Remarkable World Notes and Local Sights From Washington to London
A collage of items: Dr Pecen the famed French surgeon in Paris records operations on film. Berlin students argue against learning French and English as unpatriotic. Washington state builds a 16 foot highway across the Cascades with a $935000 investment. a Christmas tree tale in South Paris involving a newlywed’s name. St Pauls Cathedral’s long fires and rebuilds since 610 with the current church built in 1675. four Salem girls rehearse Bethlehem letters mis-spelled RAT S. Mrs Defur of Newton New Jersey enjoys her first New Year turkey despite a family history of turkey bans. a government botanist cites seed potential with astounding wheat yields from a single grain.
Wealth and bells reported in 1814 and local notices
The article surveys global wealth growth from 1814 to now with figures for the United Kingdom and British income, mentions moving a bell once made by Paul Revere from a Fairhaven belfry to a North Fairhaven school, notes a button famine risk, and lists diverse items from Japanese capital firms in Davao to an infallible barometer tombstone in Upton England and gold discoveries in Transbaikal. It also references London shop displays, the Hope diamond, social norms in Norway, UK penal servitude figures, and quirky local incidents in Sweden and Arizona.
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United Kingdom
Phoenix Hall
Fairhaven
Paul Revere
Day Forges Confer On Mulct Law Repeal
In Tee Monee Wisconsin the senate discusses delaying the Clarkson bill to repeal the mulct law. Dry forces fear repeal could harm the Prohibition amendment by creating arguments against it in a future vote. Regulators propose postponing repeal to pursue strict controls keeping saloons only in wet counties along the eastern border.
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Tee Monee
Clarkson
Senate
Germany Offered Peace Before the Marne Says Article
An article reprinted with censorship says a French party before the Marne was ready to sign a peace treaty ceding Briey Nancy Lorraine Madagascar and Morocco and paying indemnity. It states Joffre Poincare and most ministers opposed it. Messimy resigned as war minister, a national disense ministry formed. Caillaux then proposed peace and cession of Alsace Lorraine, with a small North Sea coast zone. allies refused separate peace. Caillaux later held a pay post then a Brazilian mission.
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Paria
Frenet
Democrate de Delamont
Marne
France
Germany
Briey
Nancy
Lorraine
Madagascar
Morocco
Joffre
Haymondd Poincare
Adolphe Messimy
National Dicense
The
Joseph Caillaux
Alsace
Strassburg
North Sea
Calais
Dunkirk
Belgium
Calllaux
Brazil
Russia Hopes to Get Turkish Capital in War Aims
The Russian duma adopted resolutions pledging to wage war until Europe’s peace is secured and rights restored. Foreign Minister Sazonoff was praised as Premier Jeremyken said Russia cannot seek separate peace and must win the war to reap political and economic gains, including access to the open sea and Constantinople.
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Petrograd
Russia
Europe
Duma
Sazonoff
Paul N. Milikoff
Constitutional Democrats
Straits
Constantinople
Jeremyken
Germany
Ruwin
Rus Aia
Great Northern Lands 600 Guests at Big Fare
Great Northern liner docked here today after a leisurely voyage from New York via the Panama Canal. Weather delays postponed the last leg to Bar Francisco as passengers head next to San Francisco and the mouth of the Columbia River.
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San Imega
Pee Crown
Great Northern
New York
Manama Canal
Bar Pranciaco
Wucele
Panama
San Francico and
Fplave Ie
Columbia River
Jilts Fiance on Wedding Eve For A Wooer Of 7
In Vike New York on February 10 an engagement is broken as Gertrude A Wood daughter of Mr FP A Wood and John Albert head of John A Hoberty & Co a leading dry goods merchant in central New York announces their engagement scandal unfolding around a wedding eve jilting by a party described as a wooer of seven pounds.
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Vike
Gertrude A. Wood
Mig. FP. A. Wood
John A.bert
John A Hoberty & Co
New York
Duncombe Named Washington Vobe
The fragmentary notice names Duncombe for a position in Washington with unclear titles and shifted words. It references a probable appointment or designation and mentions related names in a damaged text excerpt.
