Bolshevik Power Wanes in Russia Amid Civil Strife
Reports from Petrograd and other cities portray weakening Bolshevik control as defections grow among workers and soldiers. Dispatches claim troop reluctance to march, resistance to Ukrainian forces, and informal disarmaments. Battles in Kharkov and Odessa appear unlikely to expand, while negotiations and arrests ripple through the capital.
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Petrograd
Red Guard
Morning Post
Daily News
Kharkov
Nicoliaev
Odessa
Donets
Reuter
Praobrashensky
Taus Ride
Semenovsky Guard
Soldier Adoption Plan Frowned Upon by Officers
The American Expeditionary Force in France warns against women adopting soldiers for the war period. The practice strains congested mail and delays important messages as censorship forbids correspondence with strangers. Home supporters are urged to refrain from placing soldiers in awkward positions by unsolicited adoptions.
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Associated Press
France
Class rates reduced by interstate commission ruling
Washington December 26 The interstate commerce commission today ordered reductions ranging from 2 to 4 percent in class and commodity rates from eastern territory to Michigan points including Grand Rapids Jackson Kalamazoo Battle Creek Marshall Lansing Cadillac and Petoskey.
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Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Territory
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Battle Creek
Marshall
Lansing
Cadillac
Petoskey
Tobacco Not a Luxury for Men in Turkey Report
London dispatch reports Lord Rhondda defending tobacco as a necessity not a luxury. He argues loss of tobacco would be a national misfortune affecting both manual laborers and the brain workers, and that rationing may be foreseen by the new papers.
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London
Rhondda
Supreme court postpones new trial for Tonbroker murder case
Frederick L. Stonbroker awaits execution on January 15 after the supreme court grants a new trial on the murder of his wife Florence A. Small at their home near Lake Ossipee on September 28, 1916.
Pastor Compiles Prohibition Dates List From States
The Rev Charles A Rexroad of Lowell Avenue Methodist notes misapprehensions about prohibition dates. A tabulated list shows Maine 15 Kansas 1880 North Dakota 18 Oklahoma 1907 Georgia 1908 and more. States expected dry in 1918 include Indiana Michigan New Hampshire New Mexico Alaska. Remaining wet states vote next year.
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Charles A. Rexroad
Lowell Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Maine
Kansas
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Georgia
North Carolina
Mississippi
Tennessee
West Virginia
Alabama
Arizona
Viginia
Colorado
Oregon
Washington
Arkansas
Towa
Taaho
South Carolina
Nebraska
South Dakota
Utah
Indiana
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Alaska
Minesota
Missouri
Nevada
Wyoming
Soldiers return to duty from Butte visit
Jack Christie son of Thomas Christie of the Standard’s Butte office left last night by the Short Line to rejoin his unit at Fort Bliss El Paso Texas after visiting his parents. Roy H Ryker of the Fourteenth Infantry also visited the Christies before returning to American Lake. A Wisconsin sheep raiser reports forty profit per head from 275 ewes and an 168 percent increase in numbers.
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Jack Christie
Thomas Christie
Standard
Butte
Fort Blisy
el Paso
Texas
Christie
Regular Army
Field Artillery
Roy H. Ryker
Fourteenth Infantry
Mrs. Christie
American Lake
Wisconsin
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Akai
Hart
O'Brien & West CO
Ceylon
Japan
Jack and the Beanstalk
Lenine and Trotzky
Russia
Asia Minor
St. Peter and St. Paul
M. Vyshnegradsky
M. Putiloff
International Commercial Bank
Russo-Asiatic Bank
Alexieff
Paul Milakoff
Constitutional Democratic
Kolpashnikoff
American Red Cross
Romania
Anderson
David Rt. Francis
Red Cross
Came
George Buchanan
Inland
Gory
Litovsk
Finland
Germany
Leon ‘Trotzkeviki Forels
Bolsheviki Commissaries
Stockholm
Sweden
Helsingfors
Abo
Ulenborg
Tidningen
Balte
Iam Fox
Tas
Baa
Fox Ssiddie
Rialto
Anna
Irving
Berlin
Ponement
Ansonia
Florence Co
West Park Street
Broadway
Brownfield-Canty CO
West Park St
Butte Anaconda
East Park Ave
Sterling Dentists
Selen Service
Bellans
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