HITTING GERMANS IN OWN TERRITORY
Petrograd reports renewed Russian offensives in Germany and Austria Hungary with heavy fighting and two German defeats claimed. Russians push into eastern Prussia and Galicia while Austro German forces retreat in Dulka Pass. Turkish reinforcements are noted in the trans Caucasus as activity intensifies across the front.
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Petrograd
Russia
Hungary
Bukowina
East Prussia
Bukovina
trans-Caucasian
Dulka Pass
Galicia
Pegen
Tilsit
French Forces Report Gains as Aerial War Intensifies
Paris dispatch notes local engagements favoring France with active artillery aiding in repulsing German forces. A German aeroplane allegedly brought down at an unnamed location. French claim the Wednesday night attack on Fontaine Madame was costly for the Germans.
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Paris
Fontaine Madame
Prince of Serbia to Visit Athens Amid Wound Recovery
The prince, wounded, plans a stop in Athens tomorrow on his way to Riviera to recuperate from injuries. Local officials note the visit as a brief official halt before further travel.
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Athens
Serbia
Riveira
Austrians Demand Grain Confiscation in Practical Shortage
Venice reports Vienna city council and press call for immediate confiscation of grain flour and meal following German example. Vienna Budapest and Prague offer little grain. newspapers warn catastrophe if confiscation does not occur. Government plans to use prisoners of war on farms.
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Venice
Vienna
Germany
Budapest
Prague
Weather likely rain with warmer southeast winds
The Weather Bureau forecast for Washington D C on January 29 indicates likely rain with warmer southeast winds. The note reflects typical midwinter moisture and a milder air mass moving in from the southeast.
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Washington, D. C
Flour King in Limbo After Flour Theft Raid
Police raid on Blyth and Fargo warehouse nets 18 sacks of flour found with J. H. Hansen. He was arrested while hauling four sacks. 14 sacks remain missing. Goods moved to jail as potential evidence. Hansen, a suspected middle man, may face grand larceny charges if missing sacks are linked to him. Officers expect he may reveal gang operations.
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J. H. Hansen
Blyth & Fargo
Hansen
Banquet to Introduce Raymond Robins in Louisville
At a banquet in Louisville on January 29 Raymond Robins the millionaire social economist who left his Chicago home to live among the poor will be introduced to old friends of his youth.
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Raymond Robins
Louisville
Chicago
Bursting Shells Save Nervy Men in Dixmude Fight
A Berlin teacher recounts a street battle in Dixmude where Turcos attacked three Berlin landwehrmen. A publisher, a lawyer, and the teacher were wounded, with two dying. an explosion and shellfire killed many Turcos while the trio earned iron crosses.
Carranza Holds Mexican Whip For The Time Being
Mexico City factions maintain control as Carranza forces restore order. Saloons closed and businesses to reopen. a cathedral rooftop sniper fire in the National Palace area left several dead or wounded, with Carranza troops numbering over twenty thousand. Washington reports an unconfirmed villa injury and Obregon’s entry into the capital with ten thousand troops.
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Mexico City
Carranza
National Palace
Obregon
Washington
Villa
Sillman
Money influence at Harvard noted by Elliott
Rockefeller gifts to universities shaped policy but Elliott says influence was generally beneficial. He cites the General Educational Board donations and argues stockholders are not liable for labor conditions unless explicit wrongs are pressed. He opposes uniform minimum wage laws and warns against meat consumption as a factor in wages. He calls a hundred million dollars a grave misfortune and says labor and capital still fight rather than seek peace.
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New York
Rockefeller
Charles W. Elliott
Larvard
Federal Industrial Commission
General Educational Board
Elliott
Minnesota Sanatorium Plan Endorsed In Mankato Meeting
A state board of health backed plan for county sanatoriums received a strong endorsement at a Mankato meeting held January 29. The meeting supported establish a sanatorium in this section and noted many other regions already backing the plan.
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Mankato, Minn
State Board of Health
West Center To Have More New Buildings
West Center will see new construction as two ground breakings begin once weather permits. Henry Poynter plans a brick twenty apartment house on the corner of West Center and Grant, with Solle and Boyer as architects. Opposite, C B Onderdonk will build a smaller store front with expansion planned, after purchasing a 30 by 140 foot lot from W A Hyde Realty. Onderdonk recently arrived in Pocatello and cites strong city growth and future building activity.
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West Center
Henry Poynter
Solle & Boyer
Poynter
Grant
C. B. Onderdonk
Onderdonk
W. A. Hyde
German Air Raid Strikes Dunkirk Provisions and Soviet Clash
Berlin reports a German aeroplane dropped many bombs on English provision houses in Dunkirk. The same statement notes enemy repulses on the western front and claims heavy Russian losses in East Prussia after Germans drive Russians from Sowicz outposts and seize main positions. A Wilhelms haven telegram about Bluecher crew rescue fuels hope more sailors survive.
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Berlin
Dunkirk
Russen
East Prussian
Sowicz
Poland
Wilhelmshaven
Bug Juice for Rexburg Missing the Sober Road
Two farmers J H Hall and Alfred Bone wandered North Second Avenue with twenty four pints of bonded whiskey each. Police detained them and kept them in jail while directions were sorted out. A preliminary hearing before the justice court was planned for today or tomorrow.
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J. H. Hall
Alfred Bone
North Second Avenue
Rexburg
Idaho
Justice Court
Naval appropriation bill expands beyond Daniels requests
Washington officials report the naval appropriation bill of about 148 million dollars will keep the House in session through general debate. The measure doubles the submarines requested by Secretary Daniels and includes a transport hospital ship and other items not recommended by the Navy.
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Washington, D. C
House
Navy Department
Daniels
Biographer of Bismarck Dies in Hamburg
Amsterdam Jan 29 Hermann Hoffman political editor of the Hamburger Nachrichten and longtime confidant of Bismarck is dead in Hamburg He authored a biography of Bismarck and was praised by a close friend for printing the prince s statements weekly without regard to accuracy or judgment.
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Amsterdam
Hermann Hoffman
Hamburger Nachrichten
Bismarck
Hambrg
Hoffman
May Wheat Closes Higher in Chicago Market
Chicago January 29 May wheat settled at 1.48 points higher as trading closed in a firm session.
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Chicago
Ills
Crown Prince Wilhelm Sends War Message From Verdun
Geneva reports Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany replied to an AP request with three points from near Verdun on January 22. He says Germans will bleed to win, Russia is aiding England, and America should show fair play in all questions. He notes these are his views and many countrymen agree.
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Geneva
Frederick William
Germany
Associated Press
Verdun
Russia
England
America
Wilhelm
Kron Prinz
War opens new avenues for good trade in wartime Britain
London reports that war boosts wealth for adaptable traders as khaki production expands in factories, drawing workers from jam and pickle plants to uniforms. Hardware firms pivot to badges and buttons, lithographers print patriotic cards, and sellers flood the market with sewing kits and small military aids. Shipbuilding booms, farmers gain high prices, and even dentists profit from front line readiness.
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London
Birmingham
M Kinley Day Marked Across Ohio Schools
Columbus observed the birth anniversary of William McKinley with school programs and historians hosting commemorations in major societies statewide.
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M'Kinley
Ohio
Columbus
William Mc Kinley
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Pocatello
of &S
McClure Syndicate
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Hamburg
Crown Prince
White House
William McKinley
Austria
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