Senate Passes War Revenue Bill In Holiday Session
The 1920 tax plan was approved without a record vote after a nearly 13 hour Senate session. It fixes rates at 34 percent for some taxes, rejects La Follette’s alternative, and sends the measure to conference with the House. Provisions include a one cent per pound postal rate, luxury taxes, and a one month military bonus. Parisians report Wilson receives Catholic petitions on Ireland.
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Martin
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Shafroth
Whepyard
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Thomas
Trammell
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World War I Occupation Update Across Rhine Front
A World War I dispatch reports Gu Thietnvy occupies a German strip over 4 000 square miles. American administration runs villages and rail lines with hundreds of files. An American proclamation limits soldiers in the area to duty with written recourse, and many troops may transfer to Belgium with transport expenses paid. Berlin witnesses parade as voters press for rights and school reforms. Smyrna's crisis deepens with armed bands and bombings, while German ships Worms and its cargo are sunk. rescue details are sparse.
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European War News From Paris Dispatches
A Paris dispatch reports renewed German hopes of a revolution with leaders secretly negotiating to sway allies, while Berlin cites government weakness and terror from deserters. Reports of unrest, blackmail, and competing orders spread as Austrian tribunals executed 11,400 prisoners. Erzberger urges halting the blockade and resuming peace talks amid harsh armistice terms. Paris says French marines enter Odessa and take control of a wireless station as German troops are expelled from key posts.
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Odessa
Russia
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Foreign Administanto Y Castro Elected Portugal President
An Amsterdam dispatch reports Foreign Minister Y Castro elected president of Portugal succeeding assassinated Tr Sidonio Paes in Lisbon. Berlin general strike called. 350,000 workers reportedly went out and only two newspapers published. Czerho Slovak troops occupy towns Tetychen and Bodenbach near the German border amid telephonic and telegraph disruptions. President Wilson to spend Christmas at General Pershing's headquarters. Berlin reports Count von Bernstorf to become foreign minister in Ebert government. A Bulgarian revolution breaks in, per Berlin Lokal Anzeiger via Hungary. Dutch dispatch says German moderates won big in elections. Poland cuts ties with a form of relations. Warsaw telegram notes. The Hague indicates Ebert government will handle former Emperor William's return. Oxford university seats declared for coalition candidates Linghe Cecil and Rowland We Prathera.
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Lord Lingh Cecil
Rowland
Prathera
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War Reports and wartime notes mix of homeward units and finance
Washington General Pershing designated more units for early convoy home, including the Twenty-seventh Engineers and the 346th Field Artillery, about 4,500 officers and men. A Paris dispatch reports Wilson met Hurley on shipping shifts. Simons cites Liberty loan costs. Emergency Fleet built 280 ships totaling 1,216,387 gross tons. Additional items include wheat acreage up 6,726,000 acres, Postmaster Burleson cutting night rates, and a proposed $600 million road bill. Reports cover espionage testimony, a new 6-cent airplane stamp, Mexican raid losses, and U S Navy casualties from the Brooklyn crew explosion and aviation accidents.
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Plant Closes at Rewington Army Plantation
Utica North Carolina reports the Rewington Army company plantation, a government work site, has closed after employing about 18 000 people in the past. About 6 000 workers remained when the plant shut, with a collision involving a British submarine and the American destroyer Parker causing damage and injuries to crew.
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Iowa Notes From Cedar Rapids To Keokuk Memorabilia
A roundup of Iowa items includes G R Struble of Cedar Rapide's death and Tama links, Keokuk's 1847 founding church, the Iowa Negro Baptist executive session, Osher Yarowich seeking a Russia search, Grinnell professor joining a federal immigration commission, and state fair president Charles Cameron pursuing the hoodoo 13 again. Also listed are war casualty notices, university insurers, primary law talk, a new Clear Lake Civil War monument, and a tragic hunting accident in Logan.
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Sioux City
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Manchuria
Edward A. Steiner
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Minn
Charles E. Cameron
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Woodrow Wilson
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Mathew D. Eckerman
Des Moines
James F. Boothe
Prairie City
Frank D. Steckelberg
Hancon
James M. Dungan
Logan
Tom D. Dvorak
Cresco
Charles A. L. Clarke
Melrose
Clarence L. Hughs
Jews City
Burney A. Demuth
Bloomfield
Ernest B. Peterson
Dayton
Corp
Frank Marcheck
Mystic
Carl Herman Kropeger
New Albin
Fred Ninke
Rockwell City
Harry H. R. Otto
Mapleton
Mathias Werner
McTotyre
Arthur Anderson
iPatten
Lee Brannon
Birmingham
James C. Ware
Cesterville
James C. Thorp
Knoxville
Leo J. James
Burton
Clyde L. Moulger
Troy
Andrew W. Marshback
Worthington
John H. Baylis
Hail
Louis B. Thro
Dubuque
Horace 8. Marshall
Chester W. Desilya
Das Moines
America and the American locomotive symbol of unity
A Manchester Union reader recounts a conversation with a wounded expeditionary soldier. He describes American-built docks and a vast four-track railway across France, forged from U S steel and labor, symbolizing resilience, freedom, and the unity of a continent through the locomotive that carried a winded comrade to safety and revived national spirit.
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New Hampshire
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Future Air Travel Promises Sky Routes and Elevated Dinning
A long range forecast envisions regular air travel lanes, airborne stations and eateries high above earth. Big airships and aerated water will be offered with themed pricing. Dining room staff retain somber black attire recalling 1918 era gloom in distant sky dining rooms.
Groundcover foresight saves Red Cross festival plans
In a London Opinion piece the writer recalls a previous event where ground conditions forced postponement, noting a simple solution of tarping or covering the area to prevent delay, and implying similar prudence could avert future disruption for the ground event.
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London
Two Ways Crowes Oppose Early Professional Schistler
A fragment quotes a debate about a person once opposed to turning pro as a schistler and now boasts of progress. The dialogue hints at shifting opinions and growing confidence in public performance.
Baalbek Ruins and Temple Remnants Highlight Ancient Power
The article details Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley, famed for Phoenician Sun Temple and later Graeco Roman reuse. It describes the Temple of Baal, Sun, Jupiter, and Venus monuments, colossal monoliths, and the quarry where stones were shaped, noting extensive columns, peristyles, and inscriptions, with a later Christian church conversion noted.
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Heliopolis
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Venus
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Septimus Severus
Golonta Heliopolis
Jovi Optimo Maximo Heliopolitani
New Disease Explains Eye Work in Hubmerine Hunt
Willan G. Shepherd in Everybody's Magazine notes a new century disease affecting eye work during Hubmerine hunting. He describes persistent night vision effort, tearful pus, and lids glued shut after sleep. The piece uses vivid allegory of periscope eyes and dangers faced by dedicated observers.
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Willan G. Shepherd
Everybody’s Magazine
Melancholy Admission at the Barroom Banter
Uncle Bi Bottletop quips during a酒 discussion at a local bar as he admits a melancholy tendency to overdrink. The exchange highlights a humorous moment of wry self awareness amid a casual crowd.
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