Railways Net Income Surges Past One Billion Dollars in 1914
Washington reports that U S railroads earned over 1.098 billion dollars in net income from operations for the year, with nine month data showing strong gains. Officials deem the estimate conservative and predict total gross income near 3.601 billion dollars. after expenses and taxes, net revenue stands around 1.255 billion, with bad debts totaling about 0.966 billion.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bloomington Christmas Tree Celebration Draws Thousands
Bloomington residents fill the public square for a large carol event. More than 200 singers from church choirs joined by auto trucks, moving through the city to perform. A giant electric tree lit the courtyard as groups sung in a concert lasting an hour.
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Bloomington
Ind
Ington
Girl 12 Spelling Champion From Jackson County
Thelma Crombur twelve years old Mount Carbon spelled correctly 900 words in a county contest. She will represent Jackson County in the state championship at Spring Meld on December 27.
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Duquoin
Ill
Jackson County
Thelma Crombur
Mount Carbon
Verdun Verdun Verdun: General Mangin Leads French Infantry
General Mangin commands French infantry in Verdun drive. Allied forces push toward decisive action as the Verdun battle intensifies with tactical moves and renewed frontal assaults.
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Verdun Drive
U S Soldiers Fire Across Border at Hart's Mill
Near Hart's Mill Mexican snipers fired on the Third Kentucky infantry guardsmen in El Paso headlines report nightly shooting. The Kentuckians answered with machine gun fire sending the Mexicans fleeing. Juarez unrest spills into El Paso with street clashes between Gonzales and Murguia forces until cavalry restore order.
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el Paso
Tex
Hart’s Mill
Third Kentucky Infantry
Juarez
Gonzales
Jose Murguia
Murguia
Vila
Roads Ignore Car Order in Rail Freight Shuffle
Bloomington Illinois rail officials say eastern and western lines defy interstate commerce orders to return foreign freight cars. They warn diverting all empties would clog yards as traffic surges. relief comes only with load movement and a market slump may delay car returns for months.
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Bloomington
Ill
World reaction to Wilson peace note prompts divided view
Cablegrams from Holland Switzerland and Scandinavia back President Wilson's note calling belligerents to discuss peace terms. Sweden may push peace talks and German diplomats debate the proposal as officials weigh showing cards and possible terms in response. Pope Benedict agrees with Wilson but Vatican unlikely to act now.
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Washington
Holland
Switzerland
Cduirrien
White House
Wilson
Zurich
Rome
Benedict
Wiilson
Vatican
Destroyers Sunk in Collision in North Sea
London reports the admiralty states two destroyers were sunk in a North Sea collision on December 21 amid bad weather. Six officers and forty nine men were lost.
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London
Admiralty
North Sea
Five Hundred Miners Refuse Work Over Gas at Indian Creek
Five hundred miners at the Indian Creek mine near Bicknell Indiana refuse to work due to gas in the mine. The stoppage halts production as miners protest unsafe conditions. Local authorities and mine owners seek a quick safety resolution.
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Bicknell, Ind
Indian Creek
Bicknell
Illini Senior Burgess Shot in Fairfield Incident
Oscar Burgess, a University of Illinois senior visiting Fairfield for the holidays, was shot when a hunting accident occurred as he slipped while climbing a fence. The bullet hit his thigh. Burgess is the son of State's Attorney H. S. Burgess.
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Illini
Fairfield
Ill
Oscar Burgess
University of Illinois
Shi
Jie
Burgess
Pioneer ILLINOISAN Dies at 99 in Vandalia
Benjamin F. Lee Fayette county's oldest citizen died at his Vandalia farm at age 99. Born December 17 he arrived in Illinois as an infant from New York and witnessed Vandalia while it served as the state capital. He recalled Abraham Lincoln boarding at his father's Vandalia home during Lincoln's legislative days. His son Lem Lee leads Nevada's state health board.
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Vandalia
Ill
Benjamin F. Lee
Fayette County
Illinois
New York
Lincoln
Racine
Wis
Chicago
Lem Lee
Navada State Board of Health
Indiana Coal Mines Break Record in 1916 Output
Indianapolis reports 18,738,256 short tons of coal mined in Indiana in the year ending September 30, 1916, the largest annual total in the state’s history per the state mine inspector.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
German Trench Is Taken by French
Paris reports a French success on the French front with a small post near Canny repulsed by grenades and a Roye area trench taken after enemy losses near Amiens road. London notes details of a daylight raid on the Franco Belgian front north of Arras and a successful raid near Hebuterne.
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Paris
War Office
Canny
Roye
Amiens
London
Arras
Hebuterne
Governor Locke Grants Christmas Hope to North Carolina Convicts
Governor Locke uses clemency powers to release a group of North Carolina inmates on Christmas, citing mercy and rehabilitation. The action affects prisoners across several facilities, drawing varied public reaction from officials and families.
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North Carolina
Stevens Point pickle plant to expand production next season
Stevens Point Wisconsin reports Reid Murdock and Co will boost plant output from 209 to 300 or 320 units next season. The current cucumber pack of 10 000 bushels will be greatly surpassed and cauliflower will also be pickled at the plant.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Reid-Murdock & Co
Two Norwegian Ships Sunk Off coast
Lloyds Shipping agency reports the Norwegian steamer Avona sunk and the steamer Mureta believed sunk. Avona of 2896 tons gross last arrived Rotterdam November 22 from Portland Maine and Louisburg Nova Scotia. Mureta not listed in current shipping records.
