Greeks Press Saloniki Evacuation Amid Balkan Front Turmoil
Anglo-French forces retire from Southern Serbia toward Saloniki as Bulgarian and German pressure increases. King Constantine offers to guard the retreat if re-embarkation occurs. Greece waits on a decision feared to spark wider war while negotiations with the allies continue. Italiana Lose 6,000 Men in Tripoli as Senussi tribesmen seize Tripoli vilayet. Italians report 4,000 killed and loss of arms.
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Constantine
Saloniki
Greece
Paris
Rome
The
Evening Star
Turks Gain Ascendency in Mesopotamia Report
An official report states that the Turks are steadily gaining the ascendancy in Mesopotamia and that the British expedition, after a protracted retreat from near Baghdad, is now offering less effective resistance.
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Constantinople
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Kaiser recalls attaches as Germany seeks safe conduct
Washington reports that Emperor William withdrew Capru Boy-Ed and Von Papen, naval and military attaches, after a German request for safe conduct. Secretary Lansing announced the action, while Ambassador von Bernstorf said the U S reply on reasons was satisfactory. A Count declined to comment. The recall pleased the Emperor. Also, a labor fight in Cincinnati ends with one man dead and two wounded when unidentified attackers strike a painting crew at a local hospital.
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Washington, D. C
William
Capru
Boy-Ed
von Papen
United States
Lansing
von Bernstorf
Germany
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dernburg Arrives in Vienna for Political Mission
Amsterdam dispatch reports Dr Hernhard Dernburg has reached Vienna on a political mission. London and Vienna are noted in the exchanges, signaling European diplomatic activity.
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Dr. Dernburg
Vienna
London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Eeya
Hernhard Dernburg
England Recognizes Carranza in Mexico
London dispatch says the foreign office announced Great Britain has recognized the Carranza government in Mexico.
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England
Carranza
London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Mexico
Salvation Army receives legacy from London benefactor
The late Edward Mossom died recently bequeathing 760000 dollars to the Salvation Army in London. The estate totals 780000 dollars with 20000 dollars likely allocated to other purposes.
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Salvation Army
London
Edward Mossom
The
Revenue Men Seek Higher Pay and Civil Service
Special committees for Internal Revenue Department employees nationwide resolved to demand higher salaries and placement under civil service. Washington Dry Law Upheld by state supreme court with two justices dissenting. law takes effect January 1, 1916. Lafayette County Goes Wet in Missouri election with over 6,000 votes cast and a German settlement sway yielding a net majority near 500.
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New York
Internal Revenue Department
United States
Ank
Washington
Olympia
Wash
Lafayette County
Higginaville
Lezington
Thoreday
Mids in strike schemes and consular intrigue
Federal agents gather evidence linking members of German and Austrian staffs to attempted paper smuggling as part of a plan to provoke strikes in munition factories. Investigators tie Marcus Braun to the scheme and probe use of an American passport, with Wil Zwiedinek and von Nuber named in the alleged operation. The case prompts questions of diplomatic entanglements and responses from Labor's National Peace Council.
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New York
United States
Franz von Rintelen
Department of Justice
Germany
Austria
Washington
Executive Committee of Labor
National Peace Council
H. Robert Fowler
Henry Ford
Washington, D. C
Z2wiedinek
von Nuber
Vienna
Marcus Braun
Fair Play
Providence Journal
Dumba
James F. J. Archibald
Justice Department
Braun
Baron Zwiedinek
Braun Wiha
Department
Brann
Kirkwall
England
Cass
Zwiedenek
Steel Corp Cleared in Rail Rebates Probe
The Interstate Commerce Commission found no basis for charges that United States Steel Corp received excessive rebates from railroads over the past six years. The report, sent to the Senate response to Senator Lane, states the commission examined railroad records and accounts and found no evidence of wholesale rebates to the steel company during the period.
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commisions
Senate
Lane
Oregon
Steel Corporation
Psychologist Arrested for Practicing Medicine Without License
Milwaukee police arrested Stefan Sobglewski formerly of St Lauter who advertised as a pes thologist and touted the Science of MPhenomen e. He was quarantined for a month while soliciting admin and allowing a layperson to strike him. Sobulewsk i sentenced to six months in the workhouse with no fine option.
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Milwaukee
Win
Stefan W. Sobglewski
St. Lauter
Wimewll
Wendowak
Peyehulogist
Sobulewsk
First Oklahoma electrocution ends Henry Bookman life
Henry Bookman, Oklahoma's first electrocution victim, walked to the electric chair in McAlester’s state penitentiary clutching a Bible. The event marks a grim milestone for the state as it carries out capital punishment.
