War News Casts Doubt On Polish Front Breakthrough
Reports from Berlin and Petrograd describe German and Russian forces in Poland near Lodz and Lowicz. Encirclement fears persist as German and Austro forces clash around Cracow Carpathians while attempts to relieve Belgrade and Vienna headlines the Reichstag session amid war anxieties. Typhoid outbreak reported in Belgian army.
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Rel Neadquarters
New
Lodz
Motz
Bngthera
Ishion
Vienna
Salong
Cracow
Viena
Fehlm
Jordan
Berlin
Petrograd
Lowicz
Poland
Vistul
Plock
Arman
Reichstag
Berinth
Jury Unable To Reach Verdict In Damages Trial
Dec. 2 in Baghmont the jury in the damage suit brought by RJ. Andatticchio against PM. senior damages wile to mercs and was unable to bring in a verdict after about two days of deliberation. Ten jurors favored a verdict for the plaintiff while two held out for the defendant amid public attention.
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Schoenem
Mona
Heart Disease Claims Young Man Campbell Tuck
Campbell Tuck aged 22 died at 7 o clock Wednesday from heart disease at home with his mother Dade Tuck 46 Lee Street. He leaves a sister Freeman and a grandmother Freeman. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at Trin Episcopal Church and burial follows in the Seventh.
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Campbell Tuck
Wineniniatier
Dade Tuck
Lee Street
Triniat Epioconst
Sleven
Mayor Cole Warns Robinson Grand Over Controversial Play
Clarkeburg Mayor WH Cole announced he will personally view the upcoming Damaged Gods production at the Robinson Grand and warns police will intervene if the show offends or induces disorder. He declines appointing a censor and states he may block the performance if deemed improper.
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Rolindon Grand
All Élass
Waltwee
Robinson
Cole
Mr. C. Tobinson
Robinson Grand
Mr. Robinson
Fairmont
Clarkeburg
Royal Name Dispute Over Uses of a Prince Title
The New York chancery court ruled in favor of Lydia Eleanor Fitzgerald in a long dispute with Josephine Moffitt over who may use the title Prince Victor of Churn and Taxis. Fitzgerald was awarded damages after alleging injurious conduct by Moffitt, who is connected to a Hungarian noble lineage and Austrian military service.
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Atweeyaree
London
Lydia Eleanor Witzgerald
Josephine Moffitt
Atyle
Princens Nietor
Mhurin
Taxis Wis
Fitzgeraid
Pitzgirald
Miss Mof
Prince
Prince Victor
United States
New York
Paris
Orf
DERVIAN SITUATION REPORTS BELGRADE CONTACT CUT
London dispatch reports critical situation in Servia with Belgrade abandoned by the army and telegraphic lines to Nish cut. Readers are informed that Belgrade is isolated and the capital's status remains uncertain amid disrupted communications.
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London
Rota Bosla
Bulgaria
Jaya Srports
Bervia
Belgrade
Nish
Window glass rates ruled not unreasonable by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced that window glass rates from West Virginia factories to key U S markets were not unreasonable. The decision also approved a twenty percent increase on brick shipments from Kansas to destinations in Iowa.
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Rte
Washington
West Virginia
United States
Tnterstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Prominent Atlanta Yomm Tainens MIA Shot Dead
Jones P. Callaway, a notable young maintenance man, was shot and killed in W C Carhart’s apartment in Atlanta early today. Carhart, president of a shoe manufacturing firm, notified authorities as investigators respond to the fatal shooting in a fashionable residence area.
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Av Ansociateo Pntey
Atlanta
Jones P. Callaway
W. C. Carhart
Carhart
Smallpox Reports From Grafton Section
A report from Junior indicates several smallpox cases and more suspects under watch in Grafton and Balnngton division of the Rathmore area near an Ohio railroad. Authorities fear widespread exposure as the disease raises concern across the community.
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Grafton
Junior
Rathmore
Woman Dies Suddenly at Home of Mrs Michael Premota
Mrs Michael Premota, an Italian resident of New Chiettini mine addition, died suddenly at her home Wednesday afternoon around 2 o clock. The loss came as a shock to family and neighbors with funeral arrangements not yet announced.
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Michael Premota
New Chiettini Mine Addiion
Premota
Prisoner offers cancer germ inoculation sacrifice
A life prisoner at Auburn offers to inoculate himself with cancer germs to test contagion and aid others. Warden Thomas Osborne of Sing Sing confirms the offer from the educated inmate, who has shown deep interest in cancer research and seeks to benefit many sufferers.
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New York
Thomas Osborne
Sing Sing
Auburn
Osborne
Soldier Arrested After Theft From Post Office
Burt Howard private in Troop P Fifth Cavalry was arrested here after the theft of 15000 from the postoffice last night Four thousand eight hundred dollars was found in his mattress Howard had been stationed with U S troops patrolling the coal strike district in Wallenburg Clo December 2
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Sensi
Wallenburg
Clo
Burt Howard
Fifth
Med States Cavalry
Howard
Howard Wan
United States
Ohio Oil transfers 19.8 million dollar pipe line assets
Transfer of 19,800,000 dollars worth of oil pipe line property in Pennsylvania Ohio and Illinois from the Ohio Oil Company to the newly formed Illinois Pipe Line Company was filed with the state public utilities commission in Columbus on December 2. The move follows a U S Supreme Court ruling that the pipe line assets constituted a public utility and must be divorced from producing interests.
Devastating Houston Storm Leaves Countless Injuries
Floods and ruinous downpour inundated Houston Texas with six inches of rain. City streets flooded, streetcar and train service disrupted, bridges washed away, and low lying areas flooded. A man named Dancl, an employee of a fan company, was killed by Hathning while several others were injured and homes evacuated. Rail tracks remained underwater across the city.
