Trip through Scotland and en route to Germany
Private E W Garfield recounts a long leave in Scotland with London Edinburg and Ayr visits amid fog and rain along with a glimpse of Edinburgh Castle and Burns cottage. He notes a Mayflower of duties and Thanksgiving as the Army of Occupation moves toward the Rhine with hardship but steady travel.
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London
Scotland
Edinburgh
Firth of Forth
Nurses’ Club
U. S
Arkanisias
St. Giles Cathedral
Peak Church
Edinburg Castle
Dominic
Ayr
Bobbie” Burns
Glasgow
Firth of Clyde
Germany
Army of Occupation
Isticé
Rhine
Fenteh
France
Toul
Fentch
Saba
Lawyer Tobinson's Russian exile tale ends in Vladivostok
A Chicago lawyer once linked to Russian revolutionaries faces a brutal end as a Japanese paper reports Tobinson was executed by Bolsheviks after they seized Vladivostok. His widow Mrs Tobinson and two children escaped to Japan en route to San Francisco.
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Strailer Tobinson
Chicago
Vladivostok
Tobinson
Paluow
West Twelfth Street
Japan
San Francisco
Tokio
Abraham Krasushchok
Russia
Tobington
Siberia
Far
Robinson
James BH
Cortez Street
Rock Island Railroad
la Salle Street
University of Chicago
Robert §. Nahin
Madison Park
North la Salle Street
America
Workers’ Institute
Bolzheviki
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Olympic Career in the Great War Attacked Seven Times
London reports the White Star liner Olympic faced at least seven submarine attacks in 1918 while ferrying American troops and war material. Crews say she fought off U boats with six inch shells and destroyers, claiming 31 survivors from a submerged submarine and carrying over 200000 people during wartime service.
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London
Mediterranean
North Atlantic
Olympic
Europe
Canada
Vimy Ridge
Gallipoli
Daily News
Ireland
New York
Hayes
Germany
English Channel
Bowling League Casualty List Reveals Team Five Win
In Barquin's alleys Friday night Team No. 5 defeated Team No. 6. Scores show Team 5 totaling 1454 to Team 6's 1812, with listed casualties including Serg. Dana E. Pike and Pvt. Antony Moraski among four Vermonters wounded. A Paris dentist reports a UV light teeth bleaching method.
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Barquin’s Alleys
Logans
Kay
Colman
Washington
Jan
Jmanding
ogRene
Joyer
Munkittrick
Dana E. Pike
Rutland
Antony Moraski
Bellows Falls
Clarence Tinkham
Groton
Vincent Darenaltore
Greatest Hoax of the War Scares Submarines
The British report details a staged Danish coast wreck and forged papers that tricked the German Admiralty. A pro‑German neutral supposedly provided priced documents, enabling a fake barrage plan to steer U‑boats away from the Dover Straits.
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London
Ouly Mail
Admiralty
Straits of Dover
Straits
Whitehall
Denmark
Chairmen appointed for Armenian relief drive in Vermont
Gilbert M. Campbell of Lyndonville named town chairmen in Caledonia county for a January 12 19 Armenian and Syrian relief drive. A test game at St Agnes hall raised funds with Arlington Independents 14 to 10.
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Gilbert M. Campbell
Lyndonville
Caledonia County
Barnet
C. B. Bliss
Burke
Lucius A Darling
Danville
E. G. French
Groton
C. J. Bailey
Hardwick
L. B. Timms
Kirby
W. P. Russell
Lyndon
C. D. Matthewson
Newark
Flora Ball
Peacham
T. H. Carlson
Ryegate
L. H. Simpson
Sheffield
H. E. Davis
St. Johnsbury
Chas
W. Steele
Stannard
Carl Rushford
Sutton
H. D. Chapman
Walden
Rey
Allen E. Schoft
Waterford
Raymond Priest
Wheelock
Chas. A. Welch
Arlington
Independents Near East
St. Agnes
Hall
A. Nolin
Leo
Lemire
J. Prevost
State of Vermont
Arlingtons
A. Boucher
Arthur Bedard
L. Lemire
N- Toussant
A. Brunelle
Nalin
E. Laferierve
A. Bedard
A. Comture
Rf R. Brunelle
Henry H. Riggs
R. Roy
Silver chevrons become compulsory for six month service men
Camp Devens reports a Washington order makes silver service chevrons compulsory for all personnel with six months in the service. Officers and men previously undecided must now wear a service mark. President Wilson has a busy schedule today visiting the Pope and attending a dinner hosted by the Queen Mother.
