Peace talks halt as German terms stun Russian delegation
Russian officials at Petrograd report German proposals at Brest Litovsk would grant most favored nation status, reorganize navigation and trade, and recall prisoners. Moscow warns negotiations may end if terms persist, with Russia to seek peace with its people rather than imperialist German negotiators.
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Council of Commissioners
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Germany
Poland
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Riga
Libau
Russia
Ukraine
Kameneff
Berlin
Home Made Pinex Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief
An ad touts a homemade cough remedy using 214 ounces of Pinex and sugar syrup to yield a pint of cough syrup for about 65 cents. It claims rapid relief from dry coughs throat and chest conditions including bronchitis and asthma with a strong Norfolk pine extract base and assures satisfaction or money back.
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Ind
Von Kuehlmann Goes Back to Brest Litovsk
A London dispatch says German foreign secretary Richard von Kuehlmann returned to Brest Litovsk after consulting with Emperor William. In Berlin he met Socialist leaders Hugo Haase Philipp Scheidemann and Friedrich Ebert who objected to plans to indirectly annex Russian territory now occupied by Germany.
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Brest-Litovsk
William
von Kuehlmann
Berlin
Hugo Haase
Phillip Scheidemann
Friederich Ebert
Prince Albert Restores Monaco's Constitution
Prince Albert of Monaco on New Year's Day issued a decree restoring the constitution suspended during World War I. The decree enlarges the constitution in a liberal sense and constrains the prince's own powers.
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Monte Carlo
Associated Press
Prince Albert
Monaco
Drastic French Food Conservation Measures Ordered
Paris January 2 three drastic measures for conserving food and supplies were announced by Victor Foret minister of provisions. All confectioners and pastry shops will close. Restaurants face price restrictions and private car use will be banned.
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Paris
Victor Foret
Mrs O Mahoney Dies In Lawrence Home
Katherine A O Keeffe O Mahoney a leading Essex county Catholic woman and author died at 10 Reservoir Street Lawrence She led the Women’s Catholic Federation was St Mary’s Alumnae first president and served with the Ancient Order of Hibernians Also active as a lecturer and librarian in Catholic groups and AOH state officers for years She survived by husband Daniel J O Mahoney.
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Vorner
Catholic Federation of the Archdiocese of
Boston
Essex County
Federation
Hoover urges federal control of sugar and foods for war needs
In testimony before the Senate sugar investigation committee Food Administrator Hoover advocated government purchase and sale of all sugar used in the United States and federal control over amounts and kinds of food served in public eating places. He urged Congress to enact additional legislation granting these powers.
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Washington
United States
Hoover
Senate
Food Administration
Congress
Hoover cites sugar shortages and price fixing as aid plan
Hoover testifies before a Senate committee on sugar prospects for 1918. He advocates government purchase of beet and cane sugar to stabilize prices and aid refiners while noting some factories lose money at current beet sugar rates. He warns against overreaching personal consumption limits as a fairness issue.
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Reed
Food Administration
Senate
Michigan
Colorado
Lodge
England
Brookline Opens Public Coal Stations for Needy
Brookline Public Safety Committee voted to open three coal stations where residents can buy coal in 25 pound lots. Plans include wood sales in cord lots. Local schools may not reopen on Jan 7. Stations will be at town stables Cypress Street Fire Station D Boylston Street Chestnut Hill and Brookline Food Centre 214 Washington Street.
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Brookline Public Safety Committee
Cypress Street
Boylston Street
Chestnut Hill
Brookline Food Centre
Washington Street
Miners Celebrate Instead of Working in Wilkes Barre
Coal production in the Wilkes Barre area fell 30 percent as anthracite miners extended New Year’s celebrations by an extra day. Some mine officials say many staying homes are foreigners who fail to grasp the need to work all possible hours.
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Navy
War Departments
Germany
General Bliss
United States
Europe
Wilkesbarre
Penn
British Bombers Hit German Targets in Aerial Raid
London dispatch reports over 200 bombs dropped Tuesday on multiple German targets including a large ammunition depot near Courtrai and the Ingleminster Airdrome. The official statement notes air combat with two enemy planes shot down and two driven down out of control. one was downed inside Allied lines by anti aircraft fire, and one British plane is missing.
