British conscription and war news dominate seven days
British officials dismiss a German peace feeler and vow conscription as the war drags on. Swedish reports say Haestholmen forts fired on German torpedo boats near Karlskrona, while Vienna and Bucharest discuss Allied moves and Mackensen plans an expedition toward Egypt. Washington briefs Congress on defense, while Dante-like weather and a rash of crimes fill the week.
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Germany
Haestholmen
Karlskrona
Stockholm
Politiken
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Austria Offers Indemnity After Ancona Sinking Note
Vienna agrees with America that humane conduct is needed in war and that the submarine commander's actions were not in line with sea rules. Austria offers to indemnify U S lives lost and says the commander has been punished for failing to avert panic aboard the Ancona. Washington signals improved relations as a break threat fades.
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Austria
Washington
United States
Ancona
London
Vienna
America
Washington Cabinet
Austria-Hungary
Stop a Filipino Outbreak In Manila Police Crackdown
Manila police raid homes in Manila and suburbs to prevent a Christmas time outbreak. Officers seize seditious papers, flags of the Katipunan, and seals issued by rebel officers. Numerous arrests signal a broad movement backed by followers of Artemio Ricarte against the insular government.
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Manila
the Katipunan
Artemio Ricarte
Wages to rise for 200000 New York workers on January first
New York wage boosts will affect 200000 workers across trades including street and rail workers. The United Board of Business Agents reports 8000 machinists tile layers and lathers already got increases from 20 cents to 1.40 dollars a day with many more unions seeking 25 to 50 cent hikes. Other gains include millinery workers 3000 waiters and 1200 naval yard mechanics.
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New York
United Board of Business Agents
New York Navy Yard
Clay County Eyes Bond For 180 Miles Of Rock Roads
The county executive road committee backed by two members from each township urged a bond election to fund 180 miles of rock roads. Cost estimated at about 6000 per mile, totaling roughly 1080000. Petitions with 200 names from each township were submitted to the county court.
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Clay County
H. D. Miller
J. B. Walker
J. D. Milter
Wenneker Found in Chicago After Disappearance
Charles F. Wenneker, ex president of the Million Population Club and former Blanke-Wenneker Candy Co. head, who vanished March 2 after a heavy stock loss, was spotted in Chicago earning $15 weekly. Friends in St Louis received reports and telegrams offering jobs and backing, with plans to start a retail candy business upon returning.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Charles F. Wenneker
Million Population Club
Blanke-Wenneker Candy Company
Wenneker
United States
Internal Revenue
Republican Organization
Mitchell horseman Killed in interurban buggy crash
Charles W. Smith of Mitchell Mil a well known horseman was killed when an interurban car struck his buggy ten miles north of St Louis George Smith of Mitchell was injured probably fatally in the same crash authorities investigated the fatal accident occurred on a rural road near St Louis and involved an interurban train car
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Charles W. Smith
Mitchell
Mil
George Also
St. Louis
Died While Driving In Mountain Grace Buggy
George Epperson fell dead from a buggy he was riding at Mountain Grace the other afternoon. The incident occurred while he was traveling in the buggy with others nearby.
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George Epperson
Mountain Grace
Dempsey Brown Dead in Houstonia at 73
Dempsey Brown born in North Carolina seventy three years ago served in the Confederate army and had lived in Pettis county since 1866 died recently in Houstonia.
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Dempsey Brown
North Carolina
Pettis County
Houstonia
Oysters Must Not Be Watered Prompts Prosecution
Washington report notes prosecutions of oyster dealers convicted of adding fresh water to shocked oysters to inflate size in violation of regulations. The article outlines the ongoing enforcement and legal action surrounding this practice.
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Washington
Governor of Minnesota Dies in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge December 31 Governor W. E. Hammond of Minnesota died unexpectedly north of Berea due to an illness. The state official was en route from a public function and had been serving as governor since 1935. He was survived by a wife and two children.
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Minnesota
Baton Reuss
Gor
Hammond
Bere
Macon County Audit Petition Filed for Eight Years
State Auditor John P. Gordon announced that A. E. Riley's petition for an audit of Macon county officers over eight years has been filed. The document, bearing 438 Macon county taxpayers' names, will be examined by department examiners early in 1916.
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Macon County
John P. Gordon
A. E. Riley
Explosion Kills Three On Duvall Ranch Wagon
An explosion on the Duvall Ranch at Athol destroyed a wagon loaded with dynamite used for stump blasting on the new levee project. Three men were killed and several others injured in the blast.
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Duvall
Athol
War Department Hearing Over Current River Tie Drives
Testimony in a dispute between rafters and drivers over Current river ties was taken at Van Buren before Major Dent of Little Rock for the War Department. Findings will go to Washington with a decision expected after the new year. Big tie drives of up to 400,000 ties choke the river, blocking traffic, while smaller rafters say the 50,000 limit harms them and has halted drives.