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Camp Devens
Welll
Wes
Washington
Wilson
Queen Mother
Shipping Number Plates In Montpelier For 1919 Licenses
The Vermont secretary of state automo bile department ships 1919 number plate orders each night. By Jan 1 1,500 to 2,000 plates had been sent. Delays may occur if a contractor fails to deliver required certificates by Nov 20, but plates will go out as soon as received.
Lodge Denies Charge in Senate on Peace Policy
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts denied yesterday's charge by Senator Lewis that Republicans aimed to embarrass President Wilsert abroad or disrupt Senate unity. He urged rapid completion of peace negotiations to avoid delay with Germany.
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Washington
J. C
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Lewis
Illinois
Wilsert
Germany
Canadian Casualties in the War
Ottawa reports a revised casualty list showing 220182 total Canadian overseas forces casualties in the war, with 60885 dead. Of the total, 9989 were officers.
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Ottawa
Goals and scorers in Arlington match
Arlington goals were by L Lemire with 3, A Nolin 1, and H Reicher. Independents scored once by A Boucher. Referee Boisvert. Scorers I Gingras and J Veilleux. Timers A Mulqueeny and G Thibiault. Game timed two fifteen minute periods and one ten minute period.
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Arlington
L. Lemire
A. Nolin
H. Reicher
The
Independents
A. Boucher
Boisvert
I. Gingras
J. Veilleux
Timers
A. Mulqueeny
G. Thibiault
Ford Pays Two Hundred Per Cent Dividend
Detroit January third 192? Ford Motor Company directors declare a 200 percent dividend totaling 4 million dollars to seven stockholders. Dividends payable 100 percent January first and 100 percent February. Company offices note this is the first of monthly dividends planned for the coming year.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
L. Ttin
Sixty German airplanes accepted by Americans
The report notes sixty German airplanes accepted by the Americans with one hundred more arriving for trial flights and delivery. The item places these developments alongside other war and postwar events in Rome London Washington Dublin and Amsterdam regarding military and political moves.
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Rome
Wilson
Pantheon
Victor Emanuel I
Humbert
Lyceum Academy
Forum
Emanuel
Ellena
Udine
Vatican
Episcopal College
Margherita
Michael Angelo
King Victor
Quirinal
Victor
Coblenz
London
Inter-Allied Naval Commission
Germany
Washington
Baker
House Military Committee
War Department
Europe
Dublin
Dublin Corporation
Paris
London Evening Mail
United States
Panar Canal
Tobago
England
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Hague
German Appeals to Marshal Foch Granted for Military Needs
German appeals to end the Allies suspension of intercourse with zones occupied by Allied forces were reviewed at Marshal Foch's Luxemburg headquarters. A German pledge to supply fuel and spare parts for the occupied area in return for Allied permission to move raw materials across the Rhine was agreed. The plan aims to prevent unemployment in Essen and Dortmund and allow limited import of foodstuffs and manufactured goods into areas under British control from January 1.
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Cologne
Marshal Foch
Luxemburg
Rhine
Germany
Essen
Dortmund
Loraine
Saar
White House Reopens to Public After War Closure
The White House reopened to visitors today after being closed for nearly two years due to the war. Washington reports the historic residence welcomes guests again and resumes public tours with standard security measures in place.
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White House
Washington
Destruction Proposed of All German Navy Ships
Rear Admiral Rodman urged the House naval affairs committee to destroy all prizes of the German navy surrendered to the Allies. He formerly commanded the American fleet in the North Sea during the war.
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Washington, D. C
House Naval Affairs Committee
Rodman
North Sea
Early Return Units Include French Mortar Batteries
Washington says the War Department lists the 10th and 104th French trench mortar batteries and the 601st water tank train among units assigned for an early return. The dates reflect January 3 reporting.
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Washington
War Department
Embargo on Freight Limiting USbound Shipments
The Food Administration imposes an embargo on all classes of freight. Foodstuffs for American troops abroad and Europe’s starving people are halted at origin and redirected toward Boston Philadelphia and New York ports.
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New York
Boston
Phi New York
Europe
Philadelphia
Onder Fy
Federal Food Administration
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