British Battleship Bulwark Destroyed in Medway Estuary
London reports the battleship Bulwark blew up and sank in the Medway estuary. Between 700 and 800 officers and men are believed dead, including Captain Guy Belater. Only 14 crew survived as officials cite an interior magazine explosion. Churchill announced the disaster in Parliament.
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London
Bulwark
Great Britain
Medway River
Guy Belater
Churchill
Sheerness Harbor
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
the Adairratty
Sheerness
Russians Hold Advantage as WWI Battles Shift Across Poland
London reports the Russian general staff says battles around Lodz and Lowicz favor Russian forces as German efforts to retreat intensify. Berlin confirms heavy losses for Russia with about 40,000 prisoners taken, while fighting continues in Poland and Galicia as both sides claim tactical gains.
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London
Petrograd
Poamds
Tornight
Lodz
Lowies
Lord Kitchener
House of Lords
Carpathians
Galicia
Cracow
Enet
Prussia
Mazurian
Brieziny
Stryken
Berlin
East Prussia
Poland
von Rackensen
Lowicz
Standstill in Flanders Battle Amid Sparse Claims
Reports from Paris and Berlin confirm a near standstill in the Flanders fighting with isolated gains. French and German lines show no decisive moves toward the French coast as bombardment and attacks continue around Arras and St Hilaire. German losses reportedly reach about 1.5 million through August to October.
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Paris
Flanders
Fallans
Arras
Berlin
St. Hilaire
Apremont
England prepares to repel possible German invasion
England speeds preparations along east and south coast to repel a potential German invasion. Emergency committees of prominent citizens are formed in major towns to coordinate safety measures for women and children and evacuate livestock from threatened areas.
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England
Foca
London
Germany
Wilson protests aerial bomb attacks via informal diplomatic note
President Wilson privately communicated to American ambassadors abroad his disapproval of bomber attacks on unfortified cities. He did not issue a formal protest through the State Department, seeking to end serial bombing while preserving belligerent relations, and asked diplomats to report damages to properties in which Americans are involved.
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Washington, D.C
Wilson
United States
Europa
State Department
Whites House
Hague
Bryan
Europe
Antwerp
South American nations seek end to belligerent warships
Argentina Chile Peru and Uruguay urge Washington to back negotiations with European powers to ban warships from the Americas. Circulated toSouth American capitals, the move aims to restore stalled pan American trade and reduce neutrality tensions. Chile Ecuador and Colombia already report disputes over wireless use and foreign warship coaling in Atlantic and Pacific waters.
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Washington
South America
Europe
Americas
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Uruguay
North
Ecuador
Colombia
Raye
Atlantic
Pacific
Rockefeller Loses Tax Abatement Plea in Ohio Action
John D Rockefeller faces a 1.2 million dollar county tax bill on a 11.05 million stock and bond assessment. His federal appeal seeks abatement of 21 million dollars. trial court and tax commissioners Frehler and Agney win dismissal of the complaint and uphold placement on the duplicate tax list.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Cuyahoga County
Rockefeller
Frehler and Agney
Chaffee Will Filed For Probate In California
Gen Adna R Chaffee former US Army chief of staff died leaving 2250 to his widow The estate includes insurance stock and Kansas land. Penn State contest ends 24 to 12 Penn defeats Cornell 24 12 in rough football clash on Nov 28. Inez Vandyck crew captured by Karlsruhe arrives with passengers in New York. Baby survives fall from third story window in Boston. Lynching of Dillard Wilson near Shiloh S C reported Nov 26.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Adna R. Chaffee
United States Army
Thea
Kansas
Philadelphia
Petin-Cornell
Cornell
Penn
New York
Byron
Inez Vandyck
Brazil
Boston
Shiloh
S. C
Dillard Wilson
Ezekiel Truluck
Oglesby Widow Hurt in Runaway Car Incident Near Home
Mrs Richard J Oglesby widow of ex Governor Oglesby was thrown from her carriage by a runaway near her Hikhart home and was likely fatally injured. Chicago reports confirm the death of Frank E Thomann adviser to the Building Trades council at his Winthropsenze residence.
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Ulinaly
Springfield
Navy
Richard J. Offasby
Oglesby
Hikhart
Chicago
Fraink E. Thoman
The
Building Trades Council
Winthrop Svenze. Ye
Phgitan
Irduwarkers' District
Cottne
Negs
Archiitectural
Iranworkers’ Union
Schwab Brings Back 200 Million in Allied War Orders
Charles M. Schwab returns from Europe with about 200 million in orders from British and French governments for war equipment. He reportedly keeps a commission near one million. Including Schwab’s orders, American manufacturers hold over 400 million in allied orders, exclusive of grain and provisions.
