French Gain in the Vosges in World War I reporting
Paris reports heavy artillery activity across Belgium Artola Aisne Argonne and Vosges with German fortifications overrun. French forces claim 1688 uninjured prisoners and 200 German soldiers captured since yesterday, with mines exploded near hill 285 and near La Fille Morte.
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Monchy
Givenchy
la Bassee Geual
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Vosges
Paris
Belgium
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Aisne
Ville-au-Bain
Argonne
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Meuse
Warmont Wood
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Fecht
Thue
dartmanns-Weilerkept
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Hirgstein
Decem- Ber Fi
Russians Push at Austrians on Bessarabia Front
Berlin reports Czernowitz correspondent says Russians launched eight attacks on Austrians since Christmas along the Bessarabia border, failing to break through. Turkish Dardanelles combat updates and Italian Austrian front activity accompany a broad wartime roundup from multiple theaters.
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Berlin
Vie London
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Bessarabia
Hartmanne- Wellerkopf
Westende
Belgium
Hirlstein
Hartmanns-Weilerkopt
Hartmanns Weilerkopt
Lens
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Lille
Raggasem
Tukum
Pinsk
Balkan
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Vis
London
Arl Burn
Imbros
Monitor
Merken
Tekke Burn
Seddul Bahr
Tekke Burnu
Census Work Pushed By William J Harris
John Corrigan notes in the North Carolina bureau director Samuel L Rodgers report that William J Harris, formerly in charge of the census, helped push major decennial census tasks toward completion. The effort covered wealth, debt, taxation, and surveys in cities and counties, with extensive fieldwork and data compilation including insane and feeble minded, paupers, Indians, and negroes reports, plus the statistical atlas and electrical industry census.
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John Corrigan
Wahington
Sociak
William J. Harris
Samuel L. Rodgers
North Carolina
Mr. Rodgers
Yeau
United States
Cama
Mahatacty
Germany Moves Toward Lusitania Settlement In Talks
Washington December 29 new German proposals for settling the Lusitania dispute are expected next week as negotiations between Lansing and Count von Bernstorff advance toward a possible settlement at Christman. Berlin hopes for a settlement while public opinion in the United States grows wary of demands on Austria Hungary after the Ancona sinking.
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Washington
Germany
Lusitania
Berlin
United States
State Department
Lansing
Count von Bernstorff
Chriatman
Bern
Austria-Hungary
Ancona
Teutonic
Vienna
Am- Caesad
Penfield
Austria
Hecketary Langing
New York
Cecile Ix Grell
Red Cross
Rochambeau
State
Greil
Geneva
Paria
Count Alexa
Baron Burton
Revenue system report spans forty eight states
A detailed bulletin outlines tax sources and expenditures across states for education pensions civil administration judiciary charitable institutions and debt interest. Chief Statistician Starke Grogan leads the effort highlighting Georgia’s Grogan as a key figure in city and state revenue data collection and analysis. The census bureau also notes growing demand for reports on the colored population including geography marriage mortality education religion pauperism and crime.
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Ates
Axpensa
Starke Grogan
Starke ME Grogan
Hisperson
Tate
Grogan
Origan
Judes
George Ir Grogan Om
Judee Geo. c
Grogam
Biberton
Census Bureau
Harris Muoened
Advice on Quinine for Children and Adults
Fragmentary note warns against giving quinine to children and mislabeling it as safe. Cautions that quinine aids adults who cannot tolerate ordinary gin, claims it disturbs the stomach, and urges seeking safer remedies.
Burress Hurt Boarding Streetcar On Peachtree
John Burress of Burress Dillon law firm was injured while attempting to board a Capitol Avenue streetcar at the corner of Grand and Peachtree. He slipped on the curb stone, was taken to Grady Hospital with a concussion and multiple fractures in his left hand, and was reported not to be fatally hurt. No witnesses besides the conductor were available.
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Peachtree Street
Baker
Harris
John Burress
Burress & Dillon
Burt
Grady Hospital
Burress
Butress
Erand Peachtree
Reed Ol Company
Baker and Peachtree
Grady
Lyons
Kirk
Missing Chattooga Citizen alarmed relatives in Georgia
Lyerly Georgia December 29 Special William B Anderson a well known Chattooga County citizen disappeared from his home near Lyerly leaving behind many creditors. He allegedly told his wife he was going to California or elsewhere then left within minutes in his car toward Rome Atlanta. Relatives fear he wandered the United States while creditors have attached and levied on his property. He rebuilt after a double fire and bankruptcy, and was involved in cotton trade and real estate with extensive livestock holdings. Debts estimated at 46000 to 50000 dollars.
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Lyerly
Willam B Anderson
Chattooga
United States
Anderson
Tr Im
California
Rome
Atlanta
Anderson 48 Gin
Andersons Swuth
Holland
Central of
Hla
Becme
Winter Weather Checks Fighting On Fronts
London dispatches say severe winter will hinder operations on principal fronts in coming weeks. French general warned the harsh season from late December to late January is an obstacle, with allied plans delayed by weather and the danger of counterattacks. A Russian correspondent notes winter is harsher than usual and holds up major actions until late January.
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Seloniki
Malorn ‘Ir Putnik
Sarbia Mae
Genel Putnit
Epirus
Aris
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Santi Quaranta
Athens
Havas
Sion
Tepelent Coouthern Apania
Paria
Bulgertay
Gormuidaing
Vienna
London
Bessarabia
Purkanoy
Theouth
Tyrol
Roms
Giudicaria
Fort Por
Por
Sone
Lenodi Vallaise Torrent
Adige
Lugane
Borgo
Castelnuvove
Strigno
Gorizia
Corso
Petrograd
Vic London
Priest
Pripet
Galicia
Paris
Tara River
Lioubovim
Beran
Morita
Loveen
Haskova Gora
Lepenatz
Nicholas
Vasselevitch
Pocceran Seropianes
Podgoricza
Reuter
Western
Atlanta Scots to Give Entertainment Friday Night
The Atlanta Scottish association hosts Hogmania at Burna cottage Friday night to celebrate the New Year. Members, families, and friends are invited to attend for an evening of entertainment and welcome the new year. Weather today fair with a high of 43 and a low of 24. Also advertising a laxative product with a one day cure and Bromo Quinine branding.
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Atlanta
Burna Cottage
140 000 Allied Soldiers Lose Sight Since War Start
Dr Helen Yolen of the American hospital at Nice arrived in New York aboard the Rochambeau and reported that more than 40 000 Allied soldiers have been made totally blind since the war began.
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New York
Helen Yolen
Nice
Contraband Found On Ford Peace Ship
London December 293 A British official statement says fifty five day of rubber consigned to a Sweden forwarding agent were removed from the parcel nailed on board the steamship Oscar II. The rubber weighed about 4000 pounds and the remaining 734 bags were sent by post for delivery. The Oscar II carried the Ford peace party to Europe and was detained at Kirkwall for cargo examination. Reports said part of the cargo was contraband and a prize court would rule.
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Sweden
Oacar IL
Post Office
Henry Ford
Europe
Kirkwall
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