Russia Cedes Half of Sakhalin Island for Heavy Guns
Reports from war arenas claim after the Portsmouth treaty in 1905 Japan owned the southern half of Sakhalin. Petrograd reports Russian forces have gone on the offensive and captured at least eleven thousand prisoners.
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Russia
Island OF Sakhalin
Japan
Bince
Portsmouth
Warring Nations
Petrograd
Washington, D. C
Tokio
Sakhalin
Aircraft Duels Over Thames Mark Christmas News
Report fragment notes German aircraft engaging two English biplanes over the Thames on Christmas. Additional items reference Turkish activities involving Americans and sailors attacked at Tripoli. Tokyo dispatch claims Russia ceded Sakhalin’s southern half to Japan under Portsmouth Treaty terms.
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Tripoli
Aerial Duel Over the Thames and World War News
Christmas saw no truce among Europe’s nations as aerial combat over the Thames pitted German aircraft against two English biplanes, with the German escaping. Russian forces press advances in Poland while Austro German efforts push toward the Nida valley near Czar now. Paris claims trench gains at Nieuport and Pussalefne, and trouble at Tripoli involves Turkish refusals to allow consuls’ departure, leading to a brief clash and naval escort.
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London
Europe
Thames
Petrogard
Poland
Berlin
Nida
Carnow
von Hindenburg
Vistula
Warsaw
Thorn
West Prussia
Paris
Nieuport
Pussalefne
Tripole
Little Roumania to Enter Conflict
Paris reports Roumania ready to join Entente with Bulgaria neutrality guarantees obtained after triple Entente action at Sofia. If Bulgaria intervenes, it will act against Entente enemies per the understanding. Martin cigars pipes Christnag M eXyartionmone.
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Roumania
Paris
Entente
Figaro
Bulgaria
Sofia
Martin
Turks Threaten Libyan Ports Amid Sailor Dangers
Washington dispatches report threats of violence by Turks at Tripoli against American sailors. Secretary Daniels asks Capt. Oman of the cruiser North Carolina to verify such threats as reports say an American warship warned of bombardment. North Carolina and Tennessee at Beirut amid tense dispatches about attacks on consular crews and potential acts by U. S. ships.
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Athens
Tripoli
Syria
Washington, D. C
Daniels
Oman
North Carolina
Athons
Tennessee
Beirut
Joffe
Depouteiagy
Admiral Dewey Seventy Seven Turns Seventy Seven
Admiral Dewey is 77 years old today in Washington as Secretary Daniels and navy officials visit. He was in good spirits and health, took his morning drive, and received many officials and friends at his home.
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Washington, D. C
Dewey
Daniels
Navy General Board
Film Firms in Bitter Legal War in New York
The Greater New York Film Rental company sues General Film company and officers for 1,800,000 in threefold damages claiming unlawful business activity under the Edison license, alleging harm to its film circulation and goodwill built since 1903. The complaint cites a collapse of business value since 1903 and seeks triple damages.
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New York
Greater
Christmas Gun Accident At Baltimore Street
D. H. Harris said he did not know the new automatic revolver was loaded when he pulled the trigger on Christmas morning at 1104 Baltimore Street. A bullet ripped the bedroom wall, barely grazing a dresser mirror as onlookers claim he fired at his own reflection thinking it was an intruder.
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D. H. Harris
Baltimore Street
Heavy fog halts Lyo operations as allies push
French war office reports Christmas Day fighting across front from the Lys to the Meuse with heavy fog hindering operations. French claim progress in upper Alsace near Cernay Aspach while Russians say German forces driven back after sharp fighting near Bolimow and along the Pilica and Nida rivers.
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Paris
French War Office
Lys
Oisewa
Noulettes
Lens
Boisselle
Albert
Lions
Chaulnes
Oise
Aisne
Chivy
Soupir
Perthes
Caychee Hick
Argonne
Meuse
Moselle
Alsace
Cernay
Aspach
Russia
Bzura
Sochaczew
Bolimow
Snowlodz
Pilica
Nida
Vistula
Gen Kelly Kenny Dies on Old Sod in Ireland
London dispatch reports Gen Sir Thos Kelly-Kenny, former adjutant general of British forces, dead at Coolough Lodge County Clare. Born Feb 27 1840 in Ireland, he earned multiple dispatches and medals for service in Tang Itu Taku, Abyssinia, South Africa, and for a mission to Japan in 1905. He visited the United States in 1909 after retirement.
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London
Thos. Kelly-Kenny
Coolough Lodge
County Clair
Kelly-Kenny
Tang-Itu
Taku
Japan
United States
Gen. Kelly-Kenny
Ireland
Belgians Relief Fund Receives Subscriptions
A short notice cites contributions to aid Belgian relief with donations totaling five dollars and six dollars through the Courier and Reporter, urging readers to support relief efforts by purchasing Martin olgara or pipe rediverticemant.
