Russian Caviar on Menu of German Ambassador
New York reports show Count von Bernstorff dining at Cafe Boulevard with friends. He denies an Allies meal claim while waiters recall dishes like Russian caviar Brussels sprouts French fried potatoes and champagne and applaud "Tipperary" during the visit. He says the story is tommyrot and confirms only dining with acquaintances. The ambassador had been staying at the Ritz-Carlton.
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New York
Cafe Boulevard
Broadway
Forty-first Street
Count von Gernstorff
Washington
Tipperary
Marcus Braun
Count von Bernstorff
Ritz-Carlton
Navy says no aerial attack fear as new anti aircraft gun praised
Rear Admiral Strauss told the House Naval Committee that a new anti aircraft gun proves effective against aircraft, with tests reaching 3 000 feet and ranges around seven thousand feet. He noted additional 3 inch guns and shell impacts near flying machines, plus navy cost and production figures for powder and 14 inch guns.
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Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Strauss
Bureau of Ordnance
House Naval Committee
England
Indian Head Proving Ground
Maryland
Navy
Washington
France to seek 800 million francs for depopulated areas relief
Paris reports the cabinet will ask parliament to appropriate 800,000,000 francs for relief of the suffering population in French departments recently evacuated by the Germans. The action aims to address humanitarian needs across affected regions.
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Paris
France
Dentist chaos ends with tooth on the house
George Crow recounts a bizarre event at the Claridge hotel in New York. A friend visiting a dentist had a tooth replaced, sparking an argument that led to the dentist punching him and removing the new implant. Crow then returned to the dentist to get the tooth repaired, only to have the patient charged for the replacement tooth.
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New York
George Crow
Claridge Hotel
Cleveland Surgeon to Join War Relief
Dr. George W. Girls renowned surgeon will leave Cleveland December 30 to join the American Ambulance Hospital near Paris. He will work among wounded soldiers of the European war, accompanied by another physician and several nurses.
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Cleveland
George W. Girls
American Ambulance Hospital
Paris
Goltz Praises Enemies as War Continues in Europe
Berlin reports via Tageblatt correspondent in Sofia an interview with Field Marshal Baron von der Goltz. He says Belgium behaved bravely and Germans are not barbarians, notes vast German forces in France, occuped French provinces, and predicts eventual victory through discipline and supply. He calls Russian offensive a failure but expects hard fighting to continue. Turkish army to make a good record.
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Berlin
London
Tageblatt
Sofia
Baron von der Goltz
Constantinople
Belgium
Germany
Marshal von der Goltz
von der Goltz
Lewis Unfolds Plan for Federal Phones
Congressman David J. Lewis outlines a bill to transfer U S telephone systems to the Post Office Department as a universal service plan. He argues public monopoly via postal ownership offers greater value and argues against private monopolies in telephones and telegraphs.
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David J. Lewis
H. J. Patterson
Maryland Agricultural College
Maryland State Grange
Odd Fellows
United States
Post Office Department
Universal Telephone and Telegraph Service
Sheriff's Sale of Poultry Farm near Green Ridge Maryland
Sheriff Harry Irvine announces a sale of Green Ridge Poultry Company Incorporated property seized under a circuit court writ. The sale includes a four room frame house, poultry houses with twentyone stalls, incubators, stoves, furniture, canned goods, and about one hundred fifty White Orpington chickens, on the Green Ridge farm two miles from the station. Cash terms.
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Allegany County
Uhannon & Sons Comtion
Green Ridge
Effieri
H.pany
Corp Poultry Compa
Green Company, Incorporated
Green Ridge Stati
Maryland
Green Ridge Poultry Company, Incorporated
Harry Irvine
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Cumberland Press
Whiting & Eppler, Attorneys
Third National Bank Building
Sheriff's Sale
Iberland
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland, Maryland
S. E. Kline
J. E. Harrison
S. Cumberland
Taxicab Co
North Liberty Street
P. Bricker
Ps Ae
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Powell's Jewelry Store
Halt & McDermott
South Mechanic Street
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