Forest fires devastate northern Minnesota areas
More than 500 dead and thousands homeless as forest fires sweep northern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. Towns such as Cloquet Brokston Browatop Corona Adolph Thomson Arnold Vidose Take Wright are wiped out and many hamlets destroyed. Over twelve thousand refugees are housed in Lilyth Superior and Duluth armories while doctors and nurses treat injuries and supply clothing and aid.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Goquet
Brokston
Browatop
Corona
Lilyth
Superior
Duluth Armory
Cloquet
Treasury warns Liberty Loan faces serious shortfall
The treasury announces slow progress toward the six billion dollar Liberty Loan goal. With three weeks of subscription left, only 30 percent subscribed and total receipts at 1,791,463,200. Officials urge daily averages of 467,000,000 until October 19 and ask canvassers to push larger bond purchases from wealthy to middle and small earners alike.
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Wash‘neton
Treasury Department
Toi
Treasury
Citigems
Too Sanguine View Of German Note Sparks Debate
Washington warns against assuming Germany’s offer means unconditional surrender. Officials stress not to overstate the note’s implications and reiterate resolve to persist with victory efforts and the Fourth Liberty Loan. The German term appears seven times, with questions about the omission of imperial.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Rumor of German War Bond Devaluation Circulates
Persistent rumors in Germany claim imperial bonds may become valueless as victories rise. Many towns report unloading telephone war loans at low prices amid looming panic. Newspapers urge calm and advise bondholders to sell through banks that can advance funds.
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Germany
Numerus
Hunger Strife Deepens as Bolshevik Regime Faces Food Crisis
Russia’s famine pressures the Bolshevik government as hunger in the isolated Soviet republic fuels a pitched battle for bread amid weak opposition parties. The struggle highlights deteriorating conditions and mounting political tension in the region.
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Russia
Stockholm
Soviet Republic
Fourteen Points Of World Peace Listed By President
The president outlines fourteen peace terms including no secret diplomacy freedom of the seas equal trade armament limits evacuation of Russian territory restoration of Belgium and Lorraine readjustment of Italian frontiers a democratic Austro Hungary and independence for Poland Serbia Romania and Montenegro plus autonomy for Turkey and free passage to Dardanelles.
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Germany
Belgium
Aleace-Lorraine
Iteby
Altonombcus
Austro Hungary
Romania
Serbia
Mapte
Poland
Erra
Tmail
Allies push toward Rhine amid German collapse
Reports describe an Anglo American advance north of St Quentin breaking through German lines and opening the possibility of a larger push toward the Rhine. French and Allied forces may strike from the Alsace-Lorraine front while rumors of Rhine valley operations surface from unofficial sources.
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Washington
St. Quentin
Cambria
A .Crusshige
Pheers
Marshal Foch
St Quentin
Germany
Upper Rhine
France
Switzerland
Rhine Valley
Alsace-Lorraine
Chilean envoy backs South American league for relief
Mathieu the new Chilean ambassador to Washington said South American republics should have united early in the war to form a moral force. He urged sympathy with the United States and endorsed a US led rescue of nations as an accomplished fact, calling a league the best guarantee for small nations.
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Santiago
Beltran
Mathieu
Washington
United States
Huge increase in artillery program sought by ordnance
The ordnance department asked the house appropriations committee to add 1.1909 billion dollars to its estimated 2.687 billion for the enlarged army program. Washington plans more heavy guns for each of the eighty divisions expected in France next year. The state department was notified of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria's abdication on October 3 and the crowning Boris succession. The new ruler and Malin remain in office and are viewed as friendly to the United States and the allies.
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Washington
Ordnance Department
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
America
France
State Department
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Boris
Malinof
United States
Braska
Nibrayka
Nebraska Telephone Company
Hina
State Railway Comemission
Hicresse
Nebraska
Rhute
Mairstid Anderson
Stat Farm
State Committee
University Board of Regenta
Seram
Garwerdar Neville
Eee
Aero
Ib Peta
Antioch
Jefferson County
Lown
Chay
Comary
Nebrustan
Ban Berg
Berfiel State Board
Witlmore
Dniteriot
Thia
Omaha
Mapa
Ieee le Lee
Brant Tx
Pershing
Metz
General March
Callys
State Railway Commission
Lincoln
Ruthread
Railway Commission
Wyoming
Blue
Public Health Service
Ed Cross
Cedar Blafts
Bart
Potterik
Sheridan County
Scottablatt
Hinderburg Resigns After Heated Interview
London reports Marshal von Hindenburg has quit as chief of the German general staff. The resignation follows a tense discussion with the emperor in which the field marshal said large scale retreat was impossible to avoid, per a General News Dispatch from Amsterdam.
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Hinderburg
London
Marshal van d Enburg
Amsterdam
Germany Accepts Wilson Peace Terms Evacuate Territory
Germany declares acceptance of President Wilson's terms as a step toward armistice and peace. Foreign Secretary Solf states the government and people support evacuation and proposes a mixed commission to arrange the withdrawals. The note emphasizes impartial justice and collective security within a league of nations.
