President closes Marconi wireless station at Siasconset
President Wilson acting as commander in chief ordered the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America station at Siasconset Massachusetts closed to enforce wartime censorship. The Navy ignored the company’s injunction request, and the station shut at 1 pm as Attorney General opinions upheld presidential authority to control radio stations during war.
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Wilson
Army
Navy
Washington
Army and Navy
Marconi Company
Siasconset
Mass
Navy Department
Naval
Department
E B Nixon
Nixon
Siasconset Station
Siasconset, Mass
Marcon
Mahcone Wireless Telegraph Company OF America
EB Nixon
Secretary of the Navy
Dixon
United States
Company of America
Justice Miller
Berlin
Marcon Company
Department of Fustica
Kaiser Catches Cold in Verdun Trenches
London reports Emperor William suffers a severe cold from rain while in the trenches before Verdun. Geneva correspondent notes he was drenched during the viewing of troops and armor.
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Kaiser
Verdun
London
Emperor William
Geneva
The
Chronicle
Ing
Alleged German Atrocities Reported as Systematic Campaign
French ambassador Jules Jusserand released a summary of ten official documents accusing German troops of a systematic campaign of atrocities in France. The reports, delivered to Secretary of State and Hague signatories, claim deliberate killings, bombardments, and hospital desecrations, with examples like Pont-A-Mousson and Badonville.
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Washington
Jules J Jusserand
Lansing
State Department
United States
Hague
French Republic
Pont-A-Mouasson
Parux
Affleville
Red Cross
Badomvillar
Billy
Formier German Vessel Not Allowed Registry
Washington reports the department of commerce has not approved the change from German to American registry for the steamship Sacramento owned by Southern Pacific, formerly the Alexandria. State and prize court review may determine if the transfer is bona fide, with foreign governments seeking proof of legitimate ownership. The department requests documents validating the purchaser’s affidavit of unconditional title before acting.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Sacramento
Southern Pacific Company
Alexandria
State Department
United Fruit Company
United States Steel Corporation
Money idle and schools in need in 1914 city
City funds sit idle in a about $9,000 new project line while schools face deficits. Mayors and councilors press to balance the 1915 budget, retain funds for education, and end double sessions by hiring teachers and freeing room.
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Onance Committee
James G Woodward
Finance Committee
Educational Board
Board of Education
Hus
Woodward
Fifth Ward
Eighth Ward
Cherokee Avenue
Council
W EH Cummings
Fire Department
Saia
Connalman J D Sisson
Comptroller's Department
Treasury
Russians Advance Toward Przemyśl
Petrograd reports Russian forces seized Czyschky and Foulstyn positions guarding Kihyrom in the Badymno area between Jaroslaw and Przemyśl, evacuated Bourges and Medyke, and repulsed toward the fort line. No fighting on the German front. Paris dispatch notes a key prelude to Jaroslav capture near Sadova on the Vistula, with Austrians atop wooded hills and Russians charging across open ground after days of combat.
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Paris
Petrograd
Havas
Jaroslav
Sadova
Vistula
No title available from Yonles battlefield report
From Trieste reports indicate several thousand wounded admitted to the city in the last three days Theaters and other public buildings are being turned into hospitals Most wounded are from Galicia and recall freezing conditions with wet clothing and scant meals Russian forces have seized large stores of winter clothing from Austrians Snow has begun to fall and field troops suffer cold conditions
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Yonles
Italy
Paris
Rdvices
Trieste
Galicia
Infant clothing sale prices listed for babies wear
Infants sacques range from 29 cents to $1.50, bootees from 1 to 1.50, loggins and sac coats up to $1.25, mittens as low as 1 cent, plus toques hoods and caps priced 25 cents to $2.00.
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Loggins
Store listing for BEST Kid Gloves 12 Button Trefousse
An item description offers BEST Kid Gloves in 12 button kid, Trefousse make, white embroidery. Additional notes list 12 button kid gloves in white, black and buff, and 26 button kid gloves in white, black and colors.
Short gloves list spans lambskin and kid leather styles
The item catalog lists multiple glove styles including Montfort lambskin, Dreadnaught kid, La Tosca kid, Trefousse two and three clasp models, Shellborne with contrasting stitching, and Misses’ two-clasp lambskin gloves, with variations in piqué sewing and tucked wrists.
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Montfort
la Tosca
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