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Martin Olgara
Runaway Engine Strikes Train Injuring Nine Near Atchison
A runaway engine stalling near Atchison Kansas ran two miles and collided with Missouri Pacific passenger No 106 early today injuring nine. Fireman Henry Kinney and mail clerk P P Turner were the most seriously hurt. Passengers R W Wright and Mrs W Nolan of Lincoln Nebraska were among the slightly injured.
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Atchison, Kan
Here
Missouri Pacific
Henry Kinney
P. P. Turner
Kansas City
R. W. Wright
Germans Abandon Brussels Levy in Paris Report
Paris report says German proclamations offer 500 million francs indemnity at Brussels were pasted over but later withdrawn after representations by American Secretary of State Bryan and Minister Brand Whitlock. It also notes a 25 franc tax on single men over 27 in Brussels. Bryan says Whitlock acted personally without U.S. instructions and has no information of Whitlock’s involvement.
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Paris
Brussels
Journal
Wm. J. Bryan
Theu
Brand Whitlock
Bryan
Washington, D. C
Belgium
Whitlock
Ports of Mexico not yet safe for Americans
Washington dispatches report Mexico City extends mining title revalidation to March 31. Eagle Pass notes Piedras Negras unchanged. Ensenada consul says disturbances brief but district improving and quiet. 175 to 200 Americans remain. State Department warns Americans not to return, risk on individual responsibility.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico City
State Department
Npon
Eagle Pass
Piedras Nepras
Ensenada
Toway California
Mexico
If You Skate Your Photo Wanted on the River
The air was too frosty to get a clear photograph of skaters on the river above the Fourth Street bridge today at 2 o'clock. The paper’s photographer plans another try at 2 p m Monday afternoon or Wednesday if Monday weather is unfavorable. It is hoped that the holiday merrymaking on the lee will assemble early in the afternoon.
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Fourth Street Bridge
Lee
Delivery error notice for unreceived paper at 6
If the paper is not delivered to your home by 6 o clock due to an error by the carrier or other cause, please phone 3390 and a copy will be sent after 6 20. Call Na 2.
Filipinos Try Christmas Eve Uprising in Manila
Eight Filipinos arrested on sedition charges after an abortive Christmas Eve uprising in Manila and surrounding areas. Army warnings said 19,000 in Manila were ready for an attack on Port Santiago and key depots. The plan collapsed due to poor organization and lack of leadership, with Artemio Ricarte linked as propagandist.
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Manila
Port Santiogo
Cuartel Hspana
Cuartel Infenteria
Francis Burton Harrison
Winfred T. Denison
Interior
Morrison
Six Persons Burned in Buckingham Hotel Fire
Denver reports six persons burned, some seriously, when a blaze gutted third floor rooms at the Buckingham hotel. About 50 tenants were displaced as the fire raged in a fashionable apartment house. Property damage not heavy. Savannah fire causes $100,000 loss with Miarets and Company department store destroyed and another store damaged.
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Denver
Colo
Buck‘Ingham
Savannah
Miarets ‘and Company
Record Cold Grips Midwest and East All Day
A sweeping cold wave from Manitoba drove temperatures to 28 below zero from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast. Cities from Chicago to Des Moines, Albany to Syracuse reported record lows with winds and broken wires. By nightfall extensive forecasts predicted gradual moderation east of the Mississippi but colder cities in the Great Lakes and New England remained frigid.
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Neb
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Manitoba
Canada
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la Crosse
Wis
Peoria
Davenport
Des Moines
Devils Lake
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Telegraph
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Ohio River
WWA
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Iawa
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N. Y
Adirondack Mountains
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Philadelphia
Weather Bureau
Corry
Ogdensburg
Utica
Finds Wife Happy With Another Man
Denver, Colo., Dec. 26. Albert Peterson, once believed dead for eleven years, returned to Denver with money and claimed the role of noc Arden and Santa Claus. He says he is the happiest man in Denver and congratulates Fred Ulrich, his wife's husband. Peterson, a former Delagua miner, was reported among the dead after an explosion that killed 79. Injured and memory lost, he roamed the country before recalling his Denver wife and three children. He will leave the city today after finding his wife happily married to Ulrich.
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Denver
Colo
Albert Peterson
Noc Arden
Santa Claus
Fred Ulrich
Peterson
Delagua
United States
Ulrich
Prisoner tallies in Petrograd dispatch outline war numbers
A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports German prisoners registered total 1,140 officers and 133,700 men while Austrian prisoners register 3,106 officers and 221,400 men. Slav prisoners request Russian naturalization to be sent again against the Turks.
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London
Bee
Petrograd
Reuter
Felegran Company
Turka
Good Fellow Work Marks Historic City Effort
Waterloo responds with communal charity for 1914 Good Fellow event. Six hundred needy children receive gifts while all camps and creeds unite, revealing social conditions, fostering trust, and creating lasting ties among churches and citizens. Dolls, sewing stations, and modest donations define the community’s humanitarian impact.
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Good Fellows
Waterloo
Gonte
Great Cities
Good Fellow
Majestic Theatre
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