War news wrap: Verdun gains and new fronts reported
Western front reports French troops retook Chambrette farm area northeast Verdun and captured many German prisoners since December 15. Austro German forces seize Buzou near Bucharest. Russian and Romanian villages burn as fronts shift. A new peace conference slated at The Hague around January 16 amid ongoing fighting.
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Chambrettes Farm
Verdun
Lloyd's
Michail
Ontchoukoft
Constance Mary
Mneg
Vacherauville
Bezonvaux
Chambrette Farm
Dense London Fog and War News Across the Atlantic
A dense London fog described as the heaviest in fifty years meets reports from Berlin on food shortages. The peace note from the central powers is delivered to Britain by Ambassador Walter Page. Reports from El Paso indicate Villa loyalists recapturing Parral and Santa Rosalia, restoring southern Chihuahua under Villa. Austria forms a new cabinet with Spitzmaeler as premier and ministers for interior defense education and more.
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London
Berlin
Amsterdam
London ‘Chronicle
Central Powers
Walter H. Page
el Paso
Texas
Monnday
Willistay
Parral
Jiminez
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Villa
James Henry Thomas
Derby
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
Murgula
Ghihuahua
Salizar
Santa Ysabel
Chihuahua City
Austria
Cologne
Alexander Spitzmaeler
von Handel
P. von Georgl
von Hussarck
von Schenk
von Forster
von Wimmer
von Arnkasl
Seydler
Galicia
Michael Bobrzanaki
Fires and crime wrap Cheyenne and Missoula incidents
Western Six Hives were lost in the Interocean hotel fire at Cheyenne Wyoming. Mrs Beasie Leigh was found guilty of manslaughter in Missoula Montana. Five safe blowers robbed a State Street store in Chicago taking about 1000 dollars. Joe Miles notes a Spanish war chant author. Suntan Rowe shot himself in Tucson Arizona. About 110000 acres in the Crow reservation Montana offered for sale. Detection of neondiarium in Los Angeles iron works ruins.
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Interocean
Cheyenne
Wyon
Roy A. White
Baylis
Cal
Beasie Leigh
Fred Hoffman
Missoula
Mont
Chicago
Joseph T. Miles
Suntan Rowa
Horn
Little
Big Horn River
Crow Indian Reservation
Montana
Crow Agency
Miewellyn Iron Works
Los Angeles
President Wilson Plans Christmas in Washington
President Wilson to spend the holiday season in Washington with family. Mrs Wilson and he marked their first wedding anniversary with a motor ride a family dinner and a vigil at moving pictures. The piece notes 28 500 000 people attended schooling of some kind in 1916 per the U S Bureau of Education. Chairman Adamson of the Interstate Commerce Committee introduced a joint resolution to extend the railroad investigation time to January 14 1918.
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Wilson
Washington
Moving Pictures
United States
United States Bureau of Education
Adamson
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Eightteenth Century Sports Echoes Drive Varied 1917 News
Reports cover a range of events from a western baseball league bid by aesheyenne to a six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden in New York. Other items note William Stringham elected football captain at School of Mines, Kid Johnson missing a bout due to his mother, a two man bowling endurance contest won by Charlie Graw and Robert McKenna, Gossett posting a 191, and Rofus Gilbert purchasing and offering to rebuy the Terre Haute Baseball Club with a Jan deadline.
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Aesheyenne
Wichita
New York
Madison Square Garden
William Stringham
School of Mines
Golden
Colo
Kid Johnson
Battler
Niles
Marysille
Cal
Denver
Charlie Graw
Robert McKenna
Ping
Gossett
World News and Labor Strikes Amid Turbulent Year
Reported wage hikes and hour reductions reach 18 14-27 percent while U S labor unions and manufacturers in Atlantic City ratify agreements. New York and Westchester see renewed strikes among Carmen workers. Prisoners in Joliet peniteniary report deaths from wood alcohol and a bank burglary suspect in San Francisco defends himself. A derailment near Grapeland Texas injures train crew and soldiers. Cornelius Bliss funds pledge support. Atchison Topeka Santa Fe freight revenue grows while passenger traffic drops. Private Robert Gail, 22, dies from accidental gun discharge in Brownsville Texas.
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Chicago
Antir SeHeny
Atlantic City
Anufacturers
International Molders’ Union
Carmen
New, York
Westchester County
Joliet
Award von Wahlden
Mission Bank
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Lowa Field Artilery
Grapeland
Tex
Iate
Cornelius N. Bliss
Republic’ National _committee
New York
Cornelius N. Liles
Firosa
Atchison
Topeka
Robert Gail
United States
Brownsville
Detroit
Lloyd George Declares Peace Conference Rejected
London report on the Commons dividend as David Lloyd George denounces Germany's peace conference note. He states the allies will not meet terms without restitution and guarantees. He outlines national service and firm policy toward Greece while Asquith and Curzon back the stance.
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Union News Service
London
House of Commons
David Lloyd-George
Central Powers
Germany
Lloyd- George
Washington
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Mr. Asquith
Mr. Lloyd-George
Birmingham
National Service
Greece
Venizelos
Wilson Nominates Colorado and Wyoming Postmasters
President Wilson nominates Robert H. Weir Otis Ernest A Osi Waldenland Harry M McKinney Yuma and Albert J Sells Cokeville for postmaster positions in Colorado and Wyoming.
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Washington
Wilson
Colorado
Robert
H. Weir
Otis
Ernest A. Osi
Waldenland
Harry M. McKinney
Yuma
Albert J. Sells
Cokeville
Wyo
Berlin reports gains as front lines shift near Danube
Berlin says Russian and Rumanian troops face a decisive stand or a Danube crossing into Besarabia or Moldavia. Berlin claims retreat in Dobrudja while German allies advance toward the lower Danube, and reports over a thousand Russians and Rumanians captured with provisions. Carpathian fighting continues with no clear victor as Turks and Bulgarians gain in Struma. Paris notes Gen Joffre relinquished command of northern and northeastern French armies to Gen Robert Nivelle.
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Berlin
Danube
Bessarabia
Moldavia
Dobrudja
Carpathians
Struma
Paris
Joffre
Robert George Nivelle
Wheat Gains on Peace News In Chicago Market
Wheat prices surged in Chicago trading on December 20 as reports of British Premier statements and peace talks influenced buyers. May delivery jumped to 1.71 a bushel, with front-month bids around 1.64 to 1.64 1/2, signaling a strong response to the Germany Russia France exchange in Parliament.
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Chicago
Germany
Russia
France
Ministers Should Not Preach Too Long, Says Child
A Sunday school anecdote recounts a minister asking what to learn from the tale of a youth who dozed during Pauls sermon and fell from a window to die. A little girl responded that ministers should learn not to preach too long sermons.
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Iutychus
Paul
Treat Dandruff With Cuticura Ointment and Soap
Advertisement-like note explains dandruff relief with Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap followed by a morning shampoo. Aimed at promoting scalp health and free samples by mail to Boston based Cuticura Dept. Don finishes his first day at school and fears he cannot finish what he started, speaking to his father.
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Dept. Ly
Boston
Adv
Don
True to Life and the clog dancer tale excerpt
A fragmented OCR reads a dialogue about a novel reader asking a writer if he ever saw a woman who tapped the floor impatiently. The reply names the woman as a clog-dancer. The passage appears with stray phrases and a Red Cross ad line and a joke about married men.
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