Meatless days clash with personal interests in wartime plea
Administrator Herbert C. pod argues December wheat savings are necessary to aid Allies. He cites meatless days as essential to conserve wheat for harvest and to keep the United States supplied, while criticizing statements he calls self serving. He notes the need to avoid sacrificing food for those with private aims.
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Chicago
United States
Food Administration
Clark in Favor Jewish Homeland Plan
Speaker Champ Clark backs taking Palestine from the Turks to create a separate state under joint great power control. He states support for granting Palestine a trial as a self-governing entity. The piece notes Judge Malone’s prison sentence and Eugene Jess’s fake soldiers’ benefit fund case.
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Champ Clark
Palestine
Clark
Jewish Ministers’ Association
Judge Malone
Court of General Sessions
Eugene Jess
Little Benny's Note Book Catch With Flatfoot the Cop
Two boys Nicknamed Benny and Skinny play a street ball game against the law and lose a ball. They hide their pursuit as they notice Flatfoot the cop leaning on a telegraph pole with a ball in his pocket. The officer offers to help but leaves with the question of whether the ball will be returned or the boys are arrested.
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Leening Agenst
Flatfoot
Skinny
Carnival at Eagles Hall Delights Town Patrons
The Carpenters' Carnival at Eagles hall runs nightly drawing crowds of all ages. Visitors enjoy the knock-over game, souvenirs, Quigley's orchestra, and bright decorations as eight amusement booths create a lively carnival atmosphere through December 15.
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Eagles’ Hall
Quigley
Bootleggers Busy in Dry Territory
The article notes bootlegging flourishing in dry regions with DOJ rounds to seize both shippers and receivers. It then shifts to a historical-railway overview, citing Germany's 1835 first line opening and the wartime emphasis on troop movement, followed by a mention of Clemens A. Haas and Clyde C. Payne among arrests.
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Germany
Austria-Hungary
Clemens A.haas
Clyde C. Payne
Newport News
Anniversary of the Execution of Marshal Ney
A commemorative account recalls Michel Ney the French marshal nicknamed the Bravest of the Brave. It notes his defiance at trial, condemnation for treason, and execution on December 7 1815 after Napoleon’s fall. The piece mentions his battles at Jena Eylau and Friedland and his role at Waterloo.
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Michel Ney
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Napoleon
Jena
Eylau
Friedland
Duke of
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Paris
Dupin
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America
Louisiana
Duchess of Richmond’s turbulent life and marriages
The Duchess of Richmond, daughter of the Earl of Binden, links to Norfolk and Buckingham, marries a gintner Prannel who dies, then to Sir George Rodney, then the Earl of Hartford, with his death by suicide. Her later conduct provokes suspicion, and she briefly marries the Duke of Richmond before a failed match with Mr John Stronghton, a postmaster appointed by President Grant.
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Earl of Binden
Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Buckingham
Prannel
George Rodney
Earl of Hartford
George
Eari
Duke of Richmond
John
Stronghton
Grant
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