Statue of Liberty lit at night as France’s aid hailed
President and dignitaries aboard the Mayflower off Bedloe's Island illuminated the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of liberty. Ruth Law added a dramatic touch flying over the scene. Speakers praised Franco American friendship and France's wartime aid in a formal dedication.
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New York
Bartholdi
United States
France
Bedloe’s Island
Atlantic Fleet
New Jersey
Ruth Law
Manhattan Island
Battery Park
Liberty
Ambassador Jusserand
Chauncey M. Depew
Hayer Mitchel
Ralph Pulitzer
The
New York World
Henry L. Dougherty
Society For Eleectrical Development
Col
John Millis
Corps of Engineers
U. S
Alsace
Depew
Diet Squad Near End Of 40 Cent Daily Diet Test
Chicago reporters describe two weeks of the 40 cent a day diet trial for a group labeled the diet squad. They are finishing the experiment in excellent shape, slightly heavier, with no indigestion and stomach distress. The plan includes balanced meals and all essential elements within the cost limit.
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Chicgo
Chicago
Two youths killed as train strikes delivery truck at Fortville
In Fortville Indiana on December 2 J C Bright five years old and Ovey Grinsley fourteen were killed when a light delivery truck they rode in was hit by a Big Four train. Bright was a grocer and Grinsley a delivery clerk. Witnesses disagree on whether the train crew warned or the youths ignored signals.
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Fortville
Ind
J. C. Bright
Ovey Grinsley
Young Grinsley
Bright
Autoists May Be Asked to Back Cars Into Car
City officials debate parking reform as downtown space fills with autos. Mayor Guthrie endorses Plymouth style plan with angled spaces and 30 degree lines. Cars would back into spots reducing collision risk though halving overall parking capacity.
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Guthrie
Plymouth
Fire devastates six story tenement in East Houston Street
Fifteen injured as residents leap from windows of a six story East Houston street tenement early today. Fire and volunteer crews struggle to reach seven trapped families amid smoke and flames. Evacuees rush to roofs and fire escapes. some suffer severe burns. The building housed around forty families.
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New York
East Houston Street
Boycott Drives Down Flour Prices in Toledo
The Toledo Housewives' league launched a boycott cutting flour prices by 25 cents a barrel to 10.75 and 11.25. Members pledge to bake their own bread and avoid butter and eggs until prices fall. Nonmembers were urged to join the boycott.
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Associated Press
Toledo, O
Toledo Housewives’ League
Roumanians beleaguered as Bucharest threat grows in war
Berlin reports Danube army nearing Bucharest while Roumanians resist west and south of the capital. German Austro-Hungarian forces claim battlefield gains, with 6 000 Romanian troops captured and 49 cannons taken. In Athens, Greek forces resist Allied demands. fighting erupts around the king's palace as residents flee Attica.
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London
Bucharest
Berlin
Argeciu
Athens
Hilside
Constantine
Argeciu River
Piteschui
Argechu
Piteshti
Russian War Office
Tromana
Gostinari
Tschernavoda
Danube
Dobrnudja
Carpathians
Bukovina
Transylvania
Kirlibaba
Reuter
St. Petersburg
France
Zappeion
Legation
Attica
Phaleron
Automobile Forces Horses to Run Away
Harry Friend near Burrows reported to police that an automobile rammed his wagon splitting the rig. The horses took fright and ran away, destroying the wagon and tearing and losing the harness. He suspected the driver might be Downham but could not identify the man or first name.
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Harry Friend
Near Burrows
Friend
Downham
Purdue Short Courses Set to Start January At Eight Weeks
Local residents planning to attend Purdue short courses should depart in about five weeks. The winter session runs January 15 to March 9, an eight week program covering agriculture animal husbandry dairying and home economics. A two week course is expected to be offered in spring as usual.
