Flies Suit City for 5000 Dollars Damages Over Dump Nuisance
Francis Gill sues Stamford for 5000 alleging a city dump near his home bred flies that caused typhoid and ruined health. He claims air filled with flies, refused screens failed to stop invasion, and that illness forced hospital care and job losses. Stamford denies responsibility. case heard in civil superior court.
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Stamford
Gill
Turpee
Civil Superior Court
Berkshires
A2 Fur Company
Ee Na An Om
Jesman
Lakeview Foreman Quits Over Accusations of Cordiality
James F. McDonald, foreman at Lakeview Home town farm, resigns effective at the start of the term. He says the move is to better himself amid reports Gordon reproved him for being too intimate with inmates, which allegedly bred an intolerable situation. Officials note McDonald learned ward routines during service under former administrations.
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James J. Pri
Lakeview
O Od
Tix
McDonald
Charities Department
Akeview
Gordon
Lyons visits Nashua to see hospitalized Hallen
Senry Lyons, clerk of the probate court, traveled to Nashua New Hampshire today to visit Judes Edward F. Hallen who remains at St Joseph's hospital. Hallen is the judge's brother and will be brought home once he improves. Lyons plans to return to the city tomorrow afternoon.
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Lyons
Nashua
N. H
Judes
Edward F. Hallen
St. Joseph's Hospital
Hallen
Weather Outlook Dark Tonight With Snow Flurry Friday
Forecaster warns of propanty snow and fresh north winds tonight and again Friday. A government inquiry by the Senate committee on agriculture continues to probe the outbrink of the foot and mouth virus, with no immediate resolution reported.
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Senate
Peenste Committee On Agriculture
Secret Service Agents Watched City for War Tax Compliance
Mysterious visitors observed in hotels cigar counters pool rooms and theatres are believed to be secret service men probing for unreported dealings with war tax licenses and stamps. Local Internal Revenue refused comment but noted that government agents routinely investigate violations of treasury and tax laws. Tax certificates have been mailed to tobacco dealers brokers and related businesses with renewals required every six months. Certificates must be displayed prominently or penalties apply. transfers and ownership changes trigger new certificates.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Billara
Litchfield
Partnership Paseo
Fatal Live Wire Incident Near Railroad Avenue
Michael Baurjashi found himself on a hospital bed after a fatal live wire incident while guiding two girls home on a rainy evening near Railroad Avenue. He recalled seeing Helen thrown aloft and Tessie Kaily fall, then losing memory until awakening in Vincent's Hospital. Witness Tessie Kaily described the sudden force and her companion’s peril as they walked under a umbrella during a downpour. Several foremen and workers from the Mallebale Iron Company provided statements to the coroner as the hospital reported Baurjashi’s condition improving and investigators noting a 2300 volt supply line with a broken telephone wire involved.
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Michael Baurjashi
Phelan
Vincent's Hospital
Helen
Tessie Kaily
Danta
Railroad Avenue
Sumame
Emerson
Lovegrove
Iranistan Avenue
Malleable Iron Company
Sammuel Arnold
Patrick Nolan
Baurjashi
Howard Green
State Street
Harold D. May
Lee Avenue
James Mac Dougal
Richard L. Swift
Plumber Ordered to Support Wife and Child
B Harry Horwitz a plumber of 10 Walter Street was ordered in city court to pay a weekly sum for a year for the support of his wife Ida and their child. He must post a 400 bond or face three months in jail. He said he would support the child if placed in a good home but would not support his wife.
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Harry Horwitz
Walter Street
Ida
Horwitz
War Office Report Quiet Belgium and Paris Fronts
The Dec 9 report from Paris states Belgium and Arras zones quiet with resumed offensive actions elsewhere. French gains of 200 to 300 yards around Le Quesnoy Andechy. no change in Aisne Champagne. Rheims artillery pressured, several trenches evacuated. In Argonne continuous advance, six counterattacks repulsed, new trenches occupied. Meuse engagements show French artillery superiority despite German batteries. Le Pretre forest new trenches. Swiss frontier unchanged.
