Champagne Fight Worst in History Revives Memories
Across a 15 mile front in Champagne, shellfire devastated German trenches. French infantry, supported by vast artillery, broke into La Poche and Trou Dricot sectors, taking prisoners as they overwhelmed fortified positions. The bombardment destroyed trenches, wagons, and equipment, while German dugouts hid under reinforced earth and sandbag bastions.
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Clintons
France
Associated Press
Champagne
Ypres
Ypresi
Trou Bricot
Supreme Court rules on interstate liquor shipping liability
The Supreme Court held that a person who ships unlabeled liquor from one state to another may be prosecuted in either state. The ruling reverses a Kansas federal court decision and involves Joseph Freeman charged with shipping trunks of unlabelled liquor from Missouri to Kansas. The case also touches on railroad mileage tickets presented for transportation and forfeiture rules.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Kansas Federal Court
Joseph Freeman
Freeman
Janua
Cherokee
Kan
South Carolina
Counterfeiters Executed in Mexico City and Finance Notice
In Galveston Texas reports say the Mexican de facto treasury warns banks paper currency from the Huerta regime beyond legal specie reserves will be invalid. The same message notes two men accused of counterfeiting Confederate currency were publicly executed in Mexico City yesterday.
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Galveston
Tex
Treasury Department
Mexico
Huerta
Treed by Wolves Boy Spends Six Days in Forest
Oscar Pinard aged 14 from Duluth recounts six days lost in the Cloquet Rica Lake area while pursued by a moose and wolves. He slept in a tree, wandered swamps and forests, and was found by an Indian camp after his clothing and shoes were torn. He then returned to Duluth with the rescuing party.
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Duluth
Minn
Oscar Plmard
Duuth
Cloquet
Box
Joseph Storms
Rica Lake
Storms
Pinord
Bay
Pinard
Missouri student loses foot in train stunt attempt
Moberly Missouri November 16 Fielding A Graham of Albany Missouri joined a university fraternity and performed a blind baggage ride on a passenger train. He fell under the train and lost his left foot.
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Moberly
University of Missouri
Graham
Albany
Kansas City to offer ten cent Sunday concerts
Kansas City Missouri, November 16. The Kansas City Symphony Orchestra will lower admission to 10 cents for Sunday afternoon concerts this season to boost public interest. The first concert will be held Sunday at Convention Hall. Director Carl Busch will conduct a 64-man orchestra.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Symphony Orchestra
Convention Hall
Carl Busch
France Builds New Lives For Wounded Soldiers At St Maurice
Paris reports the government granted access to the AP and foreign journalists to view St Maurice outside Paris, a vast facility where wounded veterans are guided through surgery, then educated in a large workshop school. The campus houses shoe making, blacksmith, auto repair, clothes making, and more, transforming maimed soldiers into contributing citizens.
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Paris
Associated Press
Champagne
St. Maurice
Central Park
New York
Aald
Iit
St. Mandea
Cuticura Cure Parade Helps Eczema Sufferers
A letter from Michigan dated August 6 1914 details a family’s skin ordeal with eczema on their heads. After trying various remedies, applying Cuticura soap and ointment, the eruptions dried and healed. The writer offers a free sample by mail with a 32 page skin book.
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Giichrist
Mich
Bilateria
John Rolston
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boatog
Quickest Surest Home Made Cough Remedy
A home made cough remedy using Pinex and sugar syrup promises rapid relief. Instructions urge mixing 2½ ounces Pinex with syrup to a pint, then take immediately to thin phlegm and end persistent coughs within 24 hours. Marketed as effective for bronchitis and winter coughs, with a satisfaction guarantee.
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Norway
the Piney Co
Fi. Warne
Ind
Governor Again Delays Hanging In O31 Case
PendIng the receipt of insurances from Springfold 11L Nov 16, an update notes delays in the hanging related to the O31 case. The fragment indicates ongoing legal or punitive proceedings involving a figure described as a governor. Further readable details are sparse.
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Springfold
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Capitan
Buinders
Sharlet White
Jackson County
Dunmey
Elaton Beott
Murphysboro
Evening Courter
Reporter
Egzema
Pyramid Drug Company
Maraboau
Eindig
Ramo Stree City
Nujol Reg
U.S
Pat
Nujol
Wor
Wesmere
America
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
United States
Bayonne
Wiz Sain
Rome
George McManue
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