World War News and High Profile Events Short Form
European fronts see heavy fighting with French positions falling in Champagne. German forces claim 700 yards of ground near Saint Marie a Py with 206 prisoners. An Austrian raid hits Ravenna area near the Adriatic. 15 dead reported. French ship Charner feared. submarine sank a French warship on Feb 8. Hedwig von Wissmann sunk in Lake Tanganyika. 2 officers and 19 sailors captured. Naval battle at Dogger Bank reportedly sinks two British cruisers. London reports mine layer destroyed. Counter-attacks near Vimy and Somme fail to reclaim gains. Russians seize heights near Stripa and disrupt rail lines. Galicia sees German retreat to second line defenses. Fire threatens Proctor hospital in Peoria. 100 patients moved, no injuries. Morse Hall at Ithaca burned. $300,000 loss. President Wilson tours Fortress Monroe with Mrs. Wilson. Geraldine Farrar and Lou Teilegen wed in New York. US navy touts leading torpedo and new aero engine. Robbery case in St. Paul cracked. dynamiter Edward Leonard named. Archbishop Mundelein crowned in Chicago ceremony.
Pope decrees Latin gospel read in local languages
Vatican announces a decree that priests worldwide must recite the gospel in the local language after reading it in Latin at Sunday Mass. A London dispatch notes Prince Joachim’s marriage planned for March 11 in Potsdam. Niagara Falls issues warn citizens to avoid gatherings as officials screen strangers. Dr Anton Van Gijn named minister of finance in Holland.
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Pope Benedict
Vatican
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
London
Amsterdam
William
Prince Joachim
Potsdam
Anton van Gijn
Holland
Washington Washington Postponement and World War Era Notes
Washington debates inde pendence postponement and Philippine plans as Congress reviews National Guard federalization. Census estimates US population at 101,208,315 on Jan 1 and 102,017,302 by July 1. US policy shifts toward arming merchant ships amid warnings for travel. Secretary Daniels approves naval academy cadet dismissals. Major General Scott named acting secretary of war for 30 days as resignations from Garrison and Breckenridge are accepted. Austrian tensions rise over submarine and armed merchantman disputes with the Petrolite case and US protests at Vienna.
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Census Bureau
Washington
United States
Scott
Army General Staff
Lindley M. Garrison
Henry Breckenridge
Wilson
Garrison
Roosevelt sails to West Indies on voyage.
The report notes Colonel Roosevelt departed New York for the West Indies. The United States circuit court of appeals in New York refused to reinstate the appeal of David Lamar the Wolf of Wall Street, directing him to begin a two year sentence in Atlanta prison.
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Colonel Roosevelt
New York
West Indies
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
David Lamar
Wolf
Wall Strett
Atlanta
Giant Anarchist Plot Exposed in Poisoned Soup Conspiracy
Chicago police disclosed an international anti clerical plot involving John Allegrini and Jean Crones. Fifteen plotters planned mass destruction including bombs for churches and a federal building, with Rome as a suspected HQ and targets across the United States.
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Chicago
United States
John Allegrini
Jean Crones
Mundelein
Borgia
Schuettler
Healey
Nicholas Hunt
Detective Bureau
Allegrini
Crones
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Michigan Avenue
Adams Street
Hunt
Crones-Allegrini
Union League Club
Federal
Grace
St. Patrick’s
New York City
Captain Hunt
Rome
Vatican
Vatican Guard
America
Wilson approves name use for Ohio primary renomination
President Wilson formally consented to have his name used as a candidate for renomination in Ohio. He stated he would not enter a contest but permitted Ohio Democrats to indicate their preference in the primary under state law.
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Washington
Wilson
Ohi
Ohio
Charles Q. Hildebrandt
Obituary Notice of Noted Figures in Brief
Personal John Townsend Trowbridge longtime American adventure narrator dies in Arlington Massachusetts born September 18 1827 Ogden New York. Claude Grahame White British aviator gravely wounded in Mazebrouck France. Rev Dr William Woodbury Pratt 52 secretary American Baptist Publication Society dies in New York. Belvidere Brooks vice president Western Union Telegraph Company dies suddenly in New York.
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John Townsend Trowbridge
United States
Arlington, Mass
Mr. Trowbridge
Ogden, N
Claude Grahame White
Mazebrouck
France
Grahame-White
William Woodbury Pratt
American Baptist Publication Society of New York
New York
Belvidere Brooks
Western Union Telegraph Company
Germany Outbid U S for Nicaragua Canal Route Option
In Washington on February 16 senators debated whether Germany offered a larger sum than the United States to obtain an option on the Nicaraguan canal route. Foreign relations committee members denied any documentary evidence, while Senator Stone noted rumors of Germany seeking the route and questioned the amount offered, if any.
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Washington
Cgermany
Nicaragua
United States
Senate
Germany
France
Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
Hermanville Fire Threatens Marinette Area
A large blaze in Hermansville Michigan spread by high winds threatens nearby towns. Escanaba Iron Mountain and Marinette sent assistance as the Lumber and Land Company yards burned. The town population is about 1200 and losses may reach 290000 dollars or more.
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Marinette
Wis
Hermansville
Menominee County
Mich
Escanaba
Iron Mountain
Hermansville Land and Lumber Company
Hungarian actress shot as spy in Budapest court martial
Cleveland residents report Sam Petrass a Hungarian actress shot in Budapest after a secret court martial found her guilty of leaking military secrets to Britain. She denied charges but confessed after letters were produced by a jealous officer. Petrass was noted as niece of Countess Ilka Kinszky.
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Cleveland
Sam Petrass
Budapest
War Office
Miss Petrass
Ilka Kinszky
Glass of Salts Promised To Help Sluggish Kidneys
An advertisement touts Jad Salts and a grapefruit lemon lithia mix as cures for sluggish kidneys and related ailments. It urges quick use when back pain or cloudy urine appears, claiming the remedy cleanses kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, and prevents serious kidney issues. Regular meat eaters are urged to drink this lithia drink to maintain kidney health.
Silk Sock Jimmy and the Long Running Local Joke
In the Grandvue Drive area along the Illinois Bluffs residents recall gifting silk socks to J. B. Jones of the National Stockyards each birthday and Christmas for years. He kept them as prized tokens until this Christmas when he learned the same gift had repeated every year. Neighbors now nickname him Silk Sock Jimmy while awaiting a fresh target.
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Grandvue
Ilnois Bluffs
St. Louis
J. B. Jones
National Stockyards
Jimmy
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Of Course Not Wages Paints Town Red Night
Wages recalls painting the town in bold style last night and jokes about not using water colors. The banter highlights a lively, carefree moment with playful bragging.
A Change of Food Works Wonders for Health
A newspaper item extols changing diet to cure stomach and nervous troubles. A Missouri woman improves after abandoning coffee and using Postum and Grape-Nuts for months, gaining weight and relief from nervous symptoms. Her husband also benefits after stopping coffee and drinking Postum. Product details and prices from Postum Co. include Instant Postum and Postum Cereal. There’s a reason Postum is sold by grocers.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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St. Paul
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