Baby Victory 10 Receives Good Fellow Christmas Aid
A Christmas miracle tale from Adams County details Baby Victory born Armistice Day who, with Good Fellows help, will spend her first Christmas in a loving home. Influenza struck the family and the father is out of work. neighbors and rural Good Fellows rally with gifts of toys and food to ensure joy for Victory and her siblings.
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Baby Victory
Quincy
America
Influenza
Santa Claus
Miss Braxton
Louis Lepper
South Sixteenth Street
Gay Braxton
Mrs. Lepper
Dempsey Knocks Morris in First Round in New Orleans
New Orleans crowd sees Jack Dempsey of Utah KO Carl Morris of Ostoma in one minute of the initial round of a scheduled twenty round bout. The KO blow was a left back to the stomach amid hard fighting as Morris wobbled and spectators near ringside doubted his status. Mike Bests Flynn reports Tulsa bout results with Nelly Miske of St Paul stopping Ten Flynn of Pueblo Colo in the second round after Flynn had been floored twice in the first.
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New Orleans
Jack Dempsey
Utah
Carl Morris
Ofstoma
Morris
Mike Bests Flynn
Tulsa
Okla
Nilly Miske
St. Paul
Ten Flynn
Puebla Colo
Flynn
Philadelphia boxer defeats Ever Hammer in six round
Lew Tender of Philadelphia knocked down Ever Hammer of Chicago in a six round bout. In the third round Tender battered Hammer’s stomach, leading to a knockdown and a disputed foul claim before the bout resumed and Tender dominated the remainder of the fight.
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Philadelphia
Lew Tender
Ever Hammer
Chicago
Hammer
Rocter
Bount Tendley
Woolen Mills Agent Held By Grand Jury
T Ellett Hodgskin of New York named American agent for Dr Taegers Sani tary Woolen System is indicted by the District of Columbia grand jury on charges of trading with the enemy and failing to report control of stock to the alien enemy property custodian. The indictment cites Hodgskin's control of stock in a firm run by German subjects Wilhelm Benger Heinrich Benger and Luise Benger operating in Germany as Wilhelm Renger Sohn. An unrelated note mentions New York City's telephone listings once totaling 252 subscribers.
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Washington
T. Ellett Hodgskin
New York
Dr. Taeger
Distro Molumbia
Hodgskin
Wilhelm Benger
Heinrich Benger
Luise Benger
Germany
Wilhelm Renger Sohn
Riots Erupt As Italian Labor Mission Attacked
Chicago on December 17 witnessed rioting as radical Socialists and Bolsheviks disrupted a meeting by Alceste De Ambries and eight Italian parliament members visiting the United States. Fighting broke out with shots fired and knives and chairs used as weapons until 100 patrols and detectives intervened. several were injured but none seriously.
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Chicago
United States
Alceste de Ambries
Hisses
Lloyd George and Balfour Set to Arrive in Paris
Paris dispatch reports British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary A J Balfour will arrive in Paris next weekend. The piece also notes a military title curiosity about promotions from major general to lieutenant general.
Rochester Woman Claims Heir to Million Dollar Estate
A Rochester woman, Mrs S A Fort, says she is a cousin of Max A Anderson of Two Harbors who recently died leaving about 1 million dollars. Authorities believed he had no heirs, but Fort writes that a cousin exists and asks AP to inform the lawyers. A note also mentions an x ray device for killing leaf tobacco pests.
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Rochester
Duluth
Minn
Max A. Anderson
Two Harbors
Anderson
Duluth and Iron Range
Sweden
Northwest
Associated Press
S. A. Fort
Minnesota
Max
Government calls for more teachers nationwide
Federal Examiner R E Hackman seeks school ma amas professors and teachers of all kinds not currently employed. Chicago office reports serious national teacher shortages with vacancies in rural and city schools, principalships, superintendencies, and colleges. Quincy Schools report adequate local staffing but warn of wider demand and potential relocations to other parts of Illinois or the United States.
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R. E. Hackman
U.S
North Fifth Street
United States
Mark L. Crawford
Illinois
Hackman
Crawford
Chicago
United States Employment Service
United States Employment Bureau
Quincy
Adams County
Washington
Charles M. Gill
Redfield Optimistic Over Business Field
Secretary William C. Redfield of the Commerce Department voiced optimism at a Boston business adjustment conference about U S government plans for Japan foreign trade and labor capital disputes. He predicted larger production would raise wages and ease worker transitions as veterans return to employment.
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Boston
United States
William C. Redfield
Department of Commerce
Japan
Allied Leaders Meet In Paris Next Monday
Paris December 17 officials arrive to meet President Wilson. Italian premier Orlando and foreign minister Sonnino will reach Thursday. British prime minister Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour expected next weekend. Conference to assemble next Monday with Clemenceau present. Sessions brief, not exceeding two days. Wilson to meet delegates at the Presch war office. After two days delegates will pause for Christmas holidays.
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Paris
Wilson
Orlando
Sonnino
David Lloyd George
Balfour
Clemenceau
Presch War Office
Preedonat Wilson
Lipsner Announces Air Passenger Line And Plans
Captain Benjamin B. Lipsner, former government aerial mail service head, vows next year to start the first U S air passenger and express lines backed by wealthy backers. No routes yet but first service planned for May 15 1919 with six planes 110 mph capacity forty passengers each wireless phones and modern gear. Lipsner aims June 15 for first trans Atlantic flight using a sea going plane following the George Washington route.
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New York
Benjamin B. Lipsner
Lipsner
Express
George Washington
Wilson
France
Ford Eagles Arrive at U S Submarine Base
The first three Ford Eagles to be built arrive at the submarine base in New London Connecticut after a voyage via the St Lawrence River along the eastern seaboard and through the Cape Cod canal.
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U. S. Submarine Base
New London
Conn
St. Lawrence
Cape Cod
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure All Stages
An advertisement asserts catarrh can be cured in all stages by Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally and acting through the blood. It claims to strengthen constitution and offers 100 dollars to any case it fails to cure, urging readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, with druggists selling price at 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
American Women Lead the World in Health and Beauty
An editorial styled claim extols American women as leaders in health, beauty, and intelligence. It credits iron and phosphated iron as key to vigor, strong nerves, and vitality, urging readers to seek genuine phosphated iron capsules at Owl Drug Store and other druggists.
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Owl Drug Store
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BRIS
Oklahoma
Ever Hanmer
New York City
the Whig
Radigal
NEER
Hiss
A. J. Balfour
Redfield
AIR Passenger Line
Tenk Hardware Co
W. T. Duker Co
Halbach-Schroeder Co
Hoelscher-Seifert Co
Meyer-Wilms Co
Yry Goods
Maine
6Th St
5Th St
State St
Maine St
Model Clothing Co. Chas. Kessell
Hampshire St
Thomas A. Brown
Vanvourg
Maine and
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Miller & Arthur Drug Co
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Reid’s
American Cloak & Suit Co
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