British defeat German fleet off Falkland Islands
British squadron under Vice Admiral Sturdee sank the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the cruiser Leipzig near the Falkland Islands. The Dresden and Nurnberg escaped, with two colliers captured. Survivors were rescued from the Leipzig and Gneisenau. The Germans Nurnberg and Dresden fled.
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Gneisenau
Leipzig
Falkland Islands
South Atlantic Ocean
Nurnberg
Dresden
Frederick Sturdee
Count von Spee
Christopher Cradock
Pacific
Official Information Bureau
Gneifsenau
Kaiser Stricken With Pneumonia In Ill Health
London dispatch reports Emperor William II suffering from pneumonia and nervous low mood after over exertion. Doctors advise him not to return to the front. A separate Berlin notice mentions feverish bronchial catarrh and a cold from trench exposure.
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William
Berlin
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
East
Prussia
Czar Nicholas Tours Caucasian Front Areas
Petrograd reports the Czar Nicholas traveled to the Caucasian front and visited Ekaterinodar, the Kuban capital, where southern Cossack representatives greeted him and he later toured area hospitals.
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Czar
Nicholas
Ekaterinodar
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Cls-Caucasia
Poincare and VViana Arrive in Paris from Bordeaux
President Poincare and Premier Vivian arrived in Paris from Bordeaux. Foreign Minister Delcasse and diplomats were to follow later the same day.
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Poincare
Paris
Vivian
Bordeaux
Delcasse
Lady Decies Reported Wounded In France
Formerly Vivien Gould, Lady Decies, is reported wounded in France. The notice notes her title and status but provides no further details on injury or circumstances.
Lady Decies Wounded by Bomb Splinter in Dunkirk
Lady Decies formerly Miss Vivien Gould, active in Red Cross work, was wounded in Dunkirk when a Taube bomb splinter struck her shoulder. A nearby young girl had her arm amputated after a prior bombing. Decies went to aid the girl despite her injury.
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Vivien Gould
London
Nec
Westminster Gazette
Dunkirk
Dectes
Red Cross
Decis
Uttle
Two Killed In Reading Railroad Collision
In Royersford Pennsylvania on December 10 two trainmen died and six passengers were slightly hurt when passenger train 14 collided head on with a freight train amid signal mix up. Engines were demolished and the dead are Joseph Stininger and Carl Fisher. Firemen Joseph W. Stahler and Paul Leidy were dying in hospital.
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Royersford
Philadelphia & Reading
Joseph Stininger
Tamaqua
Carl Fisher
Reading
Joseph W. Stahler
Paul Leidy
Port Carbon
Phoenixville Hospital
Edison Plant Fire Wipes Out Major Buildings
West Orange New Jersey December 10 1903 three quarters of the Edison plant was destroyed by fire. Seven five story concrete buildings and seven small frame structures burned. Estimated damage around four million dollars with potential for higher loss on final inventory.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Boer Leader Beyers Killed in Vaal River Crossing
Pretoria reports General Christian Beyers, rebel leader, drowned while trying to cross the Vaal river after a sharp engagement. Beyers fell from his horse as gunfire opened, his body drifted downstream and vanished. A search for the body is underway. General Bogers remains at large.
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Pretoria
Christian Beyers
Vaal
General Bogers
Kills Husband Is Defense In Jonestown Woman Slays Man
In Jonestown near Minersville Nicholas Domidie a wealthy mining contractor is slain by his wife after he fires at her. She retrieves a revolver from beneath her pillow and shoots four times wounding him. The couple had frequent quarrels linked to drinking and Domidie once allegedly tried to kill her. He leaves seven children including a son at Dickinson College and another at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Pottsville
Nicholas Domidie
Minersville
Domidie
Domidle
Dickinson College
University of Pennsylvania
Allies Gain It In Heavy Fights Across Fronts
Paris dispatches confirm Allied gains at several points from the Belgian border through France into Alsace with notable advances on the Aisne, Meuse, and Argonne. German and French bulletins clash on progress. a Rotterdam report says an Allied aeroplane bombed Antwerp and a Scheldt bridge.