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Purdue
Two Die As Auto Crashes Into Guard Rail At Uniontown Race
In Uniontown Pennsylvania Gaston Weigel and Hughie Hughes were killed and Frank Galvin fatally injured after a crash at the Universal Trophy automobile race at Uniontown speedway. Others including Herbert Smith Montgomery McCormick and Donald Beamer were injured. Galvin was projected toward the press stand where Hughes had just avoided danger.
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Associated Press
Uniontown
Gaston Weigel
Hughie Hughes
Frank Galvin
Uniontown Speedway
Herbert Smith
Pittsburgh
Montgomery McCormick
Donald Beamer
Hughes
Galvin
Weigel
Smith
Celebrated tenor Victor Clo die dies at 63
Freeport New York December 2 Victor Clo die a renowned tenor a generation ago and mentor to many current stars died today at his home from heart disease aged 63.
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Freeport
N. Y
Victor Clodie
Absolute two week boycott on eggs and butter decided
In Louisville on December 2 a conference of over 40 organizations led by the Louisville Women's Suffrage Association called for an immediate two week boycott of butter and eggs. A monitoring committee was set to track price effects and report back at a December 15 meeting.
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Louisville
Louisville Women’s Suffrage Association
Trial of Ellis Wood in Miami County Murder Case Continues
The Ellis Wood murder trial in Peru’s county circuit court resumes Monday at 9 am before Judge Cole. Twelve state witnesses have testified, including Sheriff J B Stanley who described the gun and Wood’s remark about it. Coroner James V Nelson and Undertaker Charles Chase corroborate the account.
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Ellis Wood
Walter Collins
Miami County
Peru
Cole
J. B. Stanley
James V. Nelson
Charles Chase
Stanley
Wood
Nelson
Young America
Luella Foreman
Parr Suffers Fractured Arm in Auto Accident
A B Parr sustained a fractured arm yesterday afternoon around 1 o'clock when the engine back-fired as he cranked his automobile. The crank struck Parr, injuring him at Fourth and Broadway.
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A. B. Parr
Parr
Fourth
Broadway
Good Book Week Promoted by Libraries and Scouts
This week is Good Book week across the United States sponsored by libraries and Boy Scouts. Miss Alice Stevens in Logansport announces extensive observance with book displays from dealers and library recommended literature. Pamphlets such as Books for Christmas for the Children and Books Boys Like Best guide suitable gifts and reading choices for youth.
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United States
Ountry
Boy Scout
Alice Stevens
Logansport
Pam
Greece appeals to U S over Saloniki surrender demand
A Greek note denounces the allied demand for surrender of arms at Saloniki as a serious infringement of sovereign rights and pleads for U S sympathy in the painful circumstances facing the Greek government and people. A. Vouros delivered the note to the State Department.
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Washington
Saloniki
United States
State Department
A. Vouros
Legation
Murguia says he routs Villa followers near Chihuahua City
General Francisco Murguia reported routing about 2500 Villa loyalists and pursuing them toward Chihuahua City. In a six hour engagement south of Chihuahua City three machine guns were captured and many prisoners executed. A separate dispatch said Villa had 3500 men and faced heavy losses as Carranza troops pressed the pursuit.
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Queretaro
Mex
Francisco Murguia
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Murguia
el Paso
Tex
Obregon
Mexico City
Murgia
Villa
Santa Ysabel
Candelario Garcia
Columbus
N. M
Chihuahua
Pershing
Rail Embargoes Hit This City as Goods Stalled
Local freight houses report embargoes on certain goods for other cities, but none for this city. Only livestock from Kansas City can be unloaded here, while shipments to Toledo or Detroit are blocked. Grain dealers halt corn purchases as railcars cannot be unloaded, and cars held briefly at Wabash yards were freed. An earlier scrap iron shipment to Kokomo faced a two month delay due to a separate embargo.
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Kansas City
Indiana
Panhandle
Toledo
Detroit
McCormick & Son
Wabash
Kokomo
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Louisville Women’s Suffrage Organization
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