Park Officials Fight Piedmont High School Plan in Atlanta
City and county leaders vow to block any sale of park land without popular consent as a new university high school proposal for Piedmont Park faces opposition. J Oscar Cochran says parks must remain parks and urges legislative action to protect park property. The Ansley Park meeting drew 56 guests with pledges of city support and speeches by police chief and other department heads.
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University High School
Piedmont Park
Atlanta
J. Oscar Cochran
Pleamont
Ansley Park Civic League
Cochran
Ansley Park
D. J. McClaxchey
Reading
Senate
Park Colony
W. M. Mayo
Lawton Nalley
Ansley
Heaith Department
G. B. Watta
Bulgaria Agrees to Neutral Zone in Salonika Front
A Reuters-AP flavored dispatch reports Bulgarian forces agree to a neutral zone around Salonika as Allied talks proceed. Civilians flee the city amid fears of siege while British authorities urge departure of British subjects. Refugees pour in from Serbian lands. railways disrupted, and a camp at Volo is planned. 60,000 Germans reported at Glevgell with further movments toward the frontier. Allied positions hold strong north of Saloniki as Balkan fronts show restraint ahead of Greek elections. General Haig succeeds French in command amid cautious war weariness. Bulgarian HQ says they paused pursuit at the frontier, taking prisoners and materiel.
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Associated Press
Splonski
Grovka
Saloniki
Gievgeli
Volo
Buse
Gievgell
Paris
Soloniki
Havas
Glevgell
Valadare-Doiran
Doiran
Athens
Journal of Ambrosan
London
Athhens
Strone
Antente
France
Sir John French
Douglas Haig
Pon
Flanders
Manchester Guardian
Haig
Marshal French
Stan
Germans Repulse Russian Attacks Across Frontline
December 16 report from London cites Austro-Hungarian forces pushing in Montenegro nearing Bjelopolje on the Sect uver, about 20 miles from the Serbian border, while German command confirms activity along the Western theater and Turkish forces push forward in Mesopotamia amid a string of aerial and ground actions across multiple fronts.
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London
Montenegro
Bjelopolje
Serian
Vailly
Aisne
Immelmann
Valenciennes
Madlheim
Baden
Marshal von Hindenburg
Lake Drischata
Aouth
Beresina
Prince Leopold
Bavaria
von Lingingen
Berentiany
Lutek
Belkan
Saloniki Front Dominates Halkan War News
London reports 200000 Entente troops at Saloniki as British press notes focus on the Halkan theater. Telegraphs describe maneuvers from Karagulj to Kilindir along the Vardar Doiran line, with Greek neutrality urged and speculation Greece may receive territories as Bulgarians face possible invasion.
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Saloniki
London
Athens
Daily Mail
Strumitsa
The
Times
Morning Post
Karagulj
Greece
Vardar
Kilindlr
Kilindit
Doiran
Gierges
Serbia
Weece
Ammunition Depot Blown Up By French War Office Report
Paris reports the German ammunition depot near Soissons is destroyed by French trench guns after artillery activity eased. A Russian statement claims no changes on western or Caucasus fronts. Other fronts note minor combats in Belgium Artois Somme Oise and Meuse sectors with mines and shelling. Turkish forces suffer losses in Mesopotamia per Townshend reports.
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Paris
War Office
Oise
Aisne
Uennevieres
Petrograd
Tondon
Caucasus
Belgium
Artois
Somme
Aisna
Vallly
Ille-au-Bola
Argonne
Vauquois
Meuse
Bois Des Chevaliers
Bel Xian
Nieuport
Hxmade
Steenstraets
The Williams Treatment advertised for uric acid poisoning
An early 20th century ad promises relief from uric acid poisoning and rheumatic symptoms. It urges sufferers of kidney bladder urethral or prostatic issues to buy The Williams Treatment, claims no alcohol, and offers a 50 cent bottle with a mail order reply.
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Ste
D. A. Williams ‘Co
Dept
New “P
East Hempton
Conn
Jbotie
Williams
Bettie
Samre- Tam
Italians Beat Back Austrian Attacks In News Dispatch
Townshend estimates Turkish losses near 1000 as fighting subsides. Vienna reports Archduke Joseph Ferdinand repulsed a Russian attack on the Kormin river line and Austrian forces capture positions on the Tyrolean front with multiple enemy withdrawals and a prisoner total rising to ninety.
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London
Monte Coston
Astico
Ollavia
Carso
Gorizia
Stringo
Grigno
Va Saganz
Vienna
War Office
Kormin
Archduke ‘Joseph Ferdinand
Olyks
Antonowks
Kiews
Miedwicze-Sarny
Tyrolean
Isonzo
Fiitsch
Gilbact
Tara
Bjelopolje
Rozaj
Berane
Inek
Plava
Gusinje
Asphyxiating Gas Used in Venice Air Raids
The November 18 raid near Venice Arsenal brought asphyxiating gas bombs that terrified residents. One death occurred and many poor residents suffered lingering gas effects, with some remaining semi conscious for days.
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Venice
Associated Press
Rome
Germans From U S Plan Violence In Italy
Milan Italy December 16 The Secolo says the British warned Italy German emissaries left U S ports to commit acts of violence in Italy, targeting merchant ships. The paper cites recent fires aboard a steamship at Naples and on docks at Genoa.
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Milan
Italy
Via
Pariv
Secolo
United States
Naples
Cenog
Uncle Sam Oil Company advocates vast oil rise and stock offer
The Uncle Sam Oil Company touts rapid capital raise and new properties in the Cushing field and across the Arkansas River, claiming 1860 acres of land and 127 wells. It projects 6000 to 10000 barrel daily output, seeks 20 to 75 percent stock advances by Dec 29, and argues war demand will push crude to 2.50 per barrel.
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Uncle Sam Gil Company
Great Cushing
Arkansas River
Boston Oil Pool
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Middle West
Cushing
Tulsa
Cherryvale
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Worl
Ourtle Ranch Creek
Pawnee County
Bartlesville
Boston
Kansas City
Wm Army of
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Whitehall Street
Christendom
Blackstock, Hale & Morgan
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Bulgaria
Lord Robert Cecil
Lora
Robert Cecil
Salonthi
Berlin
Sayville
Mesopotamia
Gonstantinople
Ar Inentieres
Jossia
Ynnes
Hapaume
Peronne
Mulheim
Townshend
Kut-el-Amara
U. S
Key West
Cortez Cigars
Cortez Cigar Company
Ines
Georgia Savings Bank & Trust CO
Alabama
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High Bankern
S. W. Deese
Brundidge, Ala
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Uncle Sam Oil Co
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