Italian Line Holds Fast as Austrians Seek Time to Bury
British forces press Cambrai front with heavy cannon fire as Cambrai town comes under direct shelling. Infantry battles around Fontaine Notre Dame Moeuvres Bourlon pause briefly while artillery remains intense. Bavarian units capture prisoners and two machine guns east of Merckem. attack near Acchoop repelled.
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Cambrai
France
Fontaine Notre Dame
Moeuvres
Bourlon
Merckem
Acchoop
West Front Alliances and Naval Battles Highlight War News
The report outlines British nerve and manpower boosts as 21 merchantmen were sunk last week. It notes a planned armistice talk with Bolsheviks, a Paris interallied conference, feared Norwegian entry, and Haig’s capture of Bourlon as Cambrai's fate hangs on town and wood. Italian front holds with reinforcements and stubborn defense around the Piave. Interstate Inland Waterways delegates discuss Port Arthur, Port Aransas, and nine foot depth canal plans.
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Haig
Bourlon
Bourlon Wood
Cambrai
von Hindenburg
Congress
Corpus Christi
Port Aransas
Turtle Cove Channel
Interstate Inland Waterways League of
Louisiana
Texas
Port Arthur
Battles and diplomacy in World War I reports
Report outlines German raids near Carnillet Bethincourt and Vaux les Damloup repulsed by French troops. French raid near Affonne captures German prisoners. Berlin hints at peace talks with Russia once representatives arrive. Zeebrugge destroyer losses. Interallied conference opens in Paris with plans to coordinate western front operations. Italian front holds Brenta Piave line amid Austrian pressure. Jerusalem battle forecast as Turkish forces mass for possible engagement.
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Carnillet
Champagne
Bethincourt
Meuse
Vaux Les Damloup
Affonne
Aire
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
Germany
Russia
Berlin
Poland
Lithuania
Courland
Holland
Zeebrugee
Paris
Supreme War Council
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Brenta
Piave
Maurice
British War Office
Jerusalem
Palestine
Russians Hold Front as German Pressure Persists
North front activity resumes after weeks with Russians maintaining positions against German forces despite political unrest in Petrograd. Meanwhile in London news confirms General Frederick Stanley Maude died November 18 from cholera after a brief illness.
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Petrograd
Frederick Stanley Maude
Mesopotamia
London
Hunger strikers released after sentence commutations
Twenty two hunger striking militants of the women's party were released from the District of Columbia jail after sentences ranging from fifteen days to seven months were commuted to expire immediately.
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Washington
Women’s Party
District of Columbia
Receiving Hospital Site Chosen for Wounded Soldiers
Surgeon General Gor gas announced Fox Hills Staten Island New York as the site of a military receiving hospital for wounded American soldiers.
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Washington
Gorgas
Fox Hills
Staten Island
N. Y
United States Takes Control Of World Trade As War Measure
President Wilson extended licensing to imports under the trading with the enemy act, placing import licenses with the War Trade Board. The move follows export controls, strengthening economic warfare against Germany and increasing U S influence over global trade and shipping. The conservation list expands to include ores chemicals iron and steel goods foods surgical instruments and lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
War Trade Board
Germany
America
United States
Gompers Re-elected AF of L President in Buffalo
Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor for a 35th year at a near one-sided vote in Buffalo New York. All officers were returned except treasurer John M Lennon who lost to Daniel J Tobin. Next year’s convention will be in St Paul in June.
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C. S. K. Holland
Victoria
League
Henri Gueydan
Gueyda
Leon Locke
Lake Charles
Roy Miller
Corpus Christi
G. J. Palmer
Houston
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Buffalo
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
John M. Lennon
Daniel J. Tobin
International Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union
St. Paul
Americans Visit Lafayette Tomb in Paris Mission
Colonel Edward M. House General Tasker H Bliss Admiral Benson and other Americans visited the Picpus cemetery in Paris on a Sunday and laid a floral wreath on the tomb of Lafayette. The wreath carried the inscription From the American war mission in grateful remembrance. No speeches were given.
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Paris
Edward M. House
Tasker H. Bliss
Admiral Benson
American Mission Sunday
Pictus Cemetery
Lafayette
American War Mission
Bomb Kills Eleven in Milwaukee Italian Ward
A bomb exploded at Milwaukee Central Police Station after being brought there for examination and killed eleven people including seven detectives two policemen and one woman in the Italian settlement’s heart. Several others were injured in the Saturday night blast at the Italian Evangelical church district.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Farmers Buy Cotton Below Price in Northeast Texas
W. P. Yeary, cotton expert in the Texas agriculture department, reports farmers in Northeast Texas are not only maintaining a 30 cent minimum by holding cotton but are also purchasing all available cotton below that price after returning from a state tour.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
W. P. Yeary
State Department of Agriculture
Pilot dies in 2500 foot crash at Taliaferro Field
Lieutenant J. C. Matthews aged 21 of the aviation section in training at Taliaferro Field Fort Worth fell from an airplane Tuesday and was killed instantly when the craft plunged to the ground from an estimated 2500 feet.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. C. Matthews
Taliaferro Field
General Rains Sweep Northwest Texas and Oklahoma
General rains drenched North Texas and western areas of the state with amounts from half an inch to over two inches Tuesday night into Wednesday, affecting Dallas and nearby regions and extending into parts of Oklahoma.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Villa Bandits Wreck Federal Pay Train Near Juarez
reports from Juarez and El Paso describe Villa followers crossing the Mexican Central toward Laguna Santa Clara Canyon and allegedly dynamiting a federal pay train at El Mocho station 65 miles north of Chihuahua City. General Chavez was wounded. $50,000 in currency and $10,000 in gold were seized. engagements continued with federals at Gallego and Nontezuma.
