Bandits strike at Yankees. Mexican refugees report Villa raids
Eyewitness accounts from El Paso describe Villa bandits killing two Mexican women near Santa Rosalia on October 26 and threatening Americans. Reports claim General Uribe vowed to kill all Americans and Chinese held by Villa forces. Loot totals include 67 bars of silver valued around 50 000 dollars seized from Edgar Koch in Santa Rosalia on October 27, with miners unsure of confirmation. A new Torreon message reached mining men in El Paso today, casting doubt on Villa actions near Torreon.
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Chihuahue
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Nta Rosalia
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Burton EF Sweet Polls Show Larger Vote Than Two Years
Special report from Waverly shows incomplete returns in the Third congressional district. Burton EF Sweet, Republican, leads with estimated majorities across counties including Kramer and others. Bremer and Hardin report solid Republican gains. Smith reelected in Bremer with about 1,000 vote margin.
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Burton EF. Sweet
Kramer
Jerity
Black
Hardin
Wright
Franklin
Butler
Buchanan
Delaware
Burton E. Sweet
Congress
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Dubuque
Deemer and Evans Lead In Black Hawk County Races
Early returns from 16 of 25 precincts in Black Hawk County show Justices H B Deemer and W Evans with substantial pluralities. The Black Hawk County Bar Association endorsed the sitting Justices Theophilus on the district bench, signaling solid support as results trickle in.
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H. B. Deemer
W. Evans
William Theophilus
Black Hawk County
Deem
Evans
Hughes Carries N J by 9 000 Plurality
Trenton Nov 8 Charles Hughes leading in New Jersey with a 22 634 plurality in Wilson’s state as 177 districts reported. President Wilson total 184 660 with 462 swing districts. Hughes 5 556. reforms reduce Hughes margin to 3 6 after updates from missing districts. Opera cancellation noted as Lohengrin at Watergate Theatre not to run again tonight. company currently in Marlattown.
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N.J
Charles Bughes
Chicago English Grand Operampany
Waterlaoeatre
Maralltown
Community announcements and lodge notices
Temple Rebekahs host a thimble bee Thursday afternoon in the Fellows' temple and invite all Rebekahs and friends. Royal Neighbors of America hold a regular session tonight at the A. O. U. W. hall. Black Hawk lodge No. 72 I. O. O. F. will confer the third degree at tonight's meeting, with the team that performed at the grand lodge in Linton in charge. Bank Men's Association meets tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in Commercial club rooms where E. L. Johnlin, member of the federal reserve board in Chicago, will discuss the operations of the federal reserve system.
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U. W. Hall
Black Hawk Lodge
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Linton
Bank Men's Association
Preliminary 1916 crop forecasts released by Department of Agriculture
The November crop report lists 1916 estimates for major crops. Corn 3,054,635 thousand bushels, wheat 1,011,605, oats 2,640,362, potatoes 369,103,000, and cotton, tobacco, apples, cranberries, and other crops follow. Corn stocks on farms November 1 were 199,686,000 bushels, far above last year. Additional crop and value figures will be released December 13.
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Department of Agriculture
Department For Agriculture
Infant Deaths Prompt Burials In Traer and Local Home
The two month old son of William Turner-Hoe died at home and will be interred beside his mother. Billy Paul Ewing, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W Paul Ewing of 126 Kingsley Avenue, died this morning. Remains were moved to Petersen Brothers Undertaking Parlors and will be taken to Traer at 7 30 a m Thursday for burial.
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Traer
Illinois Women Vote for Hughes
Illinois women cast about 85 percent of the vote in 2,276 of 6,369 precincts. In those precincts the tally reached 309,617 with 143,892 for Wilson and 185,825 for Hughes, part of a total 794,359 votes in the precincts reporting. London coverage notes U S election interest, reports Hughes elected then uncertainty as results remained unclear.
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Nav
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Hughes
Woman Elected in Webster County
Fort Dodge reports Miss Alice Hawksworth the sole woman candidate for county recorder in Webster County wins on the Republican ticket with no opposition. In San Francisco, Littu Ckatant, former queen of Hawaii, is ill in Honolulu and may pass away soon.
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Bremer County
Hardy
iSmith
Bremercoun
Webster County
Fort Dodge
Alice Hawksworth
Liliuvokalant
San Francisco
Cal
Littu Ckatant
Hawaii
Honolulu
Iowa Gal Republican By Ble Majority
Returns from Iowa counties show Meredith leading Harding in Clinton for governor, Clarkson over Harmer for attorney general, and Hull leading in the Second District. Early statewide tallies place Hughes ahead of Wilson for president by about 31,288 with 1,103 of 2,297 Iowa precincts reported.
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Iowa
Mississippi River
Harding
Clinton Des Moines
Clinton
Meredith
Clarkson
Harmer
Hull
Davenport
Cronin
Congress
Scott
Stehele Des Moines
Eleventh
D. C. Scott
Steele
Muscatine
Des Moines
Muscatine County
Wilson
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Towa
Carp Hound Is Terror to Fish in Oregon Pond
Portland, Nov. 8. Dr. Alan Welch Smith and partners report a dog they call the carp hound is raiding their Lauvie Island pond, devouring fish alive from the water. The creature’s antics emptied the pond of carp while wheat bait remained largely unused, as the dog reportedly shows cunning but works for a living.
