War bulletin reports shifts on multiple fronts and political notes
Western Front actions include British diversions near Ypres and French counterattacks. Casualties total 17 976 for the week ending December 18, with raids on the English coast and reports of bombings in Goes Zeeland. Pershing restricts alcohol in France. Germany surrenders none. Norway reports torpedoed ships Ingrid J1 and Borgkten. Italian relief efforts praised in Rome. Paris deputies strip Callaux and Loustalot of immunity amid treason claims. Berlin hints at Brent-Litovsk peace talks. a forged 1917 will is denied in Honolulu. Emperor William weighs attendance at a pan-European peace gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris War Office
Ypres- Braden
Buenos Aires
Goes
Zeeland
France
Pershing
Stephen Purnesa
Irish
London
War Office
Monte Azolone
Odesno
Stcharbatchett
Red Guards
Lilleukalani
Theresa Beliveau
Honolulu
T. T
C. W. Ashford
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Joseph Callaux
Louis
Loustalot
London Exchange
Copenhagen
Berliner Zeitung
William
Brent- Litovsk
Europe
Winter Wheat Crop Conditions and Local Deaths In Brief
Western crop reports show increased winter wheat acreage but poor overall condition. Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Tabitha Greaning known as Cousin Puss, aged 83, in Palmyra Illinois and Dr James Boal McVreon, dental pioneer, aged 88 in Kansas City. Criminal and security actions include William Johnson, an alleged counterfeiter, jailed after a federal tip and bound for Leavenworth. Sacramento police report thirty arrests tied to a plot against the executive mansion and an attempted dynamiting of the power plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha Greaning
Puss
Mark Twain
Palmyra
Chadron
Nob
Wyoming Line
William Johnson
Gunn
Wyo
Government
Secret Service
Salt Lake
Lenvenworth
Kan
Sacramento
Cal
Ira Conran
War Supplies Spendings and Ministry of Munitions Debate
The article reports large wartime expenditures before the declaration and discusses a proposed ministry of munitions widening to cover cabinet scope and powers. It notes over 1,000,000 pounds of Christmas parcels sent to soldiers in France and lists officers including Rear Admiral Griffin and Victor Lufbury among those commissioned in the American army reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ministry of Muntions
France
Griffin
Wilson Td
Hime
Navy
Bureau of Engineering
Victor
Royal Lufbury
William Thaw J
Lafayette
Esca
Grilla
Teserve
Army
Parshing
Adjutant General
U S Credits to Belgium and Allied Nations Rise
The article notes two million dollars lent to Belgium bringing American credits to 69 9 million. Credits for all allied nations total 3 8879 million. The Food Administration and War Trade Board grant shipment of Finland via Sweden due to mass starvation. Internal Revenue Collector Roper issues rulings to simplify accounting and cut excess profits and income taxes, reducing tax in many cases.
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Belgium
Finland
Sweden
Food Administration Nd
War Trade Board
Internal Revenue
Roper
Wrestlers and sports notes from midwest circuits
Earl Caddock of Anita Iowa joins the National Army as a private after a wrestling stint. Kid Herman of Pekin Illinois upsets Johnny Richie of Chicago in a ten round bout at Peoria. Walker Cochran of Chicago wins a billiards match at 1 800 to 1 767 over Ora Morningstar of Detroit. Jack Hendricks club offer for 10000 withdrawn by J C McGill. Artie Bucks, famed discus thrower and Wisconsin alum, marries Marlin Simpson of Oshkosh Wisconsin.
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Earl Caddock
Anita
Iowa
Kid Herman
Pekin
Johnny Richie
Chicago
Peoria
Walker Cochran
Ora Morningstar
Detroit
Jack Hendricks
Indianapolis Americ éan.Association
J. C. McGill
Hendricks
Artie’ Bucks
Diacus
University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Wis
Marlin Simpson
Eber Simpson, Jr
Missouri farm crop value climbs by forty six million
A Missouri State Board of Agriculture report shows farm crops worth 46 203 624 dollars grown in the last year. Australian wool valued at 7 000 000 arrives in Boston the first release by Britain since spring. A Cook County Bankers Association vigilante effort targets Chicago area bank robberies. Cascades washouts halt Christmas coast train traffic per Railway Post Service from Fargo. Attorney Henry Dodge Estabrook a former Western Union solicitor dies suddenly in Tarrytown N Y. An auto bus collision at Battle Creek Michigan with the Canadian filer claims James M Incoe and injures four rail crew members. A Park City Salt Lake derailment leaves several dead and others injured.
