Beginning of the Human Being in Ancient Times
The article surveys the antiquity of man, citing Dr. Arthur Keith and sources like the New York Medical Journal on Neanderthal and Heidelberg skulls, Java man, and Pithecanthropus. It traces an evolving origin date back hundreds of thousands of years and notes wartime ruins and shelling affecting cities and museums.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Arthur Keith
Edinburgh
Europe
New York Medical Journal
Heidelberg
Beidelberg
Dubois
Tava
Opis
Java
Mnoither Tyne
England
Piltdownecave
Silver Thimbles in War Charity Through Melted Gifts
The Ladies' Home Journal notes English women donated dowries and funds to the war effort but many could not give. A wise woman proposed melting silver thimbles to raise money, yielding seven ambulances, five hospital boats, hospital supplies, and large sums for disabled sailors, star and garter fund, and soldiers and sailors relief.
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War Fund
Ladies’ Home Journal
Star and Garter Fund
Ruined Cities of France Describe Endless War Scars
A war correspondent portrays northern France as a vast, ruined landscape where towns like Arras exist as a permanent wartime reality. Bombarded, retaken, and shelled, these cities show shattered quarters and improbable pockets of survival, with desolate streets and upturned shutters in a landscape stretched by years of conflict.
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France
Arras
War talk and witty poetry quip in one letter
Swedish Consul Gustavus Swan argues Germany believes all is fair in war and cites Buenos Aires exposures. The piece mocks a New England scientist and lamps a poem about population, joking that a correction is needed to fit rhythm and numbers.
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Gustavus Swan
Buenos Aires
Germany
New England
Veniy + son
Architects Go to France in War Effort
Architects answer the signal corps call to volunteer for national service and go to France to aid in aviation camp construction. They enter as first lieutenants, joining other professionals who are contributing expert support to a mission deemed highly important in the war effort. The current air campaign is projected to intensify next year if plans proceed.
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France
Signal Corps
War Department
Entente Upaign
Trousa
Thinking Aloud in Russia on the Nevsky Parks
Arthur Ruhle notes in Collier's Weekly how Russian crowds, dense and vocal, convert public life into a village while political debate shifts from provinces to Petrograd. Russians prize talk, with orators and gestures shaping a communal theater as silence replaces rising risk.
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Nevsky
Tussia
Arthur Ruhle
Collier's Weekly
All Petrograd
Aung
Siberia
Root
Petrograd
Indians in the Great War Volunteer Service
Indian volunteers have joined the U S Army since 1861. In 1892 Lieutenant Scntt organized a Seventh Cavalry troop praised by the War Department inspector general. The Indian is trained like Swiss youths to fire accurately and earn a living, possessing endurance and patience.
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United States Army
Scntt
The
Star
Seventh Cavalry
War Department
Indian soldiers honored for service in wartime Canada
The article notes the Canadian government recognizing the fighting ability of Indian nations and tribes who volunteered for king and country at the war outbreak. Hundreds enrolled in various regiments at the front, with premiers sacrifices including Trent Cameron Brant of the Six Nations Indians, a descendant of Captain Joseph Brant.
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Boutin
London
Jarinuny
Trent
Cameron Brant
Wriror
Capt
Joseph Brant
Revolutionary
Faine
The Strength of Woman in War Time Tale
A rural town tale describes women joining the war effort with grit. Cornelius Musk hesitantly approves his daughter Mannie marrying Husky Mune, urging the young groom to be gentle and untilled tasks await him as Mannie handles light farm work while wartime duties loom.
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Russia
Resable
Cornelius Musk
Mannie
Husky Mune
Corn Husk
Dream Come True Dream Record From Lang In Occult Review
A barrister staying up late to write letters posts them, then later finds a missing large check. He dreams of the check curled on a railing near his door and wakes to discover it exactly where his dream showed it. Katherine Cox cites Andrew Lang in the Occult Review.
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Andrew Lang
Katherine Cox
Occult Review
Kipling's Tommy Atkins and the Soldiers Three
Rudyard Kipling created the figure Tommy Atkins in stories like Private Mulvaney and the Soldiers Three. Sir George Younghusband notes that no one heard of Atkins until Kipling wrote about him.
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Kipling
Tommy Atkins
Rudyard
Sir George Younghusband
Tommy
Mulvaney
Ae J
Atkins
Teing
Wage strike hits 3000 delicatessen shops in New York
New York December 8 clerks in more than 3000 delicatesen shops are on strike to press for higher wages and shorter hours. Union officials say 2003 nonunion clerks joined 1200 union members in sympathy. Shop owners report little business interference as strikers demand about four dollars more weekly and a 10 hour day from the current 14 to 16 hours. Marquis de Castellane injured in Paris as he is knocked down near home and remains unconscious and in serious condition. British ship Simcoe reported sinking near Quebec by wireless call. Oil strike settlement reached in Houston affecting 8000 workers in Texas and Louisiana with signed agreements imminent. Two American airmen wounded in France, Corporal Walter A. Warren and Private Edward F. Ebsen, reported by the War Department.
