German raider captured near Mazatlan foiled plan
The schooner Alexander Agassiz, 32 tons net and once UC Berkeley research vessel, was seized fifteen miles off Mazatlan at 11 am Tuesday. It sailed under the German flag with five crew and was taken by an American gunboat. German POWs jailed, vessel turned over to a U.S. deputy marshal. Federal officials say the crew planned to seize a Pacific Mail ship, outfit it, and wage terror on Pacific routes.
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Germany
Alexander Agassiz
University of California
Mazatlan
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United States
Panama
Mazatd#n
Tarred and feathered vigilantes purge disloyalists in Illinois town
Four men in Christopher Illinois were tarred and feathered and driven from town by a vigilante committee numbering several hundred. A fifth man was forced to kiss the flag and Rev John Kovalsky the local Catholic pastor was tarred and feathered but remained in Christopher. The incident reflects anti German sentiment and a purge campaign in the southeast Illinois mining district.
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Illinois
St. Louis
Christopher
Ill
Here
John Kovalsky
May Tour Liberty Bell Planned by City Councils
A resolution to remove the Liberty Bell from Independence Hall for a nationwide tour to support the next Liberty loan was introduced in Philadelphia city councils. The common council unanimously adopted it, but the select council referred it to the finance committee due to lack of an appropriation for transport.
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Independence Hall
Common Council
Select Council
Col Harris Appointed Fort Winfield Scott Commandant
Rockford Illinois reports Col Frank E Harris U S Army to command Fort Winfield Scott San Francisco replacing the acting adjutant of the central department.
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Rockford
Ill
Frank E. Harris
Fort Winfield Scott
San Francisco
Central Department
Train Engine Explosion Kills Three In Electra
A Fort Worth and Denver freight engine exploded at Electra Texas eighteen miles west of Wichita Falls, killing three railroad workers aboard. The blast halted service and prompted investigations by railway authorities. Local officials reported no survivors among the crew.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Electra
Here
Seaman Arrested in Atlantic Port for Sedition
A seaman aboard a United States transport in the port was arrested on a charge of hindering government war work by making seditious utterances.
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Atlantic
United States
Priests Executed in Brussels for Espionage
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam reports the execution in Brussels of two Roman Catholic priests accused of espionage during wartime.
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London
Brussels
Amsterdam
World War I Daily Briefing Highlights Front Actions
German spring offensive doubts persist as the war department notes enemy raids near Toul and casualties on both sides. German notations threaten American property, while Allied planning centers at Versailles and a new pooling weapon shape future operations. British and Canadian officers arrive to train U S troops in trench warfare amid air raids and local disasters.
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War Department
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Washington
Atlantic
Rail wage board orders nationwide pay raises for 1,70000 workers
Director General McAdoo's wage board decrees wage increases for approximately 1,70000 railroad employees nationwide. The plan could total about 200 million dollars in added payroll. A bronze tablet prize was announced for the U S school leading war savings stamp sales, and the first type wooden ship Coyote was launched at Newark. Four suspects linked to German espionage in the United States were arrested in New York and will face deportation to France.
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Railroad
Washington
National Education Association
United States
Carney’s Meadows Slips
Foundation Shipbuilding Company
Newark, N. J
Death of Senator Isaac Stephenson at Marinette Wis
Former United States Senator Isaac Stephenson dies in Marinette Wisconsin at eighty nine after a weeklong illness due to age. He served six years in the Senate and was among the nation’s wealthiest lumber men, with Michigan holdings the largest in the state.
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United States
Isaac Stephenson
Marinette
Wis
Stephenson
Senate
Michigan
Americans Held for Ransom by Chinese Captors
Two American engineers captured in northern Hooan, China, are reportedly held for a ransom of 70 rifles per a dispatch from Peking. The British foreign office in London denounces German actions as Russia suffers in the entente peace. Alexander Kerensky is safe in Christiania, and Major General Inkhontoff is named vice minister of war under Kerensky. Two explosions at a Paris-area factory kill 50 and injure many.
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Entente
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Christiania
Tokyo
Inkhontoff
Kerensky
Japanese Mission Entertained in Washington Tour Planned
The Japanese military mission was received by Acting Secretary Crowell and Acting Chief of Staff March in Washington. They will be hosted for several days and then tour munitions aircraft motor clothing and other plants on an inspection visit.
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Washington
Crowell
March
American sergeant Wellmann shoots down two German planes over French trenches
An American sergeant named Wellmann of Cambridge Massachusetts serving as an airplane pilot shoots down two German machines over Allied trenches in France. Miss Winga Caroline Martin of Rockville Centre New York was among six killed when a Paris hospital was struck by a German bomb. Japan is poised to intervene in Siberia with two great armies pending Allied approval. Swedish trawlers and a Gothenburg steamer captured by German submarines off Skaw. German storm troops gain footing near Nieuport Dixmude Merckem but are repelled by counterattacks. British aircraft bomb Mannheim with seven enemy planes downed per official reports.
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Cambridge, Mass
France
Winga Caroline Martin
Rockville Center
L. J
Paris
Japan
Siberia
England
Wilson
Irussia
Nieuport
Dixmude
Merckem
Fire marshal probe links Osceola blaze to insurer loss
Clarke county grand jury indicts B R Frick of Osceola after state fire marshal investigations fault a 1 am November 22 Osceola fire. The blaze destroyed multiple business buildings in the town center inflicting over 100000 dollars in damage.
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B. R. Frick
Osceola
Clarke County
Freezone corn remover promises painless relief
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless corn treatment. It claims instant relief from aches and easy removal with fingers, with a tiny bottle sold by druggists. It cites a Cincinnati genius behind the product and urges trial.
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Cincinnati
This Funny World and McJones on cost of living
A humorous note from This Funny World and McSmith comments on how true value is not money. The line about a rich man taking his wife to the opera instead of the movies illustrates social satire and personal preferences beyond price.
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McSmith
Rich
People’s. Home Journal
Trave You a Site for Your New House
A humorous exchange questions finding land for a new home. One character insists they have a site, while the other reveals the location is in the mind's eye, highlighting a playful misunderstanding.
Quirky Ads and Phrases on White Clothes Appeal
A compilation of short sayings about spare time and cleanliness. It notes Red Cross Ball Blue as a detergent claim and includes general maxims about speech and thought. The tone mimics a vintage newspaper taste for small ads and moral quips.
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Red Cross Ball
Adv
Spring Fever and Health Boosters on the Western Front
The piece urges spring as a test of health and vitality. It blames long indoor cites for run-down states and advocates mild laxatives and Dr. Pierce tonics to restore energy, urging readers to begin today for renewed vigor.
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Pr. Pierce
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