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Ore
Alan Welch Smith
Lauvie'i Island
Nimrod
Can
Waterloo Goed Republican by 1000 Pluralit
Water loo Goed leads by about 1000 votes as noon results show a tight race for Wilson. Cour ier and Reporter noon edition drew interest from readers seeking state and county results while polls tabulated presidential and gubernatorial totals. By noon seven of 11 precincts had sent results to the county auditor.
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Wilson
Courier
Prohibition Wins in Several States in Nebraska and South Dakota
National Prohibition campaign manager Oliver W. Stewart hailed returns showing four new dry states Michigan South Dakota Nebraska and Montana added to the dry column Arkansas kept in the dry array with 19 states. South Dakota also approved woman suffrage and a governor elected on anti liquor lines. Missouri St Louis votes show strong prohibition support while Alaska and Kansas City results lean dry. Michigan reports a statewide prohibition majority exceeding 60,000.
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Oliver W. Stewart
National Prohibition
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South Dakota
Nebraska
Montana
Stewart
Arkansas
Bamberger
Utah
Autraga
Dakota
Bleux Falls
Charles BE
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Wilson
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Tour
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Prohibition
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Jackson County
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How Big Farm Made Wheat Crop Record Lethbridge Alberta
In Lethbridge Alberta on November 8 a record wheat crop from 1,000 acres yielded 64,383 bushels, raising the average to about fifty four and a half bushels per acre. C G Noble directed operations using central office telephony, 120 workers, and autos to cover two square miles, with a publicized threshing climax as the final grain flowed from the separator. The farm owner, a former U S resident, now runs three Alberta farms with a 1916 crop valued near $199,000.
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Lethtridge Board of Trade
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Sean
Wilson Leads California by About 12000 Votes
Early morning returns show Wilson ahead in California with roughly 12 000 vote margin as San Francisco counts about one third of ballots and Los Angeles delays reopening. Sacramento Placer and other counties report Wilson gains with SF Hughes tied to the race.
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Placer County
Hughes
New Mexico
Deming
N. M
Luna County
Columbus
Francisco Villa
Tumulty Sue Statement on Wilson Victory Margin
In Long Branch New Jersey on November 8 at 3 40 o'clock Secretary Tumulty challenged a statement claiming Wilson would win by 10 to 30 electoral votes and listed West Virginia Minnesota Kansas and California as likely states. A Modern Slave of the Hearth quotes describe a tired woman overwhelmed by a large home and domestic hardships.
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Tumulty
Wilson
West Virginia
Minnesota
Kansas
California
W. L. George
Harper's Magazine
Late Returns of Doubtful States
Returns from multiple states show Wilson gaining or leading in several key races. West Virginia reports Hughes and Wilson with narrow margins. Michigan totals hint Hughes ahead by about 25,000 late, while Wyoming and Arizona show varied results. Colorado, New Hampshire, Nevada, Idaho, New Mexico, and Montana record ongoing tallies, with New Hampshire close and Nevada fully for Wilson.
British liner Arabia sunk by submarine with loss of two lives
London reports the British liner Arabia was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on Monday without warning. The 7,928 ton twin screw steamer carried 437 passengers including 169 women and children. All but two engineers were saved. vessels rushed to rescue the survivors.
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City in Brief: Buchanan and Munger Updates
Mrs C I Munger has been ill for eight weeks but is reported improving today. The Columbian, an American Hawaiian steamship of 8,579 tons gross, reports that she is being shelled by a submarine as telegraph calls for help reach London.
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London
Lowden Elected Illinois Governor
Chicago results show Lowden leading with 325 848 votes to Dunne's 276 658 across 6 269 Illinois precincts. National totals not listed. Chicago contributed 1 753 of precincts reporting as part of statewide tally.
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Il- Nois
Gloves Dunne
Lowden
Utah Swings to Democratic Column
Utah shifted the political balance in the election with Wilson winning Utah by 16,000 votes and King, a Democrat, elected senator by 10,000 over Bamberger the Democratic governor candidate. The entire Democratic slate won statewide.
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Wilson
King
Bamberger
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Deemer and Evans Lead In Supreme Court Race
Des Moines returns from 112 precincts show Deemer at 4,890 and Evans at 3,?66 with Theophilus at 3,306 as late results indicate a defeat for Davenport’s Theophilus. Deemer and Evans lead in the nonpartisan race for justice of the Iowa supreme court.
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Theophilus of
Davenport
Supreme Court
Deemer
Evans
Justice of the Supreme Court
Theophilua
Baker to Resign If Wilson Elected
Cleveland dispatch reports Secretary of War Laker plans to resign after March 4 regardless of the president elect. He had determined to serve only one year and will return to Cleveland to resume his law practice. Victor Berger and W. R. Gaylord, Socialist candidates for Congress in Milwaukee were defeated by Republican opponents.
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Laker
Baker
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Wis
W. R. Gaylord
Wanted and For Sale Classified Items Notice
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