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Missouri
State Board of Agriculture
Boston
Cook County Bankers Association
Chicago
Minos
Cascades
Fargo
N. D
Henry Dodge
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ombha
Neb
Tarrytown
New Mexico News Highlights From State College To Liberty Loan
New Mexico items note events such as Farmers Week at State College Mesilla Park January 14 to 19 and a Farmers Meeting January 17 18 plus a Woolf Growers convention in Roswell March. Prisoners escaped Carrizozo jail. Las Vegas boy injured with a revolver. religion and culture events in Santa Fe and Las Vegas. Red Cross growth and local civic actions. rail and industry updates including a Willard salt refinery and Deming Tyrone railroad outlook.
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State College
iMesilla Park
Mesilla Park
New Mexico Electrical Association
Silver City
Woolf Growers
Roswell
Carrizozo
Las Vegas
J. F. Horton
Chicago
New Presbyterian
Santa Fé
Las Cruces
Clovis
Red Cross Society
Pair of Mexican prisoners die by hanging in Gallup jail
Maria Cuevas and Silverio Silva, condemned for murder, allegedly smuggled a rope into the Gallup jail and hanged themselves before December 21 after defying the sentence. Notes from the inmates asked for respectful burial and claimed they would not be executed by the state. Cuevas left his guitar to a fellow prisoner.
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Union News Service
Banta Fé
N. M
Maria Cuevas
Silverio Silva
Betung
Cuevas
Silva
Day of Prosperity Brings Farmers Together in Dona Ana
The Farmers Prosperity Day at New Mexico State College drew about 600 attendees. Morning livestock judging, noon barbecue, and talks on farming practices followed by a drainage lecture by a US Reclamation Service employee. Plans advance for a Las Cruces to Texas road project costing 240000 with Dona Ana County 60000 state 360000 and federal balance. The USDA has earmarked 25000 with matching state funds to eradicate rodents and predators. The NM Agricultural College estimates annual losses to these causes at 3500000.
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Dona Ana
Dona Ana Ja
New Mexico
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Biological Survey
New Mexico Agricultural College
Agricultural College
Tax Conference Proposals From Former Congressman Hernandez
Former Congressman B C Hernandez of Rio Arriba county outlined recommendations at the first annual tax conference in the capital. The proposals include lowering assess tax rolls, replacing the salary system with a fee system for the assessor, capping income at four thousand dollars a year, avoiding drastic taxation measures that deter investors, and reforming sheep taxation to ensure they are taxed in a single county rather than two or escaping taxation.
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B.C. Hernandez
Rio Arriba
Reinhardt Named Stenographer in Roswell Office
Miss Minnie Reinhardt of Colorado has been appointed stenographer and typewriter in the office of the register and receiver at Roswell New Mexico. The appointment was announced in Santa Fe.
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Antonita Garcia
Albuquerque
Irma HW
United States
Santa
Survey
Utah
Willard
Misa "Reinhardt
Santa Fe
Minnie Reinhardt
Colorado
of the Register
Roswell
Governor Urges Red Cross Aid in Santa Fe
Governor Lindsey issued an appeal urging Santa Fe residents to join the Red Cross and support the disaster relief effort statewide.
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Santa Fé
Lindséy
The
Red Cross
City Sells Site for Federal Building in Santa Fe
Santa Fe cedes city hall site on San Francisco Street to the federal government for a mission style federal building. The two story brick fire station and city hall will be removed from the property bought for 7500 dollars though the site totals about 30000 dollars. A strip remains to be condemned. The site lies opposite St Francia cathedral and St Vincent's sanitarium.
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Santa _Fe
Santa.Fe
San Francisco Treet
New Mexico
St. Francia’ Cathedral
St. Vincent's Sanitarium
Rancher Granted a Reprieve in Drought Threat
Governor Lindsey grants William Crosby a reprieve to June next year to save 1,200 head of cattle threatened by drought. Crosby was sentenced to 20 to 24 months for larceny of cattle meat. Governor Lindsey visits Camp Kearney amid shortages of rifles ammunition clothing and bedding.
