Conservatism shines in Britain and Ireland election outcomes
The piece notes a sustained British conservatism despite a rising Labor threat, with Liberal and Conservative coalition candidates gaining support from enfranchised women and soldiers. It highlights the defeat of Herbert Asquith and Arthur Henderson, Sinn Fein gains in Ireland, and Treland’s response to Home Rule without Ulster coercion, ending with news of Brigadier General Henry R. Hill’s death.
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Labor Party
Lloyd George
Arthur Balfour
Yeteran
Bonar Law
Herbert Asquith
Simon
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
Ireland
Sinn Fenners
Dillon
Redmond
Treland
Ulster
Sinn
Washington News
Henry R. Hill
Quincy
Hill
Road Building Urged. Governor Should Act Now
In Adams county byline advocates press for immediate highway construction driven by Governor Lowden. They cite high material costs and future labor markets, urging a strong delegation to Springfield this week to push for one key road this year, preferably toward Camp Point and Clayton feeders.
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Adams County
Highway Board
Cass
Sangamon
Ma‘pon
Adams
Camp Point
Camp Point-Clayton
Lowden
Dams
Springfield
Low
Pay and status of teachers of the young children
The piece argues that teachers of very young children are underpaid and underqualified, driven by a myopic view that younger pupils require less effort. It warns that early mental habits form from home and school influences, and calls for higher pay and better staffing for early education to improve overall schooling outcomes.
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Suran
Southern Democrats seek split influence over Pershing candidacy
A cable from Paris reports two southern Democratic politicians visiting General Pershing to win backing for a possible Republican presidential bid. The rumor notes a party faction split in the South, with questions about Pershing's reaction, and recalls Grant era politics as context. The piece cautions Pershing’s focus on duties and notes generals Sherman Sheridan and Admiral Dewey avoided politics.
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Washington Star
Paris
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Pershing
Gen. Pershing
Grant
Union
Mr. Lincoln
Gen. Grant
John A. Logan
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Gen. Sherman
Gen. Sheridan
Admiral Dewey
Riga Panic Stricken As Troops Approach Riga
Copenhagen January 2 Riga is in panic as Bolshevist forces close to 18 miles from the city and many families flee. The Russian fleet plans to sail from Kronstadt to meet the British in the Baltic. Two battleships and cruisers manned by Esthenians and Lithuanians attempted sea departure but were fired on from the Finnish coast and returned.
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Copenhagen
Riga
Berlin
Kronstadt
Baltic
When A Family Needs A Friend In Absence Of Doctors
An ad promotes Hood and its products as a new combination family treatment for influenza and lingering illnesses. It urges regular use of Hood's Sarsaparilla before meals, Peptiron after meals, and Hood's Pills at night to purify blood, build strength, and keep the family healthy. It claims reasonable guarantees and invites readers to ask their druggist for the remedies today.
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Hood
Peace Session Open Diplomacy Urged By press Note
Etienne Du Na leche, Paris journalist, argues public sessions for the peace congress while preserving confidential plenipotentiary conversations. He says decisions should be made public promptly and summaries shared with the press to curb babblers and ensure accountability.
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Associated Press
Paris
Etienne du Naleche
Journal Des Debats
Society of Paris
Congress
Farmer Brown's Boy Builds Brush Pile For Bob Whites
In Thornton W. Burgess Animal Stories, Farmer Brown's Boy spends a busy morning gathering pine and hemlock to build a brush pile near the Old Orchard. He hopes Bob White birds will use the shelter, while Bully the English Sparrow and his family intrude, stealing grain meant for the birds. Shadow the Weasel lurks nearby as the scene unfolds.
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Farmer Brown
Armer Brown
Green Forest
Bob
North Wind
Brown
Bob White
Shadow the Weasel
Farmer
Letters Of Deposed Kaiser Burned At Potsdam
Paris Jan 2 All the correspondence of the former German emperor kept at Potsdam has been burned along with many documents on internal questions, says Carl Kautsky in a Matin interview. He is preparing a white book on the pricing of the war in three or four volumes. The first volume will appear within 15 days. The papers include notes in pencil in the handwriting of the former emperor, and not one paper was missing from the foreign office.
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Paris
Peros
Potsdam
Matin
Carl Kautsky
Kautsky
Francis Ferdinand
Belgium
Foreign Office
Canada Troop Train Wreck Kills Three in Blizzard
A Halifax to Toronto troop train derailed near Edmundston during a blizzard on the National Trans-Continental line. Three soldiers were killed and 55 injured, some seriously, as one car overturned and nine others derailed. Reports from the scene were scarce. cause unknown.
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Quebec
Halifax
Toronto
Edmundston
National Trans-Continental Railway
Youth Denied Right to Practice Law Wins Case
James B. Crosth of Rockford Illinois, after nearly a score of failed attempts, appeared in federal court as his own lawyer and won a writ of error. The U S circuit court of appeals will review his case after Federal Judge Landis denied mandamus to compel the state board of law examiners to treat him more favorably.
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Chicago
James B. Crosth
Rockford
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