The New Year and Peace in Europe
The piece editorializes on the new year offering hope for peace in Europe amid brutal war. It notes heavy Allied fighting losses, Germany’s rising death toll, and widespread destruction. It calls for a humane end to hostilities and anticipates U S prosperity through constructive policy in 1916.
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Europe
Tattic
Germany
Mirree
Ausria
France
England
United States
People For Solution
Smart Dog
A dog named Towser impresses by scratching his head when asked what was forgotten. Brown notes the moment to praise the dog’s apparent intelligence in a light, humorous anecdote.
Suspect Coded Message Triggers Wiretap Probe
A Baltimore American item hints at a new danger tied to wireless phones and suspicious wires. The note mentions locating an errant worker kept late at the office and suggests a covert surveillance case under investigation.
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Baltimore American
New Year Blessings Extol Year’s Gentle Welcome
A poetic greeting bids farewell to the old year and welcomes the new one with wishes for relief from sorrow and pain. It asks for mercy toward wanderers, guidance by light, and nourishment by the bread of life. The verse emphasizes comforting the afflicted and leading souls toward kindness in the year ahead.
Young Bride-to-Be Counts Gowns for Yuletide Marriage
A Kansas City Journal snippet shows a young woman telling her grandmother she will be married on Christmas. The bride claims she is being fitted for seven gowns, highlighting her youth and wedding preparations.
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Yuletide
Grandma
Kansas City Journal
The Day After
Mrs. Mixer asks the doctor to assess her husband’s scary condition. The physician reassures that he is out of danger but suffers from cerebral gland enlargement. She wonders how it started, and the doctor suggests it may have been caused by a tray.
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Mixer
Ifotogy and a Bright 1916 Greeting Poem
A dated holiday verse links peace, city life, and optimism for 1916. It imagines universal accord, daily kindness, and a life free of sorrow from winter through January, ending with an Amen.
Hogwallow News Teases Local Bits and Bumbles
A string of whimsical notices from Hogwallow sketches Tobe Moseley’s relapse after paying dog taxes, the Old Miser of Musket Ridge in town, and Jim Pickens buying a dish pan to join Tickville brass. Local tales include church sitters, weather forecasts, war news wallpaper, a squirrel at the post office, and a Potlocks arrest for smoke house theft with prized turnips found.
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Jim Pickens
Tickville
Jefferson Potlocks
Luke Mathewson Seeks Civil War Pension For Fright
Luke Mathewson applies for an old soldier's pension claiming severe fright suffered during the Civil War. He asserts his wartime experiences caused lasting effects and seeks pension benefits.
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Luke Mathewson
Hogwallow Improvement Society Aims to Fill Mud Hole
The Hogwallow Improvement Society urges removing the large mud hole in front of the post office while dry. They propose moving it to Fit Smith's ground over the fence, which he has agreed to allow if citizens act quickly.
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Hogwallow Improvement Society
Fit Smith
Miss Fritzie Allsop Plans Prospecting Weekend
Miss Fritzie Allsop spent the weekend at Bounding Billows prospecting with a view to locating there. No engagement announcement has been made.
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Fritzie Allsop
Bounding Billows
Death of John Thomas OC Cured Monday Morning
John Thomas of Jamestown New York aged ninety and one third years died at 5 AM Monday at his daughter Mrs Dwight Cowans home in Warren County. He was born September 11 1825 in Schenectady and served in the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry as orderly sergeant. He lived in Warren then moved to Jamestown in 1879 and was treasurer of Warren County in 1868. He leaves daughters Mrs Dwight Cowan and Mrs J W Kitchen of Warren and Mrs M A Bliss of Jamestown, a brother Elisha and sister M J Danforth. Funeral at Dwight Cowans home 103 East Street with interment in Oakland cemetery.
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John Thomas
Jamestown
N. Y
Warren
Dwight Cowan
Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Schenectady
William
Jane McConnel Thomas
Warren County
Jackson Run
Warren and
Vicinty
Tanner House
Woman's Club
Co. K
12Th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Frances Harriett Payne
J. W. Kitchen
Abigail Cowan
Ephraim Cowan
M. A. Bliss
Elisha
M. J. Danforth
Jamestown Post
G. A. RB
Congregational Church
East Street
Oakland Cemetery
Postmaster Opens Subscriptions for Congressional Record
The postmaster is busy taking subscriptions for the Congressional Record as readers seek access to official proceedings.
