City Officials Plan To Cure Drunkards
Three Los Angeles officials including Chief C B Snively. Dr T H Trinwith. and Sergt Leo Marden launch a novel liquor cure. The Trinwith treatment uses medicine doses, air and exercise to curb cravings, with the delinquency link to alcohol cited as a national concern. The city’s inebriate farm is repurposed as a sanitarium for this program.
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Los Angeles
Demon Rum
C. BE. Snively
T. H. Trinwith
Sergt. Leo W. Marden
Trinwith
Sergt. Marden
Chief Snively
Atrocities Reported as Bulgars Slaughter Wounded Serbs
Monastir Serbia November report describes Bulgarian troops entering Babuna Pass at night and killing wounded Serbs with knives. Destruction across villages is widespread with burning homes and corpses along roads. Serb forces and French troops defend the Monastir area as Babuna Pass and Prilep are noted as temporarily lost.
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William G. Shepherd
Monastir
Serbia
Vassich
Babuna Pass
Bulgaria
Deserters Die In Sea After Chilean Shipwreck
Three U S army deserters and several deserting Germans from an interned gunboat are among the crew of 25 on the Chilean ship Carelmopu sunk off the Vancouver Island coast. Lifeboats capsized in a storm as rescuers from the Princess Maquinna tried to reach the drowning men.
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Victoria
B. C
United States Army
Honolulu
Carelmopu
Vancouver Island
Robert Mender
Thomas Shay
Frederick W. Johnson
Coast Artillery Corps
Edward Gillam
Princess Maquinna
Gillam
Russian Drive Now Expected in Winter Campaigns
London dispatch reports strengthened rumors of a major European war campaign this winter as German evacuations near Mitau and a Riga front shift hint at planned Muscovite moves. Three million men and vast supplies bolster Russian lines from Siberia and Archangel to Perm as Balkan fighting continues.
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London
Russia
Thies
Mitau
Riga
Prussia
Balkan
Siberia
Archangel
Vologoa
Viatka
Perm
Murdock Says Peace Talk Is All Useless
Victor Murdock former American congressman spoke in London after three days noting Britain's military readiness and resolve to win the war. He opposed peace talk seen as futile propaganda and warned against anti Wilson prep measures led by Kitchen.
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London
Navy
England
Great Britain
Victor Murdock
America
Kitchen
Lumber prices near 1912 levels at Tacoma meeting
A review of the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers association quarterly meeting in Tacoma notes lumber prices nearly return to 1912 1913 levels. Separately in London 18 year old A Seaton from Rugby had a crooked toe amputated after failing to enlist and is now a private in the Seventh Royal Warwick Regiment.
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Tacoma
West Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
London
Seaton
Rugby
Seventh
Royal Warwick Regiment
Greece Awaits Allied Ultimatum After Kitchener Mission
Athens dispatches reported Earl Kitchener's mission to Greece failed. Greeks now expect an ultimatum from the Allies as tensions rise during wartime negotiations.
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Berlin
Athens
Frankfurter Zeitung
Earl Kitchener
Greece
Allied Balkan Offensive Gathers Size with Salonika Landings
Paris Nov 27 Allied forces deploying on a grand Balkan offensive as large Pontoon units land at Salonika and push into southern Serbia. The move signals a major strategic effort involving substantial military buildup in the region.
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Paris
Balkan
Salonika
Serbia
Serbian Prisoners Reach 191000, Central Allies Report
Official announcement says 191000 Serb prisoners are held by central allied forces. Serbs dynamited blast furnaces shops and workers homes at French copper mines in Zajecar and flooded the mines. Bulgarian manager disappeared. Germans pump out mines and restore works to resume copper supplies.
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Berlin
Zajecar
Earl Kitchener Arrives at Italian Front for Talks
Earl Kitchener reached the Italian front and held a conference with the king and Gen. Cardonia, signaling efforts to align with Italy as active allies in the Balkan campaign.
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Rome
Earl Kitchener
Cardonia
Man on bicycle misses man and hits curb in street hold up
Everett reports a cyclist, FE. A. Dilyea, dodged a man in his path then crashed into a curb. Dilyea flashed a light and saw a masked stick-up artist. an auto appeared and the assailant fled.
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Everett
FE. A
Dilyea
Benefit Concert Aids Ryther Home at Labor Temple
A benefit concert at the Labor Temple raised a substantial sum for the Ryther home located at 1362 Denny Way. The event drew good attendance with the hall and all musical numbers donated for the cause.
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Labor Temple
Ryther
Denny Way
Belief Robber Uses Boy As Aide In Seattle Theft
Police suspect a house robber in Seattle used a 6 year old boy to aid the crime after finding a lad's shoe imprints on a window ledge at Mrs. W Thumes 1539 Eighth Ave N W. A small jewelry haul valued 9500 to 700 was taken from the residence of M Harris 429th Ave.
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Seattle
Mre
Thumes
H8th Ave
N. W
M. Harris
Clifton Sends 2171 Men to Colors From London
London report states Clifton England deployed 2 171 men to the colors with 156 killed and 210 wounded. Two Victoria Crosses were awarded along with 17 distinguished service orders and 16 military crosses.
