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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
1
A compact chronicle surveys global events through concise paragraphs highlighting international developments. The piece sketches trends, notable actions, and regional changes, preserving a period newspaper voice and emphasizing named places and actors.
Reports from the war front note Serbian prisoners and defeats near Nish, Austro-German advances, and plans for Balkan troop movements. Additional items include a Baltic mine sinking, a Hot Springs tornado death toll, and Thanksgiving activities in Washington as Wilson drafts his address.
Retired Rear Admiral Lawrence G Hoges dies at his Paris home. Abbas Hilmi arrives in Geneva for tongue operation. A bridge washout near Licata sinks 100, with drownings. Paris plans streets named for Edith Cavell and Emile Despres. Earl of Derby urges censorship in Lords while recruiting. Canada’s 50 million war loan oversubscribed by banks and insurers. Bon Marche annex fire losses rise to 20 million francs. Alaska delays unloading for government railroad work. Gen Gallieni’s briefing prompts conscript restarts on Dec 15. London workers resist shorter saloon hours. Queen Liliuokalani sends a wedding gift scarf to Mrs Newman Galt. Cornell beats Harvard 1–0 in football. Kilbane defeats Hommy in Toledo boxing. British deport Sloan for running a gambling house. All-Colorado bowling ranking update. Fulton courting Willard and Moran talks. McVey outpoints Sanford in New York. Helen Van Ness sues Merillat for 20,000. Winona Assembly elects Bryan president. Mississippi’s Witherspoon dies. Ha Schmidt conviction upheld. Ford announces peace expedition to Europe. Hillstrom funeral in Chicago. body cremated. Tarrytown guards after Archbold attack. Carranza mobilizes in northern Mexico against Villa. US officials uncover alleged German plot to finance Mexican upheaval. Train dynamited in Mexico kills eighty. Hans Schmidt to be electrocuted week of Jan 10. Two gold shipments totaling 15.75 million reach New York. Rome’s Faith Preservation Association receives Pope Benedict’s blessing. 25,000 lire donated to its fund.
A guide featuring a phone call record cover made from linen with black embroidered details and red ribbon, plus instructions for a tablet insert. It also mentions Quaker color and cuff sets of organza as affordable dress accessories with decorative embroidery and laces.
A vintage pattern notes cretonne suited for dresser scarfs pincushions slipper bags and candle shades in men’s rooms. The illustration shows a scarf pincushion and candle shade using red rose and green foliage on black and white stripes. Detailed steps describe a bordered scarf and a matching cushion cover and a wire frame candle shade with a hanging hemmed strip.
Gauze bags made of chiffon or silk muslin hold powder puff balls, tied with satin ribbon hangers and rosettes. The bags, finished with tiny bows on absorbent cotton balls, are designed for dressing tables and guest use and are discarded after use.
Cretonne pillow cover and dresser scarf shown for bedroom furnishing. Pillow cover finished with a hem and bound in black braid. open end fastens with snaps. Dresser scarf uses a cretonne band on white background to showcase pincushion or other covered items.
An illustrated calendar and hatpin holder are described. The hatpin holder is a small pasteboard tube wrapped in moire ribbon with brass buckles, mimicking a golf bag. The calendar uses a circular celluloid face with holly decoration and two swinging month and date discs. The pieces rest on a gathered base and are decorative.
Greek forces in Salonika will partially demobilize on request by the Allies. The move aims to reduce troop strength while preserving strategic positions and maintaining liaison with Allied command.
The Athens dispatch reports Greece agrees to partial demobilization to ease finances and withdraw troops from Saloniki for frontier redeployment. Greek cabinet debates pursuing judicial action against ex premier Venizelos over his election manifesto. In the Balkans Serbia falls back toward Albania as Austro German and Bulgarian forces press Anglo French positions. Russians organize new forces at Odessa and Sevastopol for coastal dispatches. In Rome Kitchener arrives for talks as a murder case in Phoenix prompts a governor to resist a hang.
In Nogales, Mexico, American troops from the Twelfth Infantry exchanged fire with armed groups after Francisco Villa evacuated the town. More than forty Mexicans were killed. three Americans were wounded, one fatally. Separate reports from Phoenix note Casimero Ramirez killed Luciano Martinez during a strike-related incident at Duncan and Morenci.
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