Great Struggle in Galicia Battle Forming in Prussia
Berlin reports Austro German gains in Bukowina Galicia push as Russians abandon Czernowitz. Desperate Carpathian fighting near Baligrad and Bartfeld with heavy German attempts to advance and Russian bayonet charges leaving thousands of casualties on both sides.
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Berlin
London
Bukowina
Galicia
Czernowitz
Petrograd
Cornea
Carpathians
East Prussia
Lona
Tilsit
Poland
Worsaw
Warsaw
Bzura
Vistula
Borsimov, Goumine
Wola Schlowiecka
Baligrad
Sanok
Carpathian
Praemys
Lemberg
Carpathian Mountains
Bartfeld
Svidoi
Velacneee
How King of Oil and Master of Steel Looked on Witness Stand
A fragmentary dispatch describes heavy fighting on February 7 near Kozinukwa and Kamion, with German losses, bayonet charges, and Allied counterattacks. It notes Turkish naval actions near Yalta and Trebizond, plus Russian bombardments near Rawka and skirmishes in the Caucasus. The report claims no major engagement of significance after February 8.
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King
OIL
STEEL
Wyschkowo
Black Sea
Breslau
Yalta
Crimea
Trebizond
Leros
Kozinukwa
Thousan
Kamion
Rawka
Skierniewice
Storf
Caucasus
Conditions in Carpathians Slow Battle Meantime
A dispatch from the Lokal Anzeiger correspondent describes deep snow and limited valley troop movements in the Carpathians. Russians press at Dukla pass while well fortified positions hinder capture, slowing Austro-Hungarian and German operations and forcing slow, stepwise combat to push Russians back from the mountains toward Hungary.
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Berlin
Hague
London
Carpathians
Lokal Anzeiger
Dukla Pass
Hungary
French Report Notes Western Front Artillery Focus Feb 9
Paris reports February 9 featured mainly artillery activity along the western front with some spirited fighting at the Aisne and Champagne. An infantry engagement occurred northeast of Manonviller in Lorraine where French detachments repelled enemy forces toward Leintrov.
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Paris
Aisne
Champagne
Lorraine
Manonviller
Leintrov
SIG BATTLE IN PRUSSIA ACCORDING TO BERLIN
Telegram from Berlin cites army headquarters noting minor successes for Allied forces in Argonne and the western front while the Prussian frontier shows progress in a greater engine. Poland situation remains unchanged with no major changes reported.
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Prussia
Berlin
Bevin
London
Stlemena
Argonne
Postmaster Nominations Named in Washington List
Washington February reports nominate W W Keehan of Cincinnati and Thomas P. F P Duncombe of Fort Madison as postmasters. The list names S P Duncombe and others, with multiple cities cited in the appointments.
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Washington, St
Laday
Lowe
M Keehan
Cincinnatii
Thomas P
Duncombe
Fort Aes
Count Castellane Loses Bid to Annul His Marriage
Paris report states the Rota Tribunal rejected Count Bon De Castellane’s suit to annul his marriage to Anna Gould now Duchess of Talleyrand. The Vatican decision ends a long quest, with two favorable rulings but the count failing to secure final annulment and potential remarriage.
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Vatican
Duchess of Talleyrand
Anna Gould
Paris
Rota
Count Bon de Castellane
Rome
Count de Castellane
Castellane
de Castellane
Prince del Deldrago
Jean de Castellane
Miss Gould
Jay Gould
New York
Eity
Prince Helle de Bagman
Kansas bill targets cosmetics and beauty practices
Topeka Kansas lawmakers consider a bill restricting women under 45 from using cosmetics perfume and face powders and forbidding ear piercing and other beauty practices at parties or in public. If enacted it would make such acts misdemeanors with fines.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
McGinnis
Greeley
Naughty Paris Tangoes Reported Behind Closed Doors
Paria reports police bans on mingling in restaurants but dancing events continue at hidden venues. Secret rooms with passwords and curtained spaces are noted, as newspapers press for action. Authorities threaten closures as public sentiment grows uneasy.
