War Tax Bill Passes in Senate Amid Holiday Pause
Washington December 17 Congress moves to extend the emergency revenue law to December 31, 1916 after the Senate adopts a resolution delaying action until January 4. Debate centers on national defense and tariff policy with Republicans challenger Underwood Act and administration plans drawing sharp lines as members return home for holidays.
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Coneresa
Senate
House
Ft Sollaly
Wilsen
Underwood
Alabama
Crossed Law Challenge Ties to Payne Aldrich Tariff Debate
The article notes a public figure vociferously upholding the law and challenging Republicans to compare it with the Payne Aldrich tariff. It also mentions Red Cross Seals handled by the collectibles aid and available at local stores Blandard Wrights the dia Honery and Drug Btoree.
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Ted Crose Xmas
Colldeen's Aid
Blandard, Wrights
Dia- Honery and Drug Btoree
Wool market in good condition reports rise in values
Heaton Dec 18 The Commercial Bulletin notes wool values rising sharply in some screen markets with limited but steady activity in the American market. Primaries close for holidays at near prices. Texas, California, Oregon and other regions show varied staple and clothing grades with strong prices for best lines.
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California
Oregon
Valley
Territory
Chicago Hog Market Reports Mixed Hog Prices Decline
Chicago hog market activity today showed continued receipts and price movement amid unattractive cattle quality and scarce sheep and lambs. A serious crime note records the execution of Jim Comer, a Black man, in Decatur.
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Chicago
Decatur
Jim Comer
Mourderer
Uilvoro
Plots Exposed as Koenig Lyndecker Arrested in Canada Plot
New York detectives reveal Frederick Detaler, 21, linked to the Jamburg-American affair. Paul Koenig and Richard Lyndecker are jailed in New York on charges they conspired to blow up the Welland canal. Arrests trace to Buffalo and Niagara Falls reconnoitering the waterway.
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New York
New York City
Frederick Detaler
Jamburg-American
Ine
Jersey City
Allexet
Koenig
Lyndecker
Pec
Paul Koenig
Accret Curries
Stamburg-American Line
Richard Emil Lyndecker
Department of Justice
Welland Canal
Broadway
Ueloss
Steamship Company
Bureau of Investigation
Koenix
United States
Chizen
Gustav Sish
Brahl
Atlanta
Buffalo
Koente
Liedecker
le Tish Valley
Niagara Falls
Armen
Dt Ix
Duffalo
Austrian Note Incites Uncultured Reply in U S
Vienna reports that Austrian officials condemn an American note on the sinking of the Ancona. Editorials in Neue Freie Presse and others argue the Austro-Hungarian response defends national prerogatives and rejects global legal standards. They decry demands for punishment as impractical and contrary to state sovereignty.
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Austria Hungary
Germany
Washington
Hungary
Sovereigiiy
Vienna
London
Rovernment
Crito
Ancona
Merning
Eeseria
Five Killed In A Railroad Wreck Near Chester
Five persons were killed and eleven injured, one fatally, in a rear end collision between an accommodation train from Wilmington to Chester and a Baltimore Ohio empty express train near Feites, two miles south of Chester, as fog reduced visibility. The crash telescoped three coaches and hurled the engine down an embankment. two railroad employees and several Philadelphia bound passengers, many workers from Wilmington munitions plants, were among the dead and injured.
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Chester
Wilmington
Baltimore Ohio
Feites
Daniel Callenger
Philadelphia
File Vietle
Otto Phillips
Felton Station
Notice to Contractors for Isolation Hospital Bid
The Weber County Board of Commissioners invites bids by 12 o'clock Saturday January for an Isolation Hospital to be built on county property north of the city limits. Plans and specs are at Bhreeve Madsen Architects Ogden Utah. Bids must include a certified check for 5 percent and indicate completion time. Separate plumbing and heating contracts from the general. Signed W C Finnt er Chairman. Attest Harty Hales County Clerk. First publication December 15 1915 Last publication January 7 1918.
