Allies Repulse Germans With Bayonet Attacks On East Front
The Russian general staff reports continued battles in East Prussia north of Pullkalien and Gumbinnen with a bayonet counter attack repelling the Germans near Le begaien. German assaults on the Vistula approaches to Borsimow were driven back with heavy losses except one trench. French forces in the Argonne claim three repulsed German attacks near Fontaine Madame after German pressure around La Grarie.
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Pullkalien
Gumbinnen
East Prussia
Lebegaien
Vistula
Borsimow
Jidomitze
Argonne
la Bassee
Joss
la Basse
Arras
Monte
London
Paris
Bertin
la Grarie
Fontaine Madame
Diplomatic Debate Over U S Ship Purchases Sparks Talks
Washington reports wide discussion of potential U S government ship purchases after a claim that Sir Edward Grey warned such moves would be non neutral. Officials deny any formal British or other government communication on the matter.
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Washington
United States
Edward Grey
Sire Department
State Department
Sir Edward
Great Britain
Russia
France
Austrian Foreign Minister Urges Peace Over Disarmament
Copenhagen relay says Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Burian urged Germany to consider a tolerable peace rather than reject talks due to disarmament fears. He warned Austria Hungary could collapse if Russia advances on Budapest, proposing land trades to secure a settlement, including Alsace, Galicia, Bukovina, and parts of Bosnia.
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London
Copenhagen
Daily Mail
Kores Burian
Berlin
Burian
Emperor William
France
Haron Hurian
Austria
Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Baron Burlan
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Alsace
Poland
Russia
Galica
Galicia
Bukovina
Romania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Montenegro
Uprising in Africa near Mammomera shocks Nyasaland
Three white men were assaulted during an uprising among the Angura near Mammomera Nyasaland. Three women and five children were kidnapped and released. The A L Bruce estate was attacked. A Blantyre store was raided for arms with no whites harmed. Three ringleaders have been executed. the chief remains at large as a British force closes in.
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Lamdon
Mammomera
Nyasaland
British Central Africa
A. L. Bruce
Blantyre
EXPECTS TO END WAR AND RECONSTRUCT CAMPAIGN
A report from Carranza headquarters claims his forces will push a Contisionite campaign against Villa and Zapata. The text mentions strategic opposition and the British admiralty showing interest in the Panama Canal situation with inquiries from Sir Cloud Matlet and related movements.
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Carranza
de Villa
Carrants
Ville
Guuerres
Zapata
Hapata
Carrames
Panama Canal
Cloud Matlet
Panama
Banda
Sugar Tariff Proposal Sparks Federal Sentencing Case
Representative from Louisiana advocates modifying the tariff to remove duties after May and expand sugar usage allowances. In St Louis, twenty seven men were sentenced in federal court for related obstruction and importation offenses tied to the law.
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Warrington
Louisiane
St Louie
Federal District Court
Lincoln as martyr in restless vision and virtue
A solemn meditation on Lincoln as vision and martyrdom. The speaker notes an unconquerable soul through hellish hate, prayerful endurance, and the pull of pride and wealth that distracts from his sacrifice. Readers glimpse his patient sorrows and the vanity of those who fail to heed his example.
Pens That Ended the Great Civil War In Missouri
A pair of pens used to sign Lee’s surrender rest in Doctor Cronkite’s St. Joseph home Missouri. The two instruments, one quill and one steel, dated April 10 1865, symbolize the final Civil War act and came to Cronkite via Mrs A J Lawrence of War saw New York from Colonel Lawrence’s collection. The pens lie in a strong box with a table fragment from the surrender scene and a certificate of authenticity.
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Missouri
Grant
Robert BE. Lee
Virginia
Doctor Cronkite
St. Joseph
Francis Street
Doctor Cronkit
A. J. Lawrence
Warsaw
Lawrence
Joseph
Doctor Cromkite
Tate
RB Lee
Wilmer Meissen
Melons House
General Lee
Gesersi Gran
Yohomel Wilmer Mclean
William Dessel
Hisburg
A. B. Lawrence recounts Appomattox table relic tale
The account describes the surrender table from Appomattox signed by Lee and Grant, Sheridan allegedly taking and returning the relic, and McLean and Beauregard connections. It cites Lawrence as former chief quartermaster at Appomattox and asserts Sheridan gifted the table to Mrs. Custer.