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Corbeny
London
Courtra
Ingleminster
Another Teuton Attempt to Cross Piave Fails
Rome January 2 The war office reports another attempt by German forces to cross the Piave River was repelled by Italian defenders. About ten enemy vessels carrying troops were dispersed at Intestadura on the Piave’s west bank five miles below the Zenson bridgehead and ten miles from the river’s mouth.
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Egg famine threatens United States says federal official
New York January 2. W F Priebe head of the poultry and egg division of the federal food administration says from Sept 1 to Jan 18 about 15 percent of cold storage eggs were consumed and the remaining 15 percent will soon be gone. He warns of no relief and urges reduced consumption and price limits. Cold weather and feed costs have worsened the situation.
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New York
United States
W. F. Priebe
Poultry and Egg Division
Federal Food Administration
Priebe
Morgan Memorial Workers Wed After Missionary Return
Rev Ernest B Lavalette 45 a native of Ipswich and Boston University graduate married Belle Sheldon a visitor at Morgan Memorial after meeting in the bookroom where he worked following eight years since returning from India. His parents live in Dorchester at 89 Hancock Street.
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Ernest B. Lavalette
Morgan Memorial
Belle Sheldon
Lavalette
Ipswich
Boston University
Boston University Divinity School
John C. Lavalette
Dorchester
Hancock Street
Helpful Women Needed by Paris Fund for French Wounded
Mrs. Benjamin G. Lathrop, president of the Paris Depot of the American Fund for French Wounded, urged women to join war work at Copley Plaza. She told a packed audience there is no room in France today for any American not engaged in serious helpful war effort.
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France
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Women of New England Lead War Relief in France
Mrs Lathrop lauds American women as the backbone of the war effort in France crediting New England women for half the relief supplies and praising Sisters of Charity for aiding French wounded. She condemns diversion of workers and urges war effort with human sentiment and kindness to win the war.
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France
New England Women Urged to Help in France War Effort
A New England speaker urges women to join war work in France, noting many are already serving as relief workers and in motor garaging roles. She emphasizes physical and financial readiness, willingness to sacrifice, and to fund a memorial hospital or school building in France. A substantial subscription backed the New England memorial initiative.
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Paris
New England
Willin
Funeral attendance marks Rep James H McInerney service
State and city officials joined Roxbury figures at Representative James H. McInerney’s funeral in Mission Church. A high mass of requiem was celebrated by Father Lynch assisted by Father Clark with Deacon and Sub-Deacon, as twenty five members of the House attended.
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Roxbury
Mission Church
James J. Lynch
C. SS. R
James Clark
Thomas Raynor
House
Boston Telephone Operators Ratify Wage Terms
Members of the Boston Telephone Operators Union packed Faneuil Hall as the adjustment board and International Officer G M Bugninger announced a new pay scale. The plan secures a maximum wage of 16 dollars after seven years and grants the title senior operator to those reaching that tenure.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
G. M. Bugninger
Swiss Fire On German Steamer At Lake Constance
Swiss troops on duty fired on the newly launched German lake steamer Kaiser Wilhelm after it entered Swiss waters on Lake Constance. The vessel was hit multiple times but withdrew without any loss of life.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Lake Constance
An Old Recipe to Darken Hair
An old home remedy for restoring natural hair color uses Sage Tea and Sulphur, now sold as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. The ad promises natural, even darkening with daily use, noting it is a cosmetic not a medical cure.
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Wyeth
Six German Planes Put Out Of Action By The French
Paris officials report six German airplanes were put out of action yesterday by French forces. Artillery fighting continues at various front points with no large infantry actions reported. The statement notes intermittent artillery activity.
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Paris
Iron in Blood Claims of Strong Healthy People
Boston physician Dr. F Sauer argues iron boosting improves strength and cures many nervous and digestive ailments. The ad touts Nuxated Iron as easily absorbed, promises dramatic strength gains in days, and offers money-back guarantees through local druggists in New York and surrounding areas.
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