New Peach Pest Detected in District of Columbia
Describes discovery by U S Department of Agriculture entomologists of Laspeyresia molesta in the District of Columbia and nearby areas. Notes moth and larva damage to peach and plum shoots, poor spray control, and urge grower reporting of pest found in orchards.
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Washington, D. C
United States
U. S. Department Agriculture
District of Coluinibia
Japan
America
Colmbia
Maryland
Virginia
United
Americans Aim for World’s Tallest Chimney in Japan Mine
Tokio reports Japan will construct the world’s tallest chimney atop Kyushu’s Beppu mine site for the Euhara Mining Company. When finished the stack will rise about 1,006 feet above sea level, surpassing Montana’s 506 foot Great Falls chimney. Completion is targeted for January 1.
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Tokio
Japan
Kyushu
Beppu Meee Great
Washington
Euhara Mining Company
Great Falls
Montana
Auction to End Wrangle Over John Mobbs Millions
London orders an auction next spring to settle eighty years of legal wrangling over John Mobbs millions. The London estates of Lord Alington include factories docks and 2,500 houses on Regent's Canal with stakes in Mobbs meadows. The auction ends disputes that have long drawn lawyers and rivals.
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London
John Mobb
Lord Alington
Regent’s Canal
Mobb
John Mobbs
Mobbs
Sturt
Tibetan Buddhas Death Triggers Search for Reembodied Spirit
In Peking the senior disciple Lama Akewangyenlinpuleh plans a Tibet caravan pilgrimage to find a boy born with divine signs to embody Hutuhktu. The Chinese government grants a private car to reach the railway, then the search moves toward Lhassa for ritual identification of the rebirth.
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Peking
Mongolia
Tibet
Lhassa
Buddha
Spirit of Canada Calls Britons to Full War Effort
In a Montreal Gazette column the Spirit of Canada urges Great Britain to mobilize all resources for a spring push in the west and to mobilize Canadian manpower. It argues Britain must rely on the empire and that long drives like Somme demand renewed strength, including possible enlistment incentives and moral appeals to Canadians.
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Montreal Gazette
Great Britain
Teutonis
Europe
Somme
British Empire
Canada
Welcome Home Arrangements For Engineers Battalion
The Ladies' Co operative Society plans a homecoming event for the Second Battalion of the Twenty second regiment of engineers returning from the border. Mothers wives sisters and friends of the soldiers organize the welcome efforts and oversee arrangements.
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Twenty-second Regiment of Engineers
Ladies’ Co-operative Society
Fairfield County Farm Bureau Plans Uniform Co operation
Fairfield County Farm Bureau adopts a county wide plan to unify and strengthen the cooperation program. Directors will set the annual dairy production and marketing campaign and appoint project leaders to run each line of work with the county agent coordinating efforts. Town committees will finalize town programs and ensure local support.
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Fairfield County Farm Bureau
New Haven
Windham
S. L. Pierrepont
Fairfield County
Armenia Now Most Distressful Land
London reports George F. Gracey of the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief returning after directing aid to about 55,000 Armenians in Armenia and the Caucasus. He credits American generosity and notes repeated displacements and food shortages, with Red Cross support in Persia under Dr. Hazlett.
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London
George F. Gracey
American Committee For
Caucasus
Mr. Gracey
Tiflis
Armenia
Belgium
Serbia
Ean Globe
Gracey
Mush
Bitlis
Van
Lake van
Lake
Trebizond
Black Sea
Asia Minor
Aleppo
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Aalhbug
American Red Cross
Persia
Khoi
Hazlett
New Haven Telegraphers Vote On Strike Action
Boston reports a strike vote of 1,500 telegraphers on the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad. BE Manon of San Francisco fifth vice president of the Order of Railway Telegraphers says results will be announced within ten days likely in New York.
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Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Canadian torpedo boat Grilse reported lost after storm
The Grilse commanded by Lieutenant Walter Wingate turned up at Shelbourne Nova Scotia after a storm left it leaking and most of the crew missing and presumed dead. The vessel left Halifax December 11 bound for Bermuda and signaled distress before sinking. Rescue efforts were organized with ships dispatched to search for wreckage. The Grilse was an oil burner 205 feet long built in Glasgow in 1912 formerly the yacht Winchester.
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Grilse
Walter Wingate
Shelbourne
N. S
Halifax
Bermuda
Winchester
Glasgow
New York
Peter W. Rouss
Tompkinsville
N. Y
J. K. L. Ross
The
Canadian Pension Board
Dominion Naval Service
Enormous Fire Losses Across U S and Canada Reported
The New Bedford Standard notes ongoing, heavy fire destruction through four months, totaling 208 million dollars for eleven months, with Canada losses in Aug to Nov. Despite safety campaigns and stricter codes, November alone saw 19.9 million dollars in damages from 281 fires, including 63 over 100k and 3 above 500k, concentrated in the South.
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New Bedford Standard
Canada
Fire losses reveal widespread damages across states
A counting of early month fires shows 20 incidents across states like Minnesota Ohio Pennsylvania Illinois and New York with total losses exceeding 2 million dollars. The article notes property damage in multiple sectors including warehouses factories stores and a grocery house illustrating the broad reach of fire losses across the country.
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South
Minnesota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Delaware
Oklahoma
Illinois
Tllinois drill/room of car company
Virginia
Michigan
New York
Arkansas
Canada
Italy Bans Sweetmeats and Dainties for Soldiers Front
Rome reports a decree forbidding manufacture of candies or cake and their shipping by post or railroads. It also bars hotels from serving meals with more than one meat course. The measure aims to stem sending Christmas dainties to front line troops.
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Rome
Germans Still Organize Amid War at Lauterberg Convention
Berlin reports a rare national View of Life Convention at Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains. A small group of professors read papers on life philosophy and Germany's cultural mission before about 150 attendees from across the Empire.
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Berlin
Lauterberg
Harz Mountains
Univn
Germany
Empire
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