World War News and Labor Rally Amid Global Strife
Reports from Berlin confirm central powers’ officials that Petrograd is still contested and war resumes between Russia and Germany. British and French forces face naval and aerial actions as German, Austrian, and Turkish operations expand across Europe and the Middle East. The American Federation of Labor pledges loyalty to Wilson and mobilizes to back the war effort while labor leaders press for policy and working conditions reforms.
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Petrograd
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Wilson
American Front Notes and Draft Expansion in World War I
A field hospital near the American line in France withstood a German air attack Friday night as heavy bombs fell but caused no casualties. Congress learned from the war department that a new 500,000 man draft is needed, boosting the army to about 2.4 million. German shells failed to poison gas, one American injured by a shell, no gas casualties. American artillery supported a French attack in Champagne, with gunners breaking German lines and 150 prisoners captured by the French.
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France
Congress
War Department
Champagne
Romania open to peace talks with central powers
A Vienna dispatch in Handels blad reports Romania ready to negotiate peace if central powers guarantee Roumanian sovereignty. Also, Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Wilson named chief of staff of the British armies after Sir William Robertson’s resignation. Canada to extend vote to women before next election. Bolo Pasha sentenced to death in Paris for treason. tribunal spent 15 minutes deliberating. Seventy five infants die in Grey Nuns Home fire. many soldiers receive care.
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Vienna
The
Handelsblad
Roumania
Henry Wilson
London
William Robertson
Murray
Bolo Pasha
Paris
Bolo
Mornet
Wie
Germany
le Journal
Grey Nuns
Shipyard strike ends after presidential appeal
President Wilson and William Hutcheson urged officials of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners to bring workers back to shore side yards. A new Wilson proclamation placed all exports under war trade license to free ships for American troops and sustain the war in Europe.
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Hurley
The
Shipping Board
W. L. Hutcheson
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Eastern
Hutcheson
United States
Atlantic
Wilson
Willian Hutcheson
New York
Europe
Illinois Brevities highlights bar exams and wartime measures
The Illinois board of bar examiners listed successful admittees from the October 2 Springfield test: Conglis Ford Grued Rhuerdanz Rosin all Cook County. December 4 Chicago results include Dever Frazier Harris Kane Kinsella McGinnis Melnick Miland Milkewitch Moore Mueller Outlaw Portley Priore Rose Seymour Spyneske Walsh Wilson Ballard Hawley Kay Layne Turgeon all Cook County plus Falletti Geisler Maynor Strawn Trobigh Weber Macon Williams. Fuel prices fixed for Moweaqua Assumption Spoon River mines with 45 cent adds possible for compliant operators. Wilson telegram to University of Illinois urged farmer support. German agents obstruct food commission. Chicago blue sky law arrest looms. Camp Grant health figures disputed. alien disposals at Camp Logan. Chicago grand jury includes prominent locals.
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Springfield
State Board of Bar Examiners
Nicholas D. Conglis
Albert Edward Ford
Samuel J. Grued
Walter E. Rhuerdanz
Meyer W. Rosin
Cook County
Chicago
Daniel W. Dever
William E. Frazier
Moses G. C. Harris
Frankin W. Kane
Paul W. Kinsell
Moweaqua Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
Moweaqua
Assumption Coal Mining Company
Assumption
Spoon River Colliery Company
Ellisville
Washington
Urbana
Illinois Farmers’ War Conference
Wilson
James
University of Illinois
Conference of Corn Growers
United States Food Commission
Ilinois
D. A. Reed
Commission
Illinois
Europe
Edward J. Brundage
F. W. Sherwood
Secretary of State
Camp Grant
Chicago Medical Society
William L. Baum
Illnois
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Woman in McLean
A McLean Nebraska resident Mrs John Korpelmann praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health gains and a healthy baby. The ad touts the remedy for women's displacements inflammation irregularities backache headaches and nervousness and invites women to write for guidance.
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McLean, Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Korpelmann
Re No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
America
Lydia E. Pinkha
Man Admired For Speaking Right In Right Place
A man esteems another who always says the right thing at the right time, especially when he is thirsty. The remark hints at respect for timely guidance and practical wit.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad Promise
The ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine as a tonic and laxative remedy that does not cause head ringing or nervousness. It claims there is only one Bromo Quinine and mentions a labeled box with H. W. Grove’s signature.
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H. W. Grove
Durian Adventure Recalls Eastern Tastes and Trials
In a vivid travel note, William Beebe describes his second day in Malaya and a near spoilage while attempting to eat a durian. He recalls the fruit’s large green spikes and potent personality, noting local customs and reactions from natives and wildlife alike.
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Malaysa
William Beebe
Atlantic
Accounting for It What stiff manners he has in starch business
A brief dialogue contrasts character and occupation in a humorous exchange about manners amid a starch trade setting. The light remark reveals social tension and wit through concise banter.
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Ferro Island
Canary Group
la Estaca
Canaries
Madrid
Nancy
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Sims
Trent. Egbert MecKean
Lieut
Charles I. Cummings
Jennings
Fuel Administration
DPD
van Wyngarden & Son
Karsigan Ave
Undertaker
A. R. Tilstra
South Holland
Edward T. Wheed
Barry Lindrum
Criminal Court
Samuel Gompers
U. S
Teutonic War News
Ottawa
Canada
Thomas R. Marshall
Harvard
George Dailey
Kostner Avenue
Neill E. Dorrington
Seventy-second Street
Daniel Crate
Wilmington
William Beardsley
Charles B. Bemis
Oak Street
Charles Brown
Sixty-fifth Place
Hugh McIntosh
Geneva
J. T. Ingram
Aurora
Goodman Harme
Morris, Ill
Samuel Heap
North
Carpenter Street
H. R. Moore
Mendota
William Gabbins
Ogden Avenue
William ©. Fisher
Brookfield
Maxwell Eddy
Liverymen’s Association
Joseph B. David
Harry Fisher
Joseph Sabath
Hugo Pam
Emil G. Hirsch
Gerson B. Levi
Epstein
J. Rosenblatt
Kankakee
Universal Fire Insurance Company
Louis P. Weis
Reddick
J. Herbert Studley
Gerald A. Rolfe
Lowden
Mississippi
Universal Military Training League
Supreme Court
Omar Wright
State Finance Department
John Milton Dodson
Frank Billings
Washington, D. C
Dodson
University of Chicago
Wis
Louis B. Henderson
Millikin University
Decatur
State Civil Service Commission
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