British Airmen Shell Mannheim in Bombing Raid
Reports say a British air squadron bombed Mannheim, a major Rhine shipping hub, starting fires and forcing a landing after clashes with German aircraft. Verdun fronts show renewed German artillery activity while Italian fronts see mixed Italian and German gains and renewed bombardments around Monte Pertica. Bolshevik central negotiations stall as Russians report civil war spread and shifting German troops to the west.
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London
Vermans
Verdun
Douammont
Chaume wood
Courieres wood
Mannheim
Rhine
revie
Geruiass ganda
Monte Pertica
Co Del itosso
Franaela
reon
Venice
Maly
Masiya Krylenko
Stockholm
Stockhalm
Pomerene Seeks Position to Head Senate Interstate Committee
In Washington the race for the chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee centers on Senator Pomerene of Ohio against Senator Smith of South Carolina. The current directory names Smith as ranking member, with precedence suggesting Pomerene could head the committee. historical directories show Pomerene’s earlier appointment, while Smith appears on later editions.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Washington
Smith
South Carolia
fomerena
Ohio
Newlands
sterenls
Sep
Pomerene
Til
firat
pearing
South Carolina
Captain Paul Smith: American Officer Once Arrested a Queen
Captain Paul Smith, a U.S. officer, once detained a queen during a notable incident in his career. The episode highlighted his discipline and bold action under tense circumstances.
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Du Faure
Smith
Midenti
Pry
Tile
Tolunt palace
Ohio special train departs for Army holiday in Montgomery
Governor Cox praised Ohio’s sacrifice as the Christmas train sent gifts and support to troops at West Point. Families, mothers, and soldiers bid farewell amid tears as the Santa Claus special prepares to depart.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dee
Ohio
Knights of Columbus
Cox de
Cox
indies
Lumber Plant Destroyed in Paleta Minnesota Fire
Fire swept through the Aber Smith Lumber Company yard near Paleta on December twenty six destroying a sawmill and many ties and lumber. The blaze disrupted railway service and damaged surrounding timber yards, causing significant material losses for the Paneta area.
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Paleta
Minn
Minber
Aber Smith Lumber company
bower OH
fata
sharber tie delone
Four Killed in Michigan Crossing Train Crash
A Michigan crash near a town crossing left four people dead including a merchant named Shuker and his wife. The victims were en route to a Christmas celebration when the accident occurred as the train struck their vehicle. Residual reports confirm multiple fatalities and injuries.
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Siteiniw
Miel
Dee w. Alton
Shuker
theip Pearoar
Mas
Mabel Toot
Government says agitators plot to overturn social order
US officials reveal evidence of a worldwide plot to topple existing social order funded by German money. Rifles and ammunition were found on a Russian freighter with Bolshevik crews. Irish, Russian and Irish agitators are linked to I W W and Bolsheviks. Government vows swift action against armed resistance and controls on imports and crews to curb revolutionary activity.
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Washington
Germany
Wayne
Pacific
Trish
I .W
United States
Russia
America
Janetn
soo Tay
WLW
vigorou
thes
Seed Shortage Hits Buckeye Farmers in Wooster Ohio
Farmers face a seed corn shortage as cold, frosty weather compounds losses. Ohio Experiment Station urges growers to send ear samples for testing and seed viability assessment to guide next year’s plantings.
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Buckeye
Wooster
PUNeTT
Ohio eYneLtment station
Would Depose the King Revolutionists in Roumania Displaying Activity
Unrest in Roumania sparks a political crisis as Bolsheviki report a revolutionary plot against King Ferdinand. Bolsheviki and German propagandists work among Roumanian troops while forces under Kerniloff are said to have been defeated near Bielgorod. Bolsheviks attack Kharkov and control southern rail lines.
