Wilson Opposed To Peace Until Germany is Beaten
President Wilson told the American Federation of Labor in Buffalo that he opposes peace until the war against Germany is won. He urged working men to cooperate in war, praised Gompers, and warned against pacifist sentiment while linking freedom to decisive Allied victory. He warned that Germany seeks global domination and asserted the need to stand together until the job is finished.
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Wilson
Germany
Buffalo
N. Y
American Federation of Labor
United States
Col E. M. House
Austria
Russia
Berlin-to-Bagdad
Lke
Harnes
Gompers
Seasion
Morrison
Frank J. Hayes
United Mine Workers of America
Hayes
Willam S. Whitman
New York
Italians Halt German Push on Front and Patrol Gaza Front
On the Italian front the northern line stiffened with British and French reinforcements as Italians recaptured positions east of Asiago and held the Piave line. In Palestine under General Allenby the British advance widened, with towns, guns, and prisoners captured and a large enemy force defeated east of Gaza, while Austrian gunners suffered casualties.
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Berlin
Palestine
Asiago
Lugana
Piave
Vidtor
Treviso
Pasachendale
Hartmens Weiler-Kopf
Vosges Mountains
Allenby
Gaza
British Batteries Frontline Support in Italy As War Moves
Italian headquarters reports British batteries lining the front to support Italian rear guards against Austro German advance. Reformation of the Italian army continues, with a central military council uniting the western front and giving Italy a voice in joint French British campaigns. Asheville woodyard in operation selling five length wood at $5.50 and 10 foot wood at $5 delivered.
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Italy
Asheville Municipal
Deliv
Moving pictures brought to penitentiary inmates by state officials
The Greena boro News reports Superintendent J H Collie of the state prison is introducing free moving pictures for inmates starting Wednesday. The program, supported by the interior department, features films from about 400 available titles and complements earlier town shows. The effort aims to improve prison life, including an adult illiteracy school, with no flogging reported since Collie took charge.
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Hliteracy
Tom Bowt
Greenaboro
J. H. Collie
Tom Sale
Department of the Interior
Collie
Reguli
John R. Smith
John
Jack Johnson
State of War Declared in Finland Food Needed
Helsinki dispatch reports a Finnish state of war declared with a provisional soldiers committee naming sailor Schiecks commissary of Finland replacing Neckrasoff. The diet convened with Russian representation ignored, voting to elect a state directorate with full power. Professor von Wendt asks Wilson for food aid due to poor harvest threatening starvation in Finland. In another item, Samuel Joseph Broom died at 11 months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. H R Broom, grandson of Albert Broom and Henry McWhirter, and burial set for Sunday at McWhirter cemetery.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Schiecks
Neckrasoff
von Wendt
Wilson
United States
Samuel Joseph Broom
H.R. Broom
Albert Broom
Henry McWhirter
Union County
McWhirter
Silent Bet Sees Fish Market Woman Overpowered
In Billingsgate London a man bets he can anger a famed loud-mouthed fisherwoman without words. He signals with his nose that the fish is past freshness. She strikes verbally, he counters with grammar names. She rages, then collapses in mud, overwhelmed by nine parts of speech.
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Billings Gate
London
Billingsgate
Punishment to Fit The Case In A Bristol Tale
A Bristol Times account recalls a captain ordering a sergeant to starve Private Bates into eating meat and soup. Bates, a vegetarian, points out the inconsistency as the captain insists on a meat meal for parade. The anecdote highlights rigid discipline clashing with personal dietary preferences in the military.
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Bristol Times
Bates
Walch
Federal license for all bakeries under war measures
Washington announces that all bakeries in the United States including hotels restaurants and clubs must obtain federal licenses by December 10 under a Wilson proclamation. The Food Administration will standardize bread making regulate prices and cut sugar content. small bakers under 10 barrels per month are exempt.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Food Administration
Hoover
Fortress of St Peter and St Paul in Russian History
The fortress on the Neva opposite the Winter Palace is famed for brutal past tortures. The piece recalls Peter the Great imprisonments, Princess Tarakonova’s flooded cell, Catherine’s murder, and Karakozoff’s gruesome confinement. Kropotkin endured years there, able to write only before sunset in a stark winter cell.
