
Court of Letters
Villa
Chihuahua City
el Paso
Trevino
Terrazas
Associated Press
Marfa
Tex
Zarco Avenue
Carranza
Jose Ynez Salazar
Chihuahua
Villa Advances Into Chihuahua City in Mexican Campaign
Official advices from Washington report Villa forces penetrated Chihuahua City on Saturday night and established trench lines. Prisoners at the penitentiary were freed, guards joined Villa, and later dispatches claim the attackers were repulsed though no official confirmation reached.
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Washington, D. C
Villa
Chihuahua City
Villa frees prisoners and reports of battles in Chihuahua
A report says Villa captured Chihuahua City prison and freed all inmates before being driven out. Bandits, including Silvestri Quevedo, were reported between Gallo and Chihuahua City, while Carranza officials denied the claim. Wounded Salazar details and line repairs follow. General Gonzales moves garrisons to Juarez for reinforcements around Chihuahua City.
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EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Chihuahua City
Silvestri Quevedo
Gallo
Salazar
Juarez
Molinar
Corrall
Sauz
Gonzales
Namiquipa
San Buena Ventura
el Valle
Casas Grandes
Guzman
Carranza Troops Ordered Concentrated at Juarez
Concentration of all Carranza soldiers in north western Chihuahua ordered. Garrisons at Madera Pearsons El Valle Namiquipa Casas Grandes and Ascencion affected by this directive received tonight via radio from Columbus New Mexico Navy headquarters.
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Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Navy
Juarez
Carranza
Chihuahua
Madera
Pearsons
el Valle
Namiquipa
Casas Grandes
Ascencion
Housewives Plan Embargo on Eggs
New York November 27. American housewives coordinate action to curb food speculators by inaugurating an eggs embargo endorsed by the National Housewives League and city officials. Dealers back the plan. a grocers' conference will seek public dealer cooperation. similar actions spread to other cities including Boston. A separate meeting in Little Rock forms an organization to buy and sell foodstuffs at cost to counter high prices, alleging wholesalers cause shortages and spoilage to push prices up.
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New York
National Housewives’ League
John J. Dillon
Joseph Hartigen
Boston
Typographical Union
Socialistic Organizations
Consumers’ Leagues
Little Rock
Ark
Steamer Nielsen in Distress Off Pacific
A Norwegian steamer Nielsen is in distress 250 miles west of Seattle after losing her propeller. The Nielsen sailed from Seattle on November 20 with a cargo of munitions and is reportedly virtually helpless as ships including the South Dakota head to aid.
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San Francisco
Cal
Niels Nielsen
Seattle
United States Naval Radio Station
United States
South Dakota
Neilsen
Naval Radio Station
Nielsen
Steamer Niels Nielsen Carries War Supplies to Vladivostok
The Norwegian steamer Niels Nielsen of 8800 tons, owned by B Stolt Nielsen and chartered to Mitsu & Company, carries a general cargo including war supplies bound for Vladivostok. The crew is entirely Norwegian, the vessel valued at about $1,000,000 with cargo likely higher, and the coast guard cutter Manning has sailed from Astoria to assist in relief efforts.
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Seattle
Niels Nielsen
B. Stolt Nielsen
Norway
Mitsu & Company
Vladivostok
Coast Guard
Astoria
Ore
Nielsen
Strong Gale Blowing Report From Puget Sound
Wireless messages say the Neilsen faces a strong southwesterly gale and is in need of assistance. The coast guard cutter Snohomish and other vessels have sailed from Puget Sound to aid.
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Nor Head
Ween
Neilsen
Coast Guard
Snohomish
Puget Sound
Trainmen May Strike As Nashville Railroads Vote
Conductors engineers trainmen and firemen of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railroad vote on authorizing a strike to back up a demand for joint committee discussion of grievances. The company demands issues be handled by individual unions. Result likely announced Thursday.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad
Ambassador Gerard Hosts High Level Washington Luncheon
Ambassador Gerard returning from Berlin visited the State Department on vacation and later shared luncheon with the German ambassador and Countess von Bernstorff. He planned to see President Wilson before departing the city, with no further engagements arranged.
