Towns Taken by Bolsheviki in Hard Battle
Bolshevik forces report victories near Bielgorod and Rostov with Cossack units defeated and lines drawn. Tamanovka and Kaluga fall to Bolshevik control as rumors of a German backed monarchy grow. Rostov battles and armored car assaults accompany rapid shifts in the southern front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Petrograd
The
Post
Russia
Romanoff
Alexis
Krornilofe
Bielgorod
Korniloff
Vasileika
Don River
Nakhilchevo
Rostov
Bolshevki
Kaledines
Tamanovka
Kaluga
Reuter
Black Sea
Kursk
Moscow
Bjelgorod
Orenburg
Dutoff
Bolsheviks
Good Fellows War Christmas Fund Aims to Help Local Children
The Good Fellows announce a Christmas fund focusing on boys and girls ten years old and under due to wartime demands. Subscriptions support needy children as many resources go to bonds and war services, with headquarters at the Courier Office lobby and a contact number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Red Cross
Ww. C
Sammies
Rana
Sugar shortage claim disputed by Spreckles at Senate hearing
Washington December 14 President Spreckles of the Federal Sugar Refining company told the senate sugar investigating committee there is no national sugar shortage. He cited local hunger on the Atlantic seaboard and said the world supply remains steady while U S stocks are ample. He noted raw sugar moved through New York to Canada for higher prices and that refiners had to close plants due to lack of supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Spreckles
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Senate Sugar Investigating Committee
Food Administration
New York
Canada
Atlantic States
Mr. Spreckies
Germany
Russia
Reed
Brooklyn
New York Coat
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Tole Shamokin
Shamokin
Albany
Utica
German Bomb Kills Several U S Engineers Behind Front
American engineers killed by German aerial bombs in a town behind the British front. windows shattered in a officers’ quarters, no one hurt. French correspondents praised American troops and Pershing, vowing allied victory and American power. Plans to exchange speakers between British and American Y M C A huts to strengthen mutual sympathies begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
France
Prenchmen
Pershing
America
Viscount Bryce
218 Soldiers Week's Toll of Pneumonia
Washington D C Dec 14 The measles epidemic in the camps of the Thirtieth Thirty-first Thirty eighth and Thirty-ninth divisions of the national guard troops no longer constitutes a menace according to a report for the week ending Dec 7 by Surgeon General Gorgas. Pneumonia following measles is up in the Thirty sixth division and in the Thirty fourth Thirty eighth and Thirty ninth. All other camps show a decrease in measles though pneumonia cases occur in all camps. The report records 190 national guard deaths with 171 from pneumonia and 74 national army deaths with 47 from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Guard
Gorgas
National Army
Brookhart Urges U S Rail Control
Maj. Brookhart of the Iowa state railway commission urged government ownership of railroads before the joint congressional railroad committee. He argued that if government control had begun in 1916, railroads would have generated a large surplus for the U S treasury, and that public ownership yields lower costs and higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Maj
Brookhart
Iowa State Railway Commission
Joint Congressional Railroad Committee
United States Treasury
Left-Hand Plows and Paint Colors Targeted for War Economy
Washington D. C. Dec 14 The national council of defense restricts industrial goods for next year as part of wartime economies Left handed plows will be unavailable except old models Paint colors will be limited to about 40 shades and paint container sizes standardized The board taps manufacturers of leather silk and other commodities to curb waste in consumer goods and fashion Uppers for women’s shoes in England set height limits reflecting broader defense efforts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Commercial Economy Board
National Council of Defense
Shaw
England
Council of National Defense
Germany says Britain sanctioned peace inquiry through neutral
Berlin reports that in September a neutral channel relayed a British inquiry on war aims. Germany says the British cabinet likely knew of the step and that direct verbal reply via the mediator was best, but opponents made such direct contact unlikely. No German answer was sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
Balfour
Home of Commons
One Child Dies After Train Strikes School Bus
Aplington Iowa December 14 Hilka Tiabring fourteen died at 539 a m from a fractured skull after a collecting bus was hit by a Wisconsin Central freight train. Six other injured children were listed as recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aplington
