Germans gain control of Lodz as front battles rage
Berlin reports Emperor William ill with feverish bronchial catarrh delaying front return. Despite illness he reviews war reports as German HQ rejects Russian casualty claims near Czenstochowa and notes small Austrian engagements near Tymbark, Galicia, as part of the Poland campaign.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
William
London
Besky Sterburg
Czenstochowa
Vienna
Tymbark
Galicia
Battle for Poland Edging. Lodz in German hands
London reports a protracted battle for Poland with German gains around Lodz and Cracow. Russian defense of Lodz is doubtful as German troops advance, while air raids destroy Lodz town hall and factories. Russian and allied lines suffer heavy losses amid severe cold.
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London
Poland
Cracow
Lodz
Petrograd
Reuter
Czenstochowa
Kielce
Dec. S
Lowicz
Vistla
Bourse Gazette
Creon
Garri Eor
Lodesvaan
Vienna
Sia
Peland
Galicia
Vistman
Carpathians
French Report Claims German Field Fort Destroyed in Belgium
Paris reports December 3 artillery destroyed a German field fort near Haszar house between Dixmude and Ypres. Night dispatch notes no major changes elsewhere on the front with calm in Aisne and minor progress near Varennes. Germany cites rain hindering movement while Argonne and Yser fronts show slow gains and a burned hospital at Lissle with no casualties.
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Flanders
Paris
Belgium
Haszar
Dixmude
Ypres
Weidendreft
Aisne
Champagne
Argonne
Varennes
London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Yser Canal
Berlin
France
George
Sir John French
Germany
Dec. S
Arras
Lissle
Forest of
Germans Evacuate Vermelles. destroy buildings to deter French bombardment
Berlin reports German forces evacuated Vermelles southeast of Brethone. Buildings were blown up per plan to avoid civilian losses. French artillery refrained from bombardment. German troops held prepared positions behind, stopping Allied pursuit as forces attacked west and southwest of Altkirch with heavy losses. no other Western theater changes.
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Teutons
Vermelles
Berlin
London
Brethone
Altkirch
French War Losses Estimated at About Five Hundred Thousand
Paris November 26 A Paris desk reports that France declines to publish casualty lists. An inquiry across sources suggests French dead by November reach about 100 000 with around 400 000 wounded or ill in hospitals by November 19. Swiss records list 90 000 French prisoners in Germany. Combined losses approach about 590 000. German battlefield deaths on the frontier are estimated over 100 000.
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Assen Tete de Press Diagresperate
Paris
Nee
Germany
Austrian Prisoners of War In Lemberg
Lemberg shows great interest in about 3 000 Austrian and Hungarian prisoners brought by train from the Carpathians. Many bear frostbitten feet or hands, with Tyrolese among them. The crowd includes generals and star officers as the prisoners are encamped in the square before the station, while railroad yards overflow with captured artillery.
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Lemberg
Carpathians
Wolverine News Brevities Compiled Michigan items
Saginaw principals attend a Michigan Schoolmasters club meet with lectures on high school administration and a retirement bill. Lansing reports state tax stamp rulings for state functions and notary certificates, plus a Bremen to New York travel note for Paul Billhardt amid wartime confusion.
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Lansing
Grand Rapids
Charley Platzer
Della Stratton
Marquette
Stuart
Supreme Court
Platzer
Bacanaba
Felix Wagner
Li Lee
Young Lee
United States
St. Mary’s River
Soo
W. A. Rose
Dev. J. W.sutherland
W. J. Campbell
Kalamazoo
J. 8. Williamson
Saginaw
Michigan
Michigan Schoolmasters’ Club
W. W. Warner
Saginaw High School
Miller
Northwestern High School
Wetrolt
Edmondston
University At Michigan
Mattora
Washington
Fellowe
Marshall
Gauss
State Department
Paul Billhardt
Bremen
Germany
Billhardt
New York
England
Nait
Amsterdam
Sayville
L. 1
Searchlight Aids French Ambulance At Night Battle
A powerful searchlight helps the French army locate and retrieve wounded soldiers for medical evacuation during night operations, enabling the ambulance division to move casualties from the battlefield.
Mineral product value rise in Arizona per geologic survey
The United States geological survey reports Arizona's mineral products valued at 71,429,705 dollars in 1913, up from 67,497,838 dollars the previous year. The data outlines a growing minerals sector in the territory.
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Arizona
United States Geological Survey
Baby Floats Through Pipe In Riverside Incident
Two year old Mary Sobde slipped into an irrigation standpipe in Riverside California while reaching for a rag doll. She floated down a main pipe several hundred feet before being rescued by rancher James King at a third standpipe an eighth of a mile away. She escaped unharmed.
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Riverside
Cal
Mary Sobde
James King
Eaton, George White’s duck-legged chicken invention
George White of Eaton Ohio unveils after ten years a remarkably short legged white chicken bred by selective crossing. The bird appears to be always sitting due to its very short legs and wades with a ducklike gait when it moves.
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Eaton
George White
Muffler Designed by Harvard Professors For New York Power Plant
Harvard professors designed a monster silencer for noisy machinery in a New York power plant to curb neighborhood protests. Its success could allow removing many industry noise nuisances.
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New York
Harvard
Hog with eight feet shocks Owanka market
A local stock raiser near Owanka South Dakota Mike Ban peel marketed a hog with an extra foot on each ankle. The unusual animal had eight feet and was described as well developed and of ordinary size prompting notes on agricultural oddities amid high living costs.
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Owanka
S. D
Mike Banpeel
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Huron River
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