FLEEING SERB AMY TRAPPED IN DEFENSE AT BABUNE
Saloniki reports five thousand Serbians hold fifteen thousand Bulgarians at bay between Isvor and Abdi Pasha viahn as Kosijege heights are seized. Bulgarians expected to retreat. Monastir and Prilep return to normal. Interior Serbia suffers from hunger and displacement. thousands flee north as Austro German forces advance. Near Veles, French defeat Bulgarians. fall of Veles seen as imminent.
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Saloniki
Vila Paris
Isvor
Abdi Pasha Viahn
Babune
Kosjege
Monastir
Prilep
Serbia
London
A. Treuter
Athens
Saloniti
Patris
Veles
Colored Man Hit by Auto at Fourth and Franklin
Mose Dowden colored was seriously injured when his bicycle collided with an automobile owned by W F Burk of Morris Motor Co at the Fourth and Franklin intersection. He was taken to St Francis hospital in pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose Dowden
Dowden
W. F. Burk
Morris Motor Co
Fourth
Franklin Vatreets
St. Francis Hospital
Burk
A. Parton
Peverill Motor Co
Gibbs
Sixth
Mulberry Streets
Henry Trainer
Eagle Center
Fifth Street
Fifth
Alien Streets
Fritz Kreisler Concert Planned for Cedar Rapids Nov 18
Violinist Fritz Kreisler will headline a Cedar Rapids City Auditorium program on Saturday evening November 18. The concert features Kreisler’s own arrangements and compositions including works by Mendelssohn Tartini Godowsky and Chopin alongside Spanish and Viennese pieces. Violin students from Waterloo and the Normal training school will attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Kreisler
City Auditorium
Cedar Rapids
Kreisler
Mandel
Pausne A
Tartini
Mendelssohn
Godowsky
Rodino
Meethoven
Schubert
Chopin
Chaminade- Kreisler
Dryorak- Kreisler
Granados-Kreisler
Waterloo
May Irwin Praises Wilson in Platonic Affection Visit
Washington November 12 May Irwin the actress called on President Wilson to say she has loved him for years. She stressed the affection is platonic and noted other family members share the same regard. She expressed sorrow over New York suffrage defeat ruling out voting for the president next year. It is recalled Wilson often attends theater when May Irwin is in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
May Irwin
Wilson
May
Mr. Wilson
American envoy's wife decorated by the German Emperor
Berlin reports Kaiser Wilhelm decorated Mrs. James W. Gerard, wife of the American ambassador, with Red Cross first and second class gold medals. It marks the first time a non royal woman received a first class honor. The Kaiser also awarded second and third class Red Cross medals to Rev. S. Barclay of Cobham Virginia and John B. Jackson of New Jersey for aiding in prisoner camp investigations and improvements.
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Berlin
James W. Gerard
Red Cross
Rev. S. Barclay
Cobham
John B. Jackson
New Jerseys
Oelwein Fire Destroys Block In Bank Quarter
Fire began in the basement of the Jamison Bank block in Oelwein on a November afternoon at 1 o clock. Firefighters gained control by 2 25 leaving damaged stock moved from Hiverett s drug store McBride s barber shop and second floor tenants. Bank officers evacuated to a safer bank as flames breached several floors but the Evernit drug stock remained largely intact.
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Oelwein
Jamison Bank
Hiverett
McBride
Albert Paul
Attorney O'Brien
J. I. Schaum
Ben‘Grittle’s
Dodge & Searle
Druys
Bank of Oelwein
Frederick and
Charles Streets
Savas Slight
van Pelt
Evernit
Fragmentary Scene Describes Water on Floor After Smoke
Readable text notes water standing several inches deep on the floor after smoke filled an area. Details are limited, with no clear affected parties or locations provided in the fragment. The incident remains inferred from context within the damaged report.
Former Black Hawk Co resident 15 dead headline
Cedar Falls reports the death of Patrick Cunningham of Lincoln Nebraska a former Cedar Falls resident and grocer who will be buried beside his wife at Calvary Cemetery. He came from Grundy County twelve years ago and leaves children Joseph James M and two daughters Annie Murphy and Agnes Bushman of Lincoln.
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Cedar Falls
Patrick Cunningham
Lincoln
Neb
Waterloo
St. Joseph’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Cunningham
Lincoln, Neb
Joseph
James M
Annie
Murphy
Agnes Bushman
Har Tong's Grocery Ad Highlights Fresh Produce
Bread lettuce cucumbers tomatoes cauliflower celery cabbage radish onions and more are showcased by Har Tong's Grocery in a brief ad. The notice lists contact as phone 2600 and markets a range of fresh produce for shoppers.
