Germans Launch Heavy Assault on Cambrai Front
British forces repel German forces on a nine mile Cambrai front near Las Lin, with tanks deployed by General Byng. An initial German push gains two miles before British counterattacks recapture ground. Haig reports the battle continues with several villages retaken on the southern flank.
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Undeed
Rupprecht
Las Linc
Cambrai
Byng
Germany
Haig
Berlin
Bolsheviki About To Yield In Russia Revolt
Stockholm dispatch reports Russian provinces on the verge of an anti Bolshevik uprising as officials resign for safety. Trotsky Lenin and other Bolsheviki leaders push for a separate peace with Germany, risking a Russia wide civil war. Courier from Petrograd delivers the tale.
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Joseph Shaplin
Stockholm
Trotsky, Lenines
Fetrograd
Germany
Petrograd
Knights of Columbus to attend church services
The Knights of Columbus will march from their hall at 7 45 to St Marys church for an 8 oclock mass tomorrow. All members will receive holy communion and there is a call to complete Christmas shopping before the eleventh hour rush.
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Knights of Columbus
St. Mary‘s Church
the Knights of Columbus
St. Mary's Church
Does Advertising Pay A City Study On Five and Ten Cent Stores
A crowd flocked to the new Woolworth five and ten cent store and the Chicago Fair fire sale, both bursting with shoppers. The piece argues advertising drew crowds, noting merchants who advertise attract more business, while those who skip ads lose customers.
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Woolworth
Mornig
Democrat
Wreck of Baltimore and Ohio Passenger Train Near Salem Ill
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train number 11 wrecked near Salem Illinois shortly before eight this morning. No injuries reported though reports say the engine turned over after the train jumped the track. Engineer Charles Spink and fireman Joe Hart were aboard the engine as wrecking crews were summoned from Salem. The Washington to Salem service left Washington at 8 o'clock.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Salem
Ill
Charles Spink
Joe Hart
Flag Women at Rail Crossings Hit World War II Duty
Indianapolis reports flag-women at railroad crossings becoming a wartime fixture. The B&O South Western Railway hires women to replace men called to service. Mrs Mary Floyd, a widow with two children, guards crossings at New Albany, following the pioneer at the public safety post.
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Indianapolis
New Albany
Mary Floyd
Pioneer
United States
Scandinavian nations pledge neutrality and aid exchange
Norway Sweden and Denmark reach a joint agreement to maintain utmost neutrality during the war. They vow to assist each other by exchanging merchandise regardless of the conflict's length, signaling Scandinavian harmony after the conference in Christiana.
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United Press
Christiana
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
President Wilson Pledges U S Aid to Roumania in War
President Wilson telegraphed Roumanian Premier promising American support now and after the war as Roumania faces Soviet Russia. In a parallel message to Japan, he said Ishii's visit would bring outcomes as lasting as the friendship between the United States and Japan. He praised Roumanian resolve against German influence and pledged continued U S defense of Roumanian independence.
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Japan
Ishii
United Press
Washington
Wilson
United States
Pres. Wilson
Roumania
New Instructor Named for Local High School
Ernest Gray of Vevay Indiana has been hired to fill the manual training vacancy created by Ralph Smalley’s resignation. Gray will serve as assistant manual training instructor and coach the high school basketball team. He studied at Danville State Normal and Indiana University and is seen as well qualified for the post.
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Ernest Gray
Vevay
Ind
Ralph Smalley
Smalley
Gray
Indiana State Normal School
Danville
Indiana University
Austria Seidler Says Austria Seeks General Peace
Premier Seidler told the Austrian parliament that Austria plans to negotiate a general peace without territorial or economic violations. A dispatch from Amsterdam quotes Vienna advising conciliatory negotiations with Russia.
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London
Austria
Seidler
Amsterdam
Vienna
Russia
Entente Seeks Victory as German Terms Remain Unclear
Berlin dispatch reports German Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlmann telling the Reichstag that Germany will not bring large arms to the peace conference. He says the entente seeks only victory and defines terms simply if the enemy asks.
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Berlin
Germany
von Kuehlmann
Reichstag
Vietory
British Front Holds Ground After Decisive German Attacks
British troops press to hold territory between Mouvres and Bourlon as German assaults falter near Cambrai. Haig reports no renewals last night while British guns pound enemy positions, leaving a grim battlefield of dead and destroyed equipment across the no man’s land.
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General Byng
Cambrai
Marshal Haig
William Philip Simms
United Press
Mouvres
Bourlon
Teach Germany a lesson without wiping it out
James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany backs part of Lansdowne letter urging against annihilating Germany. He says the war for conquest must end and that outrages like Belgium’s invasion and the Lusitania murders must not recur. The Kaiser would not tolerate postwar nonsense from America.
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New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
Marquis of Lansdowne
Belgium
Lusitania
America
Gerard
Water regulation plan discussed by Washington officials
Growers with large seed stock are asked to aid the effort by storing seed and notifying Laurens Greene of Lafayette, chairman of the stocks sub-committee, which has the work in charge.
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Washington
Laurens Greene
Lafayette
Death claims Miss Porter in Eureka street home
Miss Stell Porter aged forty one died Friday night at the home of Mrs. Clara Carnahan on State street after a long asthma battle and heart trouble. She had lived with Mrs. Carnahan for five years since her brother Will Porter’s death. Porter's relatives are uncles and aunts. she belonged to Eureka Rebekah lodge and the Ladies Circle of the G A R. The coroner will hold an inquest as the death occurred without a physician’s presence.
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Stell
Porter
Clara Carnahan
State Street
Miss Porter
Washington
State Road
Eureka - Rebekah
Laedies
The
G. ‘A Rn
Burch
Wuertz
Dave
Louis
Frank
Doctors Urge Care for Feet and Hygiene in Children
Dr J N Harty argues foot health is rare among municipal hospital patients and urges regular foot baths to prevent bromidrosia and fallen arches. He links improper footwear and posture to foot troubles, noting neglected eye and dental hygiene and comparing U S education unfavorably with Japan.
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Indiana
Japan
Purdue experts plan potato production increase in Indiana
Lafayette Ind Dec 1 Purdue University experts have begun work to increase potato production in Indiana next year aiming to raise yields and expand state agriculture through new methods and varieties.
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Purdue University
Indiana
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue ‘University
Bargain Street Rush Shoppers Pack Main Street
Crowds surged at bargain sales on Main Street Washington with women leading the rush and one woman fainting. Men outside teased while wives carried packages and ten cent bargains. The day proved advertising pays as stores reported strong business all morning and into the afternoon.
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Main Street
Washington
Willam tegrigg seeks forgiveness after recall of past crime
In Columbus Indiana on December 1 report recalls Willam tegrigg fifteen years after a killing he committed as a young man. Now studying for the ministry he asked Bartholomew county warden to forgive him and pay any charges if due. The warden forgives and will press no charges. Also noted is Mrs Sarah Ann Pickup, seventy eight, who in two years knitted 103 pairs of heavy woolen socks.
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Columbus
Ind
Willam’ Tegrigg
Bartholomew County Vine
Sarah Ann Pickup
Providence
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Chris
Tran
Premier Seidler
Entente
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Raiser
Clara Carbshan
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DR. J. N. Harty
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Witfodt
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