Etiquette of Surrender Across Wars and Personal Letter
A historical overview describes the etiquette governing parlemtaires with white flags and blindfolds, citing actions by Gablenz at Sadowa, Reille at Sedan, Lee and Grant after Appomattox, Cronje at Paardeberg, and Roberts with Cronje. It includes a family letter from Ezra Carpenter’s son aboard a U S ship after the war, recounting Thanksgiving and war-time life.
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Hague
H. W. Wilson
London Daily Mail
Parlementaire
Gablenz
Sadowa
William
Sedan
von Winterfeld
Bronsart von Schellendorf
Reille
Napoleon III
Grant
Pama
Lee
Paardeberg
Creaje
Lovis Roberts
Lord Roberts
Cronie
Sugar Trust Gifts Life Policies to 10000 Employees
The American Sugar Refining Company announces a Christmas gift of life insurance to its 10,000 employees. Every worker will receive a free policy ranging from 500 to 1000 dollars based on service length, with premiums paid by the company. Policies increase with years of service, up to a 1000 dollar maximum, supplementing the existing pension plan.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Earl D. Babst
Srgago Refining Company
Help for Defectives Letter from War Reporter Minott
Rutland December 26 The Rutland Herald prints a letter from Wayoner George A Minott detailing wartime service with a motorized company of 24 Ford cars. He describes fronts Chemin Des Dames Toul Chateau Thierry St Mihiel Verdun and movement along allied advances to the war end aided by censorship lift and local snow tonight.
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Rutland
Lrathind Herald
George A. Minott
Verdun
Trent
Tas
Chemin Des Dames
Soissons
Toul
Lormine
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Vermont charity program seeks surgical aid for children
Montpelier December 26 W H Jeffrey secretary of the state board of charities writes to clergymen overseers of poor and others asking reports of unfortunate children needing surgical treatment for defects. He has a fund to treat about 100 cases and aims to relieve every defective dependent child in Vermont.
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Montpelier
W. H. Jeffrey
State Board of Charities
Hobey Baker Killed in Plane Fall Over France
News from New York reports Captain Hobart A H Baker known as Hobey Baker and a Princeton athlete was killed in a French aviation accident. Percival Pyne received a cable from Paris signed Inglehart confirming the death and requesting family notification with no further details.
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New York
Hobart A. H. Baker
Princeton
Hobey” Baker
France
Percy Pyne
End of World War I New York Armistice Scene
vivid account of November 11 1918 at the front from Vigneulles to Alsace describing American and German reactions as the guns fell silent at 11 o clock. soldiers civilians and engineers mark the ceasefire with joyous celebrations and prayers while troops reflect on home and liberty.
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Fox Hole
Germany
Sedan
77Th
Rhine
New York
Alsace
Thann
Colmar
Poilus
Montfaucon
Romagne
Remonville
Argonne
Ardennes
America
France
Mars
Earth
Marconi
Foch
Grandpre
Meuse
George W. Legion
Kansas City
Land of
Liberty
Returning Loot From Northern France Banks
Paris reports the Germans have recovered and will return about six billion francs in stock seized from banks in northern France. Safes weighing five to seven tons, unopened and stored in Brussels, will be brought back soon to Valenciennes.
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Paris
France
Brussels
Valenciennes
Bulgarians See Entente Fleet in Constantinople as Hope for Straits
Sofia reports Bulgarian leaders express gratification at the Entente fleet entering Constantinople. They believe it offers a fair solution to who shall control the Dardanelles, reducing fears of Russian occupation and shifting Bulgarian politics away from Central Powers. The move upsets former royal policy and shifts Balkan sentiment toward the Entente.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Associated Press
Constantinople
Dardenelles
Rumania
Greece
Romania
Ferdinand
Germany
Great Britain
France
Russia
Portes
Turkey
War Savings Stamps Clarify 1919 Issue Exchange
War Savings Stamps and thrift stamps are still valid whether a certificate is filled or not. The statement from Lewis B. Franklin, director of the war loan association, rejects the belief that unfilled certificates must be cashed before January 1. The government will continue selling thrift stamps so cards can be filled and exchanged for the 1919 war savings stamps.
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Lewis B. Franklin
War Loan Association
We Want Wilson in London Crowds Rally for Wilson
London crowds roar as President and George V ride in triumph through the capital. Beside the bronze horse George III, British soldiers flank the scene with one bearing the Stars and Stripes and another the Union Jack. The soldiers shout a single demand, We want Wilson.
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London
George III
United States
George V
Jack
Wilson
German Farmers' Association Calls For Farm Councils Congress
The German Farmers' Association issued a proclamation urging peasants to form a congress of Farm Councils to safeguard natural population interests and demand equal rights with workers soldiers and civil councils. It seeks personal liberty security for private property and inheritance and the repeal of land prerogatives while maintaining imperial obligations and the war loan.
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Copenhagen
Associated Press
German Farmers’ Association
Berlin Rioters Seize Newspaper Office In Turmoil
A Spartacus faction seized the Vorwaertz office in Berlin on Wednesday night, promising the editor they would eject to allow Friday’s edition. In Paris, Gen Desperet is summoned as new East problems prompt Allied talks. Lloyd George and Balfour confer with Wilson in London while crowds cheer as the President visits Downing Street.
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London
Lloyd George
Maurice Hankey
Committee On Imperial Defense
Buckingham Palace
Wilson
Duke of Connaught
Richard Herschell
Palace
A. J. Balfour
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Office
Berlin
Spartacus
Vorwaertz
Balfour
Downing Street
Swivel-chair Heroes in War Effort Critiqued
A press comment defends all who served in war, arguing many duties counted more than frontline combat. It cites General Marell and Provost-marshal General Crowder, praises loyal soldiers, and urges readers to stop Ford Randoph Herald and News from downgrading civilian and noncombat service roles.
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Marell
Crowder
General Pershing
Randolph Herald and News
The Casualty List Four Vermonters Among the Casualties
Washington reports the American Expeditionary Forces casualties on December 27. Names listed include Pvt. Linas Wuffany of Orwell killed in action. Pvt. Elihue E. Goodell of Morrisville died of disease. Pvt. Edward D. Bushey of Burlington died of disease. Corp. John F. Barnes of Montpelier wounded severely. Other figures show totals across actions, wounds, and missing.
The Little Red School Coming Back
The state board of education drafts recommendations for pending law change to use may instead of shall in transporting pupils. The proposed shift would permit transporting children within a mile and a quarter of the school, reopening deterred schoolhouses from idle status.
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Montpelier
State Board of Education
Legislatue
Pshall
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Amos B. Carpenter
Europe
Ezra P. Carpenter
U. S
Arathusa
M. G. Battalion
Hobey" Baker
Czar
Nicholas
George Iit
ASSOC
Trotzky and
Lenine
Warsaw
Michael Datchinatcheff
Skoropadski
Ukraine
Lrotzky and
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