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Congressional Record
Tickville Tidings Opposes Compulsory Prohibition
The Tickville Tidings editorially attacks compulsory prohibition policies. It argues for individual choice and questions government overreach, urging readers to oppose mandatory alcohol bans and defend personal liberty.
My Old Love Remembrance From The Jolly Young Days
A narrator spots a former flame in an older woman and recalls their twenties. He ponders how the stout gray woman may recognize him after years, wondering if she will remember the flirtations and dances from their youth.
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W. W. Stone
Cw York Mail
Columbia Amusement Co Takes Over Library Theatre
Library Theatre ends a decade of management by F. R. Scott as Columbia Amusement Company of Erie Pennsylvania takes over the lease and operations of the venue. The company already controls the nearby Columbia Theatre.
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Columbia Amusement Co
Library Theatre
F. R. Scott
Columbia Amusement Company,of
Erie
Columbia Theatre
Bradford Man Buys Foster Brick Plants at Auction
At a bankruptcy sale on Monday S A Mundy of Bradford bought the Foster Brick company plants in Bradford Binzham abon and Youngsville for 45000 dollars.
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Bradford
Foster
Bradford Binzhamabon
Youngsville
Foster Brick Company
S.A. Mundy
Allis Chalmers Reimburses Wages To Office Staff
Milwaukee December 29 The Allis Chalmers company mailed compensatory checks to about 1900 office employees whose salaries were cut nearly a year earlier due to adverse business conditions. President Otto Falk wrote to each employee stating that improving conditions allowed reimbursement of the reductions.
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Milwaukee
Allis Chalmers Company
Otto Falk
Mrs. Davis Resigns to Lead New Parole Commission
New York news reports Dr Katherine B Davis the city's only woman commissioner resigns as head of the Department of Correction to become chairman of the new parole commission with a salary of 7500 dollars annually. Deputy Commissioner Burdette G Lewis is named her successor.
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New York
Katherine B. Davis
Department of Correction
Mitchell
Parole Commission
Burdette G. Lewis
Davis
Wilson Birthday Cake Marks 50th Celebration at White House
A cabinet note reached President Wilson on his 50th birthday as messages poured in from coast states and Oklahoma. Mrs. Wilson arranged a special cake with 16 candles and two cake layers, cherry and orange, with W W initials and "Many happy returns." A Lansing letter hinted at Yasuka Maru sinking.
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Hot Springs
Wilson
Pacific Coast
New England States
Oklahoma
A General Survey of the War on Christmas Day
A broad war summary notes no major operations on Christmas Day with minor artillery actions on Lake Doiran and Dardanelles. Reports from Athens and Constantinople describe mixed prospects for a Greco Balkan invasion, while Indian troops depart France for another theater.
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Athens
Lake Doiran
Salonica
Greek Macedonia
Dardanelles
Constantinople
London
Teutonic
France
Egypt
Mesoia
United Kingdom
Persia
Southia
Oldest Free Mason Daniel Hollinger Dies at 100
Daniel Hollinger of Winthrop, believed to be the nation’s oldest Free Mason, died at age 100 in Boston on December 29. The grand lodge conferred the degree of past grand senior dea con three weeks earlier. Hollinger, born in Bavaria, became a Mason in Brookfield Indiana 77 years ago.
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Boston
Daniel Hollinger
Winthrop
Crand Lodge
Bavaria
Brookfield
Indiana
Teutons Denounce Wilson Over Hyphenated Americans
The Teutonic Sons of America issued a resolution denouncing President Wilson as an unforgivable insult to hyphenated Americans. They accuse him of pandering to galleries for cheap applause or masking an uneasy conscience by charging others with thoughts he harbors. The resolution was adopted at a meeting last night and released today.
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Chicago
Prestinson
Supreme Council of the Teutonic Sons of America
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