War era generosity and German relief in wartime notes
The German press reports a Cologne servant girl donated 2000 marks to the city war fund and received a gold brooch from the Emperor. Privy Councillor von Val Entini notes and wartime relief work by Dyke, plus a Belgian distribution tour. An officer questions leasing the Peace Palace for relief storage in the Hague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cologne
Taeglische Rundschau
von Valentini
Holland
Christmas War Ads Contrast With Peaceful Prewar Paris
Paris ads show a wartime market with steel breastplates and rifle sight mirrors priced around two dollars. Cholera panic, digestive pills, sleeping sacks, lamps, fur linings, and pocket heaters flood the copy while fortune tellers promise doom for Germany and fate in battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Vaunts
Germany
Not Yet But Captain Grant Squires Relocates to Europe
Captain Grant Squires U S A recently retired and ventured to Holland two months ago at the request of Dr Henry van. The move signals ongoing ties between American military figures and European medical support networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Squires
Holland
Henry van
Egyptian Prince Says Egypt-Dominated by British Rule
Mohammed Ali the Egyptian prince told Naples editors that General Maxwell offered exile to Italy or internment at La Valetta in Malta. His companion Prince Hassan Asis said Egypt is largely ignorant of European war news and the Mussulman rising targets Britain, not France, and that Italians are liked by Egyptians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Mohammed Ali
Naples
Gazzetta del
England
Egypt
Egyptian uprising gains ground says Corriere della Sera
The Corriere della Sera reports Egyptian revolutionary movement expanding to serious dimensions. Bedouins deem the moment favorable, field labor finished, and rains promise ample water. Enver Pasha’s military structure is perfected with notable Egyptian support and tribes beyond the Nile from Cyrenaica preparing for insurrection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corriere Della Sera
Egypt
Enver Pasha
Stern Nile
Cyrenaica
Nile
Italian Award Honors German Prague Institute Director
The Italian government awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of the Crown to Professor von Tschermak director of the Physiological Institute at the German University of Prague for scientific work and for fostering cordial Italy Austria-Hungary ties. He has collaborated with Professor Edoardo Peroncito of Turin against worm disease in Austrian and Hungarian mining districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Crown
Physiological Institute
German University of
Prague
von Tschermak
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Italian Critics Question Early War Turning Point In East
Italian military writers in recent papers dispute Russian forecasts of an early decisive battle. Captain Gabriati notes Russia failed to leverage cavalry against German forces retreating from Warsaw. Captain Gatti praises German rail logistics in concentrating troops from Posen to Thorn as a premier wartime maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriati
General Staff
Perseveranza
Warsaw
Gatti
Corriere Della Sera
Lne
Posen
Thorn
Croce Denounces War Rhetoric Across Nations
The article cites Benedetto Croce urging that all wartime claims of national interest are artificial and that future historians will judge present right and wrong. It notes Italians recalling reports of Garibaldian Legion mistreatment by France and warns neutrals may blush at past judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedetto Croce
England
France
Italy
Second Courage: A Medical View of Soldier Fear
A medical officer studying the psychology of courage at the British front explains that soldiers first fear, then conquer fear after days in trenches. He notes a second courage emerges, allowing men to discount danger and discover unexpected manhood under fire. Veterans want the firing line not for pleasure but because staying away feels impossible.