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London
Clifton
England
Haarlem Oil Capsules Promise Kidney and Bladder Relief
Haarlem Oil Capsules branded as GOLD MEDAL offer relief for back pain fatigue insomnia and frequent or painful urination. The ad claims centuries of proof and imports from Holland with prices 26c 60c and 1.00, with a money back guarantee if not effective. Owl Drug Co sells and guarantees the product.
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Haarlem
Holland
Holland Laboratories
Owl Drug Co
Resinol treatment cited as highly effective for eczema
A long report lauds Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap for eczema and skin troubles. Physicians endorse the treatment with a history of twenty years and thousands of doctors noting relief from itching burning and eruption. Sold by all druggists. Trial offers available. Dent 105 Kesinel Baltimore Md.
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Dent
Kesinel
Maltimore, Md
Mills Humming in Grays Harbor Lumber Boom
Lumber mills in Grays Harbor county operate at full tilt cutting 757000 feet of lumber daily, said Maj. H W Patton of Hoquiam in a brief field report.
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Grays Harbor
H. W. Patton
Hoquiam
Arrest of Suspect Al Judson for Pocket Theft in City Jail
Al Judson, 30, is jailed on a charge of pocketing a purse containing 50 dollars from Frank Fisher who lives at 118 Elliott Ave. N. Fisher reported the theft and Judson was arrested and placed in the city jail.
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al Judson
Frank Fisher
Fisher
Elliott Ave
Pinex cough remedy promises quick relief at low cost
An old home remedy touts Pinex with pine extract as a fast acting cough suppressant. By mixing 2½ ounces of Pinex with a pint sugar syrup, households can make a full pint of cough syrup for about four cents. It claims rapid relief from dry hoarse or painful coughs and soothing chest or throat colds. The ad highlights pine extract’s historic use for bronchitis and whooping cough and guarantees customer satisfaction.
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Ithe Pinea Co
Ft. Wayne
Lad
Theatre usher to retain his Seattle wife
San Francisco judge dismisses divorce bid by Harold N. Eckmann an usher in a theatre who sought to annul his marriage to Christelle Wirth sister in law of San Francisco financier Jack Spreckels. Eckmann married Miss Wirth in Seattle. Spreckels later wed Miss Sidi Wirth.
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Harold N. Eckmann
Jack Spreckels
San Francisco
Eckmann
Christelle Wirth
Seattle
Spreckels
Mise Sidi Wirth
Fire Marshal Sends His Own Friend to Pen
Jay W. Stevens of Portland Oregon a fire marshal who rose from fire company mate to renowned arson investigator sent his former partner Ordie Keeney to the Oregon penitentiary. Keeney previously faced incompetency charges and was dismissed from the Portland fire department before Stevens built the case against him. Keeney received a term of from three to seven years based on the evidence gathered by Stevens.
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Jay W. Stevens
Portland
Stevens
Ordie Keeney
Portland Fire Department
Keeney
Oregon
Mayor Bowes Found in France with Foreign Legion
Canby Minnesota reports Mayor John Bowes who vanished has resurfaced in France accompanied by the Foreign Legion, according to his wife.
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Canby, Minn
John Bowes
Foreign Legion
France
Six Men Drift Aboard Scows In Ice Off Cook Inlet
In Seward Alaska on November 27 a small boat with six frozen men drifts among ice floes off Cook Inlet. Fred Tracy of Alaska Steamship Co and five others left the steamship Admiral Farragut when ice forced the vessel to retreat from Anchorage. The men, aiming to reach Seward by dog team, abandoned the Farragut about 30 miles from Anchorage.
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Seward
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Fred Tracy
Alaska Steamship Co
Admiral Farragut
Anchorage
Farragut
Woman Arrested After Navy Yard Remarks At Bremerton
Mrs B M Fjirstad, recently paroled from Steilacoom asylum, was arrested at Bremerton after statements she made about renting the largest dry dock and trading ships at the navy yard to Norway. She voiced questions about the yard and other remarks at the naval facility on November 27.
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Bremerton
Navy Yard
Norway
B. M. Fijerstad
Steilacoom Insane Asylum
Woman Struck by Jitney Bus Injured in City Crash
Mrs. Ida Redick of 1632 Boylston Ave. was hit by a jitney bus driven by C. F. Peterson at Boylston Ave. and Prie St. Friday afternoon. She was taken home for treatment.
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Ida Redick
Boylston Ave
C. F. Peterson
Cardiff Names Women to Letter Carrier Jobs
Cardiff postal authorities report many male letter carriers have been replaced by women, indicating a shift in staffing as of November 27.
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Cardiff
Peruna Praised as Ideal Protector in All Sorts of Weather
A testimonial from George A. Douglas of New York extols Peruna for curing bronchial catarrh and boosting strength after exposure to rain and cold. The letter claims Peruna combats catarrh by lifting spirits and restoring vigor, noting numerous unsolicited testimonials and Peruna Tablets as an alternative to liquid medicine.
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Peruana
Mr. George A. Douglas
East 131St St
New York
N. Y
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