Weather and War Updates From Early Front Lines
Rains mud snow and fog hinder troop movements as European combat quiets across fronts. Berlin reports Russian retreat toward the lower Danube and gains in Dobrudja with no major Moldavian advance. Framing the peace proposals, campaigns in Roumania near end and limited artillery duels define the wider war scene.
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Associated Press
Europe
von Mackensen
Roumania
Dobrudja
Danube
Bessarabia
Moldavia
Galatz
Lower Danube
Berlin
Carpathians
Lall
Verdun
Macedonia
Berlin Says aoe Be Fast Being Hemmed Into Narrow Square
Berlin reports a military critic warns the army faces tight encirclement in a narrowing square. The dispatch notes urgency for rapid maneuvering and strategic avoidance of traps as forces contend with advancing fronts. Local readers await further details on commands issued.
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Berlin
Wallachia
Danube
Sereth
Buzen
Rimnik Sarat
Braila
Galatz
Fokshani
Dobrudja
Babadagh
Verdun
Front losses in France and Belgium mirror 1915 levels
A brief dispatch notes that French and English losses on the Western Front remain virtually unchanged from December 1915. It relies on concise war brief language, listing no new developments and emphasizing parity with the historical reference point.
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France
Belgium
Russians Break Through Wire Lines in Galicia Bohradczany Advance
Russian troops operating near the Bystritza river in Galicia reportedly broke through barbed wire entanglements and penetrated into Bohorodczany State southwest of Stanislau. German outposts fled in disorder, with some prisoners taken by the Russians.
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Petrograd
London
British Admiralty and Wireless Press
Bystritza
Galicia
Bohorodcczany
Stanislau
Teutons
Verdun Front Battles Reported by War Office
Paris reports heavy artillery actions along the Verdun front with clashes most intense near Louvemont and ChambrTe in the night.
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Verdun
Paris
Verdun Front
War Office
Louvemont
Chambretes
San Antonio business men plan whirlwind stamp sales drive
A San Antonio chamber meeting led by Vice President J. V. Hucker aims to boost stamp sales to reach $500,000 by securing January MP purchases from about 2000 firms. Three utilities have pledged $1000 each, while current year sales trail by $35,000 at month’s end. The drive targets $3500 daily over ten working days.
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San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
J. V. Hucker
Hucker
Troop Movement 10 Starts on Thursday From Camp Wilson
Illinois signal corps leads 16 000 state troops home from the border with transport plans for other units. Movements list December 22 27 and January 8 across several points as divisions depart, with the provisional brigade marching from Leon Springs to Camp Wilson.
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Camp Wilson
Illinois Signal Corps
Quartermaster Corps
San Antonio
Seventh
Illinois Infantry
Wisconsin Brigade
Wisconsin Infantry
Wisconsin
L. T. Richardson
Maryland
Eagle Pass
Iowa Engineers
Brownsville
Second
Missouri Cavalry
Laredo
Missouri Infantry
Nebraska Infantry
Llano Grande
Michigan Infantry
el Paso
Pennsylvania Brigade
Pennsylvania Infantry
Mississippi
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Leon Springs
Nine-Mile Hill
Christmas Baskets Distribution Underway At Cheer Headquarters
Baskets packed with bacon rice beans sugar meat potatoes onions coffee condensed milk syrup and fruit are being sent to families before Christmas. Donor Guenther & Sons provided 100 sacks of flour and many baskets will include hams weighing 6 to 7 pounds. Mrs Benno Kayton praises the season’s clothing donations as new or gently worn. Names accepted until Friday December 22 to ensure delivery timing.
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Christmas Cheer
Benno Kayton
Guenther & Sons
Mra Keyton
Cure Cold In One Day Patent Tablets Claim
Ad for Vaxative Bromo Quinine style tablets promising cure for colds in one day. Product claim notes Druggists refund money if not cured and features W Grove’s signature on every box. Price 25 cents.
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W. Grove
Baker Fathered Com Mission In Some Form On Border
A wartime report details the border mobilization, noting 81 179 or 68 percent came from transfers not called out or new recruits, leaving 37 percent from national guard or organized militia. It describes the force as largely volunteer, with 47 657 lost during transition and 7 253 not answering the call.
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Itill
National Guard
United States
Scott
Thomas
George
Baker
House
Plattsburg
Anthony
Kansas
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Bayville
Heart OF Berlin
Ger
San Antonian
Duerler
Emmet Bank
W. Commerce St
Commercial State Bank & Guaraity Fund
Gunter Hotel Bldg
Skee A
Ea We. Y
City
Franklin Coil
Birdsong & Potchernick
Chicago
E. Houston St
Cheer Headquarters
Go Carts
Child’s Wagons
Child’s Steel Range
Alamo Furniture Company
Main Avenue
North Fiores St
Lieved
Universal Food and Meat Cutters
SAM Speir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Adv
Army
ST. Anthony
Sue
Nicholas
Texas
Old St. Nick
Gulf
San An Tonio
St. Nicholas
Santy
Ball Room
Peacock Alley
Sol
California
San Antonians
Crockett
St. Anthony's
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