Luxury- Liking London Reports Brest-Litovsk Talks Start
Petrogad dispatches note joint Austro German and Russian delegations began discussions on prisoners and trade returns. Germans prefer luxury as they move between hotels. Neutral consuls discuss security of bank deposits. Russian delegates say Germans would evacuate white Russia but keep Riga and Libau. Odessa plebiscite mooted to decide city’s fate between Ukraine and white Russia. Uhlan unit near Kiev clashes leave several dead.
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London
Petrograd
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Riga
Libau
Eremyeff
Odessa
Ukraine
White Russia
Kiev
Gratsk
Smolensk
Bromo Quinine Box Signed by E. W. Oves
An old advertisement notes that Bromo Quinine is the only approved tonic and laxative with no nerve ringing in the head. It claims the product can be used by anyone and highlights a signature line reading E. W. Ove on the box, priced at 20c.
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E. W. Ove
Open House Draws Large Crowd at YMC A Event
Between 600 and 700 attended a Monday open house by the Y M C A and Y W C A A steady stream of visitors enjoyed athletic events music and applause. The afternoon featured a swimming display with thirty four demonstrations while the evening program opened with a minstrel and grand march. The high school girls and business girls performed dances and exhibitions including Indian club drill dumb bell exercises and relay races with a large crowd filling the auditorium.
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Y. WC. A
Thelma McDole
Katherine Wurst
Gretchen
Hylan Places New York on War Basis
January 2 New York City officialdom to run on a war basis said Mayor John F. Hylan in his inaugural address. He urged department heads to cut waste and save funds. Frederick A. Bugher named police commissioner and representative Murray Hurlbert named commissioner of docks and ferries. It was noted Hurlbert will resign from Congress next week to take the post.
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New York
New York City
John F. Hylan
Hylan
Frederick A. Bugher
Murray Hurlbert
RepresentativeTurlbert
Congress
Bishop of Oregon Married in Chicago
Walter T. Sumner, Episcopal bishop of Oregon, married Miss Myrtle Mitchell of Negaunee, Michigan, in Chicago at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. The ceremony was conducted by Bishop C. P. Anderson, assisted by Rev. W. S. Pond. The note ends with an unrelated quotation about bitterness from swallowing words.
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Chicago
Walter T. Sumner
Oregon
Myrtle Mitchell
Negaunee
Mich
Saints Peter and Paul
Sumner
C. P. Anderson
W. S. Pond
Errant Suitor Murder in Edina Hotel
Carl Hurt, 27, was killed Monday night in his father's hotel in Hurdland. Deputies say Samuel Walters or Sherman Barnhill fired after Hurt surprised Walters' wife in an adjoining room. Both men, cousins, were arrested and to face a preliminary hearing in Edina. Walters previously lived in Edina and Barnhill lived south of Edina.
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Edina
Carl Hurt
Hurdland
Samuel Walters
Oor Sherman Barnhill
Tlart
Walters
Barnhill
Hart
Keanees City
Snow Blocks Tyrol Frontier As Cold Weather Binds Army
Snow continues to fall along the Swiss Italian and Swiss Austrian frontiers in Tyrol. Austro German troops are held up on the Tyrol frontier with many Red Cross and food convoys stalled in mountain passes. Central empire regiments are isolated without food as military trains from Trent are blockaded. General Conrad commands a large army attempting to clear the railway to sustain operations against Italy.
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Geneva
Tyrol
Chiasso
Red Cross
Central Empire
Trent
Conrad
New York Budget Cut Shrinks State Affairs Funds
Albany January 2 Gov Whitman estimates the cost to run New York state affairs for the coming year at about 78.6 million dollars a reduction of roughly 20 million from department head requests and about 1.317 million less than the 1917 appropriation.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Whitman
Fifteen Ara Injured In Streetcar Collision
Fifteen persons were injured in a two streetcar crash in St. Louis early today as a west bound Olive Street car struck a south bound Vandeventer Street car. All are in hospitals and the full extent of injuries is not yet known.
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ST. Louis
Jan
Olive
Vandeventer
Grip-Lax Cold Cure Boxed as One Bromo Quinine Tablet
An old advertisement promises relief from colds with Grip-LAX tablets. It claims to remove the cause using a single Bromo Quinine tablet, priced at 30 cents, and signed by E. W. Grove.
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E. W. Grove
Osborn Wins New Year’s Shoot At South Side Boat Club
G C Osborn won the New Year’s trapshoot with a perfect streak of 15 birds at the South Side Boat Club behind the clubhouse for the Odell medal. W Q O Cook, E Dedert and A Slunsaker tied for second with 14 of 15. The event drew 12 to 15 out of town entrants.
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South Side Boat Club
Odell
Henry Geise
G. C. Osborn
W. Q O. Cook
E. Dedert
A. Slunsaker
David McCoy
Warren Hartzel
Elmer Muta
Fred Luthin
Carl Bucher
Boat Club
Helen Heuer
Ethel Hartel
Bero Hawley
Emma Luthin
Pansy Gail
Marion Hartzel
August Bergman
Albert Weisenberger
Santa Claus
Mississippi Valley Hunters’ Protective Association
Farrell
Dramatic Club
South Side
Meter Boat Club
Glee Club
Valentine Till John Willing
Fred Rummenie
TH. Vogel
Income Tax Man to Visit Pittsfield on Feb 11
A treasury department special agent will be in Pittsfield February 11 to advise residents on income tax return preparation amid high prices and wartime taxes. The item notes local farmers and stockraisers likely owe income tax and the extra war tax. Also mentioned are local furloughs for several service members, a Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance annual meeting, a wood chopping drive for coal conservation, and the illness of City Clerk Guy Carlton.
