Riga Battles Severe as Teutons Press Near AA
German forces press Riga region with heavy attacks along the Fustan front while a Russian detachment consolidates in defense. Allied reports claim repeated artillery preparation, with German advances near the River Aa and eastern marsh outskirts as Romanian and nearby units attempt to hold positions despite mounting pressure.
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Death notices and obituaries in a 1917 archive fragment
Fragmentary obituary list with multiple names, dates, and burial details. Entries reference William Goderey, Anna Matt, Cookman, Geier, Houk, Matehtas, Hunt, Sonne, Parker, Pellew, and others. The notice mix includes private interments, family services, and cemetery references across January 1917.
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Tay Tanary
William Goderey Belved
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Anna Matt Wiiow
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Tate Geier
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al Matehtas Taon
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Tomary Toatligup
Robert da H
Therry Sonne
Ores
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Taytor
Tarary
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Rory Treleh
Sostrilian
Tisza Says Austria Hungary Ready for Peace Talks
London, Jan 25. Count Stephen Tisza, Hungary’s premier, tells parliament that Austria-Hungary, while opposing enemy terms, is inclined to enter peace negotiations with the United States and to support a limited nationalities policy in Europe. He asserts unity with allies and pledges efforts to guarantee lasting peace for Eastern Europe.
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Reuter
Amsterdam
Budapest
Stephen Tisza
United States
Wilson
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Germans Press Riga Front Gains as Russians Suffer Losses
Berlin reports German attacks along the Riga northern front penetrate Russian lines on both river banks. German forces capture positions, take about 1,790 prisoners and thirteen machine guns as reserves arrive but fail to check the advance amid severe cold on the Romanian front largely halting operations.
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Berlin
Sayville
Riga
War Office
Wilson Lays Vision for World Peace in Senate Address
Faris reports official circles view President Wilsons Senate address on world peace as a goodwill gesture and hopeful ideal. American officials say he did not fully account for current entente allies hardships, yet expect momentum to drive invaders from occupied areas.
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Faris
Pope backs broad Monroe policy plan per Vatican report
A Vatican informed source says Pope Benedict approves President Wilsons plan to apply the Monroe Doctrine widely in international affairs. The report claims full papal support for a policy extending US influence across nations.
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Pope
Monroe
Benedict
Peace Department urged to rank with War Department
The national peace mass meeting in Philadelphia urged President Wilson to create a Peace Department equal to the Department of War. Michael Franks Doyle, en route to London from Philadelphia, supported the effort to aid Sir Roger Casement. Resolutions adopted by the Peace Organizing Plan call for a secretary of peace to devote full time to conservation and related needs with upcoming meetings planned in Boston and New York.
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Department of War
Wilson
Michael Franks Doyle
London
Philadelphia
Roger Casement
Senn Feln
Hoston
New York
Suffrage Victory Celebrated By North Dakota Delegation
North Dakota senators and representatives join the National American Woman Suffrage Association on February 4 to celebrate the presidential suffrage bill granting South Dakota women voting rights in presidential elections. A reception will follow with the wives of Congress members in line with association officers.
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North Dakota
National American Woman Suffrage Association
South Dakota
Congress
Association
Labor Conference Opposed To Peace Resolution In Manchester
Manchester, Jan 25. The labor conference rejected by a vote of more than three to one a resolution favoring immediate peace proposals. It also defeated a motion for an international congress of socialists to be held with the peace conference. An amendment proposing a socialist and trade union federation to be confined to allied powers was adopted. A unanimous resolution calls for immediate taxation of unearned income, direct land taxation, and nationalization of the banking system to ease war burdens.
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Manchester
England
Labor Conference
Gocialilgta
Ententa Nationa
Cverman
Labor Party
Canada Senator Opposes Wilson Peace Plea in Senate
Ottawa January 25 Senator Pope representing an English Quebec district led a Canada senate debate opposing President Wilson’s peace without victory stance. He urged that only nations at war should negotiate terms and argued Britain and Belgium suffered atrocities. Debate on his resolution was adjourned.