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van Buren
Dent
Little Rock
War Department
Washington
Current
Chicopee
Howell county Prosecution Aids Flannery Pardon Bid
L Bess prosecuting attorney returned from Jefferson City where he argued before the state board of pardons for Rev Lawrence S Flannery a young Methodist minister serving two years in the penitentiary for the July 1914 killing of Olin F McConnell in West Plains I N Jett who prosecuted the preacher refused to sign a recommendation but spoke to the board in Flannerys behalf.
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L. Bess
Howell County
Jefferson City
State Board of Pardons
Lawrence S. Flannery
Olin F. McConnell
West Plains
Bess
Flannery
I. N. Jett
Fourth Marriage at 94 for Cabool Man with 41 Children
Weds 39 year old widow Mrs Macon in Cabool. The groom W B Davis aged 94 is father to 41 children, 33 living, and has 192 grandchildren with several great grandchildren. More than twenty of the bridegroom's children attended, marking his fourth marriage.
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W. B. Davis
Cabool
Bodies Found At Eldorado Park Near Crewe Cover Lake
Police report three fatalities near Eldorado Park on the west shore of Crewe Cover Lake about twenty miles west of St Louis. One white man and two Black individuals were found with their injuries described as fatally harming.
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Eldorado Park
Crewe Cover Lake
St. Louis
Negro Y M C A Building Drive Surpasses Goal in St Louis
A campaign to raise 50000 for a Negro Y M C A building in St Louis closed with subscriptions totaling more than 69000. All contributors except ten were Black.
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St. Louis
Shatters Hand in Charivari Party at Monett
Emmett Thomas aged 18 lost his left thumb and two fingers after joining a charivari at Monett. He brought a rusty musket and rammed about eight inches of powder down the barrel causing the blast.
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Emmett Thomas
Monett
Thomas
Heavy 13-Inch Snow Falls in Northeast Missouri
Northeast Missouri saw an exceptionally white Christmas with about thirteen inches of snow on a level. The event is the heaviest in several years and will help protect the wheat.
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Missouri
Light Plant Builder Dead
Walter C. Stewart former superintendent of the St. Joseph city lighting plant died the other morning at his home in Atchison Kansas.
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Walter C. Stewart
City Lighting Plant
St. Joseph
Atchison, Kas
Death of Rev. Dr Andrew Giell Pioneer Priest in Central Missouri
The Rev. Dr. Andrew Giell, a pioneer priest of the Community of the Precious Blood, who worked in Central Missouri missionary efforts thirty five years ago, died recently at Collegeville Indiana. He was more than seventy years old.
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Andrew Giell
Community of the Precious Blood
Missouri
Collegeville
Ind
Railroad Tie Spotted On Track Near Daltones West
An unidentified person placed a railroad tie across the line two miles west of Daltones near Farmers Creek bridge in an attempt to wreck Wabash No. 4 fast mail from Kansas City to St. Louis. The tie lodged under the engine pilot but the train escaped harm.
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Daltones
Farmers Creek Bridge
Kansas City
St. Louis
Farmer Charles Wells fatally injured by portable saw collapse
Charles Wells a farmer was fatally injured when a portable wood saw collapsed near West Plains the machinery flew apart and Wells was struck by a section of the saw in the incident reported yesterday.
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Charles Wells
West Plains
Wells
Remarkable Wheat Yields Prompt Canadian Land Boom
The Ottawa Interior Department urged Canadian landowners to seed idle western lands as grain prices rose. Reports from Manitoba and Manitoba border towns show wheat yields from 30 to 73 bushels per acre on various plots. Farmers like G E Davidson, Walter Turner, and P Scharf showcased high productivity, fueling talk of homesteads and land sales amid booming markets.
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Interior
Ottawa
United Sts
Wester Canada
Illinois
Culross
Manitoba
C. J. Broughton
Chicago
Ccre
F. L. Hill
G. E. Davidson
Manitou
Walter Turner
Darlingford
Itoba
Wm. Sharp
Lisgar
Manitota
P. Scharf
Canada
Silent Drama Cited In Quirky Court Detour
A judge recalls a bizarre exchange about a silent drama in which a narrator and a brother argue in a dark room over a curtain pole and stealthy intruder, illustrating a strange courtroom moment and odd behavior.
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A. m
Not Gray Hairs that Tired Make Us Look
A fragmented note from Chicago discusses a young audience and a Marine Eye publication. It mentions an eye book and a movie reference, implying thoughts on aging and perception. The readable text hints at media and age-related themes without a clear event.
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Marine Eye Chicago
The Parson-Life and the Lawyer Trials Reflect Tenuous Faith
A compact column contrasts life as a parson facing trials with a lawyer’s perspective. The piece probes faith, duty, and the strain of public service in a reflective, period voice.
Groves Patent Remedy Mentioned in Dated Ad Copy
The fragment references a Grove remedy marketed to prevent colds and grip and mentions quinine in an antiquated style. It reads like an early 20th century advertising claim inside a medical tonality.
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EB. W. Grove
Unclear Prospest Dialogue on Community Concerns
Fragmentary exchange questions liveliness of the toothalltixenss this year and mentions grocers. The text notes willingness to listen to troubles but contrasts ease of communication with cost and effort.
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