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Bhreeve & Madsen
Adson Duilding
Ogden
Utah
L Aw
Board of County Commissioners
Weber County
Fiy
W. C. Finnter
Bandits Are Shot by Two Detectives in St Pan Tonight
In St Pan, Minnesota, two detectives killed three bandits and mortally wounded another during an early evening attempt to rob patrons at a saloon. Detectives Paul Gottfried and John McKinley fired back as bandits opened fire. one wounded bandit, identified as Alexander A. Charlton of St Louis, died three hours later. Ten other bandits’ bodies remain unidentified. No bystanders were hurt.
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St. Pan
Minn
Osc
W—Troban- Ate
O'Connor
Paul Gottfried
John McKinley
Hien
Natoon Tomight
Atte
Gyttfled
Germans Plan Campaign in Salonika and Balkans
London dispatch reports Germany threatens to expel entente forces from Saloniki in response to Greek protests over Allied troop entry. Premier Skouloudis vows no Bulgarian troops on Greek soil, while Berlin contemplates eastern and western offensives, with fights raging in Montenegro Albania and the Drina region as Italian forces land 0,000 men in Italy.
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London
Germany
Saloniki
The
Times
Athens
Greece
Romania
Balkan
Restice
Petrograd
Drinsk
Drina
Saint Michut
Meuse
Balkans
Tura
Montenegro
Albania
Nicholas
Allabian
Black Drin
Violent Artillery Duel Continues at Gortzia Sector
A Geneva dispatch from Laibach to the Tribune de Genèvre reports a daylong artillery duel around Gortzia, calling it the most violent engagement in months. The Arabian counterattack at Plava was repulsed with heavy losses as outer forts and Guiza works were pulverized. Grand Duke Eugene is said to command Austrian forces in the sector. London reports a small bombing attack north of Loos repulsed, with artillery activity throughout the line, especially north of Ypres.
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Geneva
Paris
Laibach
Austria
Tribune de Genévve
Gortzia
Plava
Guiza
Eugene
London
British War Office
Loos
Tony
Ypres
Lalbach
Tribune de Geneve
Gorisia
Plagva
Corizia Still Center Of Attack In Austrian See-saw
Geneva reports from Lalbach Austria say artillery duels around Gorisia persist in the fiercest fighting in months. Austrian counterattack at Plagva Was repulsed with heavy losses as Gotitia forts and interworks were pulverized. Grand Duke Eugene takes command in the sector. Vienna confirms Italian theater actions on the Isonzo front with large forces pressed to capture Goritia and the Goritia Bridgehead. Official tally claims heavy Austrian casualties and continued pressure on Italian lines.
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Vienna
London
Austria War Office
Yanits
Thia
Isonzo
Gortia
Goritia
Tectora
Coriele Hrdcebrad
Traveling sales offer cases and fountain pens
Gentlemen traveling sales promote high quality traveling cases and fountain pens. Highlights include durable workmanship and fittings, with prices starting at $2.20. Pens come in several lines, fancy and plain, with gold or silver mounting options, appealing as gifts.
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Dayne
Collar Bags in Leather Snatherette Range
Leather collar bags feature raw strings of button fasteners and covers in a fine assortment. Prices run from 2.00 to 5.00, offering a small range of stylish options for customers seeking leather accessories.
Fragmentary wartime line hints at Alpine attack plan
The readable text alludes to a planned offensive on northern slopes near Monte Ban Michele and a Tyrolean front action by an Alpine battalion against Voldij lane. It mentions an attack directive amid a broader front, but many words are garbled and uncertain.
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Monte Ban Michele
Voldijlane
Vacuum Oil Co to Build Ships in Major Expansion
New York dispatch reports Vacuum Oil Co announced orders for two pen tank steamers and a general cargo steamer. One tanker of 50,000 barrels will be built in Wilmington Delaware and another 73,000 barrel laker in San Francisco. The plan foresees tax increases and a state monopoly on tea coffee and matches.
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New York
Veroum Oil Company
Wimington
Del
Holt
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Ancrease
Mt Ts
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Dorchester
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Baore
Union Portland Cement Company
Ogden, Ut
RED Cross
Mexico
First National Bank Ogden
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Teede
Hamsburg
Liverpool
Dre
Elyer
Corizia
Culley Says
Culley’s
Sord
Culley Drug Co
Washington Ave
Russia
Standard Coal
Rawson Bros
Wall Ave
Paine & Hurst
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