Evidence Against Nurse Overwhelming in Varney Murder Trial
Dedham Massachusetts December 4 The state plans to present circumstantial evidence it calls overwhelmingly convincing in the trial of Miss Harriet A Varney accused of murdering Mrs Pauline A Keyes wife of Brookline man George H Keyes The prosecutor William F Kane outlined the case noting Keyes and Varney once lived together as man and wife and Varney claimed he did not keep a marriage promise He described expected testimony including a mail carrier who will say he saw the shadow of a woman leaving the Keyes apartment on June 19 before the body was found and he hinted at two bullet wounds in Mrs Keyes right side as a possible cause of death Never did he repeat the long-ago English practice of selling a wife in the open market for suicide.
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Dedham
Mass
Harriet A. Varney
Pauline A. Keyes
George H Keyes
Brookline
William F Kane
Miss Varney
Kane
Keyes
Bolshevik Sees Judson Note As Friendly Move
Petrograd reports Bolshevik minister Trotzky comments on Lieut Col William Judson note to end the war aim and cultivate friendly ties with Russia. Stockholm papers hail the visit as a boost to Bolshevik contacts and predict limited Allied support in a prolonged conflict. The Smolny visit reportedly caused a diplomatic stir among Entente envoys.
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Petrograd
Leon Trotzky
William V. Judson
Russia
Trotzky
Maxim Gorky
Trotsky
America
Stockholm
Sweden
Leon
Trotak
Betro
Grad
Dagbladet
Judson
Washington
Entente
Judaen
France
England
Petrograd Telegraph Agency
Smolny” Institute
Eee
War Summary by the Associated Press
Germany halts large scale assaults on the Cambrai salient as casualties mount and British resistance strengthens. Reports claim 6,000 British prisoners and over 100 guns captured, but Allied losses remain heavy. Elsewhere, Austro German offensives fade, Italian and Venetian fronts see limited action, and Jerusalem remains disputed. Bolshevik seizure of Northern Front HQ ends with Dukhonin killed after capture of command.
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Associated Press
Cambrai
Byng
British War Office
Asiago
Piave
Trentino
Palestine
Jerusalem
Allenby
Kry- Tenko
Dukhonin
Blacklist Opens 1600 Firms Across Americas
Washington reports a war trade board order blacklists about 1600 firms in 20 Central and South American countries. Merchants of the United States may not deal with them except under license as part of a broader enemy trading record. Latin America is targeted first due to German firms aiding Germany and financing propaganda in the United States.
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Washington
United States
War Trade Board
latin-America
Germany
Greatest Publicity Feat Ever Pulled Off
New York December 4 President Wilsons address to Congress was heralded worldwide as the greatest publicity feat. The message crossed nearly all communications via telegraph wire train wireless and submarine cable with Creel directing distribution from Washington to San Francisco Colon Tokyo and beyond. A vast relay network extended to London Paris Stockholm and South American capitals, reaching Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
United States
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
San Francisco
Colon
Panama
Canal Zone
Capfure Feless
Caribbean
Washington
Creet
Creel
Shanghai
Ihence
Tokio
Peking
Atlantic
London
South American
Paris
Alo
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Christiania
Hague
Petrograd
Algiers
Lisbon
Madrid
Rome
Berne
South America
Rio de Janeiro
Chile
Bogota
Valparaiso
Quito
Lima
la Paz
Santiago
Buenos Aires
Central
Bennett Wounded Overseas List Names U.S. Casualties
Ottawa reports a Canadian overseas casualty list naming Americans. Wounded is W. H. Bennett of Butte Montana and gas casualty A. T. L. Ray of Arlington. The notice appears in a Canadian edition dated December 4.
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W. H. Bennett
BUTTE
Ottawa
Ontario
Mont
Ray
Artingto
Western Territory Freight Rate Increases Approved
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission limited rising freight rates on iron and steel articles in the western zone. Increases up to 90 percent of Midwest rates were allowed, while railroads sought higher charges and some class changes were rejected. The new rates target shipments from Chicago and nearby hubs to western crosses, leaving Chicago to St. Louis routes unchanged. Public protest from western shippers is noted.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rnroads
Chicago-st
Chicago
St. Louis
West Bank
Mississippi River
Commission
Kansas City
Western Trunk Line
Order Home Guards To Protect St Paul
Secretary of War Baker asks Minnesota public safety commission to suspend wearing union buttons by streetcar men. St Paul orders 11 home guard companies from outside cities to report for duty amid fear of outbreaks during a planned twin city labor convention. 1600 troops to be uniformed and on guard tomorrow.
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Baker
Minnesota Public Safety Commission
St. Paul
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Rhinow
Yes
Baker Washington
Public Safety Commission
van Dyke
War, Department
Washington
A. W. Ames
Safety Commission
Burnaulst
Minneapolis Bars Salons During Union Convention
Alianeapons vec 9apolis retail liquor dealers tonight voted to close all saloons at 9 p.m. and remain shut all day tomorrow during the St Paul union men convention tied to the street car strike. Guards patrolled streets to prevent disorder as socialist Mayor Thomas Van Lear defended the Union Carmen stance amid a growing industrial dispute. He denounced Twin Cities newspaper attitudes and warned of a potential state wide industrial war. In Washington, officials urged immediate bread price reductions nationwide and bakers were told to apply a standard formula set by the food administration for December 10 production.
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Alianeapons
St. Paul
Sera
Thomas van Lear
Minneapolis
Twin City
Twin Cities
Fragmented obituary notes from a city's funeral notices
The text records multiple obituaries and funeral arrangements with scattered names, ages, and parlor locations. It mentions Shockmel aged 2, Bryant aged 44, and others, with references to Sherman parlors, interment plans, church services, and family members, but the wording is garbled and incomplete.
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Shockmel
John Shockmel
Sherman
Reed
William G. Bryant
Feimann
Teachin
Georges
Waunett Street
Huilivan
Star
Ana
Rennesie
Maistre
William
Herman Ponce
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