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Washington
Metice
Asaumas
Felenktag
Perthin
Wilson
Germany
United States
Reichstag
Solf
Foreign Office
Atlantic sinking tale of Ticonderoga and Leinster losses
Survivors recount the torpedoed steamship Ticonderoga 1 700 miles off the Atlantic coast with 250 aboard, most killed or wounded by shrapnel from a German submarine. The Leinster was torpedoed and sank with 687 passengers and crew. only 156 women and children survived. Details of losses and survivors remain incomplete.
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Atlantic
Abmarine
Ticonderoga
Titonderoga
Abe
Tull
Mats
Peréons Speer
Passéheger
Leinster
Onis
Birch
Jones
Bulgaria to Send Troops Against Turkey Eyed in Expedition
A dispatch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph company reports Bulgaria is expected to dispatch troops against Turkey. The move is believed organized by the allied forces, with Constantinople dispatches noting. It is likely Bulgaria will hand passports to its minister to Turkey at once.
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London
Porte
Bulgaria
Turkey
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Adtires
Constantinople
Ministar
Japanese War Office Reports Siberian Operations
Official statement says cavalry and infantry pursued the enemy from Zeya toward Banbuki capturing Jorakai and Joidmin. A third division detachment from Tehita reached Wesenozinsk. The river is said to have been cleared by mine sweepers.
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Tokio
Siberia
Japanese War Office
Zeya
Banbuki
Jorakai
Joidmin
Tehita
Wesenozinsk
Daylight Saving Bill Clears Senate Endorsed by Baruch
The daylight saving law would stay in effect until rescinded by Congress as the senate passes a bill backed by War Industries Board Chairman Baruch to save fuel. The bill heads to the house with clocks set to turn back one hour on October 27 under current law.
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Washington
Congrega
Senate
Baruch
War Industries Board
House
Increase in Loan to Allies Raises U S Credit Totals
Washington increases the United States loan to allied governments by five million dollars, lifting total Allied credits to seven billion two hundred twenty million six hundred sixty-six dollars. The note on reception of the presidential document notes a Paris date line as an epitome of French reaction.
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Wilson
Paris
Washington
United States
State Notes on Epidemics and War Strain
Readable excerpts report Spanish influenza cases in Edgar and other counties, calls for health measures, and a halted grand lodge session. It cites Nevilles and state leaders, sugar beet and sorghum production, new beets, and war finance drives across Nebraska with county updates and proposed oil prospecting near Potter.
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Heity Bureau
Nebraska
Custer County
Severn
Edgar
Hastings
A. H. Backhaus
Pierce Leader
W. H. Brown
How to Avoid Backache and Nervousness
Woman recounts health decline with headaches backache and fatigue. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for improvement and urges women with similar symptoms to seek advice from the Pinkham company while noting Queen Withelmina of Dotland limits travel.
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Providence
R. L
Lydia E. Pinkharm
Lydia Pinkham
Apelline B. Lynch
Plain St
Livange
E. Pinkham
Withelmina of
Dotland
Cuticura Beauty Doctor Ad Promises Clear Skin
Cleansing and beautifying claims for skin and hands using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Free samples offered by Cuticura Dept X Boston. Available at druggists and by mail. Sep 75 advertisement note.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Teacher Tommy and the virtual Ringler class query
A classroom exchange shows a student addressing Teacher Tommy about a class called the virtual Ringler. The dialogue reveals a teasing remark as the student calls Tommy an old hen and an old cat, reflecting playful banter.
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Tommy
Wnrtual
Tommy—Dunne
Mose and Soldier Discuss Draft Duty in 1860s Voice
A dialectal exchange hints at a work or fight draft and enforced military service. The speaker, addressing Mose, notes pressure to both labor and join the army, reflecting era constraints and social expectations.
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Mose
Winter travel and shoes sparks rustic debate in Kansas City Star
In a humorous exchange, a presiding elder asks about taking the family to town for shoeing. Gap Johncon of Rumpus Ridge argues it is cheaper to shoot them at home, prompting corrections and playful tension in the dialogue from the Kansas City Star.
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Gap Johncon
Rumpus Ridge
Johnson
Kansas” City Star
Woman's knitted effort ends in dashed patriotic plan
Mrs Fusserty set out to learn knitting to aid soldiers and surprise her husband. She began a sock for a soldier but her husband watched as she tearfully unraveled the final stitches, remarking that she had done her bit by noon and undone it by evening.
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Seattie
Prince Axel
Denmark
Lake
Cari
Raymond Frazier
Seattle
Spain
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Cambrai
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Bre Tiny
Viett
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Epidemie of
Bowulella
Wena
State Board of Control
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Franklin
Sorkien
Nebraska’ Federation of Womens
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Oor Ieee
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Pernarr
Platte
Hyder
Bernns
Judsen
Nebenska Reed
Mirtizan
Iowa
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Maneaas
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