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Juarez, Mex
Villa
Laguna Station
Juarez
Santa Clara Canyon
Nesr
Laguna
Chihuahua City
Villa Ahumada
Pedro Favela
Villas
el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Mexico
el Mocho
Chavez
Chihuahue City
Sonora
Ojinaga
Gallego
Nontezuma
No Semi Military Commissions in Washington Policy
Secretary Baker's policies bar slacker commissions. No draft age men may be commissioned unless clearly superior for the special work over civilians. and no army function that civilians can handle efficiently shall be placed under military supervision by commissioning required personnel.
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Washington
Baker
Davis Reports John Tarleton College In Fine Condition
Austin physician Dr. Oscar Davis a member of the legislative committee inspecting higher education institutions returned from Stephenville where he audited John Tarleton Junior Agricultural and Mechanical College. He found the campus in splendid condition with 129 girls and 76 boys in attendance.
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Austin
Tex
Oscar Davis
Stephenville
John Tarleton Junior Agricultural and Mechanical College
Davis
Miss Marion Cleveland Weds Dell of Morristown
Miss Marion Cleveland the daughter of Grover Cleveland married Wednesday in Princeton to William Stanley Dell of Morristown New Jersey. The ceremony united two prominent families with a public celebration reported in detail by local society pages.
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Princeton
N. J
Marion Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
William Stanley Dell
Morristown
Rice Held for Lack of Cars
Beaumont Texas reports more than 400 car loads of rough rice about 150000 bags are tied up in Arkansas warehouses as farmers cannot secure rail cars for delivery.
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Beaumont
Tex
Arkansas
Wichita Falls Chosen for Northwest Texas Insane Asylum
The locating committee unanimously selects Wichita Falls Texas as the site for the new Northwest Texas insane asylum in a decision announced on Wednesday.
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Austin
Tex
Wichita Falls
Northwest
Texas Insane Asylum
Buckeye Tree Leaves Harm Animals With No Medicinal Value
Buckeye leaves are poisonous to animals that eat them in spring and the fruit is inedible with no edible or medicinal use or commercial value.
Perquisites and the Head Waiter in Scanty Tipping Tale
A dialogue fragment explores class and money as a head waiter dismisses a modest tip. The exchange questions what counts as real money for someone who can gather leftovers and unsold fare.
Mansfield Cough Balsam Heals Infected Membranes
Mansfield cough balsam is advertised as healing inflamed membranes and quieting tickling nerves in the infected area. Described as invaluable for a “bies” with prices 25 cents and 50 cents.
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Mansfield
There’s a Difference in Marital Suitability
A short exchange notes a mother’s doubt about the suitability of the woman chosen for her son in marriage. It implies tension between traditional expectations and individual choice within family dynamics.
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Ad Teaser
An old advertisement urges readers to take Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver, bowels and stomach for a clean healthy body.
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Dr. Pierce
Tough Luck Knitters Send Note With Manly Touch
Two soldiers joke about a sweater knitted for soldiers with a note signed by a man. They lament the irony of wartime gifts being crafted by male hands amid riveted attention from pretty girls across the states.
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States
Peery's Dead Shot Proclaimed Superior Worm Remedy
An advertising blurb extols Dr Peery's Dead Shot as superior to other preparations and promises worm and tapeworm cleansing after a single dose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Peery
The Golfer's Handicap
An exchange on learning golf features Sandy and Donald discussing McTavish's progress and the difficulty of mastering the game. The quote hints at bursting with sacred and tongue tied emotions as they walk home from the links.
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McTavish
Sandy
Donald
Everybody's Magazine
Motivational rebuke against self pity as poison
A speaker warns readers to abandon self pity calling it deadly poison and urges confronting challenges. The concise line stresses mindset and resilience over dwelling on defeat.
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Laon
Interstate Inland Waterways Convention
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Freeport
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Orange
Port Aranis
Rivers ‘and Harbors Committee
Freeport Commercial League
Miami
Fla
Atlantic Deep Waterways Association
Congressional Party
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Murray Hulbert
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Hubert Fisher
Tennessee
H. I. Emerson
M. Switzer
Ohio
Martin Dies
James F. Bear
Wisconsin
William Kettner
California
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Ghent
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Arras
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la Fere
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Tournai
Cambria
U.S. A
Tomb of
Villa Bandits
Federal
Skinners Macaroni
Ash
United Fur CO
Decatur
U.S.A
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San Antonio
McCane’s Detective Agency
Texas Bag & Fibre Co
Houston, Tex
Mr. Ill
Costa
Boratory
Berkeley, California
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