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London
Lloyd’s Shipping Agency
Rotterdam
Portland
Louisburg
C. B
Christmas Bonuses for City Clerks in Bloomington
Bloomington Illinois December 26 Chicago and Alton clerks totaling about 1000 people received Christmas bonuses of ten dollars each despite many drawing less than a hundred dollars monthly salary.
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Bloomington
Ill
Chicago and Alton
Cody Has Fighting Chance
Colonel William F. Cody Buffalo Bill is seriously ill at his daughter May Decker home in Denver Colorado. He has a nervous breakdown and a severe cold but his physician says he remains capable of recovery and still has a fighting chance at seventy years old.
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Cody
Denver
Col
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
May Decker
Danish West Indies Sale Ratified by King
Copenhagen reports King Christian in the cabinet council ratified the treaty for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. The accord establishes the transfer terms and signals a major shift in colonial holdings.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Danish West Indies
Willcox holds line as G O P chair amid Hughes defeat
New York December 26 William N Willcox chairman of the Republican national committee says he has no intention of being ousted or retiring and may convene the committee early next year He defends his conduct of the Hughes campaign and blames Republican Progressive quarrels in California and elsewhere for Hughes failure to win.
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New York
William N. Willcox
Republican National Committee
Hughes
National Committee
Senate
House
California
Senote
Willcox
Girls Carry Tin Whistles Rescue When Accosted on Street
In Cleveland on December 26, women replace male escorts with tin whistles when walking after dusk. Miss Florence Kukura leads the movement after facing repeated verbal harassment and unwanted inquiries from men on the way home.
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Cleveland
Florence Kukura
Guests Flee In Nightwear as Fire Rips La Crosse Hotel
In La Crosse Wisconsin on December 26 a blaze trapped guests in their night clothes at the Cameron hotel. Fire from an overheated furnace forced evacuation at 6 am as flames fed by the cold night spread through the historic building. Firefighters rescued guests from upper floors and the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul station suffered damage. Estimated property loss runs to fifty thousand dollars.
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la Crosse
Wis
Cameron Hotel
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
Hussin to Respond with Extra Terms to Wilson Note
In Petrograd on December 26 the rural press says Hussin will reply to President Wilson with additional terms beyond those already outlined by Premier Lloyd George in Parliament last Tuesday. The report notes further terms may be included.
Final Dobrudja Attack Opens As Rogman Defenders Collapse
Berlin reports the final Teutonic assault on Macin as the last Roumanian hold in Dobrudja melts away. If Macin falls, the Danube crossing and drive toward Odessa begin. Sereth line remains the final Roumanian defense. In a separate note, British forces in Egypt capture Maghadah and 1,130 Turkish prisoners after El Arish victory aided by aircraft.
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Berlin
Isacnea
Dobrudja
von Mackensen
Danube
Macin
Roumania
Bassarabia
Odessa
Sereth
von Falkenhayn
Ferdinand
London
el Arish
Suez Canal
Egypt
Maghadah
FE Arish
War Office
Husband Is Christmas Gift Sullivan Story
Through Fred F Bays efforts Joe Jones, once sentenced to life in prison for killing William Andrews, surprised his wife and children in a Sullivan cottage. The reunion occurred early, after years apart, and the glad news had been kept secret.
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Sullivan
Ind
Fred F. Bays
Joe Jones
Jones
William Andrews
Hymera
Alpha Epsilon in Session at Sigma Alpha Epsilon National Meet
Nearly 1 200 delegates and visitors fill Pittsburgh for the biennial Sigma Alpha Epsilon meeting. Speakers include Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle Colonel William Brandon and U S Senator-elect Philander C Knox. The convention hall will close the meeting Friday night.
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Pittsburgh
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Arthur J. Tuttle
Detroit
William Brandon
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Order
United States
Philander C. Knox
Bomb Found Near Governor Howe House In Salt Lake
A bomb was found on the corner of Governor William Sors’s house in Salt Lake City. It was not set to explode due to insufficiently low temperature. Authorities suspect an I. W. W. group behind the plot in retaliation for the governor’s stance on Joe Hillstrom’s execution.
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Salt Lake
Utah
William Sors
Joe Hillstrom
Auto Theft Perils Two Teens Arrested in Hammond Snow Incident
In Hammond Indiana on December 26 two teenagers Archie Wentz of Indianapolis and Howard Ferencser aged 18 and 19 were jailed at Crown Point after being found beside a stalled car in a snow bank near East Gary. Authorities say they tried to steal several machines in Chicago but failed.
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Hammond
Ind
Gary
R. Beese
Howard Ferenser
Archie Wentz
Crown Point
Chicago
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General Mangin
U.S
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American Press Association
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Sweden
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Havas
Berne
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Zimmerman
William
Potsdam
Central Powers
Entente
Germany
Willeng
Fies
Somme
Locke Cra
General von Bissing
Belgium
von Tissing
I Delema
Binsels
G. O. P. Ghairs
Moose
Camere
Teuton
Hani
Danube-—Way
Bessarabia
Mesopotamia
Husband
Governor's Howe
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