Ages of great leaders across history compared to Wilson
The article surveys age milestones of leaders from Napoleon to Clemenceau, Washington, Lincoln, and others, noting Wilson at 62 and comparing peaks of power. It highlights how many attained influence earlier or later, with figures like Caesar, Napoleon, and Cromwell cited to illustrate age and achievement patterns.
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Jefferson
Germany
Caesar
Napoleon
Alexander the Great
Clemenceau
France
Lloyd George
Premier Lloyd George
King George
Baron Sonnino
Marshal Foch
Julius Caeser
Rome
B. C
Ufe
Gaul
Britain
Pompey
Laser
Cromwell
Naseby
Italy
Bridge of
Lodi
Austerlitz
Liepzig
Elba
St. Helena
Wilson
Princeton University
George Washington
Gen. Braddock
Congress
Yorktown
Lincoln
McKinter
Abraham Lincoln
Tre
Douglas
Gettysburg
William McKinney
William Hohenzollern
Kaiser
France Has Heaviest War Bill of Allies
Paris reports the chamber of deputies debated provisional war credits for early 1919. Deputy Jacques Stern estimated France will spend 250 billion francs, Great Britain 200 billion, Belgium 20 billion, totaling 470 billion francs for all allies to press Germany for repayment. He cited Carl Helfrich’s 1913 Germany income estimate of 50 trillion marks and urged an inter allied commission to apportion debt among regions.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Jacques Stern
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Germany
M. Stern
Carl Helfrich
Inter-Allied Commission
Wold
Three Pilots Reach St. Louis Saturday
Lieutenants J. E. Kirkham J. Weed and F. Taptey flew from Paine Field West Point Miss landing in St Louis Saturday afternoon after a seven hour forty minute actual flight. They man air routes for the government. Two planes from Houston to Detroit remain at Scottfield Helleville AL awaiting departure while a third rests in Indianapolis.
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T. Loues
J. E. Kirkham
J. Weed
F. Taptey
Paine Field
West Point
Miss
Houston
Tex
Detroit
Mich
Scottfield
Helleville
Indianapolis
Wilson And His Party Using Ration Cards
London December 28 President Wilson and each member of his suite have been issued emergency ration cards to be treated as ordinary citizens. The master of the household had to obtain extra butter jam sugar margarine lard meat and other rationed items for the President's banquet at the great reception.
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London
Wilson
Puiace
Quincy Peace Disturbance Arrest Reported
John Welpen, 512 Locust street, arrested early this morning on a peace disturbance charge after a domestic dispute with his wife. Police answered a call reporting a possible killing, but the incident centered on alleged blows to the wife.
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John Welpen
Locust Street
Women favor day of rest for servants in Chicago
At the Hiineis Woman's legislative congress in Chicago a six week day week for house maids gained support. Elizabeth Maloney urged reintroducing the one day rest in seven bill to the state legislature. Delegates, including Agnes Nestor, backed the resolution to lobby legislators and send letters. The congress rejected Catharine Waugh McCullough's suffrage proposal as unconstitutional.
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Chicago
Hiineis Woman's Legislative Congress
Elizabeth Maloney
Miss Maloney
Agnes Nestor
National Woman's Trade Union League
Congress
Catharine Waugh McCullough
Florence King
Illinois panel endorses state institution for delinquents
A joint session of Illinois State's Attorneys Association and the Illinois State Society of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology endorsed creating a state institution for delinquents to bridge between the insane and reformatory asylums. Proponents cited misplacements and potential for reform through mental and physical treatment. John L. Whitman warned of danger in granting complete liberty to delinquents, while Clarence S. Darrow spoke on hereditary environments as crime factors.
