Parleying for Peace on Swiss Soil in WWI
A Zurich report in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung says secret peace talks among French English Italian German and Austrian emissaries have occurred on Swiss soil but failed as Allies demand evacuation of conquered territory and large damages. The writer doubts any peace before a decisive victory, adding Verdun’s capture might trigger negotiations.
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Zurich
Neue Zuericher Zeitung
France
Belgium
Serbia
England
Teutons
Verdun
Russia
Windmill System Tests Irrigation in Kansas Fields
A novel windmill project in Kansas is being tested to pump underground water to the surface for irrigation, aiming to improve farming efficiency and crop yields through renewable power. Initiatives involve field-scale prototypes and assessments of output in local conditions.
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Kansas
Sibley Scout Hero Led 1876 Sioux Reconnoiter
Colonel Frederick W. Sibley of the Fourteenth Cavalry earned military renown during General Crook's 1876 campaign against the Sioux. He commanded a small scouting party that located Sitting Bull's war party, escaped a deadly ambush, and, after a grueling four day trek over mountains and plains, reached Crook's camp with hard-won intelligence and battered but intact troops.
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Mexico
Crook
Campain
Frederick W. Sibley
Fourteenth Cavalry
Glenn Springs
Big Bend
Sibley
United States Army
West Point
Montana
Dakotas
Little Big Horn River
Frank Giuard
Baptiste Pourier
Sitting Bull
Gruard
Great Mountain
Russia Allows Wine Sale in Southern Provinces
Petrosgrad dispatch reports authorities will permit wine sales in southern Russian provinces such as Bessarabia Cherson and Tauria after petitions by wine growers. Twenty million barrels on hand threaten ruin if restrictions remained. Breweries mostly shut due to prohibition. beer limited to medical tonic use. Firms shift to mineral waters and kras a near beer substitute. Soft drink makers see booming demand.
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Petrograd
Bessarabia
Cherson and
Tauria
Russia
Empire
Alcohol rise and enforcement in Russia amid moonshine rise
The text notes capitalists buying mineral springs and flooding markets with shares while government efforts to curb intemperance fail. It cites police raids on Moscow and the capital’s restaurants selling whisky and champagne in back rooms, vodka distillation by peasants, and 300 moonshine stills found in Astrakhan province over four months. It mentions chansa as a poison drink among workers and kis lushka in the Caucasus, with rising drunkenness and fatal acts.
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Moscow
Astrakham
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