War News Roundup From Across Nations
A wide array of wartime items reports on financial obligations of Siam and Italy, Allied prisoner camps and casualties, German resistance and mutinies, and European relief efforts. It notes British naval expansion, Bolshevik activity in Essen, and plans for Red Cross missions to Siberia. Hoarding food relief and war financing measures are also outlined.
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Nobuaki Makino
San Francisco
Japan
Red Cross
Siberia
George W. Simmons
St. Louis
Florence
Ariz
Pinal County
Douglas
Mexico
World War Era News Highlights and Royal Visit Notes
Reports from London and Paris recount the Wilsons in Buckingham Palace and a historic banquet with King George. Other items include German royalty, U.S. military orders to curb alcohol, boxing results in Milwaukee and Baltimore, a fatal fall of Capt Hobey Baker, price hikes in New York, and Zionist moves toward a Jewish state in Palestine.
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Santiago
Chile
Valparaiso
Wilson
Buckingham Palace
Calais
London
General Pershing
Germany
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
Verdun
Argonne
Edgar E. Sisson
Creel
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Humes
Chaumont
King George
England
Billy Miske
St. Paul
Gus Cristle
Milwaukee
Joe Burman
Chicago
Eddie Wimler
Pittsburg
American Athletic Association
Baltimore
Hobey Baker
Tours
Palestine
New York
Zionist Organization of America
Shanghai Zionist Association
Lloyd George
Balfour
Arizona
George H. Daily
Tucson
Silverbell
Chas. B. Behr
Daily
Mexicao
Sonora
Arizona Legislature to convene January 13 amid war gains
The State Legislature set to convene January 13 as Arizona faces major issues. Inflation, influenza, and drought impact court terms, draft preparations, and state finances while miners report record copper output and rising investment after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjutant General
Apache County
F. Robins
E. H. Hobby
Phoenix
Sacramento
Cal
Charles R. Green
State Council of Defense
Council For
Arizona
Prescott
Pinecrest
Pvt
Harrison Callahan
Fort Whipple
Clarence Seymour
D. F. Johnson
Moctezuma Copper Company
Nacozari
Sonora
United States
Florence Bowden
Charles Montgomery
Douglas
Thomas B. Campbell
James Polaski
Frank O’brien
Maricopa County Poultry Association
Wilson's Address Touts Allied Unity for Peace
President Wilson declares allied nations united to stop wars and preserve peace. In London he thanks London and Paris crowds, recalls Joffre and the balance of power, and urges a League of Nations with a universal trusteeship for lasting security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wilson
Guild Hall
Paris
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Hun Chiefs Quit Council in German Cabinet Shakeup
Berlin reports Foreign Minister Haase Earth and Demobilization Minister Dittman resigned from the cabinet after the central council rejected the independents on most questions. Premier Ebert Scheideman and Landsberg now run the revolutionary government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Haase
Dittman
Central Council
Ebert
Scheideman
Publicity
Landsberg
Severe fighting erupts in Posen over flag incident
In Posen a severe clash between Poles and Germans left about one hundred Germans and Poles dead, along with thirty eight women and children killed. The fight began after a German officer fired on an allied car bearing the American flag bound for Warsaw, triggering a Polish guard response and hours of combat.
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London
Posen
Warsaw
Dead in War Toll Tops Five Million Nine Hundred Thirty Six Thousand
London reports official French losses alongside broader totals. The dead worldwide reach 5,936,504 with national breakdowns including Britain 706,726. France 1,071,300. America 58,478. Russia 1,700,000. Austria 800,000. Germany 1,600,000. German casualties total 6,330,000 per Vorwaerts. Austrian 4,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Late Market Quotations for Hides Pelts and Metals
The page lists prices for dry hides and pelts including dry salted hides at 6c per lb and cured hides up to 16c, buck and bull categories, and various kip and calf grades. It also notes prices for glues, horses, ponies, and a range of metals and tungsten concentrates with reported market values in Denver and related commodities.
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Kansas City Produce Price Report
Kansas City Missouri markets quote Butter Creamery at 60 cents for firsts and 58 cents for seconds. Eggs list firsts at 61 cents and seconds at 49 cents. Poultry prices show hens at 21 4 cents, roosters at 17 1/2 cents, and broilers at 30 cents.
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Kansas City
Kansas
City
New York Cotton and Sugar Prices and Chicago Livestock Quotations
New York cotton futures show January at 29.16 March 28.16 May 27.42 July 26.38 October 24.42 Middling price 32.10. Sugar centrifugal 4.28 and other grades listed. Chicago hogs bids range 17.50 to 17.80 with various weights, cattle values from 6.75 to 19.75, calves and sheep prices varied across grades.
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Eees
F. C. Bone
Baylar
Colorado
Upland
Nebraska Upland
Nebraska
Gunnison Va Fey
Colo
F. B
Denver
New York
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Home and Abroad
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Siam
Finanza Italia
Rome
Ugo Pizzarello
Mannheim
Marshal Foch
Zurich
Badische Landes Zeitung
Royal Palace
London Express
Essen
Paris le Journal
Munich
Odessa
Justice
Anser Somiporimists
International Socialists’ Congress
Lucerne
Switzerland
Washington
Tamagnini Barbosa
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Treasury
The
Food Administration
Council of the People’s Delegates
Berne
Suddeutsche Zeitung
Sam
Lever
House Agricultural Committee
Alschuler
Ethel Kelly
J. Wilbur Chapman
New York State
Consumers’ League
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hospital
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Harold F. McCormick
McCormick Company
Archangel
War Work Council
Arizona State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Holbrook
Tombstone
Noah Brimhall
Mesa
French Academy
Marshal Joffre
Free Nations
League of Nations
Mansion House
President Wilson
Belgium
U. S
Denver Market
MTG
Seas Werk
Lima
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