Typhus Epidemic Sweeps All of Siberia
Dispatch from Vladivostok details about 25 000 typhus cases across Ekaterinburg Cheliabinsk and Omsk as Red Cross efforts struggle amid overcrowding famine and freezing conditions. Reporting notes grave conditions at Ekaterinburg hospital and mentions Grace McBride the American nurse who died of typhus.
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Vladivostok
Ekaterinburg
Cheliabinsk
Omsk
Jack” Reifsnider
Red Cross
American
Pkaterinborg
R. B. Teusler
Tiumen
Grace McBride
Siberia
Reifsnider
Trans-Siberian
Russia
Manchuria
Chita
French press wary of League of Nations plan
Paris reports show mixed and cautious reactions to the Society of Nations draft. Leading papers like Figaro and Journal critique vague guarantees and question who enforces the project, while Humanity voices disillusionment with Wilsonian aims.
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Paris
Society of Nations
The
Figaro
Commission
Germany
United States
England
France
Italy
Japan
Alfred Capus
the Figaro
Europe
Pertinax
Echo de Paris
Notice to Payers of Income Tax by New Hampshire Collector
Portsmouth celebrates a 1919 notice from Seth W. Jones, Internal Revenue Collector for the District of New Hampshire, announcing that a large corps of income tax agents and deputy collectors will soon visit cities and towns to aid taxpayers with 1918 returns. Blank forms will be mailed, and readers should watch for details on where and when to receive assistance and bring figures and questions.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Seth W. Jones
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Jones
Prince Henry Urges Restoration of German Monarchy
Hamburg Nachrichten reports Prince Henry of Prussia favors restoring the monarchy and old economic order to make Germany strong. He wants the empire under the old dynasty with Prussia leadership, abolition of workers and soldiers councils, and a return to disciplined land and sea forces. He also calls for limiting Jewish influence in commerce and politics.
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London
Hamburg
Prussia
Henry
Germany
Bey
Harmony Musical Meeting Set for Feb 25
The Danville Harmony Musical group will meet February 25 with Mrs. Charles Libby to discuss program details led by Mrs. Libby. Subjects include Mary Turner Lauber and Kate Venner.
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Harmony Musical
Charles Libby
Mary Turner
Lauber
Kate Venner
Premier Clemenceau Shot at Paris Rally
Paris reports Georges Clemenceau was shot as he left his home en route to the war office. Five shots struck him including back and shoulder wounds. the assailant, a workmanlike figure, was beaten by bystanders and captured. Condition later said not critical.
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Paris
Georges Clemenceau
Rue Franklin
War Office
League of Nations
Wilson
Lloyd George
England
Clemenceau
Enile Cottin
Colonel House
Arthur J. Balfour
Col. House
Balfour
Lloyd George Defies Labor Upheaval in Postwar Speech
In London on February 19 Premier Lloyd George told Parliament the Peace Conference made progress and aimed for broad agreement while warning against demands to overturn order. He pledged to fight Prussianism in industry and prevent any group from halting the nation. William Adamson warned industrial unrest rivals war in menace and urged working people not to be treated as cogs for profit.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Europe
William Adamson
Labor Party
Adamson
Russia
Party of Constitutional Laborites
Laborites
Labor
Donald MacLean
Asquith
Hey There Do You Want A Home on A Farm
The Interior Secretary with War and Navy help sends a booklet to army navy and marine corps camps to gauge interest in homestead jobs on reclaimed land. It outlines the plan and includes a postcard questionnaire asking for name address age prior farm work interest and desired farming type. A Congress tabulation will accompany Secretary Lane’s request for 100 million dollars to start meritorious projects nationwide.
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Secretary of the Interior
War and Navy Departments
Army, Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Congress
Lane
Burlington Private Is Home Minus Right Lower Limb
Private Allen Yett has returned from service in France minus a right leg, amputated above the knee after shrapnel entered the knee region during front line action last October. He is in a base hospital behind the lines and will travel to Boston for further treatment as the injury heals.
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Burlington
Allen Yett
France
Boston
Masons To Stage Mid-Winter Reunion In Burlington
In Burlington Vermont the fourth mid winter reunion of the Vermont Consistory and the Coordinate bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite will be held Thursday and Friday. A reception opens at 10 am Thursday in the Rite Masonic Temple preceptory. It marks the first state wide exemplification of degrees and organizers plan to make the event an annual affair.
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Burlington
Vermont
Scottish Rite of Free Masonry
Rite Masonic Temple
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Humanity
Marcel Cacion
Prince Henry
Kaiser
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Fletcher
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