British Airmen Raid German Base On Christmas Day
Seven British naval airmen flew seaplanes against the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven, Elbe mouth. Six returned. Commander Hewlett is missing after his machine wrecked near Heligoland. German report calls the raid fruitless though British claim damage to two destroyers and convoy. The action involved Areth a and Undaunted with Zeppelins and submarines.
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London
Uaxhaven
Elbe
Hewlett
Heligoland
Thao
Aretha
Undaunted
Bru
England
Gravesend
Filipino Uprising Report Downplays Philippine Disorder
Cable from Governor General Harrion, released by Assistant Secretary Breokenridge, says native uprisings in the Philippines starting Christmas were not serious. It notes Filipinos gathered in Manila and Novatas Christ man eve La Guna De Bay, forty arrests, one fatal shooting by a policeman. Disorder reportedly suppressed and efforts underway to capture the alleged ringleader, a man under homicide sentence.
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Washington
Philippines
Harrion
War Department
Breokenridge
Manila
Novatas Christman
la Guna de Bay
Marrigon
Japan Emperor Dissolves Diet After Army Measure Fails
The Japanese emperor dissolved the Imperial diet after the army expansion bill was rejected by 65 votes while the naval bill passed by seven. The action suspends the house of peers and likely triggers elections in March. The closing session was lengthy with protests and government cheers.
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Tokio
House of Peers
Yoshihito
Diet
English envoy to Holy See Sir Henry Howard chosen
Sir Henry Howard was appointed envoy from England to the Holy See at Rome. Formerly minister to The Hague, he is noted in the United States. He once served as British attaché in Washington about fifty years ago and married Cecilia Riggs, daughter of George W. Riggs, who died in 1907.
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Sir Henry Howard
Henry Howard
England
Holy See
Rome
Hague
United
I Tion
Washington
Mise Cecilia Riggs
George W. Riggs
Naval Reserves Proposed By Secretary Daniel
Washington notes a draft amendment to the naval appropriation bill proposes creating a reserve from honorably discharged sailors. It details transfer options with varying pay scales and enlistment for former civil workers, plus periodic muster and drill provisions to boost efficiency and retention in the navy.
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Washington
Daniel Haw
Senate
Hone Naval Committee
Daniel
Litmin
Howe
Naval Reserve
Proviejon Te
40000 Gifts Distributed at Expo Christmas Day
Fourty thousand bags of nuts raisins candies and fruit were given to San Francisco children on Christmas day at the foot of a tall tree near the Panama Pacific International Exposition grounds.
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San Francisco
Capture of Lodz Turns Campaign in Poland
German forces under General von Hindenburg claim the capture of Lodz marked the turning point in the Polish campaign. Russian lines in northern Poland collapsed prompting a Russian retreat toward Warsaw. An Associated Press correspondent, guided by Major van Holleben, reported Austro German attacks driving into Russian positions in a northwest pitched fork formation.
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Lodz
Cdz
von Hindenburg
Associated Press
Poland
Ware
van Holleben
Baron van Holleben
United States
Anne Ciated
Lode
Scattered Ads and Racial Slur in Early 20th Page
An OCR fragment contains an advertisement for Cascarets a dental laxative claim and a later hostile racial exchange. The text features a health pitch about biliousness headaches and bowel cleansing followed by an anti Black insult dialogue attributed to a National Monthly source.
Dandruff Cure Promises Hair Revival
A vintage endorsement claims falling hair and dandruff can be remedied with Knowlton's Dandeline. The ad promises restored scalp vitality, luster, and new hair growth after a few weeks of nightly use, urging a 25 cent bottle purchase.
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Knowlton
Tommy’s penitence and the coal of fire lesson
A New York Evening Post report recounts a child named Tommy reproached for wrongdoing. He grapples with the idea of kindness and punishment until a teacher’s guidance provokes a shift. The exchange ends with Tommy asserting his chosen corrective approach using moral resolve.
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Tommy
Helne
New York Evening Post
Fragmentary courtroom exchange on witness age
In a terse courtroom exchange the judge queries the witness about age. The witness replies twenty seven and some months, the judge requests an exact figure, and the witness finally states one hundred and twenty months.
Castoria: Trusted remedy for infants and children
Esteemed warning about Castoria as a reliable remedy for infants and children. Declares it bears the true formula for over thirty years of child relief and asserts its safety and effectiveness for young patients.
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Castoria
Slang-Tossed Exchange Sparks Classroom Confusion
A quirky exchange in a classroom shows a pupil asking why and a teacher responding with a tongue twister of phrases about language, money, and colors. The dialogue touches on mishearing and spelling as the pupil asserts the reason is he talks.
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Tomb Nine
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