Archduke Visits Field Hospital A Soldier Heads Five Shrapnel Wounds
Vienna reports that Archduke Leopold Salvator met a Deutschmeister corporal with five shrapnel splinters in his head removed daily by operation. The soldier joked that he cut off his left arm with a pocket knife, prompting the archduke to note relief at not treating his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wir Draussen
Vienna
Leopold Salvator
Deutschmeister Regiment
Garibaldian volunteers face French control in Bordeaux
Deputies Chiesa and Commandini plead for Peppino Garibal di's volunteers in Bordeaux. The Turin Momento notes France favors sentiment over real aid, as the Garibaldian Legion is treated as part of the French army. Poor food and bad quarters worsen the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiesa
Commandini
Bordeaux
Peppino
Garibaldi
Turin
France
Interview with Bulgarian envoy on Balkan policy and Turkey
The Bulgarian ambassador to Italy, Mr Ritzoff, argues that Russia rather than Germany shaped the Balkan crisis. He notes Turkish aims to preserve European and Asian territories and to build a Pan Islamist empire including Persia and Egypt. Turkey reportedly does not seek to reconquer North Africa and fears Italy joining the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giornale d'Italia
Italy
Ritzoff
Balkan
Germany
Turkey
Russia
Europe
Asia
Persia
Egypt
Afghanistan
Mohammedan
India
Mr. Ritzoff
Africa
Bulgaria aims for neutrality while guarding Balkan interests
Bulgaria remains neutral as long as its interests are not threatened and doubts a united Balkan powers discussion. The Adrianople issue is less relevant, but Macedonia poses a serious problem. Bulgaria seeks a first accord with Romania before Servia and Greece concede, with Italy seen as the facilitator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Italy
Turkey
Greece
Adrianople
Macedonia
Balkan Federation
Roumania
Servia
Barzini’s Automobile Tour Ends as Spy Capture in France
Publicist Luigi Barzini recalls his wartime trip to Aisne and capture by French forces. A local judge explains harsh wartime justice as spies are executed and buried within hours. He notes civilians and soldiers accept death with stoic calm amid ongoing horrors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luigi Barzini
Corriere Della Sera
Aisne
Paris
Barzint
Adventist and Baptist Services in Boston Churches
Adventist and Baptist listings across Boston describe upcoming sermons and lectures. Evangelist A V Cotton preaches on Satan and Christ’s Messiahship at Tremont Temple and Davis Street West Somerville with free seats. other churches including Clarendon Street, Warren Avenue, Ruggles Street, and Old South feature holiday sermons and cantatas led by pastors and soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman Hall
Tremont Temple
Boston
Tyangelist
Cotton
Satan
Christ
Evangelist A. V. Cotton
Fraternity Hall
Davis
West Somerville
Baptist
Clarendon Street
Baptist Church
Clarendon
Montgomery Streets
Clarence Strong Pond
Beverly Farms
Mass
Pond
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
West Canton
Ff. E. Heath
Herbert
Johnson
Pilgrim
Russell
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Gabriel R. R. Maguire
Grace Bradbury
George
Clark
Episcopal Cathedral of St Paul Christmas Services Schedule
The Cathedral conducts multiple Christmas and New Year services led by Bishop Lawrence Archdeacon Dennen and Rev. Hughell Fosbroke with watch night address by Dean Rousmaniere. Holy communions 8 and 11 a.m. daily and 12:10 p.m. intercession for peace. Church of the Advent offers full day schedule led by Rev. William Harman van Allen with 10:30 a.m. procession and 7:30 p.m. service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal