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Hartong's Grocery
Belgians Executed as Spies by Germans
Three Belgians were executed by a German court martial for passing troop movement news to the Allies. A fourth Belgian was sentenced to twelve years in prison, per Scho Belge.
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Amsterdam
London
Scho Belge
Labor Federation In Annual Meet
The American Federation of Labor convention in San Francisco resumes business after a day off for trips. Delegates toured Mare Island navy yard in Vallejo, while resolutions and motions from the previous session will be discussed. Iowa leaders are noted to be well represented at the Radisson in Minneapolis.
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San Francisco
Cal
American Federation of Labor
Thea Mare Island Navy Yard
Valledo
Iowa
Radisson
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
National Guard declines to endorse defense plan at annual meeting
The National Guard association of the United States ended its seventeenth annual convention in San Francisco with a vote to table a Hamilton proposal for endorsing President Wilson's continental army plan. Asheville, North Carolina, was chosen as the 1916 meeting site with date to be decided later. The body favored avoiding any endorsement that might clash with the proposed national army, keeping the guard's authority intact and not committing to the continental army concept.
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San Francisco
Cal
Navy
Wilson
National Guard Association of the United States
Asheville
N. C
Generalianny
Hamilton
New York
United States
National Guard
Legislative Committee
Ecommittan
Tus
Wational Guard Association
Continental Army
Ft Bie National Guard Organization
Liberty Bell Escort Starts Return Journey
San Francisco on November 12 reports every branch of military and naval service represented in the escort that accompanied the Liberty Bell from its station at the Exposition to the car for its return trip to Philadelphia. Thousands lined the curbs to watch the procession pass as the route includes 76 stops across multiple states from California to Pennsylvania and back to Philadelphia.
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San Francisco
Cal
Military
Naval Service
Lberty Bell
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
San Diego
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Mississipi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Gliness
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Whitlock to Return From Vacation Says Lansing
Secretary Lansing announced that American Minister Whitlock would return to Brussels after a U S vacation, ending rumors he would go to Havre, seat of the Belgian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Lansing
Whitlock
Brussels
Belgium
United States
Nefinttaly
Havre
French guns silence Germans in Artois battle
Paris reports continued bombardment in Loos sector with French artillery silencing German batteries in Artois. The French war office announced the ongoing actions this afternoon as artillery duels continued across the Western Front.
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Artois
Paris
Loos
French War Office
Former Iowa Man Held in London on Fraud Charge
Johan Weasley Yelling of New York was remanded in the Low Street police court in London on a fraud charge related to the supply of rifles to Prance. The case centers on alleged illicit firearms dealings.
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Iowa
London
Johan Weasley Yelling
New York
Low Street Pollee
Calcium Wafers Promise Skin Cure and Blood Purifier
A promotional note claims Stuart's Calcium Wafers clear pimples blotches and skin blemishes by purifying the blood. It asserts skin problems arise from within and touts the product as a natural, harmless remedy available from druggists for a nickel per box with a free trial offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talis Atnard
Stuart
Notable figures linked to Volpsau government and Huerta era arms mission
John Wesley DoKay, born near New Hampton, Sr., is an author and member of New York and Boston clubs. He led the Mexican National Packing company, operated under concessions by a former Mexican governor. In spring 1914 he traveled to Europe on a mission to buy arms for Provisional President Huerta's government.
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John Wesley DoKay
New Hampton
New York and
Noston
Mexican National Packing Company
Mexico
Europe
Huerta
Trial Request From Stuart Co. Cal Wafers
A Madison area reader seeks an immediate trial package of Stuart's Calcium Wafers by return mail. The inquiry lists name street and city as contact details and mentions Marshall Michigan as the location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. OR. Stuart Co
Stuart
Marshall, Mich
Pickled Pigs Feet Butter Eggs and Fresh Fish List
A fragment lists food items with weights including 3 lbs brains 3 lbs pickled pigs feet butter and 1 lb eggs not delivered. Fresh halibut salmon trout pike and black bass are noted by the pound.
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Amy
U.S
Carranza
John Lind
John ©. Silliman
Piedras Negras
Obregon
Agua Prieta
Villa
John S. Roberts
John HB. Silliman
Auguilar
Black Hawk CO
Hotel Radisson
Labor Federation
Tirerdy Rel
Volpsau
Dall
Mother Earth
Dear Old
Jesup
Redwood Co
Minn
Arlington
Rio Grande Valley
Newton County
Vilas County
Wisconsin
Pennington County
Parkersburg
West Waterloo
East Waterloo
C. M. Allen Land CO
Walt Waterloo
Hlack
Sycamore ST
Eid
Dairy Cattle Congress
Cattle Congress
T & AL
Congress
Entz
Sycamore ST. Poonds
Middle West
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