Defeat Sickles in county clerk race over family rule
A critic urges defeating K S Sickles for county clerk citing four year term limits, family control of the office, alleged political influence, irregular office hours, and criticized use of voluntary campaign contributions by staff. He argues the Sickles name draws votes and questions qualifications and payroll increases during slow months.
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Sickles
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W. K. Sickles
W. Sickles
D. Sickles
W. K
Young Sickles
Will K. Sickles
Reporting Under Difficulties in War News Gathers Truth
The piece argues war news is filtered by each nation to suit its needs. It notes France restricts access to the front and governments suppress truth, while the Allied press, including The Star, struggles to obtain unbiased German reports.
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Kingoff
Berlin
Star
Canada faces Austrian workers as wartime dilemma
Canada holds thousands of Austrian laborers as idle, destitute prisoners of war. They cannot return to Europe yet are unwanted by Britons and Canadians, leaving the government to seek a workable solution amid a growing labor crisis.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canada
Europe
Judge Returns From Vacation Amid War Headlines
Police Judge Gordon resumed duties on the beach yesterday after a month away. The article notes his trip coincided with the war's start and his imagined tasks of subduing Belgium capturing Liege Narour and preparing Paris for siege in a single day.
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German Commander Appointed Governor of Occupied Belgium
Field Marshal Baron Kolmar von der Goltz has been named military governor over the Belgian territory held by German forces.
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Belgium
Pure Highbrow Humors and Witty Inquiries Column
A humorous miscellany featuring quips from readers and jokes on cooking, housekeeping, and everyday life. It includes playful banter about roasting a pig, egg shampoos, house wall treatments, and a exchange about a deaf buyer for a phonograph, with short anecdotes and punny remarks throughout.
Chronology of Major European Wars and Treaties Through 1918
A compact chronicle listing major European conflicts from the Crusades to the Balkan Wars. It notes key powers, alliances, and territorial outcomes such as France gaining Lorraine, Britain and Prussia shaping later German power, and shifts in dominion across the Iberian and Baltic regions.
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Baltic
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Napoleon
Great Britain
Turkey
Bulgaria
Servia
Montenegro
Greece
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