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McAlester
Okia
Henry Bookman
Oklahoma
State Penitentiary
World record milk yield by Lady Pontiac Johanna cow
Muffalo reports Lady Pontiac Johanna, a valued cow at £20,000, has broken a world record by producing 658 pounds of milk in a week resulting in 41 61-100 pounds of butter.
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Muffalo
Pontiac Johanna
Embezzlement Claims Hit Majestic Theater Leaders
Cedar Rapids Pinkerton detectives hired by the theater owner swore warrants for the arrest of Vice Hugo the manager and Charles Hodhurst the theater treasurer on embezzlement charges, with officers stating the sum may reach $40,000.
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Cedar Rapids
Pinkerton
Majestic Theater
Vice Hugo
Charles Hodhurst
Washington Bills for $11,000 Armor Plate Factory
Bills for an 11000 dollar, 0 government armor plate factory were introduced in both houses of congress by Chairman TLiman of the senate naval committee and Representative Tavenner of Silcotn.
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Washington
Congress
Tliman
Senate Naval Committee
Tavenner
Silcotn
New York Exports Hit Record at Port of New York
Exports from the port of New York in November topped 180 million dollars, the largest total ever recorded, according to estimates by custom house officials. Separately a blue eyed baby found abandoned on a doorstep renews hopes for adoption as Christmas nears.
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New York
New York City
Custom House
Ford Buys 14 Acres North of Plant at Record Price
Ford Motor Company purchases 14 acres north of its plant in Detroit for about 1.4 million dollars, the highest land price in the area. In Lansing Kansas, Thomas Johnson, jailed five and half years for a murder in Winfield, is freed as innocent after another man confessed to the crime.
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Ford
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Car Company
Lansing
Kan
Kansas
Thomas Johnson
Frank Allen
Winfield
Belgian Families Reach U G Mewfork
Two hundred Belgian families travel toward Chicago to reunite with relatives long separated since the war, journeying in hope and endurance as they navigate uncertainty and await official plans for resettlement.
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U. G
Chicago
Bodeo for Child Workers In Philadelphia Classes Opened
Continuation classes to meet the requirements of the child labor law become effective. Several departments will organize the program in Philadelphia to educate and supervise young workers as mandated by the new regulation.
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Philadelphia
Department Stereo
Note to Austria on Ancona sinking demands U S response
Secretary Lansing forwards a strong note to Vienna detailing American survivors’ account of the November 7 sinking of the steamship Ancona by an Austro-Hungarian submarine. The United States accuses the submarine commander of war-time barbarity, calls for punishment and reparations, and urges Austria-Hungary to denounce the act.
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Washington
Lansing
Department of State
D. C
Ambassador Penfield
Subwarine
United States
Germany
United Stites
Colemerce
United Suites
Austra-Hungary
Ancona
Wessel
Wemen
Tet Pest Gpo & Com
Hopewell Suspect Fined After Fire Plot Arrest
Hopewell Virginia a Du Pont worker arrested day before a major fire on suspicion of plotting to blow up the plant was fined 25 dollars and placed under bonds to help the doorway recovery effort.
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Hopewell
du Pont
Domae
New York Faces Serious Milk Shortage Amid Allied Purchases
The New York health department warns of a severe milk shortage in the city caused by large Allied purchases of condensed milk for soldiers in the trenches. The notice highlights the strain on supplies and possible rationing measures.
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New York
Health Department
New York City
Ford named as candidate in Nebraska GOP primary
Lincoln Neb. Henry Ford is filed as a candidate for the presidential nomination in the Nebraska Republican primaries to be held next April. Ford, a Detroit manufacturer, is the figure at the center of the filing news.
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Lincoln
Henry Ford
Detroit
Wan
Nebraska
Land Opening in South Dakota to Offer 7 Million Acres
The Interior Department announced a land opening in Pennington Guster and Fall River counties in South Dakota. About seven million acres of nonirrigable land will be open for entry on January WW.
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Washington
Pennington
Guster
Fall River Counties
South Dakota
Department of the Interior
Wasting No Time on Saline County Rock Road Bond
Saline County voters set for February 19 election on a 1 300 000 bond proposal to build 192 miles of rock highways. Petition signers exceed required threshold. plan reduced rock depth to twelve feet on all roads to satisfy concerns. Farmers would pay about ten cents per acre annually for twenty years amid statewide honors in horticulture and a Linneus good roads meeting adding two highway lines.
