German victory forecast by Ludendorff at war’s end
Amsterdam dispatch quotes General Von Ludendorff predicting the war will not end in a draw but favor the central powers. He says modern war is a war of peoples, not armies, with decisive battles replaced by broader collapse of a nation. He notes elastic defense on the western front and accepts local rebuffs as inevitable during great offensives.
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von Hindenburg
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Nue Freie
von “Indenburg
You can't always tell unless you are a woman
A terse line notes that gender perception can be challenging, signaling social commentary on identity and recognition. It highlights the perceptual gap women may face in everyday judgments and underscores a broader discourse on gender visibility.
Fistic Battle in Coatsburg Sunday
In Coatsburg on Sunday afternoon a fist fight broke out in front of the State Street bank, sparked by village election tensions involving Joseph Meekes and Mrs. Adams Kendall. Kendall, a painter, reportedly defeated Meekes, in a dispute over crossings voted at the village board meeting.
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Joseph Meekes
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Leo Spath Buried Near Taylor From Camp Funston Death
Palmyra Mo Dec 4 The remains of Leo Spath one of Marion county s men who died of measles at Camp Funston arrived in Palmyra at 3 pm Sunday Undertaker Leach of Maywood met the train and the body was taken to the home of Mr Spath near Taylor Funeral services were held Monday Bishop Johnson of St Louis preached at the Episcopal church Sunday night to a large congregation Tra Widebrook returned to Camp Funston leaving Sunday afternoon after a brief furlough with the home folks Dick Chadwell of Quincy was a week end visitor in Palmyra returning to his home in Quincy Sunday afternoon Over four hundred automobile tourists passed through Palmyra Sunday afternoon from Quincy Hannibal and various parts of Marion county Several Iowa cars were noted passing through Emmett Rigney of St Louis was given a fine in Judge Chadwell s court late Saturday night for striking Theodore Bias a young crippled Negro J W Grant a young Negro is in the county jail awaiting trial on a peace disturbance charge he was arrested Saturday night He runs a lunch stand near Pullman s saloon and had an argument with another Negro terminating in the arrest of Grant Successful men believe in luck backed up by their own efforts.
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Iowa
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Deadly germs claim danger in balloons over front lines
Boston dispatch reports germ laden balloons used as covert messages by German forces. American volunteers in the alliance service arriving from Thanksgiving in France reveal balloons sometimes carry germs for epidemics. Medical corps now screens all balloons before use. Four Be college ambulance unit members from Illinois and Missouri earned Croix de Guerre for bravery in France. Also listed are long list of garden seeds grown over ten years.
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William “. H ®Man
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Reford
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