Greek King Defends Neutrality Amid World War Pressures
King Constantine of Greece, in an interview with the Associated Press, explains Greece’s neutral stance and refusal to be drawn into the war. He argues Entente demands threaten Greece’s sovereignty and cites Greek operations in the Near East and Saloniki as evidence of good faith while warning against undermining Balkan stability.
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Athens
Malta
London
Constantine
Greece
Associated Press
America
Grece
Holland
Occasio
Entente
Germany
Near East
Dardanelles
Serbia
Macedonia
Saloniki
Belgium
Boston
Seattle
Canada
Beauty Secrets for Wrinkleless Skin in Social Season
An article recommends keeping skin healthy and wrinkle free for social events. It advises using mercorized wax nightly to shed dead surface skin and reveal brighter beneath skin, and a saxolite and witch hazel solution to minimize fine lines in bright light.
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Aunt Sally
Aristocratic Canaries Operated Upon for Appendicitis
Milwaukee bird hospital led by Dr Laura Kiefer is highlighted as the nation’s best equipped. The article notes appendicitis as a common feathered ailment and recalls prior operations including a parrot’s eye removal performed by the bird nurse.
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Milwaukee
Bird Hospital
Dickey Bird
Canaries
Kiefer
Greece Keeps Neutrality and Fortifies Frontiers
In a dramatic interview a Greek monarch defends neutrality amid Entente pressure on Salonika. He rejects coercion to join the Balkan venture, insists Greece will protect its sovereignty, and warns that demobilization would follow if Entente demands persist. He clarifies Venizelos policy did not bind Greece and vows resistance to any invasion.
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M. Venizelos
Venizelos
Greece
Balkan
Great Britain
France
Balkans
Garantee
Entente
Nautlia
French search American ships reported by cable
San Juan reports two American steamers the Coamo and the Carolina were stopped and searched by the French cruiser Descartes. Four German firemen were taken from the Coamo and the search lasted from 2 to 5 30 o clock. The Descartes sought Waldemar Hepp and John Stubbe, German and Austrian consuls now in New York. The Porto Rico liner Carolina had its chief steward Schaade taken last night.
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New York
San Juan
Porto Rico
Coamo
Carolina
P. R
Descartes
Waldemar Hepp
John Stubbe
Schaade
Greece pressured by Italy and Russia over Saloniki guarantees
The Italian and Russian ministers visited Premier Skouloudis in Athens to indicate that Rome and Moscow back Britain and France in demanding guarantees of freedom of action for the expeditionary forces at Saloniki.
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Russia
Italy
Greece
Paris
Havas
Athens
Skouloudis
Great Britain
France
Saloniki
British Front Daily Communique Planned Next Week
British military authorities will issue a daily front-line bulletin from the western front in France starting next week. Stephen Phillips dies at Deal England after months of illness born 1868. Veria and Goulandris sunk in recent maritime losses. A sarcastic remark calls out an unfair put‑down.
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London
France
Stephen Phillips
Deal
Eng
Veria
Goulandris
Old Spanish Trail convention plans set by executive committee
The executive committee arranged the two day entertainment for delegates to the Old Spanish Trail convention. Mobile boosters support the highway project and many requests for credentials were received. Delegates will register at the Chamber of Commerce and an accurate attendance registry will be kept for the permanent highway association.
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Chamber of Commerce
Permanent Highway Association
Pat’ Lyons
Alabama
Rotary Club
Cawthon Hotel
Battle House
S. A. le Blanc
Mississippi
Pensacola
Mobile
Trail Scout Car
Electric motors prove success on mountains on Edmont grade
In Butte Montana on December 9 the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad tested electric propulsion for mountain grades. A pulling contest on the Edmont grade near Butte attracted President A J Earling, directors, New York financiers, and local business delegations.
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Butte
Mont
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Rocky Mountains
Edmont
A. J. Earling
New York
Agricultural School Burned to Be Rebuilt in Hamilton
Montgomery Alabama December 9 Special Announcement by Superintendent William F Feagin that the Sixth District Agricultural School at Hamilton destroyed by fire will be rebuilt once insurance settles. Loss estimated at 20000 with 6000 insured. Insurance to be augmented by voluntary subscriptions to fund a modern brick building replacing the old structure. Feagin returned from Mil ton today.
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Montgomery
Ala
William F. Feagin
Hamilton
Feagin
Milton
2 Million Britons Form New Labor Organization
The largest labor group in England was formed representing about two million workers from the Miners' Federation the National Union of Railway Men and the National Transport Workers' Union. Joint action requires consent of all three unions with a focus on wages and working conditions.
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London
England
Miners’ Federation
National Union of Railway Men
National Transport Workers’ Union
Pensacola
Fox Climbs Tree as Hounds Rally at Atlanta Dog Show
Atlanta dog show spectators witnessed the tale of Sir Reynard, a fox chased by a pack of hounds into a pine tree near Buckhead. Owners led by J T Jones watched as the fox vaulted a tree to escape and was later exhibited for all to see, ending the hunt to save him for another chase.
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Atlanta
Reynard
William J. Stoddard
J. T. Jones
Steve McCurdy
Stone Mountain
Owen Gilbert
Mr. Jones
Sir Reynard
WCTU delegation disrupts seized whisky at police station
A three member Woman's Christian Temperance Union delegation visited the police station Thursday and broke up a portion of the whisky cargo seized on the launch Reba a few nights earlier. The liquor was ordered destroyed by the recorder. A winter resort is likened to the sorrowful state of an abandoned cemetery.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Federal and State Aid Discussed for National Highways Plan
Chicago December 9 plans for a national good roads system were outlined at the American Association of State Highways Officials convention. A draft bill would create a 50 million dollar fund shared equally by the nation and states with distribution by population, post roads, and area. Work would be by state highway departments under Agriculture Department supervision. 1916 officers named include President Henry G. Shirley and Secretary Joseph Pratt Hyde. Executive committee members listed from Virginia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Arizona and others.
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Chicago
American Association of State Highways Officials
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Henry G. Shirley
Baltimore
A. B. Fletcher
Sacramento
Cal
Joseph Pratt Hyde
Chapel Hill
N. C
F. F. Rogers
Lansing
Mich
George P. Coleman
Richmond, Va
Wm. Schier
Boston
Mass
J. H. McDonald
Ames
HB. A. Stevens
Trenton
N. J
Lamar Cobb
Phoenix
Ariz
President to Speak in Columbus Ohio Friday
President Wilson will depart Washington tonight for Columbus Ohio to address the Chamber of Commerce at noon and the Federal Council of Churches of Christ of America committee on Church and Country Life at night. He plans to return to Washington Saturday afternoon.
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Washington
Wilson
Columbus
Ohio
Chamber of Dommmrce
Committee On Church and Country Life
The
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America
Romanones Forming New Spanish Cabinet
Madrid Dec. 9 Count Alvaro de Romanones chosen by King Alfonso to form a new Spanish government succeeding the Dato cabinet which resigned Monday.
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Madrid
Alvaro de Romanones
Alfonso
Dato
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