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State Department
Washington, D. C
Gerard
Berlin
von Bernstorff
Wilson
Student Killed in Auto Crash Near Joliet
Lillian Kreimeeker a Northwestern College student Napierville Indiana was killed instantly and Reverend E O Rife a minister from Napierville Indiana was seriously injured when their car plunged over a thirty foot cliff at midnight at a road turn near Joliet Illinois Authorities reported the accident occurred near here
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Joliet
Ill
Lillian Kreimeeker
Northwestern College
Napierville
Ind
E. O. Rife
No Somme Attacks as Weather Dampens Allied Offense
The British and French forces show no major offensive plans along the Somme as harsh weather limits operations. Reports from London note only artillery activity near La Bassee and Arras, with Berlin confirming few large-scale attacks.
Bulgars Cross Danube as War Office Reports Front Gains
Bulgarian and German forces under Field Marshal Mackensen cross the Danube at two points east of the Alt valley. Bulgarians take Savistova and Zimitza, Germans reach Islacz and Rakovitza. Turnu Severin advances joint with Italian and other troops amid artillery exchanges.
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Sofia
London
Mackensen
Danube
Alt Valley
War Office
Sivistova
Somovit
Alt
Arnova
Parolovo
Dobrudja
Savistova
Zimi
Bulgars Counterattack on Serbian Front. Italians Advance West of Monastir
Bulgarian forces on the Macedonian front launched a counter attack on Serbian positions near the Cerna river, but were repulsed with heavy losses, according to the war office. Meanwhile Italian troops continue to make progress in the region west of Monastir.
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London
Roumania
Bucharest
von Mackensen
Danube
von Falkenhayn
Craiova
Rimnik
Hermanstadt
Sofia
Zimnitza
Alt
Israez
Dobrudja
Constanta-Tchernavoda
Bulgarian War Office
Monastir
Paris
Cerna
War Office
Somme
Sommer
Berlin
la Bassee
Arras
Cerna River
Warfare update from Monastir and Somme sectors
Report describes ongoing artillery engagements north of Monastir with both sides fighting fiercely. Italian forces advance in the Dihova mountains four miles northwest of Monastir while the Somme, Douaumont, and Vaux sectors see cannons in use and a quiet night elsewhere.
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Monastir
Dihova
War Office
Somme
Douaumont
Vaux
Roumanians Hold Out Against Invaders in Wallachia
The war office reports retiring Roumanians resisting Austro German forces in Western Wallachia. Romanian troops use natural defenses and hold positions on the Vede river between Rochi de Vede and Valeni as invaders advance.
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Petrograd
London
War Office
Wallachia
Vede
Rochi de Vede
Valeni
Falkenhayn Warns Bucharest Bleak If Guns Train On It
General Von Falkenhayn told neutral reporters at a luncheon that Bucharest would be an uncomfortable target once German guns are trained on the city. He refused to predict when this might occur while praising Romanian soldiers and suggesting the campaign could end sooner with favorable weather.
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Hermanstadt
Transylvania
Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville
von Falkenhayn
Roumanian
Bucharest
City girl leaves farm and fortune for Chicago life
Nell the old mare and Mary Smith were to inherit Parkhurst fortune after the Parkhursts adopted the Chicago girl in 1915. Mary returned to Chicago after becoming restless on the Kansas farm. Rumors of a romance and poison pen letters swirled as the couple said she did not fit their country home and sought society and golf. Mathilda Crowder is considered as possible successor.
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Amboy
Nell
Parkhurst
Mary Smith
James Parkhurst
Jimmy
Chicago
Mary
Mathilda Crowder
Kansas
Ill
Peter's Pence Collection Totals Near $100000 in Chicago
Chicago ecclesiastical authorities estimate the annual Peter's Pence collection in city churches yesterday will approximate $100,000. The fund supports the pope and Catholic missions with donations gathered across venues.
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Peter
Chicago
St Louis Man Dies at 100 in City
Elisha Dewolff aged 100 died in St Louis after a long career in the insurance business. He retired from work several years ago and lived in Missouri.
