Bolsheviks Make Peace With Bulgaria and Brest-Litovsk Talks
Edward W. Pickard reports on Wilson and Lloyd George peace aims, German splits, and pan-German factions pressing Kaiser toward a strong peace. Russian bolsheviks resume Brest-Litovsk talks as Ukraine Lithuania and Finland inch toward independence. Italy fronts and Atlantic theater update with Baker defending war department actions.
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World events brief Globe highlights from wartime reports
Secretary Daniels released Lieutenant Commander Bagley’s official account of the Jacob Jones sinking on December 6 with two officers and 64 men dead. Baker says America fields a large force in France and arms are modern and ready. Hobey Baker, a Princeton captain now in flight service, downed his first German plane. London notes Wilson’s speech as a Magna Carta for peace and Alsace Lorraine stance. Portugal unrest ends with government loyal. Kaiserlauten area rail tragedy kills 30+.
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Paris
New York Herald
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Alsace-Lorraine
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European War Updates From Front Near Cavassuchurinin
Austro German forces retreat trenches near Cavassuchurinin on the Italian front. Brest Litovsk peace terms dropped as null and void after nonacceptance by all powers. Hospital ship Rewa sunk in Bristol Channel. three crew casualties. Haig touts British gains on the western front. Russian troops withdraw from Macedonian front. French General Site, artillery chief on Italian front, killed in action.
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Marshal Haig
Paris
War prep and policy notes amid WWI era debates
Washington reports outline wartime measures and political debates. Foreign nationals may gain relief from U S military service. A looming coal shortage of 38 million tons prompts calls for universal austerity. Government to regulate private securities and establish an oil division under Mark L Requa. Wilson backs the federal Woman suffrage amendment as Baker faces Senate questions about war supplies. House passes suffrage bill 274 to 136. Senate action expected soon.
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Wiser Than She Knew From a Child’s Doughboard Wisdom
A child plays with a doughboard and rolling pin on Christmas morning. She places a penny on the board and rolls it while the father asks what she is doing. She answers she is rolling some dough. Indianapolis News describes the moment as a charming tale of parental insight through a child’s simple wisdom.
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August Flower and Natural Health Advertisements
An advertising miscellany cites Green's August Flower as a remedy for disordered stomachs and liver inactivity with claims of gentle laxative effects and digestion aid. It promotes 80 and 90 cent bottles and notes sale in civilized countries. The page also mentions mistletoe kissing traditions and Garfield Tea as a natural constipation remedy.
Do you believe In signs Not Ir electric light signs
A quoted exchange shows a fuel administrator dismissed belief in electric light signs. The fragment hints at a debate over signs or signals, but the context and participants are incomplete.
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