World at War Defenses Hold In Major Front Actions
London correspondent Ward Price reports from the Italian front that snow has ceased and Austro German forces mass for an attack south of Crevoecent. Allied reserves counter attacked retaking ground to the south of the Reims sector. prisoners and machine guns were captured. The afternoon assaults near Masnieres Marcoming Fontaine Bourlon and Moeuvres were repulsed.
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London
Ward Price
Ralian Front
Crevoccent
Woelien
St. Quentin Spur
Masnieres
Marcoming
Fontaine
Bourlon
Moeuvres
Events in Russia Trigger Sudden Government Downfall
Dramatic rapid shifts in Russia unfold as news arrives of German armistice acceptance and the possible collapse of the Lenin government. The unfolding events suggest a swift, dramatic turn with potential impact on peace negotiations and the postwar map.
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Russia
Lenin
German Bombast and War Front Updates From Reichstag Speech
The British Admiralty reports a Reichstag address by Chancellor Aertling praising German and Allied successes while warning that the foe is near exhaustion. He claims German front lines remain strong, with Italian battles offering relief to the west, and stresses patience as the enemy’s merchant shipping declines. He urges Reichstag support for the final push.
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Reichstag
Arertling
Germany
Flem
Flanders
Cambrai
Italy
West Front
Palestine
Hheir
Venemy
Reichstax
Submarine Combat Plan Lets Navy Use Merchant Crews
Washington announces a program to counter enemy submarines by coordinating with merchant vessels. The navy will operate with merchantmen and enlist their present crews wherever possible to bolster anti submarine efforts.
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Washington
Haig Reports Break in Enemy Encirclement Offensive
Field Marshal Haig notes captured orders and maps show the enemy planned two simultaneous encirclements with many divisions to push us from positions won on November 20. Through stiff defense our troops repelled the attack as the enemy pressed from Vend-Bulle toward Moenvres and Masni northward, with heavy artillery and reserves in play.
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London
Haig
Cambri
Vend- Bulle
Moen
Russia's Position and News From Fronts Abroad
Reports from Copenhagen say only about one fifth of the Russian army backs the Bolshevik armistice. Kaledin is said to have surrounded Rormtoff on the Sea of Azov and arrested Bolshevik officers, commanding around 100,000 Cossacks with large infantry and artillery forces. Inter Allied Conference may act to meet the Russian situation in Paris. In Petrograd Kerensky reportedly arrested. Haig notes 11,551 prisoners taken in November. Rome reports heavy artillery fire along the front.
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Copenhagen
Kaledin
Rormtoff
Sea of Azoff
Russia
Paris
How a Swindler Was Done in by a Farmer
A Birmingham police officer recalls a farmer from Devonshire duped by a cycle maker who took advance payment for shoddy bikes. The farmer visited the mock factory, arranged a trial, exposed the fraud in public, and recovered the machine as the con artist confessed.
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Widlands
Individund
Birmingham
Devonshire
Fermer
Earl Jersey's Double Portrait Mixup in Adelaide hoax
A story from New South Wales recalls Governor Lord Jersey's photo mix with Lord Kintore. An Adelaide editor received Jersey's photo by error, it was published beside Kintore, and later revealed to be an assetman's portrait. A random older print oddly resembled Jersey, fooling even the governor.
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Lord Jersey
New South Wales
Lord Kintore
Adelaide
Lord
Jersey
Haig reports repulsed attacks and loot at Meeuvres
Field-Marshal Haig says Allied forces repulsed enemy assaults near Meeuvres with sharp fighting. London troops seized twelve machine guns and captured prisoners in the Benton area amid heavy reciprocal artillery duels on the southern battle front.
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London
Haig
Meeuvres
Benton
The Russian Debacle Across Fronts with Mediation Talk
Russian officers met Austrian commander at Czernowitz and others reached German lines at Dvinsk to negotiate for Ensign Kyrlenko. Le Matin cites Stockholm mediation between Germany and Bolsheviks while Russian troops allied with the Allies refuse Leninist rule. General Dukhonin’s forces will keep fighting, while anti Bolshevik factions gain in southern Russia. Germany opens an east front propaganda school to disrupt Russian armies.
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Paris
le Matin
Copenhagen
Sweden
Germany
Lenin
Trotsky
France
Salonika
New York
Washington
London
Dukhonine
Kerensky
Russia
East Front
Mysterious Stable Theft Leads to Horse Death
A new stable hand was discharged on suspicion of stealing a silver watch and chain from the head groom. Weeks later a Falugble mare died after postmortem revealed the watch inside her intestines. The youth, now in the Army, seeks reinstatement or compensation.
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Mosesley
Meekatharra Opens Its Own Tailoring Service
A new tailoring establishment by Mr L Etalidea announces hand made suits and ready made options. Patrons may obtain custom fittings with quick turnaround and no charge for ready made items. Local residents learn about the shop in Meekatharra.
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Meekatharra
L. Etalidea
The Wild Boar of New Zealand Chronicle
A nostalgic account traces New Zealand wild pigs from colonial menace to prized hunt. It recalls early raids on pastoral flocks in Hawke’s Bay and the Hutt, paid for by squatters, and notes the shift to hunting amid Maori and pork-loving tribes. The piece places the modern hunter far beyond the upland forests.
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New Zealand
Sporss
Hutt
Hawke's Bay
Captain Cook
Chamtera
A Typical English Sailor and the East India Company
In 1834 the East India Company employed officers and seamen who fought to defend trade and freedom. The 1803 voyage of the Dragon and Hector tested their resolve as Captain Lancaster refused to abandon ship, vowing to save his vessel and crew despite a devastating storm. The Dragon survived and Lancaster later became a director at the Company.
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East India Company
Tia
Dragon
Hector
Storma
South Atlantic
Ita
Lancaster
Hott
Old Age Secrets On Longevity Across Species
A article reviews longevity estimates from Dr P Chalmers Mitchell and notes historic claims of great human age such as Thomas Parr. It compares lifespans across animals from chimpanzees to canaries, highlighting uncertainty and a rising belief that many species exceed a century.
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P. Chalmers Mitchell
Thomas Parr
London
Grim tale of Joby Brown and Napoleonic legends
A historic sketch recalls Joby Brown a coal miner entombed for twenty three days in Kilgramme pit with no food or water and eventual miraculous survival. It also recounts Joachim Murat’s daring charges and Victor Hugo’s early years alongside tragic family sorrows and a poet’s decline.
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Joby Brown
Kilgramme
Brown
Timael
Victor Hugo
Ace
Adela Foucher
Rugen
Hugene
Metad
Adele
Victor Bugo
Leopoldline
Bordeaux
Paris
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