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Missouri
Rock Road
Saline
County Rock Road Committee
James Wenders
Frank Lathmer
Saline County
Farmer Samuel Caldwell Killed in Train Collision at Crossing
Samuel Caldwell, 62, a farmer near Knobnoster, was killed when his car was struck by a Missouri Pacific train at a crossing. His daughter Ruby sustained severe injuries in the accident.
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Samuel Caldwell
Knobnoster
Ruby
Missouri Pacific
Koob Poster
Hunts license case notes from Montgomery County
An 88 year old named Jack Cosington, described as a law yer, applied for a hunter's license in Montgomery County. The fragment also recalls Missouri individuals who traveled overland to California with an Oon team slateen years before the Civil War.
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Jack Cosington
Montgomery
Gal Celda
California
Man Fatally Shot By Accident While Lifting Rifle
Harold Moore aged 22 was shot through the heart in Stannthal when a 22 caliber rifle he was lifting from the ground accidentally discharged. He was the son of Robert Moore.
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Harold Moore
Stannthal
Robert Moore
Eagles Invade Missouri Farm Regions Causing Heavy Losses
Over the past twenty days bald eagles have damaged crops and livestock across Ozark Taney Howell counties in Missouri and Raster county Arkansas. Figs calves goats lambs and various fowl have been killed in large numbers. Despite state game law protection farmers trap shoot and poison the birds. Two carcasses near Mammoth measured seven and nine feet wingspan.
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Missouri
Ozark
Taney
Howell
Raster County
Arkansas
Mammoth
Notable local residents and probate notes in Missouri region
Charles Nicolson, aged six percent, renowned for raising fine colts, dies at his Fulton-area home from paralysis. A 58-year-old man marries a 13-year-old girl by the girl's mother’s consent, Ida M. Franks, 14, in Springfield. she becomes the youngest to obtain a Green County marriage license. A state hospital for indigent patients with accident injuries is proposed for Columbia to provide clinical training for University of Missouri medical students, backed by the Missouri State Medical Association and heading to the next legislature. Peter J. Tribble, 65, retired Ray County farmer, dies at his Richmond home. a native of Kentucky.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Missouri State Medical Association
Missouri
Peter J. Tribble
Ray County
Richmond
Kantucky
Prizes Announced for Missouri Country Ham Show
Missouri State Board of Agriculture offers 150 dollars in premiums for best country cured hams bacon shoulders fresh smoked and fancy country sausage at the Farmers Week ham and bacon show in Columbia January 3 to 7 1916. Worcester Salt Company adds two barrels of salt for best ham and best bacon. Entries limited to Missouri farm meat with no entry fee. All meat must be addressed to the Missouri State Board of Agriculture Columbia Mo and arrive by January 1 1916 or delivered by 3 oclock Monday afternoon January 3 to the Agricultural building. late entries not allowed.
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Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Missouri Farmers
Missouri College of Agriculture
Columbia
Worcester Salt Company
Missouri
Agricultural Building
Othe
Thome
Funds for Boone County Roads From Special District
The Missouri Supreme Court ruling directs the Columbia special road district to spend its funds within fifteen miles of the district. Commissioners Stewart and Conley expect major improvements to key roads radiating from Columbia. District funds exceed $200 from 1913 and 1914 levies. 1915 had no county levy. A constitutional amendment to allow state and local levies is urged. Probate Judges Association met at Sedalia. St Louis to host 1916 gathering December 2 and 4. Officers elected: Milligan president, Hurried vice president, Williams secretary-treasurer, Hodgedon sergeant-at-arms.
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Boone County
Missouri Supreme Court
Columbia
J. A. Stewart
Spf Conley
Columbia Conmmercii
Apwormal
Stewart
Conley
Columbia Special Road District
Missouri
Sedalia
St Louis
Chhosen
M M Milligan
Richmoned
Tow Hurriede
Warrenton
Theo Williama
Mahon
Sam N Hodgedon
Former Legislator Dead Near Tither and Area Reform
Former legislator George Bo Chteeh, 58, died near Tither after weeks of illness. The late leader was a prominent Thyted county resident and local official. Recent Stone county election results showed the bond defeat for a new Galena courthouse by an estimated 500 votes.
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George Bo Chteeh
Tither
Church
Restaurant table quarrel over music noise puzzles Jinke
An exchange questions why Jinke seeks seats away from music in a restaurant. The reply suggests his appetite is ruined by wanting to avoid hearing his own voice.
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Jinke
Tepolla
Goap 18 Strongly Alkasing and Hair Scalp Cleanse Ad
An old ad column promotes La Creole Hair Dressing to cleanse the scalp and darken hair, plus a gag about stylish hats. It includes a price of 1.00 and a Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets reference. The quotes mix humor about men and women with marketing copy.
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