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Houston
Tex
Y. Dancl
Ganesal
Allies Appear Ahead In Flanders Fighting
Paris dispatch reports French forces repelling a German attack south of Ypres and St Eloy, with successful artillery exchanges near Vermeltes and Fayo. French officers claim progress in trench occupation near Fontaine Madame and minor fortifications near St Hubert, while Meuse and Vosges fronts show no notable changes. United Mine Workers letters urge donations for Christmas presents for 15 000 striking miners' children in Ohio and West Virginia, noting 20 000 children may miss Santa visits.
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Alto Tle TeLwoan
Paris
Wat Erle
Ypres
St. Eloyum
Foux
Vermeltes
Fayo
Feronne
Relon
Vendrasse-Craone
Argonne
Fontaine Madame
Chourtes Claussees
St. Hubert
Meuse
Woeger District
Vosges
United Mines Workers of America
United States
Canada
Ohio
West Virginia
Santa Claus
Mminers
German steamship Mera blocked from coal bunkering in Montevideo
Port authorities in Montevideo, Uruguay prevent the German steamship Mera from taking on coal beyond capacity. Officials allege the crew attempted to smuggle coal through the bunker into the ship's hold. The Mera coaling at the port is among five German vessels provisioning there amid rumors of a German Pacific Squadron deployment.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Fliven
Pleanet
Grman Pacific
Atlantic
Strike Settlement Talks Amid Coal Miner Strike
Cleveland December reports a strike of 15 000 coal miners entering a conference between miners and operators. Miners demand forty seven cents per ton, operators offer forty four. About 13 000 miners and families are poised to join action. UMW officers from Ohio and district officials participate. The miners have paid 735000 in benefits since the strike began.
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Cleveland
Zftortu
Gastern ‘Olio Coal Minera
Representaione Uto Ward Jo Bes
Secretary Bryan Seeks Schwab Talk on War Materials
Secretary Bryan invited Charles Schwab of Bethlehem Steel to the state department to discuss shipbuilding for European belligerents. The aim was to gauge neutrality compliance if contracts were taken, noting exports of war material are not prohibited but outward naval expansion could violate policy.
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Washington
Bryan
Charles Mr. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
State Department
Steel Company
Huh
Germans Claim Capture of a French Position
Berlin reports the German official statement claims the Württemberg infantry regiment No 120 seized a strong French position in the Argonne forest and captured two officers and about 900 troops. The dispatch notes limited Allied advances and cites Russian prisoner counts later disputed. A separate line mentions a drunkenness incident and a fine.
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Berlin
Argentic Forest
Wiliam
Forest of Argonne
Wurttembers
Kniver
Tlh
Prusali
Jouthern
Poland
Bates Mrm
Kutnosarn
Wioclawek
Kutno
Lodz
Lowka
Samuel Bowman Prominent Operator Remembered
Samuel W. Bowman, prominent oil operator, is praised in a local tribute. The piece notes his role within the community and references his family, including his parents Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bowman, and mentions his grandson.
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Samuel W. Bowman
Graindfutther
Benjamin Wo Towman
Amari Form Cangul Geberl Arrangements Completed
Dr Jon Tones oversees arrangements with proper authorities for a free and wounded year, coordinating with Amari form cangul and Genoa unit as December 2 reports.
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Jon Tones
Mnae
Denial Order on Freight Rates Tied to Clarksburg West Virginia Route
A formal denial order flows from Intermountain Commission over rate disputes affecting Baltimore Ohio and Pittaburg routes. The decision addresses freight charges on glassware shipments eastbound from Clarksburg and Pittsburgh toward Baltimore and Chicago and westbound movements toward Clarksburg and Ohio. Officials explain proposed reductions would disturb existing rate structures and hurt local manufacturers in the Baltimore and Southwestern territories.
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Necoyaira
Baltimore
Dees
Intermate Co
West’ Virginia
Ohio
Atemy Taduerd
Hhe
Waltimore
Tha Dirg
Pilteburg
Howev
Theorad
Clarksburg
Pittaburg
Pittsburg
Chicago
West Virginia
Baltistore
Pittabure
Burg
Candilardol
Fowsyar
Indianapolis
Minn
Nilé
Progressive party may disband, reports from Chicago
A Wednesday meeting in Chicago with two state leaders and the Progressive party executive committee discussed the party’s fate. The report suggests disbandment was possible but unlikely, noting opposition to joining either the Republicans or Democrats. The committee’s state chairmen and others weighed the party’s future amid internal tensions.
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Reandav
Chicago
Progressive Party
Man
Ieadérh
George W. Parkins
New Yeshulrman
Interstate Commission orders glass rate reductions in four districts
The Interstate Commission directed reductions on glass rates in Weston Salem West Union and Clarksburg. The Clarksburg rate and eastbound rate remain adjusted to align with westbound pricing and a February 15 effective date was set.
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S Ch
Terstate Commanis
Commissian
Pointe Weston
Salem
Wests
Clarksburg
Thais Clarksburg
State road maps requested for upcoming legislature session
A wartime style memo from the War Department details requests for county road engineers to prepare district maps. The aim is to assemble a new state legislative volume with mapped routes to be delivered to printers for early press and publication. The note cites Linnly Institute and calls for timely coordination.
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Wheeling
Praky Ternon
Dianlya Institut
A.D. Williama
Tate Highway
War Department
Erie
County
Thelto Linely Institute
Torward
DADA
Enginger
Hue
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