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Roumania
Petrograd
Bolsheviki
Ferdinand
Kerniloff
Bielgorod
Baltic sea
Kharkov
Moscow
Bolsheviki eontrol
Tzaritain
Szavatoy
Ohio fuel crisis to be probed in Washington inquiry
Senate subcommittee on manufactures will summon Ohio Attorney General Joseph McGhee and transportation official James B. Dugan to Washington to obtain all available information on Ohio fuel shortages. Governor Cox will not be asked to attend. The panel seeks facts on coal car delays and the Ohio fuel situation without accusing anyone.
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Washington
Ohio
senate subcommittee on manufactures
Joseph H. McGhee
James B. Dugan
senate
Sommervine
Shipyards Busy As Boat Building Program Nears Completion
Washington reports the government shipbuilding program is 82,308 tons toward completion with segments showing 10 percent for wood and composite vessels, 2 percent for requisitioned steel ships, and 4 percent for steel ships. The analysis notes the figure excludes new yards and work on engines, boilers, and equipment.
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Washington
Pec
Powe US
Uy senale
worl
ay PROMS fone
ely cantenet steel
siven
Death Angel Calls Lancaster High School Leader Carl Nourse
Carl Nourse, 19, former Lancaster High School class president, captain of the football team and a basketball player, died of pneumonia after rheumatic fever. He leaves parents, brothers Lieutenant Harry Nourse at Camp Sheridan and Ralph Nourse, and many friends. Mother Mrs. Nourse travels from the South to attend funeral arrangements after arrival.
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angel of death
Mer
Jol Nourse
East Main street
Carl
Nourse
esinger
Iman
Harry Nourse
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Ala
Ralph Nourse
Carr
Lancaster High School
Lencaster
Eni Sigma Chi
uge
Harry
Tom Mayes Indicted for Non Support Arrested in Gallipolis
Tom Mayes, indicted by the last grand jury for non support, was arrested at Gallipolis and brought back to answer the charge by Deputy Sheriff Reese. He had previously been sentenced to the Zanesville workhouse for contributing to the delinquency of a Little French girl in Pleasantville, escaped, fled to Ashton West Virginia, crossed the Ohio River, and was nabbed and held for the Lancaster Sheriff.
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Tom Mayes
Gallipolis
E. §. Reese
Mayes
Zanesville
Pleasantville
Ashton
W. Va
Ohio river
Lancaster
Passes Away In Sugar Grove At Home Of Daughter
Andrey Tackson Draca aged years died last evening at his daughter Mrs Fisher home two miles south of the cite death due to old age wife and four friends survive funeral Friday at two oclock at the VEO Sugar Grove with Rev Gordon officiating Sheridan and Stropel funeral directors in charge
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Andrey Tackson Draca
avelack
Finger Amputation Incident at Hocking Glass Plant
An employee at Hocking Glass was severely injured while on duty at the new producer. He was taken to City Hospital where doctors amputated the middle finger on his right hand.
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empioye
Death of Mrs Emma Kemmerer in Jefferson
Mrs Emma Kemmerer wife of Jefferson Kemmerer aged 69 died at home on Christmas day at East Sixth Avenue address. She leaves husband two daughters and one son. Funeral by Rev Metter at the house Thursday morning with brief address, then services at St Peters Lutheran Church. Interment at Rose Cemetery with Rev Sittler officiating.
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Marni Kemnmierer
Jefferson Kemmeer
yes
East Sixth Avenue
EOF Metter
oi Oelack
Sitter
St. Peter's Ey. Lutheran church
For Rose cemetery
Rev. Sittler
Forgery Charge Withdrawn in Lancaster Case
James P. Fuller alias Henry 2. Wilson was arrested in Chillicothe by Sheriff Smetters and brought back to Lancaster on Mouse day night to answer a forgery charge filed by Carl Mayer. The claim stated the prisoner forged Mayer Bros. names on a $20 check dated April 28 1917 at the Lancaster National Bank. affidavit withdrawn and prisoner released.
