Fortress Reval Taken by Teutons
Berlin reports German forces occupy Reval on the Estonian gulf shore after a battle. Pernau and Dorpat also fall as 3,000 Russians taken at Dorpat. A 180 mile raid by a flying detachment and advances toward Zhitomir are noted. 20,000 German troops allegedly refused to attack Arensburg.
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Berlin
Reval
Esthenian
Gulf of Finland
Petrograd
Pleskov
Pskov
Lake ‘Peipus
Petro
Rad
Pernau
Dorpat
Livonia
Riga
German War Office
von Linsingen
Zhitomir
Kiev
Borno
Arensburg
Bolsheviki Telegraph Agency
Brossoff
Plotsk
Hupsal
Werder
Korsovsk
Ostoyv
Pravda
Count Mirbach
Esthenia
Germany
Russia
Unfair Trade Claims Target 38 Varnish Firms Across U S
The Federal Trade Commission filed complaints against 38 firms including Adams & Elting Frank W Thurston Varnish and Glidden Varnish alleging unfair practices. The actions involve large scale gifts to customers and employees to influence purchases and stifle competition amid a wide set of varnish ink and soap manufacturers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Adams & Elting Company
Frank W. Thurston Varnish Company
Chicago
O'Neill of and Paint Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Glidden Varnish Company
Cleveland
Nquor
Glidden Company
Ilinois
Columbus Varnish Company
Columbus
Flood & Conklin Company
Newark
N. J
Walter L. Trainer Company
Philadelppia
N. Z Graves Corporation
Philadelphian
van Camp Varnish Company
Meveland, O
Sun Varnish Company
Louisville
Lily Varnish Company
Indianapolis
Ind
McCloskey Varnish Company
Philadelphia
Lindeman Wood Finishing Company
Shelbyville
Valentine & Co
New York City
Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company
New Milford
Mayer & Lowenstin
New York
Boston Varnish Company
Boston
Mass
Louisville Varnish Company
Murphy Varnish Company
Marietta Patot and Color Company
Mariletta
Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Company
Grand Rapids
Cincinnati
Essex Varnish Company
Eagle Printing Ink Company
Siemund Ullman Company
J. M. Maubert
Warren Soap Manufacturing Company
Americans to be moved from Petrograd to Samara
Information released today says all Americans in Great Russia, mainly in Petrograd and Moscow, will be relocated to Samara, the provincial capital midway toward the Siberian border. American and British embassies are already departing Petrograd.
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Erican
Great Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Samra
Siberian
Bolsheviki Retake Poskof Near Petrograd
Petrograd dispatch reports Bolsheviki forces retook Poskof, capital of a province next to Petrograd, situated about 175 miles from the city. The advance marks a significant shift in the regional control during the ongoing conflict.
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London
Petrograd
Poskof
Germans Rain Shells and Gas on Pershing’s Men
German artillery and gas bombs strike positions held by American forces northwest of Toul. The bombardment targets General Pershing’s troops with heavy shellfire and gas, highlighting a dangerous frontline engagement during the period. The report notes Allied countermeasures and the ongoing intensity of shelling in the sector.
Ex-Czarina May Rule If Empress Alexandra Advances
Petrograd dispatch reports Germany plans to restore the Russian monarchy. The grand duke of Hesse is named commander in Riga sector. His sister, former Empress Alexandra, would act as guardian for her son and possibly place Alexandra on the throne.
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Poland
London
Berlin
Amsterdam
Central
Czentochowa
Lodz
Woelawek
Brujevitch
Cnsigu Krylenko
Ensign Krylenko
Petrograd
Krylenko
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
Count Czernin
Vienna
Leon Trotzky
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Alexandra
Germany
Morning Post
Grand Duke of Hesse
Riga
Czare
Bolshevik Outlook and German Monarchy Talk Stir Global Press
A dispatch from Petrograd quotes Leon Trotzky criticizing Bolshevik governance as despotic and predicting looming consequences from German and Austrian actions. He notes unrest in Germany and asserts the need to rally German workers against militarism, signaling potential shifts in wartime alliances and anti war sentiment.
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Vitch
Czernin
Austria
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Petrograd
Spain Delays Departures of Steamers to the United States
A Barcelona dispatch in the Imparcial reports official orders delaying Spanish steamers bound for the United States. The postponements, caused by delays in American ports, extend in some cases to sixty days.
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Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Imparcial
United States
Plans Recreation for Government Clerks in Washington
Miss Cecil B. Norton head of the DC school community centers leads a campaign to provide recreation for thousands of government clerks recruited nationwide. She aims to connect new workers with each other and with Washington to prevent discouragement and loss of services due to loneliness.
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Cecil B. Norton
District of Columbia
Washington
Survivors Picked Up After Florizel Wreck Night Rescue
Rescuers stood by in mountainous seas all night as the Red Cross liner Florizel wrecked off Broad Cove. Forty four were saved, one hundred two died, including Captain Martin and other officers. Survivors were taken off by Prospero amid extreme cold and dangerous conditions as crews battled wreckage, fire, and waves.
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St. Johns
N. F
Prospero
W. J. Martin
James
Marconi
Carter
John Kelly
Halifax
New York
Florizel
David Griffith
Minnie Denieff
A. C. Pagan
G. Maloney
John C. Cleary
Joseph Stockley
W. N. Dauphins
Crown C'amt
William J. Martin
W. Stumen
Dueki Pelem
Viele Collier
Herbert Taylor
Edwin Timmons
John Davis
J. W Pinset
M. FF. Power
Thomas Green
James Barry
M. Malloy
W. Dooley
A. Hatchhard
George Curtis
Jack Johnson
Charles Beella
James Dwyer
Alex, Fleet
Henry Dood
Henry Snow
J. C. Moore
P. Roberts
Cecil Carter
Bernard Murphy
Americans Report Patrol Raid in Chemin des Dames Action
An American patrol with a French unit penetrated into German lines near Chemin des Dames, taking two German officers and twenty men plus one machine gun. There was sharp fighting with enemy casualties, no American losses, and heavy artillery exchange along a front threatened by renewed German artillery.
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Chemin Des Dames
France
Chemin Des Danes
Boche
Soldiers taken from Camp Greege internment plan noted
Camp Greege Charlotte New York February 26 details list one hundred fifty seven soldiers mostly Germans and Austrians removed from troops here with Rau to be interned.
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Camp Greege
Charlotte
N. Y
Peb
Rau
Princess Patricia Made Honorary Colonel of Princess Pats
Ottawa reports Princess Patricia is saluted as honorary colonel in chief of the Princess Pats Canadian Infantry. The London dispatch to the Register's agency confirms the honor awarded to the royal figure.
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Pat
Ottawa
Princess Patricia
Princess Pats
Canadian Infantry
London
Regster
Freight Wreck Blocks Chicago Tracks With Tons of Food Lost
A freak freight train wreck near Congress Park station on the Burlington union caused hundreds of tons of food and fuel to spill and block three main tracks. Crews labored for 24 hours to clear debris after a car derailed and buckled, triggering a two block pileup.
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Chicago
Congress Park
Burlington
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Day
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Kaiser
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Toul
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