Britain Pressures for Peace Terms Revisions After German Proposals
A summary of postwar diplomacy reports German counter proposals spark division among allies. Britain and the United States push for self determination in Silesia and faster Rhine occupation withdrawal. France resists changes as Lloyd George navigates a shaky coalition while Austrians protest harsh terms and Hungary, Poland, and Russia shift in their own struggles. Revolutionary and terrorist threats rise in Europe as U S internal security focuses on bomb plots and women’s suffrage gains.
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Pickard
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Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Wilson
Orlando
England
League of Nations
League
Japan
Russia
Karl Renner
Hapsburgs
Danube
Vienna
Treichl
Grand ‘Council
Austria
Otto Bauer
Austrian Republic
Lincoln and nearby towns push paving and bridges
Notes report $146 600 in paving and storm sewer work at Geneva and 16 blocks of paving planned at West Point. Lincoln plans more paving than ever. a 34.8 mile Blair Oakland highway project and a Beatrice Lincoln link contract. Disparate items cover floods damage, court-house efforts at Falls City, and a North Platte stop for a continental air route.
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Holdrege
Odell
Nebraska
Tincoln
Lincoln
West Point
Samuel B. Taft
M. BG
Table Rock
Spokane
Wash
New York
Pacific Coast
North Platte
Minnie Owens
Hastings
Crosby
Amies-Foremont
Richardson County
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Omaha
Akron
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Morris Katelman
District Court of
Douglas County
Supreme Court
Promotion Committee
N. T. Gidd
Broken Bow
Custer County
Association
Grand Island
Ford
Waterloo
Denver
Allen Vincent Grammer
State Penitentiary
Lulu Vogt
St. Paul
Supreme Court of
Alson B. Cole
Grammer
Fremont
Eanteen
Maud May
Jefferis
Reevis
War Department
Washington
Theodore Frederick Barnes
McCook
West Point Military Academy
Andrews
Beatrice
York Commercial Club
York
Blair-Oakland
Tekamah
Craig
A. C. Andrews
Methodist Church
Randolph
Evans
Congress
Columbus
Norfolk
McKelvier
Minnesota
League
Frank Green
of Elks
Alliance
United States
Susan B. Anthony
Norris
Hitchcock
State Dental Board
Lancaster
Knox
Custer
Fremont Commercial Club
Midland College
Atchiso
Kan
Lutheran University
Atchison
Burlington
Ashland
Salt Creek
California
Guard recaptures six prisoners in Rhine wine cellar tunnel
An infantry guard near Andernach discovers six escape-prone prisoners vanished from a trench. He uncovers their escape route a brick-lined tunnel leading to a wine cellar stocked with Rhine vintages. The prisoners are found seated among the casks and the tunnel is sealed off.
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Mike
Thom
Andernach
Fea
A. EB. PF
Seventh Infantry
Watch On
Time Reform Debate Sparks Rural Backlash
Farmer Hornbeak laments most locals in Wayoverbehind refuse to set clocks forward arguing for a government commission to investigate the issue. He warns opponents to act in harmony or face a delayed response as time changes back, leaving nonprogressive residents undisturbed.
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Hornbeak
Kansas City Star
Aristocratic London Cigarette Ring Holders Enter Fashion
British magazines promote gem ring cigarette holders made by royal jewelers. Priced from 250 to 300 dollars, these gold or platinum rings feature a hidden finger ring and a scarlet circlet to insert a cigarette. Advertisements claim they keep nicotine from staining fingers. American jewelers expect the fad to cross the Atlantic soon.
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London
His Majesty’s Jeweler
Dorah Delivers The Newfound Land Dog Drama
A literary woman asks Dorah to fetch a book from the library. The new girl exits, a loud scene follows, and Dorah drags in a reluctant Newfound land dog by the collar. The dog allegedly bit Dorah as she fought to reach the door.
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Dorah
Wavius
Josephus
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