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Pittsfield
Treasury Department
Glenn Hoover
Camp Taylor
Pittsfield Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Court House
Oliver R. Barrett
Chicago
Nate L. Cannon
Jacksonville
Ellen M. Barrett
William Heightman
Camp ‘Taylor
Ray Kelley
Little Rock
Ark
William R. Hatfield
Thomas Hoover
Chase
Kan
Methodist Church
Arthur Istown
Brown
J. C. Brown
Charles A. Hooper
Guy Carlton
Griffiths and Downey settle to a twelve round draw
In Akron Ohio on January 2 Johnny Griffiths and Bryan Downey fought a fierce twelve round draw. Both boxers were badly cut by the final bell after a highly spirited bout.
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Akron, O
Johnny Griffiths
Bryan Downey
No Change in Beer Here for Three Months
Herbert Hoover as food administrator issues a 25 percent alcohol limit for all U S breweries starting January 1 1914. Brewers may dispose of stock on hand and Quincy drinkers welcomed supplies from Ruff and Dick with enough liquid to meet demand for three months or more. Breweries claim no price change and that the 23 percent alcohol or less brew may suit beer lovers while rice and barley use is saved under the conservation bill.
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Herbert Hoover
Quincy
Ruff and Dick
Ruff Company
Ruff
Dick Breweries
Serbian Detachment Ready to Sail to Europe
Three hundred Serbians who left American farms and factories to form an American Serbian detachment to fight Austro Germans in the Balkans arrived in an Atlantic port after a Chicago departure. In uniform they were greeted by the Red Cross and given comfort kits woolen socks and sweaters along with an American flag.
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Atlantic
Balkans
Chicago
Europe
Red Cross
Government to Use British Museum as Air Board Offices
The Star reports that the government has taken over the British Museum in London to serve as offices for the air board. Founded in 1753, the museum houses antiquities drawings prints a library of over two million volumes and numerous manuscripts and charters.
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London
the Star
British Museum
Air Board
Local items mix personal notes and town updates
Snyder's Taxi and Dr H F Lafler listed among local services. Norman Cottrell returned to Valparaiso University to resume engineering studies after a ten day visit with parents. Front and Maine streets see a $7,000 Richardson Lubricating office building under construction after a fire. A Miss Marie Schaller piano recital tonight at Quincy College of Magic tickets 50 cents. Crews fought a chimney fire on Kentucky between Seventh and Eighth streets. A taxi collision at Sixth and Hampshire caused minor damage. Officers from Home Guards gathered for a non commissioned officers school in Stern building.
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South Eighth
E. F. Bradford
Vermont Street
California
Richardson Lubricating Company
George Marriott
Front
Maine Streets
Quincy
Marie Schaller
Rome Arnold
Quincey College of Magic
Joseph Awden
The
Paper Produce and Envelope Company
Springfield
Chicago
Maryland
Kentucky
Seventh
Eighth
Simpson
Sixth
Hampshire
Home Guards
Fudge S. A. Hubbard
Stern
Zionists raise funds at Midwest convention in Chicago
More than 150000 dollars were pledged to re-people Palestine by Jews at a Midwest Zionists convention attended by ten states. A total of 1000000 dollars is in hand. The meeting adopted a resolution urging the Zionist provisional committee led by Justice Brandeis to harmonize differences with the rabbinical wing.
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Chicago
Palestine
Zionist Provisional Committee
Leas D Brandeis
New Year's With Army in France
New Year's Day passed quietly for American troops in France with boxing bouts special dinners at officers clubs and celebrations at the Y M C A quarters and messes.
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France
Alien enemies must register in Quincy under U S order
The government orders alien enemies from Germany and Austria to register in Quincy through the police department. Blanks are distributed by the mayor and police chief, and a special registration day will be set. Those who fail to register will be labeled delinquent and may face action by the government. Police will verify papers and report uncertain naturalizations to the U S marshal. John Boularaki travels to St Louis on business after visiting relatives and attending a funeral.
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Quincy
Police Department
United States
Springfield
Government Department of Justice
John A. Thompson
Melton
Cunele Sam
Germany
Austria
Sam
John Boularaki
St. Louis
Galeshore
Mike Kospogiani
Paris
George Geanatos
Polish Contingent Lands in France for Allied War Effort
Washington dispatch says the first Polish unit formed in America has landed safely in France. The group, trained at Niagara, New York, is to join Polish forces on the western front. Exact numbers were withheld for military reasons.
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Frankfurter Zeitung
Berlin
Austria- Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Louisville
Harry H. Lewis
Jefferson County
Susan Lewis
Joondon
Ramsgate
Deal
Snow Blocks Army
Tyrol Frontier
Ben Hur
Osborn
U. S
America
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Philadelphia Bulletin
Khiat
Gentaur Company
PAL Canonths
Clyttey Phen
Conger Bros
St. Paul
Wolff-Wilson Drug Co
D. R. Dyche & Co
Owl Drug Co
San Francisco
Cal
Fletcher
Genuine Fc
Astoria
Apse Centaur Company
New Oak City
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