Engagement Begins Behind Doiran Front Amid Balkan Conflict
Allied lines near Salonika fortified as German artillery bombards positions on lake Doiran. Serbian retreat ends with Nish surrender to Bulgarians after mutiny and looting. Dold describes how protection failed and chaos followed, with hardship forcing return home.
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Associated Press
London
Athens
Lake Doiran
Macedonia
Saloniki
Berlin
Labassee
Nish
D.M. Dold
Dold
Christmas at St Andrew's Church Festival
Beautiful St. Andrew's Church hosted a Christmas festival with a green bower and carols. Children processed to the Manger with gifts for St. Matthew's Home in Dallas and a program featured recitations songs and the distribution of presents.
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St. Andrew's Church
St. Matthew's
Dallas
Bethlehem
Christ
Christmas Service Shines at Christian Church
The Christmas service at the Christian Church was a success with festive decorations including bells red berries and poinsettias. Willie Harris showcased talent with musical selections while Misses Alice Smith and Elizabeth Wilson guided guests in white with canes representing shepherds books.
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The
Christian Church
Willie Harris
Alice Smith
Elizabeth Wilson
Christmas Tree Draws Huge Crowd at First Methodist
One of the largest crowds attended the Christmas tree and exercises at the First Methodist Church. The filled spaces in the main auditorium and Sunday school room reflected wide interest as Santa Claus distributed gifts. The program featured songs, tableaux, recitations by Dorothy Talley and Almvie Adams, and a new fruit collection for the poor.
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First Methodist
Santa Claus
Dorothy Talley
Jesus
Almvie Adams
Manger
Lavish Christmas Aboard New York Navy Ship
Christmas in New York featured a grand gift distribution and a large charity outlay. The battleship New York crew hosted one hundred underprivileged children for a Christmas dinner and provided shoes dolls and scout suits to the youngsters.
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Associated Preas
New York
Colonel House to sail for Europe to brief ambassadors
Colonel E. M. House, confidential adviser to President Wilson, said he will sail to Europe within two weeks for six to eight weeks to brief American ambassadors on the U S position on international questions. He denied the trip is a peace mission and said ambassadors will convey their views back.
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Associated Press
New York
E. M. House
Wilson
Europe
House
Villa 13 Wanted Dead or Alive Near Chihuahua City
Advices report a Carranza cordon north of Chihuahua City to trap General Francisco Villa. If captured, Villa faces a court martial with General Venustiano Carranza involved. Troops hunt Villa dead or alive. Obregon and Carranza plan negotiations as Chihuahua City may surrender.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Interior of
Mexico
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Francisco Villa
United States
Villa
Venustiano Carranza
Nuevo Laredo
Chihuhua
Trevino
Obregon
Guaymas
el Paso
Juarez
General Carranza
President and Wife Spend Quiet Christmas Day at Hot Springs
President Wilson and his wife kept Christmas quiet at Hot Springs Virginia dining in their private suite. Brazos County Poultry Association met at 7 30 PM last night to set dates for the January poultry show.(CCBE) Jenkins named to buy coops and materials for the show with expenses paid by the association.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Wilson
Brazos County Poultry Association
A. W. Buchanan
Co. E. Jenkins
CCBE
Jenkins
Houston
Association
Premiums Committee Sets Premiums and Poultry Awards
The committee on premiums was ordered to list premiums and amounts and to select the kinds of chickens and poultry for awards. The report is to be made at the next meeting. The building committee and the finance committee were not ready to report. The meeting adjourned to Tuesday, Dec. 28.
Christmas at the White House in 1919
President Wilson and his grandchildren were hosted during the White House Christmas festivities. A large Christmas tree in the library was laden with gifts while the president remained away on his honeymoon.
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White House
Wilson
Union Hill store burglarized again in three weeks
The R. L. Spiller store at Union Hill was broken into last night during the proprietor’s absence in Bryan. Entry came by breaking a window and latch. the cash register was not robbed, only snuff and about one dollar of Prince Albert tobacco were taken.
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R. L. Spiller
Union Hill
Bryan
K. of P. Lodge
Prince Albert
Horse meat to be sold in New York after January 1
The New York board of health announced that horse meat may be sold for food after January 1. Commissioner Emerson said the department does not actively endorse it but sees no harm in its use. He noted old horses would be fattened for meat and warned against mislabeling as veal or beef.
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Associated Press
New York
Board of Health
Emerson
Health Department
Don’t Overpay for Prize Stock Says Farm and Fireside
Farm and Fireside warns that the slight win margin of an animal in shows does not ensure that its offspring will fetch high premiums, cautions buyers against paying top prices for prize stock.
Wet blanket saved crop in autumn blaze
A Farm and Fireside writer recalls a sagegrass field fire spreading across the fence from a corn crop. Dry season winds fed the blaze risking buildings until a soaked blanket dragged by two horsemen helped check it, proving a novel fire-control method.
Field Fire Hazard and Protective Furrows
The narrator recalls fire risk around crop fields and buildings after grass setting. They note fires spread easily and could have been prevented by constructing furrows around the field and buildings, three furrows for crops and ten for buildings, to reduce danger.
Scarlet Fever Rising in Texas as Diphtheria Also Upsurge
Sanitary reports from seven counties and twenty one cities show 417 scarlet fever cases in November up from 321 in October. Diphtheria cases reach 650 in November, up from 533, with 83 deaths in November. Authorities urge active measures to check spread.
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Austin
Tex
State Health Department
Forethought Prevented a Destructive Farm Fire
In Farm and Fireside an account tells how a farmer saved his barn with one pail of water at the foot of a ladder to the haymow. Lightning struck, calves died, but timely water stopped the blaze before spreading, underscoring keeping water handy as protection.
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Frances Smith
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George Smith
Pattie Sims
Gertrude
Priscila Sims
Evelyn Wharburton
Elizabeth Clarke
Billy Oliver
Paul Swancoat
St. Nicholas
Ruth Knox
Lora Bell Carrington
Battleship
Colonel House
Villa 13
Pancho
Poultry Raisers’ Meeting
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