Man Seeks Naturalization Facing Bureau Barriers
A man born on Lake Geneva shores seeks citizenship in France but faces hurdles proving foreign status. He obtains a Swiss birth certificate yet is branded not Swiss by Swiss authorities. Returning to Velizy he declares himself a Chinaman to satisfy officials, pays a sixteen franc fine, and remains unable to join the army or foreign legion.
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Dee
Ted Ape
Pamont
T Naturalization Bureau
French Republic
Dumont
Switzerland
Lake Leman
Pamiab
Regular Army
Foreign Legion
Australia boosts land taxes and wheat duty changes
The article reports new land tax increases and a graduated exemption scale affecting large farms, while the wheat import duty is abolished amid a ten million bushel shortage. Government argues the duty removal won’t hurt farmers as wheat is held by speculators, not growers. Also notes Cap W. Gardener Simpson taking control of Pall Mall Gazette and the Observer from Astor on January 28.
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Sydney
Dee
Cap W. Gardener Simpson
London
Pall Mall Gazette
The
Observer
William Waldorf Astor
Demand for Auto Trucks Enlivens Locomobile Plant
Increased demand for automobile trucks boosts Locomobile in Bridgeport. The company plans to do larger chassis work at home and complete parts bodies and tops locally. It will use Bridgeport Engineering on Connecticut Avenue for parts and the A Burritt Lumber Co for manufacturing, shifting from heavy trucks to a three ton model with years of trial in Bridgeport. More workers hired and factory expansions anticipated.
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Bothm
America
Locomobile Company
Bridgeport Engineering Company
Connecticut Avenue
A. Burritt Lumber, Co
Bridgeport
Ianes
Great Strategy Used In Capturing Trench
Paris December 29 a noncommissioned officer describes a bold night raid by the 126th Infantry in snow under moonlight. Soldiers wore extra clothing and crept to the German trenches unseen, drawing close enough to seize the line and carry away the entire time.
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Paris
126Th“Infantry
Phrucke
Insults to Ghurkas Stir Frontline Tensions
London dispatch reports General Creagh warning insults toward Ghurkas could worsen front line mood. A correspondent notes claims Ghurkas were given beef and porter rights to mock British troops, provoking anger. The British press allegedly praises Ghurkas and Sikhs while neglecting other fighting castes.
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London
O’moore-Greach
Fragmented OCR war notes mix quotes and names
A jumbled passage cites regiments of Dogras and Punjab Mo har es, with crude lines about surrender and hiding. It then shifts to transcontinental trains, forests, and an alleged plot in Pekin involving figures like P Shi K'ai and Enver Pasha, all presenting a chaotic collage of names and events.
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Tany
Vien Pekin
China
P Shi K'ai
France
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Australia
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Enver Pasha
Wkey
Zengush Artillery
Opcs Press Relociat EE
Emil A. Trefzger
Underwood
F. H. Mullins
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