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St. Louisian
ST. Louis
Elisha Dewolff
Wheat Slumps As Bears Press Market Worries
Chicago November 27 Wheat prices fell sharply with declines up to 9 3 8 cents a bushel as leading houses sold holdings and bears pressed. EU war armitice talk and Atlantic submarine fears plus possible US embargo weighed on trade. July wheat dropped to 1.45 while December closed at 1.73 1 2 to 1.73 5 8.
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Chicago
Europe
Atlantic
United States
Supreme Court action on guardsmen oath ruling
Alexander Emerison and A P Lowell of Boston asked the Supreme Court to review lower court decisions interpreting the national defense act. The case seeks a final ruling on disputed questions of state troops serving under federal authority and their oath obligations.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Courit
Alexander Emerison
A. P. Lowell
Boston
Joseph Brooks Dead After Fall From West 79th Apt
Joseph Brooks a 65 year old theatrical manager and general manager of Klaw and Erlanger died after falling from his eighth floor apartment on West Seventy Ninth Street. His family said he had recently suffered a nervous breakdown. He was a first producer of Ben Hur and had managed Booth Barrett Fanny Davenport Lillian Russell and William H. Crane. He was born in Memphis Tennessee.
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New York
Joseph Brooks
West Seventy Ninth Street
Brooks
Erlanger
Booth, Barrett
Fanny Davenport
Lillian Russell
William H. Crane
Memphis
Tenn
President Wilson Plays Golf As He Reaches for Memorials
President Wilson's cold improved enough for an early morning round of golf in Washington. He planned meetings with Baron Zwiedinek to discuss attending memorial services for Henderson Martin of the Philippine commission, Hugh Frayne of the AFL, and Rozin Orr of the Street Car Men's Union.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Baron Zwiedinek
Henderson Martin
Philippine Commission
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
Rozin Orr
Street Car Men's Union
Mexican official studies American divorce laws for new constitution
Samuel Belden the Mexican consular agent in San Antonio arrived in Queretaro at General Carranza's request to submit copies of divorce laws from New York Illinois Washington Texas and other states. He will study American divorce statutes to aid drafting a uniform system for the upcoming Mexican constitutional assembly.
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Queretaro
Mexico
Samuel Belden
San Antonio
Tex
Carranza
New York
Illinois
Washington
Texas
Belden
Constitutional Assembly
Harvest of potatoes gathered at the Church of the Stranger
Potatoes collected at the Church of the Stranger will be distributed to the poor on Wednesday as part of a Thanksgiving offering. Worshipers were asked to donate at least one potato, placed in barrels by the door after services. The haul filled fifty or sixty baskets.
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New York
Church of the Stranger
Ships fear German submarines near New York harbor
Amid warnings from the British cruiser Lancaster, shipping circles fear German submarines near the Atlantic coast as numerous Allied passenger and freight ships approach New York. Reports say U boats may roam west of sixty degrees west, prompting light-shielding and life-boat precautions aboard incoming vessels from Liverpool Glasgow Genoa and Bermuda.
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New York
Atlantic
Lancaster
Sandy Hook
Neweport
Cunard Line
Laconia
Pannonia
Liverpool
London
Glasgow
Lapland
Duca D'Aosta
Genoa
Langes
Celtic
Bovic
White Star Line
Boston
Philadelphia
West Indies
Liverspool
Duca D
Aosta
Napoli
Mediterranean
Frederick VIII
Porto Rico
Bermuda
Kirkewall
Austrian envoy Tarnowski von Tarnow denied safe conduct
London dispatch reports the foreign office refused to grant safe conduct to Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow, newly appointed Austro Hungarian ambassador, barring his entry to the United States.
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London
Foreign Office
Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow
United States
German Exchange Drops New York Rate Amid War Strain
Germany today saw its exchange rate fall to the lowest level since the war began with demand for Berlin quoted at 68 3-8 cents per mark. This marks a depreciation to just under 17 18 cents compared with the normal value near 24 cents.
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New York
Germany
Berlin
Empty purse valued for virtue, Chicago talk
In Chicago on November 27 the Rev Charles R Brown dean of the Divinity School urged Sunday Evening Club members that an empty purse is valuable. He argued want drives people toward sin, spurs them to seek work and reveals true friends.
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Chicago
Charles R. Brown
I Divinity School
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