Cathedral Church OF
ST. Paul
Lawrence
Dennen
Hughell Fosbroke
D. D
Chauncey H. Blodgett
Artley B. Parson
Bishop Babcock
Dean Rousmaniere
Church OF the Advent
Mt. Vernon
Brimmer
William Harman van Allen
T. D
Witnesses Mercy Then Death At War's End
In a French village during a wartime execution, a condemned man offers money to the priest for the wounded, asking the priest to aid both French and German soldiers. A second man contributes his 60 francs for the same purpose as the crowd watches the execution with eyes open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur le Cure
Harwich Alerts Citizens on Possible German Attack
Harwich mayor issued a notice warning residents to follow directions of the local emergency committee and stables in case of belligerent operations. Visitors arriving at Harwich will be required to register as part of civil defense preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harwich
London
Suffolk
Boston
Municipal Court
Dorchester District
City of
Sheriff's Office
Court House
Pemberton Square
Dorchester
Harvard Street
Said Court
Garbett & Wood
Lot
John F. Kelly
Shipping News Arrived and Sailed Steamers and Tugs
Shipping movements list steamers and tugs arriving and departing ports including A. W. Perry Ellis Halifax Wagama Ostervold North Star Mitchell St. John Gloucester Newport News Norfolk Lexington Nickerson Everett Giles Hi M Whitney Colberth Camden Rawley Baner Calvin Austin Strout Portland City of Gloucester Linneken Prudence Walls Hammond Eagle Hill Indian Ridge Parker Natty Helen and Irene Samuel W Hathaway Rutledge Emma Briggs to Gloucester. Sailed included Prince George Yarmouth Juniata H F Dimock Daniel Willard Underclutte Wyoming and barges to Perth Amboy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Perry
Ellis
Halifax
Wagama
Ostervold
Louisburg
C. B
North Star
Mitchell
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Portland
Gloucester
Hatch
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Lexington
Nickerson
Philadelphia
Everett
Giles
Hi. M. Whitney
Colberth
New York
Camden
Rawley
Baner
Calvin Austin
Strout
City of Gloucester
Linneken
Prudence
Walls
Hammond
Scituate
Eagle Hill
Indian Ridge
Charles W. Parker, Jr
Prince George
Yarmouth
Juniata
H. F. Dimock
Daniel Willard
Underclutte
N. J
Wyoming
Perth Amboy
Religious Services and Meetings Across Boston Side Streets
A schedule of sermons and gatherings from several churches and spiritual groups in Boston and nearby areas. Lectures at the New Heavens and the New Farth topic, denomination services at Presbyterian and Swedenborgian churches, Unitarian and Universalist services, plus numerous spiritualist and Bible study meetings with times and locations.
Deserted Fish Pier as Holiday Keeps Boats at Home
South Boston reports a quiet Christmas as over twenty fishing craft stay moored along T Long and Commercial wharves. Numerous steamers are overdue, with captains citing heavy Atlantic weather. The George Hawley faces contraband oil seizure costs at Falmouth amid a Copenhagen cargo bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Europe
India
Japan
China
Australian
Atlantic
Powhatan
Elswick Manor
Calcutta
Colombo
Ghazee
Bolton Castle
Manila
Feliciana
Liverpool
Skrymer
Rotterdam
Fowey
England
Falmouth
George Hawley
Boston and Virginia Transportation Line
Copenhagen
Admiralty
Hawley
New York
D. B. Dearborn & Co
Pacific Coast
United States
Peter H. Crowell
Baltimore
Norfolk
San Diego
Cal
John A. Hooper
Russia holds large numbers of Teutonic prisoners
