Germans Leaving Brussels After Armistice Turmoil
Refugees flood roads toward Ghent and Brussels as Germans retreat from the Belgian capital. Civilians cheer, flowers showered on soldiers, while officials report scarce coal and food. Emile Vandervelde signals parliament reshaping, and British prisoners are seen in frail condition returning home.
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Inside Bath Believed Key to Health and Fresh Appearance
An early health column urges readers to adopt an inside bath as superior to external hygiene. It claims skin pores do not absorb impurities, while bowels do. recommends a daily hot water drink with limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels of indigestible matter, toxins, and bile, easing headaches and improving complexion.
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General MacArthur Decorated Again For Valor In World War I
Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur has been awarded a bronze oak leaf to wear on the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in the taking of Hills 288 and 242 and the Cote de Chatillon, October 14 to 16, 1918, after leading his men in a brutal assault under heavy machine gun and artillery fire. He previously earned the DSC in 1918. MacArthur is said to have been wounded again but has fully recovered and returned to command in Germany. He is the son of the late General Arthur MacArthur and his mother lives in Santa Barbara, California.
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Rioting in Amsterdam Leaves Seven Dead
A Times dispatch from London reports seven killed and twelve wounded in Amsterdam during rioting on Thursday. The unrest is believed German inspired, with cavalry barracks fired during a red flag parade. Rotterdam says the situation is improving. The Allied food council diverts the steamship Adra carrying 7,100 tons of wheat to Rotterdam due to Holland distress.
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Disorder in Hanover as German troops retire
London dispatch reports disorder in Hanover as German troops retire. Twenty persons shot amid breakdown of discipline among retiring German armies. Dispatch notes unrest and inability to maintain order as withdrawals proceed.
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Hague
Father’s Wounds Spur Daughter to Fight in France
Miss Isabel Smith gave up a profitable Atlantic City business to join the Salvation Army for work in France. Her father, a Scotch Red Cross ambulance veteran, was wounded in battles on the western front and urged her to continue the fight. She will sail for France within days to aid American troops bound home.
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Wilson declines New York Britain's Day attendance
President Wilson will not attend the December 8 celebration in New York honoring Britain's war effort. In a letter to Judge Alton B. Parker he says remaining in Washington is his duty to act promptly on matters maturing hourly and to stay true to the common cause. Wilson also credits Lloyd George's just peace speech and the push for a League of Nations.
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Bridgeport Woman Dies After Train Accident at Cedar Hill
Mrs Edward O'Brien of 1026 Lindley Street Bridgeport boarded the wrong train at Cedar Hill station and tried to jump off Saturday afternoon. She was swept under the wheels, rushed to Grace Hospital, and died at 5 o'clock. Both legs were severed.
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Wilson Denies Berlin Armistice With Bolshevik Reception
Berlin dispatch claims President Wilson told Germany that armistice terms hinge on public order and that receiving Russian Bolshevik representatives could dissolve the pact. Washington denies any such instruction or reference to Bolsheviks in official diplomacy, noting only a note on food aid if public order stays maintained.
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American Captain Killed Leading His Company in France
Captain Joseph McConnell a Boston lawyer and officer in the 101st Infantry was killed in France while leading his men in an assault on a German machine gun nest. An artillery shell exploded and he was hit in the neck, dying almost instantly. He was buried near the site with Chaplain O Connor officiating. He had served in the Mexican campaign as a lieutenant and was married to Clexton A Week before sailing for France.
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Eyes on Boston as War Work drive ends today
Boston faces a decisive finish to the United War Work fund drive with the district hinging on Boston and its suburbs. The minimum quota exceeds a million and a half dollars, and success or failure today will determine the district's result.
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Boston
New England
United War Work Fund
Happenings This Vicinity From 28 Years Ago Headline
A jumble of retro items notes a Boston dry goods store ad promising sheets at 50 cents, church gatherings this evening, A N Piergon's chrysanthemum show in Springfield, large prayer-week attendance, a crowded Methodist church, C Collard Adams visiting Cromwell to inspect G A R Posts, 25 cent ladies’ robes ads, city surveyor Augur finishing the municipal building layout, Merrill reporting 45 at the new evening school, early week school started with 20, winter railroad schedule to take effect Sunday, Bishop Williams consecrating All Saints Episcopal church in Meriden, and Jamieson’s market advertising dressed turkeys at 22 cents per pound and roast beef 17 cents.
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Doubling Up on Him in Kans City
A humorous Kansas City Star blurb recounts a motorist speeding at fifty two miles per hour being chased by a policeman on a hill, with the motorist claiming he was following the officer. The item ends with a joke about an ideal family hotel lacking home discomforts.
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Popular Mechanics
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Barney Oldfield
Hood's Triple Combination Treatment Offers Health Restoratives
After influenza and blood poisoning, restore strength and nerves by Hood's Sarsaparilla, the blood purifier. Take Peptiron iron tonic after meals and Hood's Pills for gentle cleansing. These three medicines aid convalescence and disease prevention, forming Hood's Triple Combination.
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