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Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1917

Page

14

The Three Wise Men and Their Travels Across Ages

A retelling tracing the Magi Caspar Melchoir and Balthasar from Arabia Saba and Tarshish to Jerusalem. It notes their later baptized lives, martyrdom, Helena’s translations, and final resting place in Cologne as recounted by medieval monks and the New York Post.

Herod The Caspar Melchoir Balthasar Jerusalem St. Thomas

Railroads Cut Passenger Service to Save War Freight

Report from the Central Military Department shows fifteen states reduced passenger train miles by 10.66 million annually, saving coal, locomotives, workers and oil while railways focus on freight for the war effort. The Rail Road War Board urges public cooperation and notes Western routes see less reduction than Eastern ones. A Victrala purchase tip and a note on ruble printing allegations accompany the piece.

Central Military Department United States R. H. Ashton Central Department Committee Railroad War Board Western Eastern

Freight Moving East Under New Chicago Sub Committee

The Chicago Sub-Committee of the Operating Committee, led by A. M. Scheyer, reports no eastbound freight accumulations in Chicago and says all yards are normal. Preferential trains will run at full tonnage, with full trainloads lengthening schedules eastward and livestock exceptions. Pittsburgh gateway closed to through traffic to Atlantic Coast, with coal and coke given indefinite priority and open-top cars pooled east of Chicago.

A. M. Scheyer Pennsylvania Chicago Operating Committee Pittsburgh St. Louis Atlantic Coast Mr. Scheyer

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