A Petrograd dispatch to Reuters lists 1140 German officers and 131,700 enlisted in Russia, plus 2166 Austrian officers and 221,400 Austrian soldiers. Slavish prisoners seek Russian naturalization to be sent against the Turks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Petrograd
Reuter
Russia
Turka
Death notices from Jamaica Plain and surrounding towns
Deaths listed across Boston area on Dec. 22 to Dec. 28 include George W. Ansel 32 of 86 Green St Jamaica Plain John F P Campbell 48 of 48 Burroughs St Jamaica Plain and Mary G Fitzpatrick 24 of 49 Clarence St Roxbury. Funeral arrangements and mass times are provided for each service from multiple churches and cemeteries. Relatives and friends invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansel
Jamaica Plain
George W. Ansel
Green St
Anthony
Charlestown
Peter
Mary F. Anthony
Misachi
North End
Main St
St. Leonard's Church
Prince St
Boston
Beaton
Roxbury
Alexander A
John
Sarah Beaton
Elmore St
St. Joseph's Church
Buttrick
Everett
Abner F. Buttrick
Summit Ave
Fiverett
Nashua
N. H
Camberon
Edmund
Catherine Cameron
Burroughs St
Atea
Cannata
Marie F
Antonio
Catherine Cannata
Kearns
Larkin St
Holy Cross Cemetery
Clark
Harold B. Clark
Danforth St
Coburn
West Somerville
Jane W
James F. Coburn
Bromfield Rd
Daly
South Boston
Deco
Alice G
Andrew J
Margaret F. Daly
McCarthy
Emerson St
Gate of Heaven
Devin
William F
Catherine E. Devin
Snapp
Bridget BE
James Devin
Albany St
St. Philip's Church
Devney
Thomas W
Della
Peter Devney
Bodkin
Wall St
St. Thomas’ Church
Engine House
B. F. D. Fallon
Sarah
Michael F
Delta Fallon
Harney
Jamaica St
Farrelil
Nellie Farrell
Roche Bros
New Heath St
Mt. Benedict
Finnegan
Dorchester
Patrick
Mary Finnegan
Adams St
St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Court
Clara K
Mullen
Thomas F. Finnegan
Dorchester Ave
Montreal
Fitzpatrick
Mary G
Thomas FE
Mary Fitzpatrick
Clarence St
St. Patrick’s Church
Dudley St
Flint
Cambridge
Willis Everett Flint
Forest St
Lawrence
Mass
Starrington
George P. Harrington
Laurel
Maplewood
Hpanbey
John F
Bernard J
Catherine J. Heaney
Sullivan
Thane St
Jenkins
Medford
William P
Linda
Bethesda No
Bernice Rebekah
Joseph Wedd
A. F
A. M
Brookings St
St., John
WN. B
Jones
City Hospital
James J. Jones
The
Typographical Union
Lewis Jones & Son
Lagrange St
Forest Hills Cemetery
Killion
William
Mary Killion
Kelley
South St
Leary
Charles J
Jeremiah
Hanora Lesry
Central Ave
Needham
Low
Newton
Helen Elizabeth Low
Frank B. Jenkins
Bennington St
Andover
M'Guinness
Edward
Wridget McGuinness
McLaughlin
Trenton St
St. Francis de Sales
M'Neil
George W. McNeil
Richard
Kirby
Norcott
West Concord St
Anna M. Norcott
Dunn
Louis H. Norcott
Faulkner St
Plymouth
Qualters
Thomas B
Thomas J
Mary Qualters
Bunker Hill St
Stewart
William Wentworth Stewart
Hobah Lodge
Fim
Mary E
Jeremiah I. Sullivan
Fileming
Jenking St
St. Augustine's Church
St. John
N. B
Thompson
Homeopathic Hospital
Thomas
James McAnklin
Woodbine St
Vickary
William Vickar
St. Mary’s Church
Vieth
Roslindale
Emma
Henry P. Vieth
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Garibaldian
the Post
Adventist
Christian Scientist
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Norway
St. Paul Streets
Christian Science
North Congregational Church
Roseland Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Vincent Ravi
Ethel Curry
Wodler
Sheldon
Thomas G. Shepard
Evelyn Blair
OLD South Church
Willis H. Butler
George A. Gordon
Bible School
Gordon
Jesus
Shipping News
Christadelphians
Franklin Union Building
Berkeley Street
Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church
Columbus Avenue
W. M. Tufts
Swedenborgian Church OF the New Jerusalem
Bowdoin Street
State House
James Reed
H. Clinton Hay
