World War 1916 Ends With Wide Front Losses and Mexico Turmoil
A sweeping WWI overview notes Romania’s collapse and Austro-Hungarian defeats on land while German naval gains loom. It covers US border actions against Villa raids, Pershing’s Mexico campaign, and growing civilian mobilization as 1916 ends with heavy casualties and global hunger. The piece also traces neutral nations’ shifts and political changes across Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Roumania
Balkan
Teutons
Entente
Verdun
Volhynia
Galicia
Bukowina
Portugal
Montenegro
Henry Ford
Great Britain
Australia
Canada
United States
America
Prominent Persons Who Died in 1916
A list of notable deaths by date from January to December 1916, naming figures such as Alfred W. Benson Ringling Joseph Lamar Grenville Dodge Robert Van Horn Charles Knapp Frank Dodd Jeanette Gilder Clements Markham William S. Smith Richard McCurdy Henry G. Davis Gotti Cole Younger Thomas Pence James Angell Richard Davis Peck von der Goltz Sholem Aleichem Clara Kellogg George Cox Timothy Dwight Joseph Gallieni James Hill John Mosby Yuan Shih Kai John McLean von Moltke Hetty Green Metchnikoff James Moore Riley Patterson Ramsay John Spalding St John Russell Seligman Spalding Boelcke Russell era figures across politics science literature and industry.
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United States
Alfred W. Benson
Kansas
Topeka
al Ringling
Joseph R. Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Grenville M. Dodge
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Robert T. van Horn
The
Kansas City Journal
Kansas City
Charles W. Knapp
New York City
Frank H. Dodd
Roumania
William S. Smith
Richard A. McCurdy
Morristown
N. J
Henry G. Davis
Washington
Cardinal Gotti
Propaganda
Rome
Cole Younger
Thomas J. Pence
Democratic National Committee
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Richard H. Davis
Governor Peck
Wisconsin
Marshal von der Goltz
Sholem Aleichem
Mark Twain
Clara Louise Kellogg
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
Timothy Dwight
Yale University
Gen
Joseph 8. Gallieni
Paris
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Col
John 8. Mosby
Yuan Shih Kai
China
John R. McLean
Count von Moltke
Berlin
Hetty Green
Hlie Metchnikoff
James H. Moore
Lake Geneva
Wis
James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis
Thomas M. Patterson
Denver
William Ramsay
Bucks
England
Robert Gray
Mount Vernon
N. Y
John M. Thurston
Omaha
John B. Murphy
Chicago
Charles J. Paine
Weston
Mass
James Seligman
Long Branch
John L. Spalding
Peoria
John P. St. John
Prohibition
Olathe
Kan
Richard ©. Kerens
St. Louis
Jose Echegaray
Madrid
Albert L. Mills
Division of Militia Affairs
William J. Calhoun
James P. Clarke
United States Senate
William Warner
Missouri
Norman Duncan
Fredonia
William M. Chase
Austria
Jack London
Hiram Maxim
Inez Milholland Boissevain
Francis P. Tosti
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Field Marshal Oyama
Tokyo
Hugo Munsterberg
Cambridge
James M. Taylor
Vassar College
Major 1916 Events Listed Outside War and Mexico
A chronology of 1916 notable events outside the war and Mexico includes riots in East Youngstown Ohio with deaths and injuries, a New Haven railroad financier trial verdict, the B 2 submarine explosion in New York, Brandeis' Supreme Court nomination, resignations and appointments in the War Department, marine landings in Santo Domingo, party nominations, and other incidents from June through December.
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Youngstown
New Haven Railroad
New York
New York Navy Yard
Wilson
Louis D. Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Lindley M. Garrison
Newton D. Baker
Santo Domingo
Hughes
Fairbanks
Marshall
St. Louis
Three Month Short Session Agenda Debates Immigration and Reform
The piece argues for a three month session focusing on routine government funding while considering a substantial outside program. It names immigration reform water power railroads collective selling agencies abroad and calls for timely action before a next congress with likely obstacles. It notes mixed congressional verdicts and urges leveraging current Democratic control.
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Uncle Sam
Congress
Senate
Marshall’s bold plan to rebalance economy and power
The New York Sun lauds Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana and Washington for tackling high living costs. It envisions abolishing middlemen, dissolving state-created corporations, and relocating populations to sunny fields while stressing government as the ultimate power and knowledge source.
