Fresh Troops Turn Tide At Riga Front In World War I
Fresh German troops arrive to bolster the Riga front as Russia halts a German push in frozen marshlands. Berlin reports failed Russian counterattacks while Paris says French artillery and air actions softened German trenches near Verdun. A Roumanian official says victory at Kasino valley after long combat south of Kasino and Suchitza valleys.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Lasteground
Berlin
Hill 804
Paris
Hill 304
French War Office
Kasino
Suchitza
Henry Lane Wilson Quits Peace League
Henry Lane Wilson resigns as president of the Indiana branch of the Peace League, citing belligerent leadership and a shift toward a world alliance policy. In Washington, the National Security League discusses economic preparedness for a national crisis amid three days of speeches and events.
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Henry Lane Wilson
Peace League
Indianapolis
Ind
Taft
Naval Association
League
Tonforce Peace
Insana
Wilson
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
Naional Security League
Robbers chloroform hogs in Iowa farm raid
West Union Iowa farmer Edward Boelschner reported hog thefts from his pens over months. Three raids produced no sound until eight hogs vanished overnight as a tied man slept nearby. Thieves left two chloroform tiles and carried unconscious hogs to a wagon.
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West Union
Edward Boelcher
Boelschner
Birthday fete marks 58th year of German emperor
At Berlin field headquarters a gathering of eminent men celebrated Kaiser Wilhelm IIs fifty eighth birthday born January 27 1859. Emphasis noted on Germanys peacetime industrial strides and military strength with Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary joining and top officials including Czernin von Chudenitz Bethmann Hollweg and Zimmerman traveling to the event. High rivals Von Hindenburg Von Ludendorff and other officers will attend.
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Berlin
William II
Prussia
Frederick III
Germany
Charles
Austria-Hungary
Emperor William
Czernin von Chudenitz
von Bethmann Hollweg
Zimmerman
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorf
Dixie 11th Annual Ball and Prisoner-Deputy Arrest News
Duke: Dixie hosts the 11th annual ball Saturday at Turner Hall with admission 60c for gents and free for ladies. Willett's Orchestra to play. Deputy John Subira travels to El Paso to fetch a young white man arrested there at Sheriff Tobin's request on perjury charges. he returns Monday. Also notes: Jan 27 masquerade at W.O.W. Hall. Feb 3 25th anniversary dance at Turner Hall. Dibrell arrest under Harrison narcotic act. opium shipment from New Orleans. ads for printing services and local business promos.
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Dixie
Turner Hall
Gents
Willett's Orch
John Subira
el Paso
John W. Tobin
Subira
Dibrell
United States
John L. Dibrell
New Orleans
Gore
Everett Goes to Orient
Edward H. Everett, a San Antonio figure and acting postal chief clerk at Washington, is named postal agent at Shanghai and will depart for the Orient on March 5. A brief San Antonio note from the paper mentions his prior service and ties.
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Everett
Orient
Edward H. Everett
San Antonio
Washington
Shanghai
China
Otto Praeger
San Antonian
City Directory 1917 18 in press and local notices
The 1917-18 city directory is now in press and lists changes of residence, office, and phone. Readers must verify names by Jan 29 and cannot submit changes by phone. Other items include ads for loans and a theft arrest involving a Mexican laborer stealing tomatoes, plus hay theft by a 16 year old.
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J. A. Appler
San Antonio
Texas
P. O. Box
Ruhnke
Flores
Arbor Place
Lee
Opening of the U S government's most powerful radio station
Washington Jan 27. Secretary Daniels and San Diego mayor greeted each other as the new government radio plant at San Diego began operations. The exchange signaled a permanent wireless link across the continent, radio experts said, ensuring broad continental communication.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
San Diego
Cal
Chollas Heights Naval Radio Station In Commission
Code messages from Germany are picked up at the Chollas Heights naval radio station in San Diego. The station, the world’s most powerful under favorable conditions, can flash messages about 12 000 miles. Construction took two years and cost more than 300 000 dollars.
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Germany
San Diego
Cal
Chollas Heights Naval Radio Station
Harbors Bill Advances to Senate After House Passes
The annual rivers and harbors appropriations bill passed the House carrying 38 million dollars more than ten million for new projects. President Wilson indicated approval of provisions permitting existing projects.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
House
Wilson
Postal Card Gossip Sparks Small Town Talk
A Birmingham Age-Herald quotation shows Mrs Dobson reporting a brief postal card from her husband away. The note simply says Am well Home Tuesday, revealing a tiny glimpse of daily life and social gossip in the town.
Davis asserts Department 19 vital to state agriculture
In Austin on January 27 Commissioner Fred W. Davis argued against abolishing the Texas State Department of Agriculture. He said the move mirrors eliminating any state department and urged funding to support agricultural goals, warning that politics should not drive government and advocating state governance by elected officials or institutional transfer only if it serves the public interest.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Agriculture
Fred W. Davis
A. and M. College
Department of Agriculture
U. and M
Law
Denton Normal
College of Industrial Arts
National Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
South
Texas
State Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Dallas
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