Stock Market Sets Up High Sales Record
New York reports a chaotic day as war brides trigger a sharp market drop on the New York Stock Exchange and curb market. Heavy selling in stocks, copper, and industrials follows hopes Germany peace proposals may fail. Trading volume nears 3 million shares, with margin safeguards limiting panic. Secretary McAdoo visited Sub-Treasury but offered no official stance on the German proposals.
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Greece May Accept Allied Demands After Cabinet Vote
An Athens dispatch to Reuters reports indications that King Constantine will accept the allied ultimatum in principle. The decision followed a cabinet council held under the King's presidency.
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Constantine
All She Wanted Was a Good Time
A December Woman’s Home Companion story features a character recalling dormitory feeds and fudge parties. She describes a carefree wild phase, then realization she seeks a natural girl good time and belonging, ending with a farewell line to Lyndsay.
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Woman's Home Companion
Lyndsay
German Firms Roundly Criticized For War Time Wages Plan
Berlin reports German commercial groups protest a wartime wage practice that gives relatives of soldiers a portion of salaries. Firms in the Rhine region require workers to stay three years after peace and sign a note promising to repay 5 percent if they quit, sparking charges of commercial slavery and calls for action by chambers of commerce.
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Huntington to resign after forty six years at Boston University
Boston December reports Dr. William E. Huntington resigns as dean of the graduate school after 46 years of service at Boston University. Trustees accepted the retirement. successor named is Professor Arthur W. Weyse, head of biology at the College of Liberal Arts, to take over.
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William E. Huntington
Boston University
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Arthur W. Weysse
College of Hberal Arts
Fairfield County News A 2 000 000 Contract Stamford Holling Mills
Fairfield County news notes a 2 million contract between Stamford Holling Mills Co and Henry Ford representatives for radiator rate supply. Also reports a herd of 200 sheep moved along New Canaan highway from Eastern Farms Co. to Jersey City stock yards and the death of Morris Finney from injuries at a Stamford house. An embargo on grain and flour shipments to eastern terminals by Northern Pacific is mentioned.
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Henry Ford
New Canaan
Southeastern Farms Co
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Jersey City
Morris Finney
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Cessation of Hostilities Follows Overtures for Parley
Historical review notes peace overtures have almost always led to armistice in major wars. It details: Russo-Japanese War ending at Portsmouth after Roosevelt mediation, Balkan wars with rapid conferences, and Spain-US peace culminating in the 1898 treaty. It cites dates, mediators, and key figures across conflicts.
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