Bulgarians Defeat Turks and Capture Prisoners
Reports from Sofia and London state Bulgarian forces defeated the Turkish garrison at Kirk-Kilisseh and Adrianople with heavy losses, taking thousands as prisoners. The Bulgarians advanced toward Constantinople while Adrianople suffers famine and panic.
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Kirk-Kilisseh
Adrianople
London
Co. Stantinople
Vranv
Belgrade
Philippopolis
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Marlborough Dreadnought Launched by Lady Churchill
England’s latest dreadnought Marlborough was launched at Davenport with christening by Lady Gwendolyn Churchill, sister of Winston Churchill. The Duchess of Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt, was to christen but was ill.
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England
Marlborough
Davenport
Gwendolyn Churchill
Wineton Churchill
Admiralty
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Vera Cruz Quiet. U S Ships To Patrol Mexican Coast
Washington reports Vera Cruz is quiet after the Diaz surrender. The Des Moines will stay at Vera Cruz for days and may cruise the eastern coast with the Tacoma. The U S plans to keep two warships on each Mexican coast for six months as a precaution against revolts. Unclear fate of General Diaz and officers is expected to be execution for rebel leaders.
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Navy Department
Vera Cruz
Felix Diaz
C. F. Hughes
Des Moines
State Department
Meyer
Hughes
Tacoma
Tampico
Mexico
United States
Diaz
Iowa Man Wins Western Independent Handicap Shootoff
Springfield Ill Oct 25 with 140 men contesting the main event of the Western Independent Handicap W Ridley of Whateheer Iowa tied for first with 94 targets of 100 with F L Drews Lake Mills Wisconsin In a shoot off for 20 targets Ridley broke 18 to Drews 15 and was awarded the trophy
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Ill
W. Ridley
Whateheer
F. L. Drews
Lake Mills
Wis
Ridley
Drews
Ulysses Grant Weds Maid in Cheyenne Church
Ulysses Grant a second cousin of Gen. Ulysses Grant married Miss Hannah Johnson at a Cheyenne Presbyterian church prayer meeting. The bride formerly served in the Grant home. The groom moved to Cheyenne for health reasons and works as a supply agent for the Union Pacific.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Ulysses
Grant
Gen. A
Hannah Johnson
Presbyterian Church
Union Pacific
Becker Jury Still Out
The Becker jury’s stance remained unsettled with a court ruling to disregard Schepps’ claimed statement that he would follow Rose’s lead.
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Becker
New York
Schepps
Rose
Colonel Roosevelt Inches Toward Campaign Return
Oyster Bay Oct. 25 Colonel Roosevelt shows rapid recovery and plans to resume campaign duties after a night’s sleep at Sagamore Hill. He walked with less pain, joined family for luncheon, and expects weeks before full use of his right arm.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Scurry Terrell
W. Emiers Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Col. Roosevelt
Executed for 1910 Fassell Store Murder at Utah Prison
A firing squad executed Thomas Riley at the state prison in East Lake City Utah for the March 1910 murder of George Patgrocer. He is the second man to die for the crime following Harry e, who was executed last month after the Fassell's store hold up.
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East Lake City
Utah
Uoon Thomas Riley
Riley
George Patgrocer
Harry E
Fassell
Ocean Yacht Race Arrangements For Next Summer
News from New York reports preparations for an ocean yacht race from New York to Porto Rico to be held early next summer under the Bensonhurst Yacht Club of Brooklyn. The prizes will be a gift from the Porto Rican government.
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New York
Porto Rico
Bensonhuret Yacht Club
Brooklyn
Priges
Old Time Negro Walter Returns to Service in Strike
Washington hotels and cafes secured by police as waiter strike begins. The old time Negro Walter, once a capital attraction, returns to work as managers report ongoing strike preparations and more staff arrivals from New.
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Walter
Washington
National Capital
Rail head in wreck injures Toledo St Louis officials
General Thomas H Hubbard chairman of the executive committee of the Toledo St Louis and Western railroad is confined to his room at the Jefferson hotel after a special train bearing him W L Ross and other officers jumped a trestle near Fillmore Illinois. The forward coach derailed and Hubbard was bruised and trapped between the bed and door as the car sank 25 feet into a ravine. The other officers escaped with minor injuries.
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Thomas H. Hubbard
New York
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad
Jefferson Hotel
W. L. Ross
James Stuart Mackie
F. H. Davis
C. L. Hinkle
Fillmore
Ill
Hubbard
Union Station
Floods Wash Bridges and Damage Plants in Deerfield Valley
Torrential rainfall caused widespread floods in East North Adams and Deerfield valley washing away bridges and damaging manufacturing plants. Rail lines suffered washouts while Schuylkill River rose five feet flooding homes along riverbanks in Philadelphia as sewers overflowed.
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North Adams
Mass
Deerfield
Philadelphia
Schuylkill
Latonia Race Winner James MacManus Scores Big
James Mac Manus, the ex San Francisco streetcar conductor, lands a major payday at Latonia Kentucky. He had two horses Anna Patricia and Tay Pay. Tay Pay wins the closing race at odds over 2 to 1, boosting MacManus’ reported winnings to about 235000 dollars.
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Latonia
James MacManus
San Francisco
MacManus
Anna Patricia
Tay Pay
Quebec Sees Severe Earthquake Shock on North Shore
News from Quebec reports a strong earthquake between Bersimis and Pente cost along the St. Lawrence north shore. No deaths are reported though several houses reportedly collapsed.
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Quebec
Tere
Bersimis
Pentecost
St. Lawrence
Fog Binds Big Four Crash at Michigan Central Crossing
A fogbound Chicago collision injures ten and delays transit as a passenger train from Hegewisch crashes into a westbound Hammond streetcar near the Panhandle curve. Herman Ginsenberg, the flagman, is knocked unconscious in the wreck as cars burn in the ditch. Governor Osborn sustains a sprained arm while aiding wounded passengers.
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Hammond
Panhandle
Panhandls
Herman Ginsenberg
East Side
Seventieth Street
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Chicago
Osborn
Chase M. Osborn
Michi
Executive
Michigan Central
Beveridge to Be Heard in Indiana Senate Fight Probe
Rival leaders in the 1944 Indiana senatorial contest testified before the campaign fund investigation about contributions aiding Albert J. Beveridge and James A. Hemenway’s U.S. Senate bids. Beveridge was expected to testify late today or tomorrow.
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Washington
Indiana
Clapp Oampaign Fund
Albert J. Beveridge
James A. Hemenway
United States Senate
Beveridge
Abductor Sentenced to Longest Wisconsin Term
Albert H. Bitter, 42, a planemaker, received a 15 year sentence in the Wisconsin state penitentiary at Waupun for abducting a 17 year old stenographer Frieda Norman after eloping in Milwaukee. The term is noted as the longest ever given in the state for abduction.
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Waupua
Wisconsin
Albert HM
Bitter
Plano
Bale
Ty Frieda Norman
George Burnham Dies in Philadelphia at Age
George Burnham longtime head of the Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia is critically ill at his home this week. He is years old and retired from work five years ago.
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George Burnham
Philadelphia
Burnham
Wis Locomotive Works
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