Traveling moving picture show tours Dutch front lines
A traveling moving picture show travels with a specially built moving car to boost morale for Dutch troops guarding frontiers. A cyclist theater company pedals from detachment to detachment to perform. The car resembles an ordinary vehicle and is parked before a hall where electric power is supplied by a long wire. The crew includes a driver electrician plumber and movie operator with in-car accommodations.
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Rotterdan
Netherlands
Expstence
Ore
Electria
Minnesota Captain Elected At 1514 University Banquet
Tre Kingsley of Spring Valley was elected captain of the university football team at the M Club banquet in Minneapolis. Evening featured presentations and acknowledgments to senior players and staff.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Tre
Kingsley
Spring Valley
University At
Min- Besche
Reven- Tage Freteatt Med
Ered
Grover Alexander Kicks Over Traces in Chicago
Grover Clevel and Alexander, a pitcher secured by the Cuba from the Palites, is kicking over the traces. The player rumored to demand $10,000 of the $60,000 palatar bin release before he will stand with Chiraga, Head the close Hod Ada.
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Grover Alexander
Chicago
Bee
Grover Clevel Land Alexander
Palatar bin
Sten
Chiraga
Germans arrest hero of Liege in World War I news
Geneva reports Germany arrests the famed Liege defender known as the hero of Liege amid the siege. Imperial authorities meanwhile warned of possible influx of Belgian exiles and noted General Temi declined offers to join German forces, citing age and health concerns.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Duesday
Dec
Cewiml Lemen
St Lope
T Hat City
Pelgium
Geren
Conestines
Temi
Serlowrlsh
Bwleer- Tandheengen
Orders to Save All Tea Leaves in Canteens Across London
London dispatch reports military and naval canteens instructed to preserve all tea leaves for muslin bags and forward to central depots. The directive aims to ration tea supplies amid broader wartime needs and maintain leverage for future use.
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London
Erroneous death notices trigger riot at Chinese paper
In Peking a Chinese newspaper printing a false death notice caused a mob to sack the Jih Pao. General Chiang Muniu was rumored dead, though alive, prompting soldiers to wreck the office, smash type, break windows, and destroy furniture.
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Peking
China
Jih Pao
Chiang Muniu
Johor
Colang
Dhatr
Girl workers defy rules by wearing jewelry at RAF arsenal
London reports dictate girl workers in the danger buildings at the Walworth arsenal are allowed to wear jewelry. They adopt colored shoe ribbons and emerald green sashes, sparking a fashion spread among departments. Supervisors note ribbons of wine, pink, red, and white, with minimal adherence to a government look.
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London
Waalwich Arsenel Arn Nel
Westring
Farhion
A. K. Forswell
German Forces on West Front Still Strong, Officials Say
Official dispatches received in Washington place German strength at about 154 divisions on the Franco British front. While withdrawals from Russia free reserves, Germany mustered large forces earlier and sent men to aid Austria in Italy. Winter finds them facing Allied numbers nearly equal to the greatest prior excess. The Allies reportedly hold a substantial numerical edge in France.
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Washington
Germany
France
Russia
Drata
Kaiserrat
Italy
Therfore
Pound Sterling to Be Re-Divided in New System
London reports a plan to redivide the pound sterling into 1000 pretyme milla with the aim of retaining existing coin values. The Institute of Bankers, Chamber of Commerce, and Technical Finance Association agree the sixpenny piece remains in use with stable exchange, detailing coin denominations and metal composition.
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London
Institute of Hank
Chambera of Commerce
Wiley
Old Wall Maps Made Into Clothing Novel Theme
Tornk Nov 8 report notes a quirky project where old wall maps are repurposed into clothing items. The fragmented text hints at a foundation or group promoting sustainable fashion from archival maps amid unclear lines and stray characters.
Imperial Clothing HQ Orders Schools to Turn In Wall Maps
Authorities of the so called imperial clothing headquarters order all schools to surrender old wall maps mounted on linen or cloth. Maps will be separated from the cloth by a cleansing process and the linen obtained used for clothing if possible, otherwise for Hinlaga.
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Imperial Clothing Headquarters
Erlin
Schoola
Hinlaga
Snuff Boxes Carry Sugar In London
Sugar rationing returns snuff boxes to fashion but with sugar inside instead of salt. Visitors are expected to carry sugar in their boxes, using old ornate silver enamel and small wood snuff boxes adapted for this purpose. Demand grows for futuristic boxes with strange painted effects.
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London
Gard
Broker Moore Dies After Fall From Hotel Window
Chicago December 20 Harry C Moore a broker dealing in imitation butter leaped or fell from a fifth story window of his hotel and was killed His wife said he had been ill for two weeks and suffered fits of convulsions before his death
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Chicago
Harry C. Moore
Hie
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