Fragmented Powers Mark Europe in 1500 A D
A survey describes Europe around 1500 with divisions along race lines. Turks pressed into Europe and subjugated southern Slavs while Hungarians held their core lands. The Teutonic Order governed Baltic coasts and a patchwork of German principalities formed the empire. Minor Latin states included Milan Venice the Papal States Naples Wallachia Moldavia and Genoa Tuscany.
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Europe
Teutonic Order
Baltic
Milan
Venice
Papal State
Naples
Wallachia
Moldavia
Genoa-Tuscany
Poland
Napoleon's Empire in 1812 Faces Major Realignments
The map shows Napoleon's broad empire at its peak with Prussia newly risen and expelling Swedes from most of their territory. Austria and Hungary form a union while Montenegro asserts independence from the Ottoman realm. Italy divides between French and Neapolitan rule, and German states drift into the Confederation of the Rhine as warring factions reshape the old empire.
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Napoleon
Prussia
Alde
Austria
Hungary
Montenegro
Italy
France
Kingdom of
Naples
Europe
Luxemburg
Holstein
Denmark
Viedmont
Netherlands
Belgium
Seattle celebrates armistice news with night of cheers
Under a starlit sky Seattle erupted in triumphant crowds after news of the armistice, with extras selling out, bells ringing, and thousands flooding streets. Naval stations, chimes, and sirens joined a citywide celebration that lasted into dawn, as residents toasted peace and shared grateful outbursts.
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Seattle
Germany
Portland Woman Credits Pinkham's Remedy for Recovery
Mrs Josefine Kimente of Portland Indiana says a displacement left her weak and unable to work Before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered strength and can now do her housework The ad invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for guidance and remedies
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Portland
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Josefine Kimente
West Race
Kimble
Lynn
Mass
Mons Taken by Haig’s Men in World War I
London reports Mons, the Belgian city famed for British defense in the war’s early days, has fallen to Haig’s forces. A battalion of the First Army under General Horne captured Mons shortly before dawn.
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London
Mons
Marshal Haig
First Army
Horne
Ban on lights is lifted for victory celebrations
Washington November 11 Fruel Administrator Garfield lifts the lightless night order allowing illumination nationwide for the victory celebration.
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Washington
Garfield
Frankfort Soviet Seeks Republic
The workmen and soldiers council of Frankfort a free city has decided to form a republic. They claim control of Mannheim Chemnitz Nuremburg Emmerich Oldenburg and Oladdach.
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Amsterdam
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council of
Frankfort
Mannheim
Chemnitz
Nuremburg
Emmerich
Oldenburg
Oladdach
Government could use 150000 more shipyard workers
Washington reports that 350000 men are already at work in the shipyards and the shipping board chairman Hurley says the government could use at least 150000 additional workers to sustain its vast shipbuilding program.
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Washington
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Star Led All Papers With Official War End News
The Star was the first in the Northwest to publish the armistice news from Washington, beating rivals by up to half an hour. It issued a four page extra with pictures of war figures and timely updates including the official ending time. Other papers followed, some with Paris date lines or later extras.
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Seattle
Star
University of Washington Naval Training Station
Second Ave
The
Northwest
Washington
D. C
Washington, D. C
Paris
Star Extra
Berlin
Bradfield Regulator Company
Dept. M
Lamar Nulldine
Atlanta
Georgia
President to address Congress on Germany armistice term
President Wilson will address a joint session of Congress at 1 pm to notify the nation of the term to which Germany bowed. The appearance marks the formal announcement of the armistice terms.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Germany
Charlie Chaplin’s Shell Shock Cure in France
Special to The Star reports Charlie Chaplin aided war relief in France by proxy. His film at a Red Cross hospital near Vichy inspired a shell shocked soldier to speak and laugh again after weeks of silence.
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France
Red Cross
Vichy
Charlie
U S Orders Seizure of Fruit Ships for Peace Program
The U S shipping board commandeered all ships owned by mail steamship companies and United Fruit Co, placing them in transatlantic service. The action, taken at the request of General Goethal a of the War Department, follows expected withdrawal of British and other tonnage forces from transatlantic routes.
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Washington
U.S. Shipping Board
Mail Steamship Companies
United Fruita 88. Co
Goethala
War Department
Raid Destroys Illicit Whiskey Operation Near Washelli
Police busted a large whiskey still on the Edmonds road two miles northwest of Washelli cemetery at Little's old mill site. Four Japanese nationals were arrested and over 3,000 pounds of rice seized, alleged to be stored for liquor manufacture.
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Little's Old Mill
Washelli Cemetery
Edmonds Road
Italian Gens Aids Italian Youth In French Camps
Paris November 11 Italian Gens leader Father Capra oversees rooms for Paria club members in France. The organization maintains ties to Italy as soldiers in American camps receive periodic visits to stay connected with their homes and culture.
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N. KB. A
Paris
France
Paria
Father Capra
New York Stock Exchange Closed For Today
The board of governors of the New York Stock Exchange announced shortly before 10 a.m. that the exchange would not be opened today.
Guns Busy Through Night as Front Holds Firm
In France on Nov 11 heavy artillery fired through the night and could be heard 25 miles behind American lines. German guns replied but were smothered by Yank fire. dispatch filed 40 minutes before hostilities ended. Mending soldiers' clothes becomes a Red Cross activity at headquarters.
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Mies
France
Red Crows
Special Constables Deployed in London Crowds
London crowds required oversight after the armistice as special constables were called out to aid police. In a separate incident, Charles Campbell, a shipyard worker born in 1918, was jailed after attempting to cut his sister Ida Fuller's throat when meal preparation was refused.
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London
Charles Campbell
Seventh Ave
Ida Fuller
Cosgrove Denies Friction Charges Amid Seattle Probe
Chairman Howard Cosgrove of the fair rentals commission denies charges that agents visited houses stirring trouble between tenants and landlords. He says only commission members or appraisers visit properties where complaints have been filed in Seattle.
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Howard Cosgrove
The
Fair Rentals Commission
Seattle
Commission
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