Russians Win Pers ia Front Pressed in Persia Offensive
Constantinople reports an allied naval attack repulsed at the Dardanelles and that an enemy aviator was shot down by artillery. Seven ty five thousand Serbian troops at Scutari are well equipped and will not be sent to Salonika. American charitable organizations will seek permission to send condensed milk to German babies through the Red Cross.
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Persia
Messarabia
Constantinople
Dardanells
Scutari
Salonika
Red Cross
Paris
el Bassan
Albania
Athens
Russian Army Seizes Kashan as War Front Shifts
The Russian army occupies Kashan in Persia and advances toward Ispahan. A Constantinople report notes Allied naval bombardment at Dardanelles with two ships hit by Turkish shells. A Russian push on the Bessarabian front deepens while Austrian counterattacks are claimed repulsed. Serbian forces, 75,000 strong, fortified at Scutari and El Bassan in Albania, awaiting possible move to Salonika.
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Associated Press
London
Persia
Kashan
Ispahan
Teheran
Dardanelles
Ari Burnu
Bessarabian Front
Berlin
K. O. P. Officers Elected at Bryan Lodge Meeting
At a regular Bryan Lodge Knights of Pythias meeting last night officers elected for the new term include Ed S. Martin as chancellor commander Frank McGee as vice chancellor Julius Christian as prelate Robert S. Webb Jr master at arms J D Mann inner guard H L McKnight outer guard Robert T Smith keeper of records and seal J M Hare master of exchequer J B Reed master of finance J T Maloney trustee.
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Bryan Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Ed S. Martin
Frank McGee
Julius Christian
Robert S. Webb Jr
J. D. Mann
H. L. McKnight
Robert T. Smith
Fate and the meeting of two wandering souls
The poem envisions two people born far apart and speaking different tongues. They live separate lives yet voyage across unknown seas risking wreck and death to move toward an unseen end. Eventually they will meet and recognize life’s meaning in each other’s eyes.
Ship Milk to Babies Red Cross Aid Plan
Washington December 29 A shipment of condensed milk for German babies through the Red Cross is to be asked of France and England by charitable organizations through American ambassadors, an announcement said today.
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Washington
Red Cross
France
England
Fate and Unsatisfied Love in Quiet Verse
A short poetic fragment by Susan Spaulding speaks of two souls matched in proximity yet forever apart They stand face to face yet cannot touch or truly hear each other Their longing lingers without fulfillment marking a somber meditation on fate.
Prohibition Convention Set for July 19 in Minneapolis
Chicago December 30 The prohibition national convention has been set for July 19 in Minneapolis, it was announced today by the national committee.
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Chicago
Ill
Minneapolis
National Committee
Sidewalk Work Proceeds Slowly on Bryan Street
Weather has slowed sidewalk progress on Bryan Street. Contractor Hubbard expects to speed up once excavations are done. A couple of material cars have arrived and will be ready for concrete work promptly.
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Bryan Street
Hubbard
Study to compare holiday drink and crime nationwide
Spokane officials report the National Anti Saloon League will study U S holiday drinking and its link to crime. A ten day period starting Christmas Eve will be observed with offenses across the continent categorized by alcohol involvement.
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Anti-Saloon League
Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
United States
National Anti-Saloon League
Brazos County good roads work suspended for holidays
Engineers Abney and McCormick suspend work on Brazos County road project during holidays. Preliminary surveys near completion. Carters Creek Pittsbridge Mumford Benchley and Sandy Point roads finished as far as they will be improved. Other roads progress well and expected to finish soon.
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Brazos County
Abney and McCormick
Carters Creek
Pittsbridge
Mumford
Benchley
Sandy Point
President Pope 10 Visit Washington
Fort Worth Texas reports President H. N. Pope of the Texas Farmers' Union leaves tonight for Washington to confer with Secretary Lansing about shipping a million bales of cotton to an unnamed European country. The plan tests the allies prohibitory order.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
H. N. Pope
Texas Farmers’ Union
Washington
Lansing
McAdoo to Visit Texas Invitation Held Open
Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo, invited by the Temple Chamber of Commerce through Governor James E. Ferguson, cannot visit now but desires to visit Texas in the near future and asks the invitation stay open. Ferguson forwarded the correspondence to local leaders.