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Santa
Gov. Lindsey
Camp Kearney
Santa Fe
Linda Vista
Calif
W. B. Lindsey
James. A. Baca
British and German War Updates From Frontline Rails and Air
An American soldier’s body was found in a German trench with throat cut after capture, per official bulletin. German counterattacks recaptured positions on the Asiago plateau, while a battery was destroyed in Rome reports. Ver dun shelling and wood areas show German assault aims. Allies bolster defenses. A British bomber raid hit Mannheim, starting fires and forcing one aircraft down. In Petrograd, rumors of a plot against King Ferdinand and unrest in Romania surface as Bolsheviks attack Kharkov and seize railways south of Moscow via Cossack and railway worker actions.
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London
Sammy
Asiago
Rome
Verdun
Cousumont
Chaume
Courieres
Mannheim
Rhine
Germany
Petrograd
Ferdinand of
Rumania
Smolny Institute
Kharkov
Moscow
Tzaritzin
Saratov
Official Christmas Greetings From Baker and Daniels
Secretaries Baker and Daniels sent Christmas messages to U S armed forces. Baker addressed soldiers in France and America praising courage and work ahead for country and world. Daniels conveyed pride in naval service and confidence the Navy will meet wartime demands.
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Army
Navy
Baker
Daniels
Washington
France
America
Amering
War Department
Naval Service
Red Cross Quota Exceeds Goal Across Regions
Washington reports the Red Cross membership drive surpassed targets with 13 million Americans joining. The Jake division led with 2.5 million toward 1.068 million quota spanning Indiana Kentucky Ohio. Atlantic division tallied 2.8 million toward 2.015 million with New York and New Jersey leading.
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Washington
Red Cross
Soldiers of Mercy
Sal Vision
Jake
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Atlantic
Tts
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Towa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Michigan
Durois
Rocky Mountain Division
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Chariots of Iron and Gaza in Historical Echoes
The piece links ancient biblical Gaza with World War I nostalgia, comparing chariots of iron to modern tanks. It recalls Joshua and Judges references and casts General Allenby’s operations as a sign that the Ph Ps tines may finally be cleared.
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Gaza
London ‘Star
Ajalon
Allenby
Leviathan
Judah
Cuticura Heals Sore Hands Quick and Easy
Advertises Cuticura for sore hands claiming rapid relief with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Recommends washing in hot suds, applying Ointment, and removing excess with tissue. Free sample by mail with a booklet from Outurn Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. 1
Boston
Window Sash Making Test Turns Tables
A Welsh woodworker applicant proves versatile, claiming he can do any joinery work. He fumbles a sash first try but deflates the foreman with a sharp jab, then excels, turning a rival jab into a brag about the foreman’s own timber.
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Taffy
Extra Potato Dispute Over Dinner Courtesy
A judge recalls a humorous exchange where Jones urges Smith to row to dinner, fearing his wife will cause trouble. Smith demurs and the hospitable man insists boiling an extra potato is nothing, saying seventy five cents between friends.
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Jones
Smith
Judge
Beds and Bible Beds in Sunday School Conversation
A child asks why Bible beds were large and wonders about Abraham sleeping with his four fathers. The mother explains uncertainty as the girl references a Sunday school lesson about ancient living conditions and family roles.
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Abraham
Re-enforced Concrete Dry Dock in Moss Norway
The first reinforced concrete dry dock, built at Moss Norway, is celebrated. It will handle ships up to 100 tons and 90 feet long, promising cheaper, faster construction than steel, with the shipyard now fielding inquiries for docks up to 8,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss
Norway
Mint
Phat Phrases Spark Talk of Rivalry and Scandal
A fragment references Phat saying man is always running others down and questions if the issue is scandal or auto. No clear context or names provided.
Your Eyes Need Care Care Marine Eve Remedy
An advisory note promotes Marine Eve Remedy for eye care. It urges readers to try the product to improve eye health and comfort. The item appears as a health suggestion in a period advertisement style.
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