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James P. Fuller
Henry 2. Wilson
Chillicothe
Smetters
Lancaster
Carl Mayer
Mayer Bros
Lancaster National Bank
Farmer Wagner MMA kicked by horse near cemetery
A farmer named Wagner living near the Catholic cemetery was kicked in the face by a horse while helping a neighbor with butchering. He suffered the loss of five teeth and a deep facial cut needing eight stitches and was taken to Dr. Axline’s office.
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Wagner
Infant Son Dies of Brightening Plea for Parents
The infant son of Creighton and Gladys Thomas died Monday December 24 1917 after brightening the lives of its parents for a short time. Rev Rater officiated at the funeral service at the home Wednesday December 26 and the body was laid to Forest Rose Cemetery. Stropel and Sheridan mineral directors.
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Creighton
Gladys Thomas
Cablegram From Son in England Reaches Wilson Family
Mr and Mrs John W Wilson of West Walnut street receive a cablegram from their son John Howard Wilson of the Sth Aerial Squad aviation corps Winchester England sending greetings and best wishes to his parents.
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John W. Wilson
West Walnut street
John Howard Wilson
Sth
aviation corps
Winchester
England
Christmas Gathering at the Tumeardnor Home
A Christmas Day noon dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Tumeardnor in Sugar Grove brought together a large group of relatives and friends. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Clem Engle, Miss Bessie Engle, Mr. Frank Engle, Miss Hy, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eslinger and their sons Charles and George, Mrs. Catherine Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bumgardner and son Raymond, Miss Ploy Gettings, Mrs. Mary Knecht, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bumgardner, and Prof. J. T. Nunemaker of Senco County Centralized School. Also noted were Lovie Ashland and sisters Mrs. Taek and Mrs. PLR. Bowers of Ashland, Ohio.
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Daniel tumeardnor
Sugar Grove
Clem Engle
Bessie Engle
Prank Engle
Charles Eslinger
Charles
George
Catherine Andrews
Stanley Bumgardner
Raymond
Ploy Gettings
Mary Knecht
Daniel Bumgardner
Anti-Saloon League to push war time prohibition drive
In Washington the Anti Saloon League plans a winter drive in Congress to enact absolute prohibition. The measure seeks to halt beer and wine sales and liquor by statutory law under the food control act, asserting presidential power to declare prohibition.
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Anti-Saloon League
Congress
Washington
Anti- Saloon league
United States
Wilson
Paroled Porter Kauffman Sent to Mt Clemens for Treatment
Porter Kauffman, a county jail inmate, is granted parole after his mother takes him to Mt Clemens Michigan Sanitarium for nervous condition treatment. Judge BLM and Prosecuting Attorney J H Fultz approve the arrangement, with Kauffman’s father paying 447 dollars in fines and costs for cruelty and abuse of his child.
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DP. Hershberger
board of County Visitors
BLM
Attorner
J. H. Fultz
Porter Nauti iman
Mt. Clemens
Michigan
Kauffman
Country dail
Deishtey
Columbus
sithough
Labor disputes settled for stockyard workers with wage increase
Chicago December 26 labor disputes in the Chicago stockyards near completion after a Wilson labor modification commission meeting. The agreement extends to Omaha Fort Worth Kansas City St Louis and other packing centers. Men will maintain union rights and receive wage gains while agreeing not to strike during the war.
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Chicago
Wilson
Omaha
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Mast St. Louis
American Sentry Slain in Captivity Nineteenth Bulletin
An official bulletin reports a sentry killed after capture during wartime operations. The record notes throat injury and death while in enemy hands, with Allied forces pursuing details and locations tied to a broader POW context.
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athens
Fatal Midair Fire Claims Fort Worth Airliner Victims
A midair explosion and fire during a flight near Hicks field left multiple victims burned beyond recognition. Witnesses say gasoline tank failure caused the crash. researchers identify the wreckage as a Beird aircraft of a noted local firm.
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John Nourse
Reese
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J. TP. Nunemaker
Senco County
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Mars, Pa
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