Prize Offered by Woman's Home Companion for Best Letters
Fifty dollars is offered as a prize for the best letters on How much Has Your Companion Saved You. Readers note savings of $39 cited by one entrant and praise the magazine for teaching budgeting and DIY fashion. The Woman's Home Companion promotes home savings and is advertised with a La Crosse Tribune combo offer, limited in time.
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Kaiser Praises Dead Sailors In Spee Destruction
Berlin dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm salutes German sailors killed when Admiral Von Spee’s fleet was destroyed. He lauds their heroism and urges the nation to endure losses with courage and faith in God as the war continues. Paradise is that section of the country which a real estate agent happens to be describing.
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Vienna Claims Victory in Eastern Galicia Fight
Vienna reports the pursuit of Russians in Eastern Galicia continues with Austrians reaching the plain of Allenthal. The official statement notes fighting is almost continuous and engagements vary in importance.
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Maté Fueled Armies During Paraguayan War Says Officer
Brazilian officer Gen Rocha Gallardo recalls twenty two days feeding an army largely on Maté due to ration shortages. The beverage reportedly nourishes the body and nerves, aids digestion, and helps resist alcoholism. Grocers announce Woodley’s Maté on sale as an inexpensive, easy to prepare drink now popular in South America.
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Turkish bulletin claims cruiser bombarded Balum
A Turkish official bulletin released by the war office says the cruiser Sultan Jawus Selim bombarded Balum on December 10, set the city on fire, and escaped despite Russian land batteries. Constantinople dispatches report 50,000 armed Muslims joined to fight Russia in the Caucasus. The Turkish navy list lists no such vessel.
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Drumstick Demand at Luncheon Provokes Wink
A girl told by her mother not to ask for the drumstick during a luncheon plot teases by suggesting she will help herself. She looks to her mother and asks to place the portion “over here” so she can take it herself.
Nine Die in Cleveland Gas Blast at Madison Ave Block
A gas explosion at 1161 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, wrecked a two story brick store and apartment building. Police recovered bodies of Anna Haner 35 and her son Tony 7, bringing the death toll to nine with several injured. Investigations focus on escaping gas as the likely cause. The dead also include Lena Piatka 25 and her four children, Mary Engst 4, and other victims.
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Mississippi Freezes Twice in a Single Year Record
The Mississippi River iced over from bank to bank for the second time in the same year. A bridge tender reported a solid ice bridge joining Wisconsin and Minnesota around midnight. The first freeze occurred January 19, with this the earliest twice in a year since records began in 1873.
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Japan's Unpaved Streets Highlight Urban Paving Gap
In Japan, most cities lack modern street paving and sidewalks are common, while paving remains virtually unknown across the empire.
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Meat rushes to kidneys warning from famed authority
A health notice warns daily meat may form uric acid that dulls kidney function and causes pains stomach upset and headaches. It prescribes four ounces of Salts nightly in water to flush kidneys and neutralize urine acids, sold as Jad Salts by Chas. A. Beyschlag, 503 Main St.
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