Relief Funds for Stranded Americans Move Rapidly
President Wilson creates a relief board with the Secretaries of State Treasury War and Navy to distribute 2.5 million dollars for Americans in Europe. Secretary McAdoo will set up fiscal agencies in England and the continent and funds will be sent via gold ships and telegraph messages. Banks, ambassadors, and Red Cross mobilize to evacuate Americans, with transports and ships arranged to call at neutral ports and deliver aid and funds.
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Freckles Cream Offered With Money Back Guarantee
A physician endorses a freckles removal prescription sold by Riker Jaynes stores and Houghton and Dutton Co with a money back guarantee. The product promises rapid improvement and suggests asking for double strength ethine for best results.
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Riker-Jaynes Stores
Houghton & Dutton Co
Navy officers ordered to refrain from public comment
President Wilson directs all army and navy officers both active and retired to avoid any public remarks on the military or political situation in Europe. He asks Secretaries Garrison and Daniels to inform officers that the guidance comes from him and that public criticism abroad is unwise.
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Reverend Alexander McKenzie Dies at 84 in Cambridge
The Rev. Alexander McKenzie D D aged 84 longtime pastor of Shepard Memorial Church Cambridge and pastor emeritus died at 12 Garden street Cambridge after a two days illness from a paralytic shock. Born New Bedford December 14 1880 he studied at Phillips Academy Andover Harvard and Andover Theological Seminary. He served Cambridge First Church from 1867 and led numerous civic and religious bodies including Bowdoin College and Harvard Divinity School. Survived by wife Ellen H Eveleth and two children Professor Kenneth McKenzie Yale and Miss Margaret McKenzie Cambridge.
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