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Ontario
Wilson
Canadian Senate
Pope
Quebec
Senate of Canada
Canada
Senate
Britain
United States
Germany
Belgium
Lusitania
Council
Deposed King in Revolt Gains Small Force in North
Consular reports to the State Department last night describe Lidz Yeassu, the former king of Abya sinia, rallying a small northern force to regain the throne. Deposed three months ago after his Christian subjects learned of his conversion to Islam, he faces limited progress. Princess Zeanditan, his aunt, has been installed on the throne.
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Lidz Yeassu
Abyasinia
State Department
Lidzg Yeassu
Brazilian Emperor Pedro Letter Reflects Wilson Peace Theme
London reports a hitherto unpublished note from Emperor Pedro of Brazil to President Lincoln during the Civil War, mirroring President Wilson’s Senate speech. Frederick Harrison says the Brazilian summons urges humanity, neutral nations, and equal state sovereignty, insisting on a peace with Brazil involved and opposing victory. Lincoln reportedly replied with silent dismissal, warning against hypocritical preaching.
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Senate
London
Lincoln
Pedro
Brazil
Wilson
Morning Post
Frederick Harrison
Positivisl Society
Harrison
United States
South America
North America
Friends of Humanity
G-boat G-1 makes maiden maneuver sighting near Narragansett Bay
Newport R I January 26 The American submarine G-1 newly stationed here slipped her moorings for the first time showing new lines to marine observers on the west shore of Narragansett Bay. The submersible vessel surfaced and merged on an even keel resembling German types and observers mistook it for the Deutschland. The G-1 then surfaced nearer land, revealing the American flag.
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Newport
R 1
Narragansett Bay
New London
Sazonoff Named Envoy to London as Ambassador
Petrograd dispatch reports Sergius Sazonoff former foreign minister appointed Ambassador to Britain. Britain has accepted the post and he hopes to depart soon though it may delay. Sazonoff became foreign minister in 1910 succeeding Mislovsky who resigned after Austria Hungary occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina. He left office in July 1916 due to ill health.
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London
Petrograd
the Times
Sergius Sasonoff
Great
Sergius Sazonoff
Mislovsky
Austria Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
M Sazonoff
Bulgars Deport Serbians Reported by Serbian Press
A Serbian press bureau statement relayed via Corfu describes Bulgarian forces deporting peasants before retreat. Jovanovitch claims many males were forced into trench labor under Serbs and German officers, with starvation and deaths noted among the Souhodol region, amid praise for Wilson's peace plan.
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Paris
Corfu
Havas
Todo
Jovanovitehh
Souhodol
Jovanovitch
Wilson
American Union Congratulates President for Speech
The American Union Against Militarism lauded the President's Senate address calling it as pivotal as Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. Miss Lillian D Wald delivered the congratulatory memorial noting the move toward direct action and a new diplomacy among nations.
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Senate
Lincoln
American Union
Lillian D Wald
New York City
America
Abraham Lincoln
Brotherhood of Man
Taft endorses Wilsons peace plan an epoch in US policy
Bangor Me January 25 former President Taft spoke at Bangor Theological Seminary praising President Wilsons League to Enforce Peace. He called the speech an epoch in foreign policy and urged careful limits on a world league while supporting effective measures to promote international justice. He stressed US restraint if terms seem unjust and urged thoughtful framing of future peace provisions.
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Taft
Wilson
U.S
Bangor
Bangor Theological Seminary
League
W H Taft
Senate
United States
World League
British Army Opposes Peace Talks Says General Maurice
London January 25 General Maurice chief director of military operations at the War Office told the Associated Press that Britain views peace discussions as a crime at this stage of the war He compared Britain's position to the civil war era North and cited three advantages while noting continued manpower and wealth He warned against pacifist views and recalled Union General Halig’s dispatch as justification for resisting peace talks He is known for studying Civil War history and was working on a biography of Robert E. Lee when the present conflict began
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Associated Press
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War Office
Great Britain
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