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Paria
Reaaurantes
Taurants
Steel orders surge with record gains in production
A report shows a substantial rise in steel orders with the volume reaching new highs. Industry data highlights increased demand across sectors, signaling a strong upswing in manufacturing activity and potential price momentum.
Beating Wheat Market With Tuition Money
Henry Koehn of Galva in McPherson county turned $250 into nearly $7,000 by buying wheat in Hutchinson after his father advised a business college path. He avoided schooling, obeyed a grain man’s timing, used $60 for living costs, and funneled funds through a Hutchinson bank, a roadster, and local shops as his windfall grew.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Henry Koehn
Galva
McPherson County
Henry
Business College
Hutchine
Focal Grain
British Steamer Orduna Flies American Flag for Irish Sea Transit
Passengers aboard the Cunard liner Orduna say the ship flew the American flag for about 24 hours through the Irish Sea to protect American passengers after a delay caused by a German submarine near Liverpool. The flag was raised after departing Liverpool and removed near the Irish Sea exit, per offhand statements from officers. Captain Taylor declined to comment, citing orders from the Admiralty.
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New York
Cunard Line
Orduna
England
Irish Sea
Stara and Stripes
Ordona
Liverpool
Mersey
H. T. Strong
James Ford
Lynn
Mans
Pertte
Thomas ‘Taylor
German Socialists Stand Firm Amid War Crisis In Prussia
Berlin via London Feb 11 The social democrats in the Prussian diet keep to principle and avoid partisan polemics while preparing a season of budget debate They demand universal suffrage with secret ballot and call for peace and reforms including police restraint against labor and minorities The clash with nonsocialists peaks as Liebknecht challenges the majority limits.
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Berlin
London
Herr Hirsch
Social Democratic Party
Pum
Social Democrats
Famine Threatens 800000 Serbians If Grain and Tools Aren't Secured
New York reports a committee formed to aid Serbians in famine says eight hundred thousand inhabitants may starve without seed grain and farm implements. Berlin districts show 56 percent of children dying from hunger and exposure, as men remain on front lines and villages suffer destruction.
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New York
Berlin
Ber‘a
Will Purchase Grain Supply for Poland Under Relief Fund
Ernest Bucknell and Henry James Jr of the Rockefeller foundation leave for Vienna en route to Romania to negotiate a grain supply for distressed Poles. The German fund for this aid grows to 600000 marks, about 812000 dollars.
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Poland
Herlin
Ernest Bucknell
Henry James, Jr
Hockefeller Foundation
Vienna
Romania
Werner Horn Case Referred to Commissioner
Washington reports formal acknowledgement by Britain of the request to extradite Werner Horn who attempted to blow up the Canadian Pacific railway bridge at Vanceboro Maine. The case goes before the U S commissioner at Machias for action in the matter.
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Werner Horn Case
Washington
Great Britain
Werner Horn
Vanceboro
Theatore
Ie Cove
Horn
Machias
Imliwr
Measure Seeks Repeal of Capitol Extension Levy
Des Moines Iowa February 10 The anticipated plan to repeal the Capitol Extension Levy, funding eight years and totaling 1.59 million dollars annually for services, advances in the House. The measure, if enacted, would end the levy and its revenue source.
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Des Moines
Capitol Extension
la Lo
Charges President Favored Railroads Sparks House Debate
Representative Good of Iowa charged that President Wilson influenced the Interstate Commerce Commission in recent freight rate increases. The debate centered on a $4 million Sundry Civil item for valuation of railroad properties, with rebuttals arguing the president did not coercively affect the commission.
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Washington
Representative Good
Iowa
House
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mose
Gordon A
Reppene
Ette Fitznerald
Preal
Commission
Possessmlalive Good
Ert
Commerce
Poulsbo
Omaha Officer Killed Details Sparse
Police report from Nebraska dated February 10 notes an officer named Thomas Rinse killed in an attack. Witnesses such as Mosley are mentioned but specifics are unclear. Local authorities investigate the incident and seek further information.
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Omaha
Neb
Thomas Rinse
Ap Ey Mosley
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