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New York
New York City
Leroad
Marquis de Castellane
Paris
Beni Dz Castellane
Washington
Dec
War Department
Walter “A. Warren Dublin
Edward F. Ebsen
Buffalo
Weather observations and forecast notes across cities
Observations at 7 pm reported clear conditions in St Paul and New York with temperatures 8 and 34 respectively while Chicago and Buffalo showed cloudy and clear skies. A forecast for tomorrow mentions clearing weather in Ohio with subzero readings and midica lions, per the Weather Bureau in Washington.
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St. Paul
St. Louis
Chicago
Columbus
Chauvey
Damage suit over towed route crash in Springfield
A damage case against a defendant company arises from a crash on a seven car route to Cincinnati. Roy T. Riley of Springfield claims $140.34 repairs, 30 days vehicle use loss, $2007 damages, and $300 depreciation, while the defendant denies allegations and cites contributory negligence.
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Riley
Two Prominent Men Die Within Days in Separate States
Probate Judge Edward Boli of Parke County dies in Jackson Michigan while en route to Battle Creek with his daughter Pearl for medical consultation. He was appointed in 1914 to fill an expired term and died at sixty five leaving two children. Gyan W Bingham Sidney businessman dies at home of son Robert in Cleveland after a paralysis stroke aged fifty nine. native of Alexandria Virginia he moved to Sidney in 1871 and built the Bingham furniture business. He left two children, Robert F. and Jennie Mildred, with a church and civic record as a Republican and active lodge member. Funeral services set for Sidney Monday afternoon.
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Edward Boli
Parke County
Jackson
Mich
Battle Creek
Pearl Boli
Greenville
Ostego
Boll
Jas“M. Cox
J. B. Kolp
Bob
Miss. Pearl
Virgil
Gyan W.’Bingham
Sidnhey
Robert
Cleveland
Alexandria
Sidney
Bingham Furniture
Campbell Furniture Company
Bingham
Lizziet A. Fry
BR. L. Pry
Robert F
Jennie Mildred
Commercial Clu
Imnstees
Repub
Unpatriotic Coal Relief Requests Stir Public Caution
Editorial notes that some individuals already supplied coal seek extra from local dealers, calling this unpatriotic and risky amid a critical coal shortage. It urges restraint in placing orders unless suppliers can guarantee contingency coverage, warning federal action may follow. The page also advertises Diamond Rings for babies and adults at Phoma’s Jewelry Stores with prices from $1.60 and a guarantee.
Funeral for Herbert Anit Postponed to Monday
Funeral services for Herbert Anit, killed yesterday by a Pennsylvania train, will be held Monday at 2 PM in Houston. The notice confirms the destination and time of the service for the bereaved.
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Herbert Anit
Pennsylvania
Houston
Women in War Zone II Strength to meet wartime needs
Health and strength are within reach for every woman with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Advertises a tonic for chronic weaknesses and female ailments, claiming it builds up nerves and supports natural functions without alcohol or narcotics. Includes trial package offer and contact for Buffalo, NY.
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Pierce
Thvanda
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Big Gains Made on Farm Front
Washington reports in secretary David F. Houston annual agriculture survey that farmers produced over five and a half billion bushels of cereal food crops surpassing the five year average by about one billion. Meat dairy and vegetables totals are not fully available but likely exceeded 1916 and 1915, while 1917 crops run below normal due to salt corn and European livestock losses reducing domestic meat supplies. Exports rise as European demand grows and meat and fat supplies may lag domestic needs. Electric lamps and candles offered at Thomas Jewelry Store with money saving specials.
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Washington
Bec
David F. Houston
Europe
Burial in Troy Notes Local Figures and Hotel Fire Link
The body of Mrs. Trephen was brought to Troy for burial in Springfield Massachusetts. Services were held from the home of granddaughter Mrs. Charles, yesterday. Mrs. Davis was the mother of 1B. S. Davis who with his father assisted in the old City Hotel fire at Piqua in the seventies.
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Trephen
Troy
Abs. onty GET RESULTS
A terse note from READY OUR WANT demands results with emphasis on action. The message uses clipped wording and a curt tone, signaling urgency and a demand for completion or outcomes without specific details or context.
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