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Chicago
Charles M. Schwab
Europe
Ag Schivap
United States Steel Corporation
Schwab
Michigan In No Danger After Michigan Grounding
Navy reports the battleship Michigan aground off Cape Henry is not in danger and work continues to refloat her. In Sault Ste. Marie, two more bodies from the Curtis wreck are identified as Oscar Jelm and John Tyerson of Tonawanda New York, with fifteen bodies recovered in total.
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Washington
Navy Department
Michigan
Cape Henry
Ibé
Sault Ste. Maria
Mich
Hines Lumber Company
Dteamer Curtis
Oscar Jelm
John Tyerson
Tonawanda
N. Y
Lewiston Man Shot Ends in Arrest in Estate Feud
In Lewiston a feud over an estate settlement ends with the death of Charles Rose. His father Joseph Rowe, age fifty five, is under arrest on a charge of shooting him. Navy involvement noted.
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Lewiston
Navy
Charles Rose
Joseph Rowe
Fire Devastates Bloomington Business Edge
A large blaze in Bloomington Illinois on November 30 destroyed two buildings on the northern edge of the central business district. No loss figures were available.
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Bloomington
Jacksonville
Ill
Fie
Admiral Wells L Field Dies in Washington
Rear Admiral Wells L Field aged sixty nine died in Washington after a lingering illness. He served in the navy and held high rank during a long career, with his death marking the end of an era for maritime service.
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W. L. Field
Washington
Wells L. Field
British Heir Wins Appeal on Collateral Inheritance Tax Case
In a Supreme Court ruling regarding James Murray's estate in Iowa, the collateral inheritance law, which taxed foreign heirs at 20 percent, was found to conflict with a treaty with Great Britain. The court ordered the tax reduced to 3 percent and directed the state treasurer to return funds to the school trust. Mary Ann McKeown of England was recognized as the sole claimant.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
United States
Great Britain
James Murray
Iowa
Murray
Denmark
Franklin Counnty
W. CG. Brown
Mary Ann McKeown
England
Ska
Lot
Railway case opens in Chicago as arbitration roils rails
The dispute pits ninety western railway employers against the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and Brotherhood of Loso motive workers. The case, seen as a pivotal arbitration battle, follows actions by the conference committee of managers chosen by the western railways.
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Chicago
Wilson
Western Mailroan da
Brotherhood of Losomotive” Angloaere
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Association of Western Railways
Corn Harvest Booms as Iowa Farmers Meet Contracts
The corn harvest reaches peak yields with high quality as 1.5 million pounds moved by Parmers Mevatar and 1.118 million by Shintwell elevator. Farmers in Arthur and Odeholt store and ship large quantities, with 100 loads of popcorn daily common in Arthur. Most Iowa corn sold under contract at $1.10 per 180 pounds on the cob, with 20 carloads already shipped from Idol Grove and more expected before season's end.
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Arthur
Odeholt
Arthurian
Parmers' Mevatar Company
Iowa
Idol Grove
Woman burns to death in Mason City home fire
A woman identified as Mrs Peter Welgh died after clothes caught fire from a karogend lamp explosion in her bedroom. She ran to the stairs and fell, burning on the kitchen floor as husband searched for something to wrap around her. The house was badly damaged.
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Mason
Peter Welgh
Western Canada offers opportunity for American settlers
An advertisement extols Western Canada as a solution to postwar food demand. It highlights 180 acres to settlers, six months per year farming, or cattle farming, with options in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. It notes park country advantages, low land prices, easy terms, and non compulsory military service attracting U.S. settlers to cultivate wheat oats barley and flax.
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Europe
American
Canada
British Columbia
Iylog
Prairla
Park
United States
Great Britain
Othone
Father’s warning as night scene ends at ten o’clock
A father speaks from the stairway asking if the young man has left. He tells Geraldine to send him home at once and to set his watch and clock so he can begin the day.
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Geraldine
Important to Mothers Examine Castoria Safety Claim
Mothers urged to check every bottle of Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. The advertisement notes Castoria has signature and claims use for over 30 years and that children cry for Fletcher’s Castoria.
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Fletcher
German Schools Compulsory Education From Age Six
Education is compulsory through Germany from age six to fourteen. There are more than ten million children in public schools, a proportion similar to the United States.
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Germany
United States
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