Carranza Deploys Cavalry to Seize Cananea in Mexican Campaign
Carranza dispatches 2,560 cavalry under Cardenas from Naco to occupy Cananea as Obregon readiness signals an immediate advance. Calles and Manzcat lead about 7,900 infantry, 2,500 cavalry, 20 cannons, and 450 machine guns toward the action while a Villa rear guard camps near Villa Verde. The Villa forces concentrate north of Hermosillo as banking turmoil hits Mexico City.
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Carranza
Cananea
Villa
Hermésillo
el Paso
Villistas
Ikon
Lagardo Cardenas
Naco
Sonora
Cardenas
Alvaro Obregon
Villa Verde
Calles
Francis Manzcat
Obregon
Southern Pacific Railroad
Cananea Consolidated Copper Company
Llano
Santa Anna
Hermosillo
Nogales
Dieguez
Agua Prieta
Banco National
Mexico
Mexico City
Huerta
Bees Clear Railway Coach In Panic Sting Conductor
A swarm of bees brought to Williamsport by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bender escaped their box on a Northern Central train and filled a passenger coach, causing alarm. The conductor hurled the box from an open window to stop the disruption after being severely stung.
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Williamsport
Edwin Bender
Oregon Hill
Northern Central
Gold or Fool's Gold in Funkstown Road Bed
Workmen on a new state road near Funkstown Maryland uncovered yellow rock mistaken for gold. Spectators flocked to the site with dreams of wealth, but a Hagerstown mineralogist identified the samples as iron pyrites, debunking the gold myth.
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Funkstown
New State Road
Beck
Peck
Hagerstown
Judge W. H. Moore Tops New York Horse Show Exhibitors
Judge W. H. Moore earns the title of most successful exhibitor at the New York horse show. His wins showcase exceptional judging and versatility across multiple classes, drawing applause from spectators and peers alike.
Skunk Occupies Maplewood Hotel Basement
In Ash ley Falls Massachusetts a skunk spent three days and nights in the Maplewood hotel basement near the state line. Proprietor Fred Smith and staff avoided the area while farm goods needed by the cook sat inaccessible. A carpenter built a box trap with a floor hole and lowered it to capture the animal. The skunk walked into the trap and removal proved nearly as tricky as the capture.
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Maplewood Hotel
Ashley Falls
Massachusetts
State Line
Winsted
Denn
Fred” Smith
Mr. Smith
Smith
Roll Call SF House Shows Democratic Majority
Official figures released by South Trimble show the new House with a Democratic majority of 4 over Republicans and 25 over all other parties. The roll call totals 435 with Democrats 230, Republicans 196, Progressives 7, Independents 1 and Socialist 1. The Independent is California’s William Kent, and the Socialist is New York Mayor London.
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South Trimble
National House of Representatives
William Kent
California
Mayor London
New York
State to create clearing house for feeble minded
New plan urged by the state board of charities after a committee report found many reformatory inmates are mental defectives unsuited for training. Proposals include expanding state feeble minded institutions to 2,560 capacity each, building a western facility like Letchworth village, and separating delinquent defectives by sex with New York City’s Randall’s Island facility under state control.
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Albany
State Board of Charities
Simon W. Rosendale
Stephen Smith
Ceylon H. Lewis
Letchworth Village
New York City
Randall’s Island
Electrician Killed Touching Live Wire at Hauto Plant
Edward Brain an electrician from Sprucehead Mine was electrocuted at the Lehigh Coal and Navigation plant in Hauto Tamaqua on November 17 after his head touched a live wire. The accident occurred in the plant’s operations zone as crews investigated the fatal incident. Brain was pronounced dead at the scene and the company halted work pending an investigation.
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Tamaqua
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
Hauto
Edward Brain
Sprucehead
Ancona Rescue Ship Role and Sinking Details Revealed
The Ancona known as a rescue ship carried Italian reservists and government supplies before Italy's war entry. It was sunk by a large submarine after delivering cargo from New York to Naples, with prior rescues of passengers from the Fabre liner Sant Anna. The vessel, 6000 tons, 482 feet long, built in 1908 at Belfast, had 75,000 bushels of wheat, 2000 tons hay, and 500 horses on a voyage to Italy.
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Ancona
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Mediterranean
Italy
New York
Naples
Belfast
Ireland
Italian Line
Fabre
Sant’ Anna
Mid- Atlantic
Azores
Gibraltar
Pietro Massardo
Pizerta
Africa
Sicily
Bizerta
Toulon
Cape Blanc
Tunis
Walter Conan
Dublin
Conan
United States
Italians Honor Dead At Rome Tribute For King Victor Emmanuel II
Rome observed a nationwide tribute as virtually the entire population laid flowers on the late King Victor Emmanuel II monument Queen Elena dowager Queen Margherita the Knights of Malta embassies and nobility contributed gardens flowers Public funds and the Red Cross supported a sale of tributes The monument was buried under floral tributes
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel II
Elena
Margherita
Knights of Malta
Red Cross
McAdoo denies Bourne statement on treasury balance
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo rebutted ex-Senator Bourne’s claim about the daily treasury statement calling it untrue and politicized. A specialist’s analysis suggests the treasury balance would be 3.5 million dollars under earlier practices rather than 109 million now claimed. The note raises questions about the national bank notes redemption fund and will likely be reviewed in Congress.