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France
Alsace
Paris
Aisne
Meuse
Argonne
Flanders
War Office
Nancy
Rotterdam
London Evening Star
Antwerp
Scheldt
Enamored Deacon Kills Girl 12 in St Louis Yard
Nannie Stricklin aged twelve was shot and killed in her front yard by Robert Balley a deacon at a mission. Balley said he had been trying to reform the evil. He then shot himself and was taken to a hospital in a dying condition. Mrs Clara Stricktan the girl’s mother said Bailey had for more than a year annoyed them seeking to adopt her and wanted to marry her when grown.
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Nannie Stricklin
Robert Balley
Balley
Clara Stricktan
Bailey
Frank's Execution Date Set for January 22
In Atlanta on December 10 Leo M. Frank was re sentenced to death for the murder of Mary Phagan a fourteen year old factory girl. Judge Ben N Hill fixed the execution for Friday January 22 Frank protested his innocence in court.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Ben N. Hill
Charles Bayard Trail Dead in Frederick
Charles Bayard Trail former secretary of the United States consular service and consul at Marseilles France died in Frederick Maryland on December 10. The obituary notes his notable public service and long career in diplomacy.
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Charles Bayard‘ Trail
Frederick, Md
Charles Bayard Trail
United Sih Neonae Eal
Marseilles
France
Tas
Russian Trench Dead Soldiers Left as Comrades Retreat
Soviet troops report a retreat under German pressure with casualties in a trench line. Reports describe fallen soldiers left behind as units pulled back, signaling a costly withdrawal and ongoing combat dynamics on the front.
Kaiser Gains Ground in Move on Warsaw
Petrograd reports German attacks west of Warsaw at Lawicz with heavy losses to the Russians. German columns attack from Lask fu, advancing toward Pabianitzi as darkness falls, while Russian forces counter with armored cars on the Lask-Pabianitzi road. The Cracow front moves slowly south to the Carpathians as Austro German right wing reinforces a wide flank bounds Cracow forts.
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Souain
Varennes
Vouquers
Forest of Argonne
Argonne
Nancy
Petrograd
Lawicz
Warsaw
Lodz
Seajlow
Lask Uf
Pabianitzi
Lask-Pabianitzi
Zdunska
Wola
Lask
Pabustt
Cracow
Carpathians
Velitehka
Neu Sanier
Belgium
Thora-Soldau
Earthquake Damage in Peru Towns Reported
An earthquake in Lima's interior towns of Lampa Celta and Pausa caused extensive damage. As of now forty bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of ruined houses.
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Lima
Peru
Lampa
Celta
Pausa
Diphtheria Claims Six in Mifflintown Town
Diphtheria caused six deaths in Oriental, Mifflintown, Pa, this week. Three deaths occurred in the Aaron Troutman family. Warships Bombarding Belgian Coast. London reports bombardment of coast between Ostend and Nieuport in the late afternoon with land operations ongoing.
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Oriental
Aaron Troutman
London
Daily Mail
Rotterdam
Ostend
Nieuport Beza
Kling Peter Leads Troops And Offense In Serbia
Nish December 10 With King Peter at their head Servian troops are launching an offensive at all points as the Serbs push forward against enemy positions with renewed vigor and resolve in the ongoing campaign.
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Kling Peter
Nish
King Peter
Weather observations from major cities show varied conditions
Yesterday at 8 p m weather bureau reports many locales with cloudy skies Albany 30 Cloudy Atlantic City 44 Cloudy Boston 28 Cloudy Buffalo 60 Snow Chicago 13 New Orleans 52 Clear New York 34 Snow Philadelphia 36 Cloudy St Louis Snow Washington 36 Rain Widespread cloudiness east winds expected today with light to moderate precipitation in some areas.
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