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St. Peter and St. Paul
the Neva
Winter Palace
Manchester Guardian
Peter the Great
Alexis
Tarakonova
Catherine
Price Kropotkin
Karakovoff
Karakozoff
Kropotkin
Bullet's ownership sullies a wounded officer case
A wounded Italian officer sued to decide ownership of a bullet extracted from his body. The judge ruled the projectile belonged to neither the firing individual nor the state, so the officer may keep it. Additional anecdotes include a French abbe’s dismissed damages claim after a bon voyage send off and a stout passenger paying for first class after failing to fit third class, plus a barber-beard dispute ending in a small payout.
Monument to a Rich Lawyer and His Obdurate Mien
An observant note calls attention to a wealthy attorney described as a monument to fools and stubborn demeanor, reflecting local critique of his behavior and persona.
Officials Confident Bolshevik Move ment will pass
Stockholm reports a bloody clash near Gatchina between front soldiers led by Premier Kerensky and Bolshevik forces from Petrograd. Reliable sources note no report to American minister Ira Nelson Morris. Washington meanwhile notes Prof. Milakoff as part of the provisional government and optimism that Bolshevik control will fade and a representative regime will arise. Despite turmoil, U S plans to ship 2,000,000 pairs of shoes for the Russian government proceed, with contracts awarded to major shoe firms and prices ranging from 1.80 to 3.73 per pair.
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Stockholm
Gatchina
Kerenksy
Petrograd
Ira Nelson Morris
Morris
Washington
Russia
Paul N. Milakoff
Moscow
Professor Miluffo
Kerensky
Russian Purchasing Commission
Council of National Defense
W. H. McElwain Company
Isaac Prouty and Company
Brown Shoe Company
Weyenberg Shoe Company
W. and O. Kimball
F. M. Hoyt Shoe Company
Churchill and Alden
Preston B. Keith
Exemption Board Members to Be Paid 81 An Hour
Washington reports the government will pay exemption board members under the second army draft at 81 per hour with a daily cap of eight hours. Rumors of commuted pay or lieutenant-grade pay are incorrect. Annualized pay would be about 1000 dollars now, rising to roughly 2000 if boards ran year round. official pay announcements await second draft orders expected January or February.
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Exemption Board
Washington
Berlin Admits Slaves of Young Girls Allegations
Washington reports the German government confirms reports that Alsace Lorraine girls were taken for labor by the army. A German war under-secretary says army administration ensured moral and religious supervision of requisitioned girls. Only eight and a half percent are under 17, and barely half were forced to work at the front.
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Berlin
Washington
Alsace-Lorraine
Switzerland
Reichstag
Alsacre- Lorraine
A Reason For Redoubling Effort
If you do not learn to keep up your courage in spite of occasional failure you will not get far on the road to success. People who work faithfully may fail and conclude there is no use trying again. Those who amount to something have blunders to their credit. If you fall once try again. If you fall twice try harder.
Mr. 8 Richardson Visits Mullins for Short Stay
Mr 8 Richardson is in Mullins South Carolina for a few days staying with local contacts. He plans brief meetings and local sightseeing during the visit.
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Richardson
Mullins, C
Kerensky Poised To Reclaim Power In Russia
London reports say Kerensky loyalists march on Petrograd as Bolshevik rule crumbles. All-Russian Committee for Saving the Country declares the revolution’s defeat imminent, with Tsarko e Selo captured and Moscow red guards defeated, while Kerensky moves toward the capital amid renewed street fighting and mass arrests.
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Russia
London
Petrograd
Kerensky
Tearkoe-Selo
Rograd
Nicholas
Red Guard
Moscow
M. Kerensky
Sis
Tsarkoe-Selo
Military Revolutionary Court
M. Malcoski
all-Russian Committee For
Peterograd
Montreal Man Crafts A Bible In His Own Hand
Hugh Russell of Notre Dame de Grace completed a handwritten Bible in his own script, bound like a family Bible. The Presbyterian Scotsman began in 1894 and finished on St Andrew's Day 1916, writing through leisure moments with a unique legible script. It contains 1,897 pages, 471 for the New Testament, with double columns and 24-page sections.
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Hugh Russell
Notre Dame de Grace
Russell
Montreal
Bute
Mr. Russell
St. Andrew's Day
A Consistent Fatalist Among Roosevelt's Rough Riders
A brief character sketch of a Dutch Jewish soldier in Roosevelt's Rough Riders in Cuba. He is described as cool and prudent, a consistent fatalist who questions the risk of bullets and asserts that they will hit you wherever you stand.
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Roosevelt
Cuba
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Federation
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Powar
Montreal Star
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