Alfonso Hears Verdun Story by Petain on Field
King Alfonso of Spain walked Verdun’s scarred battlefield with Marshal Petain visiting the cemetery and wreathing orchids. Petain outlined Verdun defense, Feb 25 to March 1916, noting casualties, strategic holds, and Mangin’s payoff as German forces pressed.
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Associated Press
Verdun
France
Alfonso
Spain
Marshal Petain
Sfanso
Wentieth
Meuse
Fort Douanant
Woerre
Feuse
Castelnan
Ivision
Ort Douaumont
Lnet Genastelnau
Soully
Guillauvat
Duchaesen
de Balfourie
Greund
Douaunieet
Hermans
King Lfonso
PCA
Detain
Man’s Hill
Sen. Mangin
Douainiont
Mangin
Water stills auctioned by war department in Chicago
The War Department surplus division in Chicago offered one hundred water stills for sale, with bids received as officials warned against misuse. Inventor plans allow adaptation for other uses, while questions arose about practical storage and by product coke at Watkins Coal Co listed in the ad.
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Chicago
War Department
Vesta Ac- Lmumilator
November Skies Highlight Orion and Pleiades Wonders
November skies reveal Orion and the Hyades near the eastern horizon around 9 pm. Castor, Pollux, Capella, Taurus and the Pleiades rise higher as Cassiopeia and Ursa Major anchor the northern sky. Planets mostly morning stars. Mercury visible late November. Uranus barely seen. Occultations include Beta Capricorni on Nov 27. two partial eclipses this month with a ring eclipse of the moon around Nov 7 and an annular solar eclipse visible in Texas Cuba and parts of the Caribbean and Africa with varying local times.
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Orion
Heavenly Twins
Castor and
Pollux
Taurus
Pegasus
Andromeda
Cassiopeia
Vega
Lyra
Altair
Mercury
Earth
Beta Capricorni
United States
Sun
San Antonio
Austin
Houston
Galveston
Texas
Cuba
Caribbean
South American
Atlantic
Africa
Toledo
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Sack Carriers Swarm into Petrograd Smuggling Food
London reports Petrograd is being invaded by sack carriers who smuggle small amounts of food into the city. They travel from Petrograd to nearby districts, haul sacks over shoulders, and dodge Red Guards at outer stations to sell food at high prices.
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Associated Press
London
Petrograd
British Foreign Office
Russia
Nea
Ambitious Plan of Social Welfare Discussed at Waterloo Meeting
Waterloo residents and county leaders gather to endorse a comprehensive Community Welfare Plan. The plan creates a bureau of development with eight bureaus, a citizens council, and closer coordination of local public welfare across Waterloo and Black Hawk County. Ada M. Palmer will address the family section at the Mascatine conference.
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Social Welfare League
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Citizens’ Council
Common Bureaus For Public Welfare
State Conference of Social Work
Harding
Lvala
BE. A. Boggs
A. J. Edwards
J. R. McCartney
BE. L. Johnson
Ada M. Palmer
Board of ‘Directors
The
Social Welfare Leasue
League
Riet
American cartoonist Robert Miner spared by U.S. authorities
Washington October 23 Robert Miner an American newspaper cartoonist was detained in France on charges of aiding German Spartacists to distribute Bolshevik literature to U S troops. He was released due to insufficient evidence though the secretary reported later evidence tied him to plans for 6000 pamphlets on the Rhine. The release followed a recommendation by the judge advocate general and came after a German reader Meta Witty was cited.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Robert Miner
France
Sen' ‘Ata
Baker
A. EB. F
Miner
Rhine
Meta Witty
Labor Walkout Clouds End Of Industrial Talks In Washington
A Labor withdrawal from the Washington conference ends the talks between labor and capital groups as President Wilson’s plans falter. Gompers states workers’ rights must be guaranteed before any return to negotiations. Public and capital delegates anticipate further sessions are unlikely without the president’s direction.
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Buddy
Cobulla
Chinery
Chie
Line Bo
Burke
Capital
Wilson
Lane
Line
Jaor
WHHL
United States
Jane
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Fin
Amervan Fedeeration
Lathor
Ar. Lures
Coedtleg
Heuden
Antfalo
Publi
Gompera
Samuel Gompers
Labor
Gompers
Pubslic
Gampers
Ilinois Federation of Labor
Ashinglor
D.C
National Industrial Conference
Tane
Thomas L. Chadbourne
Committee of 15
B. March
Baruch
Alee
Deleveutes
Pirueh
Chadbourne
Baie
AL BL of
Neal
Peoria
Washington
Hlinwl Federation of Labor
Te Executives Council
American Medorathon of Labor
Yudenitch Advances and Denikine Wins on the Volga
Reports from London and Petrograd describe slow progress by General Yudenitch on the northwestern front while Denikine’s forces claim victory over the Bolsheviks along the Volga. Advices say Soviet troops reach Petrovgrad and claim gains toward Moscow, with villages Sivesk and Kromy cited as captured. The Denikine Cossacks pursue southward as forces maneuver near Kamyshin and Tsarytsino.
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London
Gorka
Gulf of Finland
Petrogra
Pechegrad
Yadenitehuring
Petrovgrad
Moscow
Volga
Denikine
Kamyahin
Tsaritsy
Penikine
County Attorney Reports Bogus Check In Auto Transaction
In Center Point Iowa J C Lovell allegedly issued a $10 check for an automobile license payment but the bank refused it. County Attorney instructed Walter R French to file charges for issuing a false check. A warrant is out for Lovell as J G Holland faces charges of issuing a $24.20 counterfeit check. Holland is jailed in default of bond.
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RE. J. Wenner
Center Point
J. C. Lovell
Walter R. French
Assixtant
Flear
Wanted Help Wanted Classified Fragments
Reading shows a chaotic mix of notices for positions rooms rentals and sales with names and vague addresses. The readable items include a waitress wanted a wood pattern maker power sewing machine operators and a patent typewriter ad with scattered phone numbers and placeholders.
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Ma— Jugtie Laniell
Dridge Street
Dois
Phoin Hack
Graham
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Tip
Watkins Coal Company
Heavens
AINIX
Columbia Universatory
Pollux Castor
Arig
Mac
Star Indeudes
Uranur
REDS
New York
Albert Coyle
Clinton Arson
Archangel
State Department
National War Workers
Franklin County
Lump—Walking Coal Company
Davison
Bony
Detroit
Mich
Henry Pp. Davison
New York City
American Red Cross
Protestant Episcopal Church
Bisher
Isymen
Jeweder Hetai UP
Associated Preas
Kansas City
Aslolph Gray
Tom Haskell
Hig Widress
Neb
Franklin County Lampe Walking Coal Company
Franklin County Lump—Watlakine Coal Company
Woods
Saic
U.S
Red Aid
Yanks
Council
Ives
Yudenitch
Bolsheviki
Coonta
Senate Naval Committee
Admiral Coontz
Senate
Coke—Watkins
Company
Washington Street
Rox
Lodge Telegraph Instructo
Callas
Perous
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