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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1914
Page
2
The report notes supply columns burned by Allied forces and ammunition abandoned by Germans in forests. German losses are hidden by retreat towards Strykow while frontline witnesses describe fields strewn with dead. Local inhabitants bury the dead and clear battlefields as German divisions, especially the Guards, endure severe strain.
Reports from Berlin and Vienna describe ongoing World War I clashes. German Headquarters deny Russian claims of large German losses near Czenstoenawaed, noting a repulsed Seventeenth Russian Corps assault. Vienna reports favorable Allied progress in Poland, 2,200 Russian prisoners captured, and Carpathian skirmishes with 500 German prisoners taken.
The Ettrick public school honor roll lists students by grade: 7 B Marie Moore. 3 A Freelle Andrews. 2 A Dorriss Rochette Marjorie Elder Harris Blankenship. 2 B Marie Bennette Kathleus Crowder Eddie Monroe Calvin Blankenship Nat Jackson. I A Stanley Clarke. 1 8 Grade Ruth Butter Ruth Traylor May Bridges Sadie Beasley.
In court this morning Walter Botts and Isaiah Johnson were fined for violations of city ordinances, with amounts 2.50 and 2.56 respectively. Several others faced fines or continuances, including Rebecca Johnson 2.50, Lucinda Mason for larceny continued, and Wim Banks 2.50. Assault cases resulted in discharge for W W Gallis and others.
Debbs New York December 6 A blaze in Ardsley wiped out the village business district killing four and injuring about a dozen. Police chief Thomas Exton said an Italian tenant may have made a bomb intended to target owners of a burned shop. the blast allegedly started the fire and the man may have died in the explosion. Ardsley on the Putnam lost most of its business area in the blaze.
Farmers report a steady market with peanuts at 85 cents per bushel. Virgintas notes market steadiness with fancy jumbo priced at 122 dollars per pound and extra prime stock at 3 to 3 1/4 cents per pound. Shelling stock ranges from 21/4 to 3/4 cent per pound.
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