Cliff Dwellings of Mesa Verde Unearthed in 1888 Discovery
The article recounts the late 19th century finding of Mesa Verde ruins in Colorado, including Cliff Palace and the Castle with their hundreds of rooms and kivas. It credits Richard Wetherill and Charley Mason for the 1888 discoveries and notes the significance and scale of the cliff dwellings and the hoped study of ancient life and ceremonies.
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Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
Mancos Canyon
W. H. Jackson
Ref
W. H. Holmes
Bureau of American Ethnology
Arizona
New Mexico
Mancos
Baron Gustav Nordenskiold
United States
Mesa Verde
Baron Nordenskiold
Canyon
Richard and
Alfred Wetherill
Cliff Palace
Spruce Tree House
Cliff Canyon
Richard Wetherill
Charley Mason
Pal‘ace
Buaruce
Archangel trip reveals Arctic Frontline transport and wartime rail saga
Moscow correspondent Nikolai Koslov describes a long rail journey from the Arctic coast to Archangel with Belgian, French, British and American troops, Austrian prisoners and munitions traffic. He notes subarctic conditions, a fragile narrow gauge line, and debates over double tracking and gauge upgrades as Russian ports and supply lines hinge on a single route.
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Nikolai Koslov
Chicago News
Moscow
Russia
Arctic Ocean
Nome
Belgium
Archangel
América
Vladivostok
Vologda
Osnabruck
Archangel Freight Yard Thrums With War Era Transit
A narrator traverses Archangel and its approaches, describing a bustling, transformed port town. Laborers, prisoners, and troops mingle as freight stacks, ships unload vast tonnages, and diverse passersby including Austrians, Belgians, and Russian soldiers populate the quay and streets.
World War Fronts Report Mixed Early News
The report notes Belgian forces repelling a German attack along the Nier canal, German forces retreating in Alsace, Russian bombardment of Cracow and siege of a fortress at Lotzen, German abandonment of Zgierz, Serbian resistance to Austrian advances, and the sinking of the British steamer Charcas by a German transport in the Pacific. An aviator killed Major General von Meyer near Ostend, a plane attack set a fire, and a German aeroplane killed ten at Hazebrouck as Holland lent wheat to Belgium.
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Solomboian
Archangel
Solombola
Arctic Littoral
Turkestan
Imperial Russian Navy
Alles
West
Nier Canal
Alsace
Cracow
Lotzen
Zgier
Pacific
von Meyer
Ostend
Hazebrouck
Government of
Holland
Belgium
German and Allied Actions Reported in Early December 1914
A December 8 1914 dispatch notes German HQ shifting from Roulers and renewed Dixmude attack, Turkish defeats near Batum, and a British naval victory off the Falklands with the sinking of four German ships. It also lists the German ambassador’s Rome arrival, Red Cross relief moves to Serbia, and Belgian successes on the Yser. Subsequent lines mention Saris recaptures, Austro-German clashes, and Turkish capitulations to Indian troops.
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Roulers
Dixmude
Batum
Sturdee
Admiral von Spee
Falkland Islands
Scharnhorst
Gneiserfau
Leipzig
Nurnberg
Prince von Buelow
Rome
American
Red Cross
Italy
Serbia
Yser
Ypres
Furnes
Valjevo
Ushirza
Vattack
Lowicz
Cracow
Kurna
Front line updates from December 1914 warfare reports
Dispatches describe German evacuations from Roulers and Armentieres and French victory at Vermelles. Serbian gains are noted along with Austrian and Turkish prisoner counts, submarines repelled near Dover, and Czech regiments refusing to fight. South Africa declares revolution ended and colonial forces reorganize. Japan and Britain split South Sea islands.
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Roulers
Armentieres
Vermelles
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Bakareetsa
White Sea
Dvina
Cleveland
Ohio
Tiflis
Asia
Minor
Spitzbergen
Archangel Verminus
Troitskaya
Custom House
France
Poland
Sheik
Kiazim
Helles
Paris
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