World of Books reviews voices of modern poets and garden guides
A literary survey covers Alan Seeger and Edgar Lee Masters, Vachel Lindsay, Katharine Lee Bates, Olive Tilford Dargan, Lyman Bryson, and Armenian and other poets. It also praises garden books by Louise Beebe Wilder, A Clutton Brock, and Mary H Northend, highlighting style, themes, and practical gardening guidance.
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Doubleday
Louise Beebe Wilder
Duffield
Mary H. Northend
Teutons Press On In Southern Moldavia Front
Central powers push south from three axes against stern Moldavian resistance. A/B and Bulgarian forces advance from Transylvanian Moldavian frontier north of Rimnik Sarat and opposite Braila in Dobrudja. Berlin reports gains amid fighting tension.
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Moldavia
Rimnik Sarat
Dobrudja
Braila
Berlin
Scandinavia’s Backing for President Wilson on War Note
Baltic and Nordic governments express sympathy for Wilson’s initiative amid peace talks. Spain and Holland weigh actions while Turkey and Austria harmonize with Germany’s stance. Washington cites German submarine activity as a key concern behind the note. Cabinet meeting canceled for holidays.
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Holland
Spain
Turkey
Germany
Austria
State Department
Bulgaria
Entente
America
Lansing
United States
Wilson Note Draws British Mockery Says Nation Calls It Stupid
The Weekly Nation criticizes President Wilson's peace note as a neutral act under The Hague convention. It says Wilson acts rightly but his effort is misunderstood by the British press while acknowledging his knowledge of history and human nature.
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Alice Stone Blackwell
Miss Blackwell
The
New York Times
Senator Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Ellery C. Stowell
Columbia University
New Yorker
Staats-Zeitung
Weeks
Massachusetts
New York Tribune
Wilson
London
Weekly Nation
Somme Drive Great Triumph for Allies
General Haig reports the Somme battle as a sweeping Allied triumph covering July 1 to November 18. He credits weather for limiting gains and notes German forces were saved from collapse, while praising air superiority and tunnel companies for sustaining efforts and signaling Allied capability to win on the western front.
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Douglas Haig
Haig
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Somme
Kursk Mine Disaster Strands 3 Missing Near Kirkwall
The Russian steamer Kursk on a voyage from Archangel to New York hit a mine off Kirkwall Scotland on November 29. Of 126 aboard one passenger and two crew members drowned as lifeboats were launched.
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New York
Archangel
Russia
Kirkwall
Scotland
German offensives on Verdun front and Meuse front multiple skirmishes
German forces pushed into French positions near Hill 304 and Dead Man's Hill on the Verdun front capturing seven machine guns and facing French counterattacks. British raiders east of Le Sars reported success as French trenches suffered heavy artillery damage. German night attack along a two mile stretch between Hill 304 and Dead Man's Hill was repulsed except for limited penetration south of Dead Man's Hill. On the Meuse left bank French posi tions between the Meuse and Avecourt endured violent bombardment with French grenades halting several assaults.
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