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Cihcagq
Dhners
Dlinois State's Attorneys Association
theHilinois State Society
American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
John L. Whitman
Clarence S. Darrow
Pike County meets to urge state highway through county
A Pike County meeting in Pittsfield outlined forming a committee to press the State Highway Commission to construct one of the first roads through the county. W. E. Williams chaired. J. Strubinger acted as secretary. The committee includes W. E. Williams, T. Strubinger, R. H. Stepker, M. lb. King, George M. Smith, Earl Swine, and RR. T. Hicks, with A. I. Kiser proposing the chair act as chair. Also notes marriages, local deaths, and influenza recovery across Pittsfield and nearby towns. Pershing in Nice
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Pittsfield
Bee
Pike
Court House
W. BE. Williams
John ©. Strubinger
Barry
A. I. Kiser
Newburg
W. E. Willams
T. Strubinger
R. H. Stepker
Lb. King
Pittsfixia
George M. Smith
Earl
Swine
Stetroit
T. Hicks
State Highway Commission
Persemalia
Charles A. Helker
Lelanke Durhain
Mexico
Alice Daniels
Fimore Mayo
Champaign
J EK. Mayo
Fon. Wells
Mr. Wells
Itail
John McQuitty
Jessie Hogan
Daws
Town
Piitsfield Lodge No
James Crowder
Louisa Hoos
Frank
Elues
Sicenges
Charles Bussarte
Lettie Fenton
Veth
Joe Granda
Chicago
Marian Gratton
Perry
Hoover survey shows Belgium will need food
The Hoover commission reports Belgium and northern France avoided famine under four years of relief, but consumption remains precarious. Prices for meat are high, income for many under $44 weekly, and clothing relies on U.S. aid as textile destruction persists. Two million Belgians were destitute, now falling toward one million, with optimism for harvest relief across Western Europe.
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Washington
Belgium
France
America
Herbert Hoover
Commission For Relief
Europe
Commission
Hoover
United States
Mr. Hoover
Balkan
Poland
Russian And German War Losses Heaviest
London report totals official French losses and outlines national dead counts to date. British 706,726 French 1,071,300 American 58,478 Russian 1,700,000 Austrian 800,000 German 1,600,000. Berlin Vorwaerts cites German casualties at 6,330,000 and Austrian at 4,000,000, with Serbia’s toll at 320,000 in killed, wounded and prisoners.
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London
Lfe
Berlin
Serbia
Election results show Labour loss and new House gains
A fragmented report notes Labour faring poorly in elections while a new House gains 519 seats and includes key figures such as Reginald McKen and other ministers. The piece contrasts Labour’s weaker show with the Ascithlags and an enlarged assembly, highlighting shifts from the old parliament.
Papal Secretary Remains in Paris as Wilson Visit Near
Rome dispatch reports Monsignor Cerretti, papal under-secretary of state, told to stay in Paris for now. It is believed the pope will recall him to Rome for President Wilson's visit. Cerretti went to the United States in November to attend Cardinal Gibbons jubilee and deliver an autograph Pope letter to Wilson.
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Rome
Monsignor Cerretti
Paris
Wilson
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
Declares Report of Pole Pogroms Untrue
Chicago dispatch reports Ignace Paderewski sent a cable to John Smulski stating that reports of Polish pogroms were caused by distorted German propaganda and malicious agitation. The cable claims disturbances in eastern Galicia were not pogroms but criminal releases, with sixty malefactors shot and 1,600 arrested.
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Chicago
Poland
John Smulski
National Polish Department
Ignace J. Paderewski
Smulski
Paderewski
Danzig
London
Galicia
Fire damages stock room at magnet factory
A fire of unknown origin damaged the stock room and stock at a magnet factory, likely caused by spontaneous combustion. The blaze confined to interior fixings damaged drills dies and tools used in magnetes tractors and electrical apparatus. Henry Dayton said investigators could not determine the start, but insurance fully covers the loss.
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Second
Vermont
Ienry Dayton
Dayton
Tax Rate To Be 53 Cents Less This Year
Taxes in Quincy for the year will be 53 cents lower on the $100 valuation according to figures made public Saturday. The state rate is 75 cents down from 60 last year. county 59 and 67 last year. city $1.81 vs $1.95. school tax 2.33 from 2.36. Total: 5.48 vs 6.01 in 1917. Bond interest and sinking fund tax eliminated.
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Quincy
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