Hilka Tiabring
Wiinsis Central
Navy inquiry into expenditures and delays in war arms
Washington editors report a naval committee sub panel formed in executive session to probe how naval funds were spent with hearings planned. Crozier testified in secret before a Senate inquiry, admitting some appropriations were diverted to pistols and private royalties, while promising rifle output will rise to equip troops and trainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Naval Committee
Daniela
Written
Navy
Britten
Supreme Council of Defense
America
Senate
Washington, D
War Department
Crozier
Senate Military Committee
12 U S Soldiers Die in France of Natural Causes
Washington reports a tally of U S troops who died in France from natural causes. Names include First Lieut Geaves M Anderson engineer from Alexandria Virginia and Sergt Paul Jordan quartermaster corps from Lavonia Georgia among others with several unlisted addresses. Gen Pershing later added more names including Corp L E Harwood Beverly Mass Private W T Parnell Quincy and Private R B Hughes Bowling Green Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C. Ee
Pershing Talay
War Department
Geaves M. Anderson
Engineers
Alexandria
Paul Jordan
Quartermaster Lorps
Lavonia
Harold Varner
Marines
Jan Brannshart
M. T. Capron
Coast Artillery
Nashwauk
Minn
Pershing
Iowa Governor Urges Red Cross Membership Campaign
Governor Harding designates December 16 to 25 as Red Cross membership week in Iowa. He calls every man woman and child to join and to recruit others, stressing support for soldiers, Christmas goodwill to Europe, and aid to displaced and wounded across war zones. He envisions Iowa as a banner Red Cross state to bolster home front effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Morpes
Tha
Red Cross
Or. Harding
Woodrow Wilson
United States
American Red Cross
Commonwealth of Towa
America Red Cross
Balange
Becaume
France
Iowa
Uhornton
Iowa Red Cross
W. &. Harding
Heavy Snowstorm Grips East Amid Wide Cold Wave
Washington dispatches report a vast snowstorm and bitter cold gripping the East and extending south to the Gulf states. Heavy snowfall from the Great Lakes to the coast, with New York receiving a foot or more, disrupted rail and telegraph service, while traffic and coal supplies suffered statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf States
Great Lakes
New York
New England
Middle Atlantic
Water power bill passed by Senate in same form
The Senate passed the water power bill for development of water power projects on navigable streams, previously stalled in a conference deadlock, sending it to the House. OTL pays dividend. Prairie Oil & Gas declares quarterly dividend of 2 dollars and an extra 2 dollars payable Jan 31 to stock of record Dec 31. Smoke Diamond advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
House
OTL
Independence
Kan
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Christine to Make Initial Column Appearance
Christine, long sought by many, will debut in the newspaper columns, marking a noteworthy first appearance and drawing reader interest across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine
Christine the gifted musician seeks Berlin tutelage
The piece notes the belief that Christine can join the masters’ circle in Berlin, with Ysaye and other great artists urging that her finishing touches will elevate her to their class. It questions whether the tale of her journey is fact or fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine
Berlin
Ysaye
Asall
Germans Rush More Troops on Western Front
War report from Northern Italy and the Western Front details heavy fighting and strategic gains. Austrian attacks near Col Beretta and Coloretta draw costly casualties for both sides. British and German forces exchange gains and setbacks around Bullecourt and Cambrai with continued artillery duels and local offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Front
Italy
Coloretta
Col Beretta
Germany
Cambrai
Scarpé
Ras
Ypres
Flanders
Brenta River
Col Della Beretta
London
Bullecourt
Saya
Bronville
Berlin
Duke Albrecht
France
Champagne
Paris
War Department
Reuter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Petro
Grad
Ukraina
Leon Trotzky
Brest Litovsk
Amsterdam
Merry Christmas Fund
I. EE. Peck
Imols
Hebrew Ladies' Aid
Cera Saee
Daughters of King, Christ
Episcopal Church
Hoover
San Felice
U.S
Emy
Taboo
Britain
Foreign Office
el Tovar Broadiear
Havana de Cigar
HUW Gt
NAW
Daniels
Supreme War Council
Evening Courier
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Chicago Evening Post
New York Times
Meretta
Talian
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!