King Carnival Sparks Joy Across Canadian Border
A wave of gaiety sweeps Canada as returning soldiers are celebrated after four years of war strain. Joy replaces mourning with homecomings and public ceremonies, while towns launch toboggans to mark the festive mood across churches, regiments, and outdoor events from Quebec to Montreal and across the prairie West.
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Canada
Ae Big Nates
Uae
Iontreal
Quebec
Prairie
United States
Horrors of Austrian Occupation in Oderzo Italy
A Oderzo report details year of occupation cruelty by Austrian forces. It cites property seizures, starvation, and brutal refusals to aid civilians, including the starvation-driven death toll, requisitions of linen and food, and mistreatment of women and children. Witness Angelo Pizonat and various locals corroborate accounts of gendarmes and officers.
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Oderzo
Italy
Signor
Jevada
Soxth
Honyred
Piavon
Antonio Rossetto
Angelo Pizonat
Caporetto
Brandolini Rete College
Periah
Odorzo
Baczilio Prezxeon
Alessandro Ziesotto
Oronso
Vitlorio
Venetia
Vittorio
Motta di Livenza
Torre di Mosto
Motta
Demoair
Honved
Peru Guano Riches Spark Chile Peru Dispute
Washington December 9. A long standing dispute over guano from the Chincha islands and Peruvian coast fuels tensions between Chile and Peru, with Bolivia drawn in. Reports describe the vast guano beds, their value, and historical measures to protect bird populations and regulate harvesting.
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Washington, D. C
Chill
Peru
Egent
Bolivia
Humboldt
Europe
Ilaca
Mann Praised For Progressive Stand Toward President On Trip To Europe
Washington, Dec. 4. Hon James R Mann Illinois. urged colleagues to avoid partisan attacks on the president. He defended Wilsons peace program and the wartime unity, noting Democrats and Republicans support the 14 points and an international agreement to secure lasting peace.
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Mann
Stan
Urope
Washington, D. C
James R. Mann
Tlinois
League of Nations
Wilson
Knox
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
United States Senate
America
Notich America Pool Tall Changes Hands
Notice indicates a transfer of ownership or control related to a pool entity with unclear names and date. The fragmentary text mentions responsibility and a cept term, leaving details uncertain.
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Notich
America
Pool Tall
Baat Billy
Reconstruction Work in the Russian Caucasus
The American committee for relief in the Near East reports Rev Walter N James describes Armenians south of the Caucasus mountains living in varied conditions. Refugees are in a pitiable state, but relief efforts mitigate their plight. around 1100 people are employed by the Americans.
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American Committee For Relief In the
Near East
Walter N. James
Wiivan
Causacus Mountains
Priest Hides Host Under Pressure in Austrian Seized Home
A house was stripped and Father Don Ferraszal concealed the host in a vault while continuing to perform. An army officer stood by as Austrian surveillance pressed priests to sign a long German document for 40 crowns per month, which Nope refused.
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Pricet
Liberia
Paduane
Don Innocente Verrar
Quero
Ceal
Belluno
Don Ferraszal
Monument to Washington’s mother laid in Fredericksburg
One of America’s earliest memorials to a woman, the Fredericksburg monument honoring Mary Ball Washington, saw its cornerstone laid in 1833 with elaborate ceremonies led by President Andrew Jackson.
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America
Mother
George Washington
Fredericksburg
Andrew Jackson
Relief Work in Jerusalem Under Near East Committee
The American committee for relief in the Near East reports 300 women under nine overseers making garments in Jerusalem with a weekly output of 1650. Sixty more women were to begin work. over 1000 women await jobs in Jerusalem while Ramallah and Bethlehem areas face greater need. Two free dispensaries have treated about 6500 cases since opening. a soup kitchen opened March 25 served 1000 destitute people the first day and could feed 2000 with more supplies.
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Jerusalem
American Committee For Relief In the
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Ata
Mansuo
Piave
Pamproni
Marco Milanese
Alessandro Zivzotto
Chile
Woodrow Wilson
Manon
Congress
Mr. Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
France
Russian Caucasus
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