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Temple
Tex
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Chamber of Commerce
James E. Ferguson
Texas
Ferguson
Post Office Building Nears Completion
Construction of the new post office advances with interior plastering nearly done and carpentry nearing finish. Electrical contractor D C Barnett says roughing is complete and awaits finishing work to install light fixtures as good weather facilitates a record completion pace.
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D. C. Barnett
Finishing New Front of Smith Drug Company
Work on the Smith Drug Company front nears completion painters and decorators at work finishing display windows interiors and other painting. The new front is a great improvement and the new awning adds to the building’s attractiveness.
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Smith Drug Company
Campbell Announces for Senate in Texas
Palestine Texas Dec 31 Former Governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States senator to be decided in the 1916 primaries. He said a formal announcement would come soon and he would personally present his platform and campaign statewide in the traditional Democratic manner.
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Palestine
Tex
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
United States
Texas
Governor Hammond of Minnesota Dies Suddenly
Associated Press reports Governor W Hammond of Minnesota died suddenly in Clinton Louisiana while inspecting lands. Lieutenant Governor J A A Burnquist becomes governor at 34 years old.
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Gov
Minnesota
Clinton
Louisiana
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
W. Hammond
Minneeota
St. Paul, Minn
J. A. A. Burnquist
Hammond
Nicol awards Nash contract for new two story residence
John Nicol awards a local contractor J H Nash a contract to build a fine two story home on the site of the old house on North Ta br avenue. The tearing down of the old residence will begin Monday.
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John Nicol
J. H. Nash
North Tabr Avenue
Cover Crops and Fertility
An article urging farmers to improve soil health by prioritizing replenishment over extraction. It compares methods for restoring soil, favoring cover crops planted after harvest and harrowed in, with advice to seek state agricultural experts and progressive neighbors for guidance.
Midland rancher swindled out of 20000 by fake horse race scheme
Vincent Baer of Midland Texas was swindled of twenty thousand dollars by wire tappers in a fake horse race plot. Police report the con men met him in Kansas City and later convinced him to part with the money promising a larger payoff. They have not been heard from since traveling to Cincinnati for Christmas.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Vincent Baer
Midland
Tex
Baer
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Allied Squadron Wins in Adriatic Action
The Sea Allied squadron sunk two Austrian torpedo boat destroyers near Cattaro Bay in the Adriatic as Austrian ships aimed to bombard Durazzo. The remaining Austrian vessels fled after engagement with Allied forces.
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Adriatic
Associated Press
London
Cattaro Bay
Adriatic Sea
Brenham war claims origin tied to Reconstruction era fires
The Brenham war claims story traces fires set by federal troops after 1866 unrest, damage to the Brenham Banner, the formation of volunteer fire groups, and political shifts. It notes D. C. Giddings and J. Rankin as key figures and mentions a proposed bill by A. W. Gregg and ongoing efforts by heirs to recover losses exceeding 130000.
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A. W. Gregg
Brenham
Camptown
Post
Sanders
Smith
D. C. Giddings
Albert S. Burleson
Centenarian Burned To Death In Port Lavaca
A centenarian is reported to have died after being burned while warming herself at a charcoal fire in Port Lavaca. The town notes a Ford automobile provided to the municipal plant by R. S. Newsom replaces the mule for city work, improving response time and reducing feed costs for the animal.
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Port Lavaca
Tex
Ford Automobile
R. S. Newsom of
Myers
Germany Recognizes Carranza Government in Mexico
Berlin reports Germany has recognized the Carranza administration in Mexico. This diplomatic step marks a formal acknowledgment of the Mexican government amid ongoing regional tensions.
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Berlin
Germany
Carranza
Mexico
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Scutaria
J. M. Hare
J. B. Reed
J. T. Maloney
Susan Spaulding
M. H. James
Rexall
Pope
Farmers’ Union Head
Europe
McAdoo
Campbell
Senate
Eburnquist
M. Roberts Conover
von Mackensen
Egypt
Sofia
Reuter
Dompierre
Vosages
Hartmanns-Weilerkopf
Lille
Winnipeg
Canada
Lewis Harcourt
India
Daniel McGary
John G. Rankin
Freedmen’'s Bureau
S. A. Craig
Rankin & McGary
Bureau
Rankin
Peter Diller
Jamess. Biddle
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