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Belgium
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War Office
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le Quesmoy
Andechy
Aisne
Champagne
Rheims
Perthes
Argonne
Meuse
le Pretre
Fighting on the Vistula Front and German Offensive Actions
A General Staff statement from Petrograd reports heavy, stubborn German offensives along the front from Tl e w to Glowno near Warsaw on December 7 and 8. German units pressed in compact columns aided by searchlights, but fire from opposing forces decimated the attackers. fighting continued into the next day with moonlight aiding visibility.
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Petrograd
Mlana
Vistula
Gover
Tlew
Warsaw
Glowno
War news round up from Amsterdam to New Orleans
Reports from Amsterdam Berlin Tageblatt say a South Poland battle favors Germany and Austria. Russian forces near Cracow repulsed at the wings. London says Germans seize copper in Belgium. Prague notes Czech regiments revolted against Servia. impact in Vienna. New Orleans reports British squadron aided by an air scout in pursuing German destroyers off South America.
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Berliner Tagéblett
Poland
Cracow
Geneva
Journal de Geneve
Prague
Brusau
Paszik
8Th Landwehr of
Servia
Vienna
New Orleans
South America
Colon
New York
Panama
United States
German Front Shifts as Allies Press Across France
Berlin reports few details of fighting in France while Paris says Allied offensives succeed at scattered points. Gains of 200 to 600 yards noted with trench captures and artillery victories, as German counterattacks in the Argonne are reported. In the east, Polish town said captured along the Vistula and attacks in southern Poland repulsed. East Prussia sees diminished combat as Warsaw battle looms.
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French War Office
Berlin
Nmo
Argonne
Vistula
Poland
War Office
East Prussia
Warsaw
German War Office
French attack stalls as German artillery repels foes
Berlin reports renewed French assaults in the forest of Arbenate and at Ro eroi and Courieullies failing to advance under stout German fire. Allied lines on the Black Sea and in Sousin district faced heavy artillery as German forces claimed heavy enemy losses in the day’s fighting.
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Arbenate San the Gonne
Black Sea
Sousin
Roeroi and
Courieullies
German ships flee British chase in South Atlantic
Wireless reports from Montevideo trace German cruisers Dresden and Nuernberg fleeing toward Port Santa Craz on the Argentine coast after the engagement on December 8 that saw the destruction of Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig. Prince Eitel reportedly carries 1500 German soldiers. Emperor William ill with fever and possible pneumonia. broader Allied victories and continued eastern fighting noted with heavy bombardment on Ypres Furnes and rail of Russian fronts.
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Uruguay
Dresden
Nuernberg
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Port Santa Craz
Argentine
Prince Eitel
South Atlantic
All England Stirred By Great Victory Over German Squadron
London reports a British naval victory in the south Atlantic sinking the Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig with heavy German losses. pursuit of Dresden and Narbure continues as news on Emperor William remains unclear amid stalling Allied offensives and fresh eastern moves toward Warsaw and Cracow.
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London
South Atlantic
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Dresden
Narnbure
British Publica
Monmouth
Good Hope
Chile
Chili
Rales
Falkland Islands
Wiliam
Berlin
France
Belgium
British ships victorious in South Atlantic engagement
British forces claimed victory with Gmeleenau and Leipzig among ships involved, suffering about 12090 casualties. Report notes no British warships listed, while Japanese navy provided no advisory details. South Atlantic squadron reportedly reinforced by vessels with heavy calibre guns, suggesting limited Japanese participation.
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Gmeleenau
Leipzig
South Atlantic
Australia to Buy Entire Wheat Crop
Sydney reports the legislative council ratified a bill enabling the government to purchase the entire next wheat crop of New South Winter at five shillings per bushel. An inheritance tax of six cents, the smallest on record in Saffel county, was levied against the curate of George E. Baker, who died at Patchogue.
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London
Legislative Council
New South Winter
Saffel County
George E. Baker
Pat+ chogue
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