Russians Stop Attack of the Kaiser’s Troops
Petrograd reports heavy losses as Russians halt German assault to cross into Poland. Germans retreat after fierce clashes along the Vistula line. Cest's army advances north of the river while German attacks are checked along the front. Water hazards and river crossings are noted as costly for invaders.
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Poland
Petrograd
Cest
Vistula River
Warraw
Khopped
Batum
Dan
Vistula
Neidenburg
Lattenburg
Thorn
Warsaw
Galicia
Cracow
Carpathia
Thermysal
Shell Sets Mark Afire and Deadly Gas Kills
Glouchuster Massachusetts December 23 report of a new incendiary projectile by John Hays Hammond Jr claims a thermite and gas payload would ignite and kill within targets while preventing firefighting. Hammond says the US government tests the weapon as belligerents seek its use in European war amid broader Eastern Front updates.
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Glouchuster
Mass
John
Hays Hammoni, Jr
United States
Hammond
Rammond
Germans Plot to Sink French Steamship Chicago
New Orleans police said they foiled a plot by five Germans to blow up the French steamship Chicago. A bomb with a clock was set for six and a half days from yesterday and was to be shipped by parcel post to the ship, which was to sail from New York Saturday.
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New Orleans
Chicago
New York
Acitello Not Executed after Pardon Recommendation
A pardon board recommends commuting Geromia Acitello's sentence from execution to imprisonment for the murder of a countryman in Madera. Acitello was tried in Clearfield County Court and convicted of first degree murder earlier this year.
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Geromia Acitello
Acitello
Madera
Clearfield
Lake Shore Absorbed by New York Central
The Lake Shore Railroad Company merged with the New York Central Railway Company after Lake Shore stockholders ratified the merger at a meeting in Cleveland. The consolidation involves 30 million dollars, following action by New York Central stockholders on July 20.
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Lake Shore
NEW York Central
Cleveland
Lake Shore Railroad Company
New York Central Railway Company
Action Laker
Robbers Force Way Into Station At Midway
Two robbers forced entry into the railroad station at Midway and rifled the offices, taking tickets and ticket receipts. The break in was discovered at 7 o clock this morning by Norman Fell, assistant station agent.
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United Press
Midway
Norman Fell
Parole Grants Bring Christmas Gifts to Sixteen Convicts
Governor Hatcheld granted parole to sixteen inmates in Charleston on December 25. Nine released inmates were serving manslaughter sentences. More paroles are anticipated as authorities continue clemency steps this holiday season.
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United Press
Charleston
Hatcheld
Germans Create Trouble Turks Threaten Revolt In Constantinople
Telegram from Berm reports Turks threaten revolt as trouble grows in Constantinople after troops recalled from frontier. A separate note claims Russian attack on Koprikek repelled. Additional dispatch dated December 25 cites violinist William Hoover from Clearfield and singers Miss Mary Mitchell and Miss Margster Wrigley with accompanist M Lice Smith.
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Constantinople
Berm
Koprikek
Iin
Do'clock
William Hoover
Clearfield
Mary Mitchell
Margster Wrigley
ML Lice Smith
Cholera Among Soldiers Front on Hungarian Frontier
A war correspondent recounts travel aboard Austro-Hungarian military trains toward the front. He notes luxurious buses repurposed for officials, slow progress, trains filled with wounded and prisoners, and a cholera suspect isolated in a hospital car as guards fumigate the compartment.
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New’ York
Vienna
Rel Cross
Ju Nan
Howes
Community Christmas Tree Wired For Festivities
Frank Read donated the community Christmas tree delivered yesterday. Electric Supply will wire it for nine sports events and evening events, with burgess supervision. School children and the High Heel band will provide entertainment, as a large handsome tree stands ready for the season.
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Frank Read
Electric Supply Company
Congress clears desks on army navy appropriation
Washington December 23 The House moves toward final disposition of at least one wave of the army and navy appropriation bill as real estate transfers and district appromis notes appear in the day’s items. Expect a bitter short session fight when lawmakers return January 4 with administration supporters aiming to restrain Republican and militaristic Democratic opposition. Real estate transfers include Edward Viebahn to Jurms Viebnam in Bigler for 9000 dollars, Hugh McCullough to Anthony Dogmss in Sandy for 273 dollars, and Madera Coal and Imp Co to Joseph Alexander in Bigler for 242 dollars.
