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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1914

Page

6

No Gift Is Little Innumerable Offers At One Dollar

An advertisement proclaims innumerable gifts priced at one dollar or less, emphasizing value over cheapness and inviting shoppers to explore low priced items for practical gifts.

Cross Gifts and Accessories Price List Highlights

A catalog of small gift items with prices ranging from fifty cents to two dollars. Items include match cases, dice shakers, pocket nail files in cases, sewing boxes, belts, two-initial fobs, garters, brass ink-wells, jewel boxes, leather cases, trinket trays, razor cases, address books, drinking cups, and a Trump indicator, with marked price points and finish options.

Ieres Morocco A.ceeaeen

Russians Tied Now Holding A Long Polish Front

Reinforcements on the Russian left in Galicia thwart Austro German efforts to bend the line between the Vistula and the Pilica. The Russian centre in Poland extends about 50 miles from the Bzura to the Pilica with active fighting near Sochaczow and Rawa. Heavy German losses reported while Austrians stall in Galicia as Petrograd claims final check. In France and Belgium activity sinks with limited engagements around Mametz Souain and Ste. Menehould.

Galicia Warsaw Vistula Pilica Poland Bzura Sochaczow Rawka Rawa Skeirniewiz Petrograd France Belgium Flanders Rheims Meuse Paris Mametz Souain Ste. Menehould

Russian Army Checks German Drive Before Warsaw

Reports from correspondents in Flanders say German forces are retreating. Troops are seen moving through Aix-la-Chapelle en route west, signaling possible renewed activity near the Franco-Belgian lines and orders to seize towns at any cost.

Flanders Aix-la-Chapelle

Be Belgians Gift Ship Campaign Nears Christmas Hold

The Harpalyce Christmas ship to Belgium nears full cargo, with clothing food and toys filling two thirds of the hold. Relief organizers note a record day in donations totaling $1045.89 at headquarters and $147,182.42 in cash. Refugee Belgians Aid workers, including young Chelsea residents, assist with fundraising as many communities send substantial clothing and goods.

New England Relief Committee Redington Fiske Boylston Street Joseph H. O'Neil Dewshire Street Charlotte Adeline de Vits Ninove East Flanders Boylston Tremont Adeline Rotterdam England America Chelsea Jan Buys Antwerp Park Street Franklin Square House Miss Swanson Filene’s Jordan Marsh's Bacons Georgetown Tex Snyder Gunderson Swallow Entzminger Adams Hensel O'Neil Devonshire Street Belgian Relief Fund W. C. Hersey John A. Sullivan James L. Tryon Grace Baptist Church Sunday School Somerville Dorothea Bassett M. W.K Cambridge Walter R. Curtis Congregational Church Clarendon John Metcalfe Segecortod Jek A. Collidge Seebhiwh Iene Bournewood Hospital Grace Winslow St. John’s Sunday School Charlestown

Relief funds for Russian war sufferers urged by Mrs Curtis Guild

Mrs. Curtis Guild reports letters from Petrograd and Warsaw describe extreme suffering across Russia. Soldiers receive only twenty cents a month in food and clothing while hundreds of thousands of civilians lack food and warmth in the harsh winter. Funds raised support destitute women and children, hospitals, and noncombatants through Russian Red Cross channels.

Europe Russian Red Cross Guild

Russian Field Dispatch Reports Fierce Fighting on Vistula Pilica Front

The general staff statement from Petrograd describes Dec 2 clashes on the Vistula and Pilica left bank with heavy German losses. It notes river crossings repulsed, nine Austrian quick-fire guns captured, and multiple enemy divisions driven back near Skrzynno, Przedborz, Rygice, Godlowo with numerous prisoners and casualties.

Vistula Pilica Galicia Warsaw Germany Vienna Petrograd Nicholas Bukowina Bzura Sachaczew Skrzynno Nida Przedborz Rygice Godlowo Przemysl

German war report details battles on fronts across Europe

Berlin dispatch summarizes yesterday's combats along Nieuwport Ypres and Richebourg with English French attacks repulsed. It notes gains for Germany in some Argonne sectors and heavy losses for French in Albert and Compiegne areas, plus ongoing battles in Poland and Pilica across the Bzura and Rawka rivers. It also reveals an intercepted appendix to General Joffe's army order restricting press publication.

Berlin London Nieuwport Ypres St. Hubert Givenchy Richebourg Albert Compiegne Soulan Perthes Argonne Verdun West Prussia Poland Bzura Rawka Pilica Joffe

No Limit to Catholic Aid for Prisoners

Cardinal Gasparri announces papal instructions directing Catholic bishops in belligerent nations to aid prisoners of war without regard to religion nationality or language. The guidance emphasizes universal humanitarian aid for captives amid the war.

Rome Cardinal Gasparri

French War Office Reports Progress on Franco-Belgian Front

A Paris dispatch quotes the French war office detailing artillery duels from the sea to the Lys and progress at Boureulles Beausejour Mount Calvaire and areas near Vauquois Avr. The report notes repulsed attacks gains east and west of Tracy le Val and 1500 yards of trenches at Perthes les Hurlus with continued action through the Argonne and Meuse sectors.

Lys Paris French War Office Putsalenne Noyon Varennes Boureulles Boureuilles Vauquois Sea Aisne Carency Blangy Mamets Lihens Tracy-le-Val Nouvron Rheims Champagne Argonne Sovain Perthes-les-Hurlus Beausejour Mount Calvaire la Grarie St. Hubert Bolanta Meuse Vauquers Malancourt Consenvoye Vosges

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