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Washington
Treasury
McAdoo
Bourne
Republican Publicity Bureau
United States
Wilson
National Bank Notes Redemption Fund
Congress
Moonshiners Targeted as West Virginia Marshal Expands Force
Huntington reports United States Marshal William Osborne intensifies the crackdown on moonshiners in Mercer County. He has obtained Washington approval to recruit more deputies after leading a raid that seized two large stills in late September. Two McBride brothers were bound over to the grand jury following their arrest for alleged involvement with the operation.
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Huntington
W. Va
Mercer County
William Osborne
United States
West Virginia
Department of Justice
Washington
Marshal Osborne
Mercer
Otis
Arthur McBride
Byrd McBride
Moony Shiners
Tragic Death of Mrs Torrence in Uniontown Home
Mrs John Torrence, 23, of Uniontown, paused to set her clothing ablaze with kerosene and a match in a back room of her home. Despite her husband arriving quickly, her clothes burned away and she died shortly after, with authorities noting possible mental imbalance.
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Uniontown
John Torrence
Will Make Gun Carriages At Wheeling Plant
Wheeling Mold & Foundry begins a large addition to its plant to produce gun carriages for the United States government. The firm is already turning out shells for European belligerents and the new contract is said to extend over a year.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Mold & Foundry
United States
Liberty Bell Arrives in Los Angeles to 70000 Viewers
The Liberty Bell greeted by about 70 000 school children in Los Angeles after arriving from San Diego on its homeward journey to Philadelphia. It stayed seven hours before continuing east amid crowds and ceremony. Tingue Gets Two Years In Auburn. Chester Tingue 17 was sentenced to not less than two years and eight months and not more than five years in Auburn for the slaying of Merle Babcock in Skinner Hollow last June.
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Liberty Bell
Los Angeles
San Diego
Philadelphia
Tingue
Auburn
Chester Tingue
Olean
N. Y
Merle Babcock
Guarrel
Skinner Hollow
Thomas H. Dowd
Black Leg Epidemic Reports Hit Jefferson District
An outbreak of black leg, a cattle disease, has been reported in Jefferson district of Kanawha county, West Virginia. A score of cattle have died and stock raisers are engaging veterinarians to apply vaccine.
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Jefferson District
Kanawha County
W. Va
Conan fuse sinks German subs in British waters
A New York World report from Paris describes the Conan fuse, a secret British device attached to shells or bombs. It explodes at set depths underwater, capably sinking submarines, damaging ships, and aiding aerial submarine detection with sound methods.
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Conan
Great Britain
New York World
Paris
British Admiralty
North Sea
von Tirpitz
British Isles
Ministry of Marine
United States Navy Department
Temperamental Ada Howie Applies Cheerful Talk to Cows
Mrs Ada F Howie a Wisconsin Board of Agriculture member used cheerful morning talk to cows and a music machine in milking eight years ago. She seeks state approval for lace curtains in university farm stables and proposes porcelain feed boxes waist high wainscoting cream walls and monogrammed milk pails.
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Ada F. Howie
Wisconsin Board of Agriculture
State Board
University of Wisconsin School of Agriculture
Reorganization of State Service Backed by Governor
Governor Whitman plans to push a state service reorganization based on Senate Civil Service Committee findings. The committee chaired by Senator Clinton T Horton says reforms go beyond wage cuts and aim to remove unnecessary or duplicated positions across state agencies. The panel consulted numerous corporations for ideas to build a working basis for the plan.
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Whitman
Senate Civil Service Committee
Clinton T. Horton
Selig to Bring Moving Pictures into Chicago Schools
William S. Selig, head of the Selig Polyscope Co., plans to install moving pictures in Chicago public schools from kindergarten to post graduate courses. He cites two European trips showing the innovation’s educational value and predicts movies will become a universal educational factor.
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Chicago
William S. Selig
Selig Polyscope Company
Europe
Selig
Shah of Persia Flees Capital Amid Plot Fears
Shah of Persia leads capital and cabinet ministers out of Teheran fearing German and Entente plots. Dispatch says he left Monday for likely Ispahban as Cossacks hold Teheran and Germans and Turks prepare to flee. Russian and British diplomats may assume control of the Persian government.
Spencer County mother tied record with nine children
Mrs Gaither Frewry of Spencer County Kentucky reportedly bore nine children in eighteen months, sending a claimed record to surpass all others. The mother, around thirty, had eight surviving offspring while one child died shortly after birth.
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Gaither’ Frewry
Spencer County
iFrewry
Hineibildren
Drewry
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