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Washington
Senate
House
Edward Viebahn
Jurms Viebnam
Bigler
Hugh McCullough
Anthony Dogmss
Sandy
Madera Coal and Imp Co
Joseph Alexander
Initial Tumbler Sets Smoothed Up for Christmas Rush
Beautiful initial tumbler sets arrived at the Progress office Saturday and are selling quickly with many initials already sold. More sets will take several days to restock, so readers are urged to call at once to order before Christmas day. A description appears in the page 4 advertisement.
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Progress Office
Jurors Named for Clearfield Court Grand and Traverse Panels
Clearfield will supply two grand jurors and seventeen traverse jurors for the upcoming court term beginning Monday February 1 19. The list includes Grant Jovers A T Bloom Miner Grampian and many residents such as D Copenhaver Lawrence David P Egan W C Frees Albert Kline Kramer and others from Clearfield Woodward and nearby towns plus Traverse jurors from Brady DuBois and surrounding townships.
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Grand Jury
Traverse
Bu- Bois
Hal Smith
A. Y. Stean
Cleateuckd
Grant Jovers
A. T. Bloom
Grampian
D. D. Copenhaver
Lawrence
David P. Egan
Cashier
W. C. Frees
Wood
Albert Kline
Liveryman
Mit
Kramer
Farmer
Lawrences
Gorupp
Mason
du Boi
C. L. Kringr
Brady
James Laing
Coalport
W. AM. Lewis
Barber
Houtzdale
Wilbert Liverpool
Izhorer
Shawsville
George
Mattet
Miner
Decurus
Alex McDowell
Dubois
John Meady
Morris
Boyd Metath
Mackamith
Kylertown
Kiey Tishei
Clearfieldt Y Swaith
Guljeh
Suiney
Carpente RL
Winekelt
Allies Make Progress At Several Places In France And Belgium
Paris reports general progress with French scouts and sappers seizing German trenches north of the Forest of Malancourt and near Givenchy on the Belgian front. Ostend evacuted by Germans after two weeks of fighting. Allies gain ground on the road to Nieuport and at Speenstrave’s west end. heavy fog hindered Arras fighting.
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Malancour
United Press
Paris
Givenchy
Gerome
Schoote
War Office
Belgium
Nieuport
Speenstrave
Arras
Ostend
Middlekirk
Garmens
Flanders
Marine
Boureuilles
Vaupuiis
Vs ‘Gagl
Train Collision Narrows Escape Near Brookville
Three pets and six members of one family narrowly escaped injury when a Pennsylvania railroad crossing accident occurred at Brookville at 2 o clock Monday afternoon. D. M. Wiley and Mrs Wiley suffered internal injuries or broken ribs while Miss Marea Wiley and others were bruised or hurt. The family members, including three daughters and a son, were found at home unharmed apart from minor injuries.
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Leith
Wien
Pennsylvania
Brookville
D. MW. Wiley
N, Wiley
Marea Wiley
Wiley
Jin
Burglary Strikes DuBois Store Office Early Week
Robbers broke into William Monzia's retail office in DuBois between Monday night and Tuesday morning. They ransacked desks, searched the building, and tried to set the place afire, but a cold draft from an open window thwarted the flames. No money was taken.
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Iwuber Oflice
William Monzia
DuBois
Beerinninger
Hobson Amendment Defeated in House Vote
Washington December 20 The Hobson Amendment to submit a constitutional national prohibition amendment to state legislatures failed in the House by 197 to 159. The affirmative vote fell short of the two thirds required to adopt the resolution.
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Washington
Hobson
House
England Guards Coast Against German Invasion
London's east coast line is fortified with trenches from Hendon to Epping and along the Thames. For three months invasion fears persist as half a million men are stationed from Dover to Leith with seasoned regiments on duty. Coast defenses include ships, Sea Easy Scouts, signaling systems, and artillery. Scotland and Ireland reported fortifications.
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United Press
New York
London
Great Britain
Hendon
Epping
Thames
Dover
Leish
Scot
Ireland
Fort Mo
Satagion
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