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Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Washington
New York
Arizona
Georgia
Mr. Marshall
New York Sun
Lane's Silence and Wilson on Conserving Resources
President Wilson told Congress he would delegate detailed public service needs to department heads. Franklin K. Lane's interior report appeared after his address but offered no clear constructive ideas on conserving natural resources, despite Democratic pressure to give away resources.
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Wilson
Germany
Lusitania
Sussex
Teutons
Congress
Gore
McLemore
House of Representatives
Senate
Great Britain
France
Russia
Joseph Joffre
Robert Nivelle
Verdun
Czar
Duma
Asia Minor
Trebizond
Erzerum
Dardanelles
Kut-el-Amara
Tigris
Italy
Tyrol
Count Cadorna
Goritz
Carso Plateau
Pershing
Mexico
Villa
House
Columbus
Chihuahua
Dodd
Seventh Cavalry
Brown
Tenth Cavalry
Aguascalientes
Glenn Springs
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
San Ignacio
Carranza
Obregon
Juarez
National Guard
United States
Carrizal
Atlantic City
Executive Department
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Patriotism Seen as Winning by Republicans in Wartime
A political brief asserts patriotism favors the Republican party and will prevail as Democrats struggle with living wartime issues the nation faces after years of conflict.
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Republican Party
Congressional Reform Voices Split Over Record Changes
Speaker Clark backs ending the Congressional Record roll calls and public galleries but does not address mileage graft tied to the legislature.
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Clark
Laws Replace High Living Costs With Bills
A political message claims Congress will erase high living costs by passing bills that undermine existing economic structures and threaten the public's access to affordable goods and services. This analysis notes the rhetoric argues for drastic legislative action and market disruption.
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Congress
Long Suffering Business Faces Washington Interference
A Philadelphia Public Ledger editorial laments ongoing meddling by Washington in business affairs. It argues industry patience but warns that excessive interference will force the sector to respond forcefully, prompting apologies from critics rather than accusations.
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Washington
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Just the Difference in Tax Views
The passage contrasts party approaches with Democrats favoring taxation of Americans and Republicans advocating tariffs on Europe to shield home industry. It frames a clash over economic policy and protectionism without details on figures or dates.
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Europe
Thick glossy hair free from dandruff
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine to restore heavy lustrous hair and dissolve dandruff with one application. warns dandruff causes scalp itching, hair roots to weaken, and hair loss. promotes a 25 cent bottle from drug stores. Three Chinese girls newly arrived in Vancouver are noted as the first women stowaways to land in Canada.
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Knowlton
Vancouver
Canada
Dead Shot claims to expel worms and restore digestion
An advertisement urges parents to treat pale thin children with Dr. Peery's Dead Shot for worms or tapeworms. It promises a single dose will expel worms and set digestion right again.
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Dr. Peery
Dutch device recovers fuel from furnace refuse
In Holland after the war a method saves fuel by grinding furnace refuse and suspending it in a liquid. Heavier particles sink while combustible material floats and is skimmed off for use in furnaces. Reported yield: 200 tons of refuse produce 88 tons of usable fuel.
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Holland
Silk sausage skins replace old packing in sanitation push
Sausage meat is now packed in thin silk cases to improve sanitation. The chiffonlike, sterilizable wrappers are scarcely noticeable, easily removed at table, and resistant to vermin. They would cost little more than traditional sausage skins.
Modern military inventions defy simple time and labor savings
The text argues that even the most advanced modern military inventions cannot be neatly categorized as time saving or labor saving, implying they serve broader or different purposes beyond efficiency gains.
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Atill
Liverpool Financial and Shipping Authority
British Mercantile Marine
Indian Ocean
Antipodes
Balkans
Sarrail
Monastir
Atlantic
Newport, R. L
Nantucket
Taft
Pablo Gonzales
Santa Isabel
Victoriano Huerta
el Paso
N. M
Frank Tompkins
Ireland
Pearse
Roger Casement
Arabia
Shereef
Medina
Mecca
Constantine
Eleutherios Venizelos
Athens
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Biritain
Japan
Chihuahua City
Duke of Devonshire
John H. Clarke
Cleveland, CO
Charles 2
Coal River Valley
West Virginia
Duluth
James B. Colgate
Lake Erie
Everett
Wash
Pope
Hobland
Siam
Colombia
Ultimate
Tom
Mr. Lane
Dean
Kentucky
T. B. Redd
Cadiz
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N
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