Correspondent Shepherd Dodges Cholera on Austrian Front
War correspondent Wm. G. Shepherd travels from Vienna to a Galicia frontline town, noting whitewashed coal piles and depots to ward off cholera. He is accredited with the Austrian army and warned to take injections and avoid food from stations as outbreak fears rise.
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Shepherd
Austria
Wm. G. Shepherd Przemyss
Mall
New York
Vienna
Gazela
Presseqiartier
War Information Bureau
Leutenant
Galicia
Kriegepresse Quartier
Russians Battle Germans in Poland Dispatch
Petrograd reports Russian forces attack German trenches in the Lodz to Cracow region. Russians reach Gombin and Braesiny while German positions at Zdunska Wola and Silegiersk hold under heavy pressure. Four thousand prisoners were taken Thursday as German retreat worsens toward Cracow.
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Braesiny
Hrzeziny
Giorno
Silegiersk
Zdunska
Wola
Lodz
Czrenstochowo Cracow
Vistula
Cracow
Three German Corps in Trap Near Breezing Region
Paris dispatch reports German losses in Russia Polen exceeding a full army corps. Matin says another corps has been routed and three more surrounded under heavy artillery and machine gun fire. Two additional German corps press to rescue the besieged force, with only a minute chance of escape.
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Paris
Poland
German Army Massed at Antwerp As War Presses
London datelined report: German forces withdraw from the Belgian coast and concentrate at Antwerp. Heavy firing persisted Friday from Zeebrugge as Allied warships shell the coast. French and British aviators patrol Northwestern Belgium, Germans unable to down them.
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London
Rotterdam
Daily Mail
Antwerp
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Agann
British aeroplane darts threaten dugout roofs in entrenchments
London reports a new British weapon, an airplane dart system, capable of dropping thousands of darts at once to pierce the roofs of dugouts in trench warfare.
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London
Belgian Field Guns Ruined by French Shells
Paris reports four hundred Belgian field guns ruined as French shells tore out their rifling. The damage occurred during combat operations, impairing Belgian artillery capability in the theater.
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Paris
His Baby's Little Shoes Story Reaches French Hospital
Two small shoes found in the pockets of a mortally wounded Belgian soldier move nurses attendants and physicians at a French hospital. A letter with the shoes accompanies the touched tale detailing the soldier and his fateful wounds.
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Albert
Grim Reaper
Oil Commission Rates Draw Spotlight on Local Sellers
A Star reporter finds oil stock commissions vary from 15 to 26 percent across firms. Ajax and Creacent Oil offer 25 percent, with others like Tenino Little Rock and Globe Oil paying 16 to 20 percent. Market remains slow, but agents expect a rebound as drilling stays funded by the remaining profits.
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Star
Ajax Company
Thirday
Knox
Creacent Oil Co
Ballard Oil Company
Tenino-Little Rock Company
Globe Oil Company
Modern Rip Wakes From 72 Day Coma In Cal
California congressman from Nevada City awoke after a 72 day coma. He learned the European war continued and the election had passed. En glebright was moved from the Sierra Nevada mountains to Oakland hospital with brain hemorrhage and a brain clot, remaining unconscious most of the period but now recovering.
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California
Nevada City
Cal
Congressman Englebright
Oakland
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Giant William Hempstead Exchanged for German Dwarfs
London reports William Hempstead an eight foot British giant known for a large appetite has been exchanged for two German dwarfs under two feet tall who had been held in England.
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London
William Hempstead
Villa Tries Ten Head Off New War in Mexico
Washington reports from Mexico City indicate the Aguascalientes convention’s permanent committee will call a congress meeting. Delegates under the Madero regime become eligible, Villa and his lieutenants back a plan for a semblance of a permanent government. Gutierrez would seek recognition from the United States and certain South American nations. A 14-year-old boy, Robert Nugent, son of Edward Nugent, is missing and has written from Oregon.
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Mexico City
Aguascalientes
Madero
Villa
Gutierrez
U. S
Argentine
Brazil
Chile
Robert
Edward Nugent
The
Pacific Knitting Mills
Oregon
Flawless Diamonds Offered for Custom Mounting
A jeweler promotes flaw free diamonds suitable for any setting. The firm highlights permanent value and rising worth each year, with stones available in all sizes while noting smaller stones hold proportional value to larger ones.
Bond Trades On New York Exchange Opens In Restricted Session
The New York Stock Exchange opened at 10 a m for restricted bond trading with Distilled Security at 68 a rise of 2 points and Steel 5s at 99 1 2. The stock trading ban was enforced and brokers cheered as the gong rang. The day’s continuation depends on today’s experiments.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Guns are Useless After Antwerp Capture
Amsterdam reports that when Germans entered Antwerp they could not use captured Belgian Krupp guns because the breech blocks had been discarded and new blocks forged by another firm reburned the guns. The Germans offered a reward for a missing block to serve as a pattern, but Belgians had carried all blocks away.
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Amsterdam
Antwerp
Krupps
Churchill hints commanders may be taken off jobs
London Nov 28. Britain reels from heavy sea losses as near government circles criticize the admiralty. Winston Churchill warned in parliament that improvements may require removing current commanding officers and even heads of departments if they fail to perform, stressing no party or personal ties should block necessary changes.
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London
Great Britain
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Man Slain and Robbed Found Near Trail
Three children found a dead man in brush near Fifth Ave and Concord St. A bruised head, dragged body, and a shoe note reading McCarthy marked the scene. Deputy Coroner links robbery to murder and suspects a gang tied to a prior Fort Lawton reserve killing.
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Fifth Nv
Concord St
McCarthy
Frank Koepill
Dave Evans
Fort Lawton Reserve
Witness Testimony Ties China Dan to Lam Kong Killing
A government witness testified that China Dan shot Lam Kong from behind and that Dan later joined a neighbor to talk about the murder. The note on Lam Kong’s body is said to exonerate Dan and imply Gow was killed for knowing too much. Other witnesses linked Hartvig Norman to bribery schemes involving Victor Place.
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Lam Kong
Frank H. Tape
China Dan
Dan
Smith
William H. Davidson
Everett
Victor M. Place
Brown
Hartvig M. Norman
Scientific Care of Teeth and Eyes Before Age and After
Edwin J. Brown explains early dental care prevents later loss. He outlines the sequence of baby to permanent teeth, risks of early extractions, and space issues for bicuspids and cuspids. The article also notes eye strain signs and explains bifocal glasses for readers and distance use.
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Secon
Hdwin J
Drown
Church Starts a Move to Get All Squared Up
A Queen Anne Congregational church invites members to square up debts and grudges from now through December with a Dec 1 mail-out bill drive. Pastor Dr Sydney Strong cites a Jan 1 1915 target for Seattle’s moral and financial boom. Sunday sermon: Starting Right.
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Queen Anne Congregational
Sydney Strong
Seattle
Father Tells Of His Lonely Thanksgiving
Samuel A Lovejoy of Greenwood Station Seattle writes of Thanksgiving spent alone with a chicken and dumplings meal after his son Loren Lovejoy survived the wreck of the schooner Hanalei near San Francisco. He recalls Loren sending a farewell message before rescue and expresses gratitude for the narrow escape.
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the Star
Samuel A. Lovejoy
Greenwood Station
Seattle
Loren Lovejoy
Hanalei
San Francisco
Loren
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