MADE BLIND IN WAR AND THE VICTIMS OF GASES
Hungary faces thousands of war blinded veterans as gas exposure and shell injuries create lifelong disabilities. Budapest reports 14,000 kronen raised for one case, while physicians foresee many more if fighting continues. Specialists push for a dedicated institution to train and sustain these men in new livelihoods. The account notes eye injuries from shrapnel and bullets and highlights efforts in Berlin and Vienna to prepare cripples for future work.
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Budapest
Michael Chousa
Pester Lloyd Atone
Alichael Chomsa
Hungary
Leutenant
Grosz
Szily
Blesalski
Berlin
Lorenz
Vienna
Ume
Ciesalski
Quail Thresh Wheat Crop in Ebensburg Farmyard
Ebensburg farmer John Newton reports a flock of quail learned to thresh unthreshed wheat by feeding grain in his barnyard. A wise quail carried a stalk through a bridge crack, with three others pulling to strip the heads clean. The birds repeat the method daily.
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Ebensburg
John Newton
Munday’s
Kalbfus
Newton
Bear Floats Down Susquehanna River On Log
In Sunbury Pennsylvania Elmer Mantz and George Whitney sighted a large black bear riding a log down the icy Susquehanna. They fired at it for miles along the river but missed. The animal, believed linked to recent sightings near Seven Kitchens, struggled to stay aboard as ice chunks threatened to dislodge it, prompting alerts to towns up to Harrisburg.
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Sunbury
Susquehanna River
Elmer Mantz
George Whitney
Mantz
Harrisburg
German lawyers killed in war rise to 1071
A government report shows 1,071 German lawyers killed by December 28, including six law professors, 228 judges, and other officials of the judiciary.
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Berlin
Judicial Department of Government
Federal trespass law touted to curb hobos on railways
Washington reports police officials and federal authorities pushing for a federal trespass law to keep tramps off railway rights of way. Al G Ray of the Great Northern cites world examples, claiming the measure would reduce crime by about 65 percent and force the homeless to seek work.
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Washington
Irs
United States
Industrial Commission
Kansas City
al G. Rey
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Ray
Meadre
England
Germany
Risiko Cruller Arsenic Mishap in New Jersey
Mrs A R Chimery wife of the West Long Branch recorder and her family and her invalid mother in law were taken ill after consuming crullers baked with arsenic mistaken for baking powder. A physician attended and they remained in serious condition for a time.
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Long Branch
N. J
A. R. Chimery
Recorder Chimery
West Long Branch
Postpones Elections in Paris Amid War Mobilization
Postponements rumored as voters prove mobilized. France may delay all elections until after the war, reflecting national crisis and political disruption.
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Paris
France
Eksorsiezeing World Madness in War’s End Warning
From the Pioneer of Simplified Spelling a warning quatrain warns that after war’s end the world hazards will be excised. The New Republic notes the passage, viewed at arm’s length, could pass as a report of eastern theater events, though its meaning remains oblique.
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New Republic
Britain seeks mouth organs for soldiers as supply runs short
The British government appeals for mouth organs for front line soldiers revealing a shortage. Dealers report nearly all England's supply comes from Germany and efforts are under way to import from the United States to replenish depleted stocks.
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Tommy
England
Germany
United States
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Uncle Sam
F. A. Daubin
Quincy
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Francis Sayre
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Prince August Wilhelm
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