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Col
A. B. Lawrence
Aberiff
Mclean
Manassas
Appomattoz
Bull Run
Bull Run Ford
Black ‘Burn Ford
McLean Ford
Beauregard
McLesm
Lincoln Prayer Bench at Lincoln House of Worship
A historical note recalls the pulpit in the church where a great president attended worship in Washington. The view appears from a pew on the right side, showing the formal setting and reverent scene.
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Washington
Lincoln inventor patents sand river freight boat device
Abraham Lincoln proposed a patent in Washington for a freight boat that would move over sandbars of the Mississippi River. The design uses large bellows on each side powered by windlass mechanisms to draw the craft and push it across shallow water.
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Lincoln
Washington
Abrahem Lincoln
U Drew Lee
Vastly Damaging Blaze Strikes Siloam Nevars Area
Fire caused $20,000 damage to a fountain area near Nevars while St Elizabeth's Hospital narrowly escaped a blaze after a stubborn flame race. Other items report Idaho steer record at Pocatello, Utah execution bill, Nevada metal tree exhibit, and local river drainage talks in Reno and Carson areas.
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Zaeeee Ee
Jusaen Ecg Oh
Nevars
Sileabeth
Mien
Kathryn Clark
Douglas County
State Senate of
Oregon
Abouith Conservation Commissions
Tigen
Clarke's Lake
Kent
Wash
Doe
Teva
Carson
Nevada
Sart
Lunsford
Jake
Utah
Idaho
Pocatello
Gooding
Rogers
Winnemucca
Parcel Post
National
Uanee
San Francisco
John W. Loder
Loder
Reno
Daisy Wehrman
John Pender
Withycombe
Alexander
Idaho State Horticultural Association
Bone
Jowset
Mth
Thth
Muntz
Uleh
Dillon
Yrenk Schule
Lea Dale
Kimball
Dansie
Salt Lake
Schule Ranch
Moslaba
Howl Buys
Ore
Cameuit
Merl Jesper
Jasper
Nurihera Pacitle
Offhelaly
Dinaralaes
Emia
Germans Sink Local Freight Ship After Submarine Encounter
A German submarine raided off the English coast sinking the freighter Lind Blanche after surfacing. The captain of the Tina Craachen reported the incident with details of a brief meeting where German officers offered cigars and cigarettes before the attack, saying orders compelled the sinking. The incident occurred near Fleetwood and Belfast Liverpool route noted in the report.
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Brit
England
Belfast
Morrison Shipping Company
Orkney Islands
Liverpost
Weering Place
Linds Binoche
Real Estate Operator Murders Wife And Two Daughters
New York real estate operator New Hermann Averbach shot his wife and two daughters in their Central Park West apartment then killed himself. Police say a .44 caliber Winchester rifle with a silencer and a Maxim silencer attachment enabled silent, fatal shootings across the beds.
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New York
Hermann Averbach
Soonte
Central Park West
Roundup at an End in Logan Utah 1915
In Logan Utah the 1915 agricultural college roundup ended with a dawn gathering Saturday morning. Forty five members of the fifty legislature met with roundup attendants in a burst of enthusiasm to conclude the event.
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Logan
Utah
the Agricultural Collegé
Unclear Fragments Describe Iron Crosses and Commissions
OCR fragments reference Berlin and iron crosses of a second class, noting many awarded and a large number of 6,000 pom-commissioned items. Details are sparse and names or dates are missing.
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Berlin
San Diego Arrives with Victims of Weasel Explosion
The San Diego cruiser arrived Sunday from Mexican waters with two victims recovered from the water of the January 1 explosion. The incident left several others missing and authorities continued the search.
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San Ditgo
San Diego
Sundar
Baller
Davle Steamship Leaves Port for Rotterdam
The steamship Davle departed from Sasee See Romerdam carrying 11 008 tons of cargo and 1 00 ereachioned to Bremee.
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Davle
Saseee
Romerdam
Bremee
Deneve Wounded in Nearby City Incident
Fragmentary text recounts a wounded person in Paso, with references to the incident's aftermath. Official channels are noted to be handling inquiries as authorities prepare to issue further details. The report mentions medical care and possible transport to a hospital.
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