Atlantic Storm Wreaks Havoc from Cape Hatteras to New York
A severe snow and ice storm battered the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Eastport causing millions in damage. New Jersey seashore towns suffered heavy losses to bulkheads and boardwalks while New York Harbor faced high tides and flooded streets. dolares in damages reported across Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York with several deaths.
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Long Island
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Rehobeth
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Henlopen
World News In Condensed Form From Major Cities
Summary of brief items: Schwab ends plan for Fore River submarines. Rockefeller Foundation discloses securities totaling 103 million. West Virginia blue sky law ruled unconstitutional. U S steel leaders optimistic on rail and ship plate orders. Venus battleship ran ashore in London. Radcliffe students protest Harvard Monthly story withdrawal. German air power reports seven zeppelins and fifty two planes. Carranza demands mining and property taxes paid in Vera Cruz. Baltimore Stock Exchange opens for restricted trading.
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Fore River
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W. Va
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
London
Boston
Radcliffe College
Harvard Monthly
Mexico City
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Baltimore
Baltimore Stock Exchange
Congress Faces Stormy Session in Early 63d Congress
Washington reports the 63d Congress opening with near full attendance as leaders expect routine appropriations to dominate. Debates likely on liquor prohibition and U S war readiness with rural credits, river and harbor projects and a revived railway securities bill stirring cross currents among factions.
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Mexico
Washington
Marshall
Senate
Clark
Cummins
Iowa
Northwest
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Friends of the River and Harbor
House
United States
Gardner
Massachuetts
Belgium faces famine despite relief efforts from Belgium
London reports Herbert Hoover, chairman of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium, returned from Belgium and says relief distribution is underway but famine remains desperate. He warns a population of about 7.6 million is ringed by belligerents, with 70 percent idle as the clock stops in Belgium.
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Lerbert Clark Hoover
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
Belmum
Coffins Must Be Union Made Adopted by Chicago Labor
The Chicago Federation of Labor adopted a rule requiring all members to use union made coffins for funerals. The issue arose when a Cabinet Makers' Union member noted most funerals for union men used non union caskets.
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Chicago
Cabinet Makers’ Union
Allies Begin a Forward Movement on Western Front
Allied French Belgian and British forces have begun a western offensive while German troops in the east struggle with Russians. The Allies reportedly hold the left bank of the Yser Canal in Belgium and bombard German positions along the coast. In Northern France near La Bassée, heavy cannonade signals a gradual eastward push. Reports say enemies attack Allies near Langemarck Sonnebeke and Bixschote but are repulsed as floods limit German heavy artillery. The French bulletin claims offensive superiority and artillery advantage, while some sources note a possible German redeployment to the Aisne Valley for a future strike toward Paris.
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Maehausen
Altkirch
Flanders
Artois
Berlin
Argonne
French Dash on Rhine District Alarms Berlin
Paris reports Allied forces pressing toward Metz and Strassburg while claiming success in Flanders and Artois. Allies reportedly drive Germans from trenches, seize prisoners, and threaten German communications. weather hampers operations with sleet and snow as fronts hold.
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Berlin
French Win Duels With Big Guns In Polish Campaign
London reports renewed German offensives in Russian Poland with Lodz captured and advances along the Vistula line. Berlin confirms Lodz, while Petrograd dispatches claim German gains near How Piotrkow and Lodz as forces mass for a third attempt to seize Warsaw and the Vistula corridor.
German Owned Oil Is Prize Seizure Court Rules
The prize court in London ruled that the cargo of 4800 tons of oil from the British steamship Rumanean, unloading at Purfleet, was subject to seizure because the vessel sailed under German ownership. The case overturned the claim that oil discharged at Purfleet was immune from confiscation.
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Tex
Hull
Purfleet
England
War News Roundup From Fronts Across Europe
The Russians lose Lodz and mass for Warsaw defense while the left bank of the Yser is under Allied control in Flanders. Allied forces push east of La Bassee, King Peter of Servia assumes command and halts Austrian advances, and Briton French ships may strike the Dardanelles or Kiel. Vermelles evacuated, Servians receive fresh munitions, and Russian reports claim victories near the Persian border.
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Berlin
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Caucasus
State wide Jersey items recount local real estate and crime
The column lists diverse New Jersey items: Oliver J Rice’s release and sentencing for millet seed selling, Frank Carr found dead in Trenton State Prison, apportionment to Newton schools, a historic chestnut tree cut down near Woodstown, Woodstown wells bid calls, Gloucester fishermen in South Carolina for shad, Woodbury churches raising funds, mummers clubs disbanding, hog losses from cholera, poultry association lectures, Collingswood silver tag day for Belgian sufferers, Ninth District election results, and multiple local incidents from Plainfield to Vineland including a fatal train accident and a jail release leading to new arrest, with health and road notices and school closings for illness.
Two Great Commissions From Jesus In Galilee
The lesson outlines two appearances of the resurrected Jesus and His two commissions. First in Jerusalem, the risen Lord proves his wounds and confirms faith, then ascends with a mission to preach remission of sins to all nations. In Galilee, Jesus asserts all power, sending disciples to make followers of all nations. He promises divine accompaniment until the end of the age.
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