Russians Claim Battle Advantage In Poland
London reports from November 30 describe conflicting Russian and German statements on the northern Poland battle. Russian headquarters claim the advantage and heavy losses for Germany, while German reports say Russian attacks were repulsed and counterattacks successful. Officials caution no decision yet as fighting continues with German standstill and surrounded troops. The piece also notes Russian victories near Cracow and on the Carpathians, with weather hindering campaigns and possible eastward troop movements.
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Russia
Rusten
Thorn
Cracow
Petrograd
Craon
Silesia
Carpathians
Caucasus
Vistula
Warthe
War Office
Americans Safe Hold Better Position In Turkey
D A Davis of Constantinople tells at West Side Y M C A Americans in Turkey are safe and in a better position than any other nation. He says Americans are received without suspicion and missionaries remain at their posts across the country, not concentrated in a few locations.
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Turkey
New York
D. A. Davis
Young Men’s Christian Association
Constantinople
Davis
West Side
Mr. Davis
Guard Against Raids Across Niagara River Canada Tightens Security
River Ottawa Ont Nov 30 A Canadian official said invasion probability not proven yet but precautions are heightened. About 600 Canadian soldiers patrol the riverfront from Fort Erie to Queenstown with 30 militia on duty at Fort Mito opposite Buffalo amid German sympathy concerns.
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Ont
Iman
Canada
Dominion
Niagara River
Fort Mito
Buffalo
Niagara Falla
Queenstown
Paul von Hindenburg Promoted to Field Marshal Rank
Paul von Hindenburg receives promotion from the Kaiser to field marshal, marking a high point in his military career. The historic appointment elevates his status within the army and signals strong leadership for forthcoming campaigns.
Hindenburg Promoted to Field Marshal in Berlin
Berlin reports General Paul von Hindenburg promoted to field marshal with Iron Cross. General Luedendorf raised to lieutenant general, noted as Hindenburg's chief of staff. Thorn dispatch claims Hindenburg captured 60,000 Russians, 15 heavy guns, 200 machine guns, sparking nationwide enthusiasm.
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War Office
von Hindenburg
Bulwark Sunk At Sheerness Mystery Closes In
A public notice considers if the Bulwark’s destruction near Sheerness was due to a spy, submarine, or accidental magazine explosion. The battleship, 1899 build, anchored at the Thames mouth, perished with nearly 500 crew lost. few survivors found.
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Ibar
Creasy
Hogue
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Hawke
North
Ireland
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Dover
Good Hope
Monmouth
Coronel
Chile
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Niger
Deal
England
Bulwark
Earthquake Kills Twenty Three in Western Greece
Athens reports 23 killed and many injured after a western Greece and Ionian Islands quake. On Santa Maura, land surfaces warped, Pefkoulin mountain collapsed over almost two miles, Ionian Sea waters reached the valley, and new small mountains appeared across the island.
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Greece
Ionian Islands
Santa Maura
Pefkoulin
Ionian Sea
Officials Lose Jobs Fired by Urbana's Mayor
Urbana is dictated by Mayor M B Talboy to dismiss the entire police force following a state civil service commission ruling on malfeasance. He also removed Urban civil service members Pinugher Safety Ghestor Belfeldt and Huston, all appointed by former Mayor Green. The charges stem from a conspiracy alleged by fifty citizens after Green's dismissal of police.
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M. B. Talboy
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Vector Pinugher
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Huston
Green
State Commission
Assist ant to Death of Hildebrandt County Clerk Column
Marion county reports the death of Lewin W. Tron twenty eight Democratic clerk of Merion county courts from apoplexy during the recent campaign after a Republican landslide. County commissioners will fill the vacancy.
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Hildebrandt County
Marion
Widow's will set aside in Hassler suit
Dayton filed suit by former County Clerk Calvin M. Hassler asking that his wife Sarah E B Hassler's will be set aside and the $25 000 estate be restored to him The will left all to foster granddaughter Mabel E Hassler Loeb while the husband received nothing Hassler alleges his wife was mentally unbalanced He was a former department commander of the G A R.
Rubber interests surge as war drives Akron stocks
Akron, November 1914. Rubber firms in Akron report strong demand as the European conflict boosts orders for rubber goods. The rubber stock market shows notable gains with shares climbing sharply from six to forty five dollars, reflecting a booming local industry and rising labor demand.
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Hunter Killed While Rabbit Hunting Near Beaverte
In Zanesville on November 30, Harry Christinen, eighteen, of Zanesville, was killed when he fell with a cocked gun while climbing a fence during a rabbit hunt near Beaverte to Morgan county.
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Zanesville
Beaverte
Morgan County
Harry Christinen
President Wilson names commission on Colorado strike
President Wilson announces a three member commission to address the year long Colorado miners strike. He expresses disappointment that mine operators rejected prior settlement proposals and urges amicable, honorable adjustment to prevent further unrest nationwide. The move echoes Roosevelt’s coal strike precedent.
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Washington
Wilson
Seth Low
New York
Charles W. Milly
Philadelphia
Patrick Gildy
Clearfield
Colorado Cos! Atrike
Colorado
Presiment
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Tipperary Barred From American Navy Training Station
Newport November 3. The march It s a Long Way to Tipperary is barred from being sung at the naval training station here under Wilson era neutrality orders. Lieutenant Frank Taylor Evans U. N. issues the directive barring the song by the British army origin for security and policy reasons.
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R. L
Wilson
Tipperary
Frank Taylor Evans
U. N
Bryan Attacks Liquor and Armaments in Chicago Talk
Secretary of State Bryan told a Chicago Presbyterian gathering that love should replace armaments, denounced the liquor trade as a source of social evil, and urged peace in Europe. A separate Buenos Ayres dispatch reports a ten ship British squadron seen near Cape Polo and near Magellan, with German fleet whereabouts unknown.
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Chicago
Europe
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Cape Poloanion
Magellan
Provisional Mexican president proclaimed as forces clash
General Pablo Gonzales has proclaimed himself provisional president with a 5,000 man force near Pachuca, threatening to disrupt the Mexican Civil War balance. Negotiations reportedly under way between convention leaders and Zapata for a joint entry into Mexico City. Tampico tensions rise as Veracruz troops move to seize the city while Carraza sends 2,000 to press its claim.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Tampico
Washington
Aspire
Mexico
Pablo Gonzales
Queretaro
Gutierres
Aguascalientes
Gonzales
Pachuca
Pachuco
Villa
Stouts
Car- Tanza
State Department
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Cabellero
Gutierrez
Cararaza
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Vera Cruz
Woman Struck by Auto In Columbus Injures Krumm
In Columbus on a November night Lora Krumm twenty nine wife of Sylvester W. Krumm a grocer was struck by an automobile and hurled to the pavement suffering injuries likely to cause her death.
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Columbis
Lora Krumm
Sylvester W. Krumm
Epizootic rabbit case and bigamy arrest report
In Larain on November 10 a rabbit captured by Dogr is claimed by Dr. J J Paragher to have foot and mouth disease. In Columbus on November 20 Mrs Bertha buider Truslow aged twenty four was arrested charged with bigamy, alleged to have three husbands.
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