German Aviators Aid Turkish Forces in Mesopotamia
German airmen deployed with Turkish troops in Mesopotamia penetrated into Persia aiding the drive against Russian positions. They reconnoitered Hankin to Kasr-i-Shirin, hunted retreating Russians over the Paitak Pass and Kerind plateau, and extended operations toward Hamadan Sultanabad and Tabriz, with no Russian aviators opposing them.
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Mesopotamia
Persia
Tigris
Kut-el-Amara
Bagdad
Hankin
Kasr-i-Shirin
Paitak
Kerind
Kermanshah
Hamadan
Sultanabad
Lake Urumiah
Caspian Sea
Teheran
Lady Scott and Her Son In Munitions Work
The widow of Captain Scott joins thousands of British women in England's munitions factories to supply war efforts. She recalls finding adventure and camaraderie, with routine and purpose easing wartime anxieties and affirming that volunteers would not regret the experience.
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London
Lady Scott
Scott
South Pole
England
Aristocratic Irish recruits proposal sparks Home Rule debate
Dublin dispatch reports Lord Dunraven urging Irish self identity and a home rule conference to draft a reform bill. He suggests a recruiting crusade led by the Duke of Connaught, with compulsory measures if voluntary enlistment fails, targeting existing Irish regiments and potential new units.
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Dublin
Lord Dunraven
Ireland
Duke of Connaught
Countess orders destruction of Castle Howard wine stock
London reports that the Countess of Carlisle at Castle Howard ordered all wine from the estate cellars destroyed. Once famous temperance advocate and former head of the British Women's Temperance Association, she previously walled up the cellars. About one thousand bottles were dumped in a trench, provoking tenant indignation as the public house remains outside her control.
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London
Countess of Carlisle
Castle Howard
British Women’s Temperance Association
Earl of Carlisle
Lady Cowdray argues for a women’s wartime central board
In a Pall Mall Gazette interview Lady Cowdray urges forming a central London board with local women’s committees to mobilize women for war work. She says wages should reflect men’s wages, training is essential, and colleges should be filled to prepare women for agricultural and other labor.
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London
Central Board
Lady Cowdray
Miser Arrested for Hoarding 37000 in Gold Near Stade
Berlin reports a miser at Atlenland near Stade in Saxony was arrested after neighbors saw him count 37000 in gold. Police seized the gold and gave treasury notes for the same amount before releasing him.
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Berlin
Atlenland
Stade
Saxony
Progressive Russians Elect Three to the Russian Empire Council
Petrograd reports that three Progressive candidates have been elected by the nobility to the Russian Council of the Empire. The vote reflects ongoing shifts within the aristocratic political landscape as December progresses.
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Petrograd
Woman Army Surgeon First for Ireland Front Service
Signora Filomena Corvini becomes the first woman appointed as an Irish army surgeon. She is detailed for front service with the Ninth Army Corps in Rome in December.
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Rome
Signora
Filomena Corvini
Ninth Army Corps
Custody Battle Over American Girl Reaches Tokyo Court
The Tokio Appeal Court ruled Olga Fills Ellis, nine, should be restored to her father Billis Ellis, ending a custody dispute that began in Massachusetts in 1912. The case travels from Boston to Japan amid international attention with possible Supreme Court action by Mrs. Ellis.
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Tokio
Olga Fills
Massachusetts
Tokio Appeal Court
Ellis
Supreme Court
Japan
Billis
Boston
Hills
Japanese Child Custody Case Sees Father Win
Baron Sakitani, Japan’s delegate to the Paris economic conference, reported on a custody dispute involving Mrs Ellis and her husband. A Tokyo higher court awarded the child to the father, citing Japanese family law and domicile as key factors. Mrs Ellis wept in court as the decision was announced.
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Tokio
Baron
Sakitani
Allies
Paris
Japan
Carpentier earns military honors and boxing show in Paris
French champion Georges Carpentier, after serving as an aviator at Verdun, was decorated with the military medal for gallantry. He staged a charity boxing display at the Trocadero in Paris and drew a large crowd. He discussed California immigration policy with Japanese reporters, saying discriminatory treatment should be remedied but that he did not claim now was the right time for settlement.
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Paris
Georges Carpentier
Fort Douaumont
Verdun Front
Carpentier
Trocadro Palace
California
United States
Japan
Humorous London Spoonerisms Stir Public With Satirical Recipes
A British humorist in London on December 9. He mocks war front life with gallant soldier tales and lists absurd recipes to evoke Front Thrills. He jokes about how to be brave, gas incidents, and trench excitement, ending with a tease of continuation on another page.
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London
Geatte H. Gilbey
France
Ilay
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Eaton- Crane and Pike
Dennison
Watermanis Ceni
South
Dixie Land Line
Virginia Stationery Co., Inc
East Main Street
Richmond, Virginia
Shaw-Walker
Uction
Ingersoll
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