Life loss from war put at twenty million by expert
Professor Louis C. Parks of the Government Health Service, at a Royal Institute meeting, warned the two year war death toll could reach 20,000,000. He suggested such a catastrophe might spur civilization and noted Europe’s birthrate falling except in Bulgaria, Romania, and Ireland.
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Associated Press
Louis C. Parks
Government Health Service
Royal Institute of Sanitarians
Parks
Great
Britaan
Europe
Bulgaria
Rumania
Ireland
White Christmas at First Presbyterian Church in Bryan
The auditorium was full for the White Christmas Exercises replacing the tree tradition. Sunday school members depicted Bethlehem with Mary Joseph shepherds three wise men and angels and gifts were donated to the Itasca Orphans Home totaling about 60 dollars after a children's program and carols.
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First Presbyterian Church
Itasca
Bryan
Mary
Joseph
Neville Higgs
Edwin Rogers
Emmett Wallace
Chester Higgs
Leslie Ballard
Alec Harris
Henry Harrison
Edgar Derden
Nancy Rogers
Mary Ellen Stuart
Frances Wallace
Mary Mitchell
Bethlehem
Bloodhounds Trail Bandits In Calvin Post Office Robbery
Blood hounds are trailing the bandits who robbed the Calvin post office last night escaping with about two hundred dollars in stamps and money orders. There was no fight, but the safe was blown while the city marshal watched.
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Muskogee
Okla
Calvin
Christmas program at Fountain School delights community
Jimmy Cahill reports a splendid Fountain School Christmas program led by teacher Miss Betty McVey. About two hundred fifty attendees filled the house as the children performed admirably. School resumes January 3 after holidays.
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Jimmy Cahill
Fountain School
Betty McVey
Levee Commission Meets in Caldwell
Burleson County District No. 1 holds a meeting in Caldwell with attendees H. O. Boatwright of the First National Bank Judge J. W. Doremus and Horace Boyett head of levee engineering present.
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Burleson County
Caldwell
H. O. Boatwright
First National Bank
City
J. W. Doremus
Horace Boyett
Oak Grove Christmas Tree Celebrates with Santa Visit
The Oak Grove Sunday school held its annual Christmas tree program last night at 7:30 at the Oak Grove Addition school house. Nearly all members and about two hundred visitors attended. The tree carried gifts and was attractively decorated. Santa Claus attended and spoke to the children before distributing presents. Miss Willard organized a robust program for the Oak Grove school.
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Oak Grove
Oak Grove Addition
Santa Claus
Willard
School Night Rendition Delights Attendees
Rendition by the members of the school drew strong applause from all present as the evening delivered thorough enjoyment for everyone in attendance.
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Ats
Post Office Bans Foreign Cotton Lint by Mail
Washington Dec 24 The post office department barred use of the mails for handling all foreign cotton lint except from Mexico states Coahuila Durango Chihuahua Tamaulipas and lower California. The move aims to prevent cotton pests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Post Office Department
Coahuila
Durango
Chihuahua
Tamaulipas
California
Bryan youths form athletic club at Daly Building
Several Bryan young men organize an athletic club to operate from the Daly Building near R. M. Vick's Confectionery. Equipment from the former Bryan Athletic Club is partly in place and more items will be ordered to establish a first class facility. Charter members urge all city youths to join, believing well run athletic clubs aid physical development and encourage manly sports.
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Bryan
Daly
R. M. Vick
Bryan Athletic Club
Manly
Santa Claus Whiskers Singed at Lake View School
At Lake View school near San Angelo Texas on December 24 Tom Mather a ranchman played Santa Claus when a candle on the tree set his whiskers and his face and hands were seriously burned by the blaze on the Christmas tree bystanders probably saved his life.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Texas
Lake View
Tom Mather
Santa Claus
Mather
Train collision kills firefighter in thick fog
In Galena Kansas this morning an Oklahoma Gulf accommodation train collided with a Frisco passenger train in dense fog. The fireman was killed, the brakeman fatally injured, and eight others seriously hurt.
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Galena
Kans
Beautiful Houston Wedding at First Baptist Church
Miss Dora Dent of Houston married Mr. Frank Buchanan in a quiet Dec 23 ceremony at First Baptist Church Houston. Dr. J L Groose officiated. Due to a bereavement only immediate family attended. The bride wore velvet with a matching hat and gloves. flowers were valley lilies and bride buds. The couple will visit groom’s parents Mr. and Mrs A J Buchanan over Christmas. Frank Buchanan, a Bryan native, has longtime ties to Houston.