Hay
Horace B. Blackmer
Seifert
Hollins
Jackson
Webb
Voyrich
Unitarian King's Chapbpl
Tremont and
School Streets
Howard N. Brown
Sydney B. Snow
Mr. Snow
Mr. Brown
Universalist Second Society OF Universalists OF Boston
Sewall Avenue
Coolidge Corner
Brookline
Stephen Herbert Roblin
Burdett
Mita
International Bible Students’ Association
Steinert Hall
Boylston Street
W. Gleason
People's Temple
Slattery
Massachusetts
Bouche White
NEW Thought Forum
Hale
Stephen H. Roblin
Swedenborg
John Whitehead
Beacon Fall
NEW Thought Church (Inc
Richards Hall
Huntington Chambers
Poore
Catharine Thompson
Pamp Hall
J. P. Bland
Unity Church
Jordan Hall
Huntington Avenue
Gainsboro Street
F. A. Wiggin
Adelaide C. Littlefield
Beckton Hall
Cornet
A. L. Wiggin
Estella Ross
Spiritual Endeavor Society
Louise Hall
Pleasant Street
Malden
George B. Cutter
Lyceum
First Bible Spiritual Church
Tremont Street
Co-Operative Spiritual Society
Belle Robinson Jennings
W. L. Clough
Harvey Redding
Hall
First Bible — Spiritual Science Church OF
Rebecca G. Treadwell
Dixon, West Acton
Patter & Potter
Devonshire St
Billerica
H. Kenney
Morton Ave
Winter Hill
Tufts Sq. Pattee & Potter
Mansfield
Mansfield LaEer
Easton
Joseph B. Porter
Cheever
Mattapan
Tel
Milton
Somerville
Devonshire At
Melrose
Leland Fe Farm
Hone Ney Orie
W. Snell
Farmington
Chapin Farm Agency
Apin Farm Agency
Washington St
Jake
Putnam St
Tremont St
W. Fodgdon
Pennsylvania Ave
Som
Henry A. Brown
Albert Ammann
Childs & CO. Lic
City Loan CO
Washington
Boylston
Acme Credit Co
Federal
C. N. Cole
School St
Workingmen’s, Loans Association
Robert Treat Paine
Treas
Beacon St
Fowler & Co
Marks & Avery
Milk St
HUB Loan CO
M'Namara
Roy
Jim
Summer St
Powers & Johnson
A. Lowenstein & Sons
Oxford
David Banash & Son
Office Appliance Co
State St
U. Ss
Fort Hill
Bromfield Street
Kalos
Hamilton Pl
White Star Line
Patras
Azores
Gibraltar
Canopic
Adriatic
Arabia
Megantic
N. Y
Genoa
Finland
American Line
Liverpool St. Paul
Atlantic Transport Line
New
Minnehaha
White Star Dominion Line
Maine
Liverpool Zeeland
Vnderland Company
Eee
Dally Ana Sanday
Lane Con Qonnee Feta
Asg Colonial Line
Georgia
Tennessee
Lenox Jewelry CO
LaVallieres
Victor Victrola Talking Machines
New England
Cosmopolitan Jewelry Co
S&j
Fl. Bley
Morris Goldberg & CO
Bromfield St
Rack & CO
Imperial Jewelry CO
Lie
Kepler
Columbus Ave
D. I
Id Sona’ Co
Suil VE Vyercvuatl
Marks & Chester
Dudley
Rosencranz
Mass. Ave
Comb
Harvard
Harvard Sq
Cor
Plympton St
New Widener Library
Max Heezer
Massachusetts Ave
Baryard
Mags
Ave
Boston Dress Suit CO
Wash, St
Willner’s
Boylston St
H. F. Miller
Emerson
Howard
A. F. Miller
Shubert
Haines Bros
Chickering Aewet
Lowe
Chickering Hatlet
Becker B. Bourne
Harvard Getchell Schirmer
Steinway
Chickering & Son
Darrell Piano
Dodw&y
Opp
Woolwort
Joding “Eevantes
Sheriff’s Sales
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Navy Department
D. C
Navy Yard
Mars
Navy Pay Office
Bureau
Samuel McGowan
Fort Warren
Fort Strong
Maas
H. T. Matthews
Q. GF. C. Const
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Fire Prevention Commission
Public Service Commission
John A. O'Keffr
P. O. Box
Baker & O.O
Portland St
Bowen
Sudbury St
Pierce-Arrow
Tel. Rox
Orrhea
Beolay Lay
Philadelphia Business College
U. S. Dept
Penn
Kalos CO
Hamilton
Franklin Institute
Dept
Rochester
Art Hopkin
Washington, D. C
Poston
Heacook
Lockport
Huntington Ave
Panjo
Mandolin
Prio
Les
FE Martin
Helene L. Sweney
Prof
Slyf
Heinemann
BO Hastinate Richards
Pea Ave
G. L. Oakes
School St. Tel
Ft. Hill
Cherry St
West Newton
Newton West
Allston
North Station
Frank Scannell
Mattapan Sq
A. Lingsworth
Brush Hird
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