War News Tangles Show Censors And Reprints
Scarce Paris dispatches spark a cycle of reprints as censor rules shift. Papers copy from each other, dates blur, and Headings circulate across papers from Paris to New York. Caillaux incidents, car refusals, and theater chatter vanish or reappear. The uproar mirrors wartime disruption and rising news vending woes.
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Associated Press
Paris
Dec
New York
France
Othe
Setesors
Ce U
Homme Wuchsine
The
Ori de Paris
Caillaux
Madame Caillaux
Monsier
Gallieni
Cri
Versailles becomes a military town reshaping historic hub
Versailles France December 9 war has transformed the quiet city into a bustling military town. Headquarters of former German siege now the quarters of military government troops depot for army stores and an aviation center. Nearby St Cyr Military Academy akin to West Point. The tourist dwindles as soldiers wives seek farewell visits. The palace park remains open while museums close. Squadrons drill in streets. officers’ commands drowned by heavy munition wagons. Horses arrive for cavalry. New Servian Cabinet formed by Premier Pasitch. Wreaths and Laurel Roping. John Recki son.
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Versailles
France
Paris
St. Cyr
Bridgeport News Snaps Fresh Fire, Scuffles and Local Notes
Fire brigade tackled a blaze from an overheated furnace pipe at Hinckley & Leavey store, while burglaries and street crime unsettled residents. Parcel of notices, obituaries, city council actions, a court fine for a woman in a seaside dispute, and reports on local church dedication, pawnshop trends, and depot improvements fill Bridgeport city life 1890s style.
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Hinckley & Leavey
Barnum and Seaview Avenues
New York to Have Big Christmas Tree in Madison Square
Plans for New Yorks Christmas tree the tree of light in Madison Square advance despite secrecy from earlier in the week. The tree will be lighted Christmas Eve and remain lit until New Years as a chorus sings carols nightly. Last year 150 other cities nationwide erected public trees while the German submarine U 16 repaired at Copenhagen and sailed.
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New York
Tree of Light
Madison Square
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