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First Baptist Church
Houston
Dora Dent
Frank Buchanan
J. L. Groose
Real Estate Transfers in Bryan and Millican Areas
W I McCulloch and others transfer lots 12 and 13 in block 2 and all of block 1 except lot 9 in Rose Hill addition Bryan with $5 and other considerations. McCulloch and others transfer lots 3-11, 14-22 in block 2 of Rose Hill addition Bryan for $100. Emma Bradley transfers all lots in block 185 Millican to Maggie Barker for $1 and other considerations.
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W. I. McCulloch
Johnson & Rohde Et
Rose Hill
City of
Bryan
W. I. McCulloch Et al
J. B. Priddy
Emma Bradley
Maggie Barker
Millican
Burglary at Mawhinney Grocery on North Main Street
Last night the Mawhinney grocery store at North Main Street was entered by breaking a transom glass. The cash register was rifled and merchandise taken. Propriety owners J H and R B Mawhinney could not be reached for details today.
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J. H
Mawhinney
North Main Street
Ford sails to New York as peace plan proceeds
Henry Ford boards the Bergensfjord for New York and says the peace mission proceeds under the Woman's International Peace Association. A Copenhagen dispatch notes Ford gave 270000 dollars to the peace expedition before sailing. He left due to clashes among party members and closed doors. Vienna reports optimism for an amiable settlement between Austria Hungary and the United States over the Ancona sinking.
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Associated Press
Christiana
Henry Ford
Bergensfjord
New York
Peace Commission
Copenhagen
Ford
Prasa
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
U. S
Ancona
No Christmas Truce Report From Fronts On Christmas Eve
London reports isolated engagements disrupt hopes for a universal Christmas truce. Berlin claims German gains at Hartanas-Weiserkopf in the Vosges, while French forces retreat on the left wing. Russians report action near Trembola in Galicia and progress toward Mesopotamia. Montenegrin dispatch cites Austrian losses at Touriak.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Vosges
Trembola
Galicia
Persia
Mesopotamia
Washington to probe Yasuka Maru sinking
The state department will inquire through consular agents into the sinking of the Yasuka Maru and pursue further correspondence with Austria or Germany if official confirmation shows the vessel was sunk without warning.
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Washington
State Department
Austria
Germany
Socialists Discuss Peace Plans at The Hague
Prominent Socialists from most belligerent nations except Italy met at The Hague last Wednesday to discuss provisional steps toward peace, per a telegram from Amsterdam dated December 24.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Italy
The
Hague
Christmas Tree Program Draws Large Baptists Crowd
A full First Baptist Church Sunday school held a Christmas tree event with nearly all members present. The program featured a chorus, songs, readings, dialogues, and a Santa Claus visit, with carefully arranged gift distribution and joyous, well rendered performances throughout.
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First Baptist Church
German submarine sinks Yasuda Maru in Mediterranean
Dispatches from Egypt report a German submarine sank the Yasuda Maru in the Mediterranean without warning. No further details on casualties or location are provided.
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Rome
Egypt
Mediterranean
Sugar beet acreage urged as Russian agricultural appeal
The Russian agricultural appeal calls on farmers to plant more sugar beets since sugar consumption is rising as a fat substitute. Molasses are noted as valuable horse feed. A year earlier farmers were urged to grow more grain due to cereal shortages.
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Berlin
Turkish Guns Drive Off Allied Ships Near Constantinople
On the Dardanelles front Turkish artillery forced five torpedo boats and one cruiser to retreat, the cruiser being struck. A violent artillery action raged on Sedul Bahr's right wing. A hostile aircraft was shot down at Pirsheba.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Sedul Bahr
Pirsheba
British Casualties Reported by Premier Asquith
Premier Asquith told the house of commons that total British casualties to December 24 were 523,227 with 119,923 killed and the rest wounded or missing.
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Associated Press
London
Asquith
House of Commons
Greeks Ordered to Evacuate Forty-Eight Hours
Berlin dispatch says Anglo French command orders Greece to evacuate twenty prosperous towns between the Landzade and Galileo rivers within forty eight hours for strategic reasons.
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Berlin
Landzade
Galileo
Motorcycle mix up near Hardy Newton’s store avoids injuries
A motorcycle towing a bicycle tied by a rope collided with a turning car near Hardy Newton's grocery. The riders were thrown to the pavement and the two cycles piled up, but both riders escaped with little or no injury.
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Hardy Newton's
Young Houston man arrested on auto theft suspicion
A young man residing in Houston was arrested and jailed by Sheriff Nunn on suspicion of stealing a seven passenger car he was attempting to sell here for 125 dollars. The vehicle’s make and owner are not yet learned. The case will be thoroughly investigated before action.
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Houston
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