Insurance boom under wartime strain fuels eight billion in new policies
New York Dec 5 The life insurance industry reports about eight billion dollars in new life policies this year, up 64 percent from 1918 and vastly above 1944 figures. President William A Day of Equitable Life Assurance Society presented the statistics from 176 companies, noting inflation and war profits spurred thrift yet left a legacy of improvidence.
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New York
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
William A. Day
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Jude Day
Plis
Yellowstone Highway Opens. Weather Pressures Expect Hard Pulls
Greeley route is open with traffic moving from Cheyenne toward Chugwater and Wheatland. Road conditions vary with deterioration on the Cheyenne east south route and very bad at Hanna. Lincoln Way shows better Burns and westward traffic to Laramie. Pinedale is reported good.
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Yellowstone Highway
Greeley
Cheyenne
Chugwater
Wheatland
Horse Creek
Lincoln Way
Burns
Laramie
Hanna
Rawlins
Thayer Faw
Pinedale
Weather Report Fragments Show Variable Conditions
Fragmented notes describe wet bulb readings and relative humidity with unclear dates. Mentions Pt Gay Pt Gidy, clear and dry periods, a 30 degree mean temperature, and a 4 to 5 hour window with rain expected later.
Five Per Cent of Russians Embrace Bolshevism Says Finnish Depot
Helsinki interview with M. Saponen, art dealer exiled from Petrograd, argues that only 3 to 5 percent of Russians support Bolshevism. He recounts arrests, looted art valued at 4,000,000 rubles, and harsh winter hardship. He faults allied aid to White Russians and says Petrograd could fall to Finnish troops if they attacked.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Ty Mall
Petrograd
I. Saponen
Iuasia
Yudeniteh
Trotzky
Maxim Gorky
M. Saponen
Associated Press
Schlovsky
Toehitshéch
Moscow
Finn
Russia
Kerensky
N-Saponen
Blair's long career marked by firsts in reform
Washington D C Dec 5 Henry W Blair former United States senator from New Hampshire celebrates his eighty fifth birthday tomorrow and is remembered for proposing nationwide prohibition in 1875 and advocating woman suffrage while supporting free education His public service included opposition to Texas Pacific railroad subsidies and efforts against election fraud He served as lieutenant colonel after being wounded at Port Hudson and after the war entered politics ending his Senate career as a modest retiree in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Henry W. Blair
United States
New Hampshire
Congress
Blair
Republican Congressional Committee
Samuel A. Burns
Bialy
Ort Hudson
Senate
Washington
Fredrickson Garage Moves to New Quarters
The Fredrickson garage has moved to 309 West Lincoln Way to provide more space for storage and to showcase used cars, reflecting a rapid growth in its business and better facilities for customers.
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Fredrickson Garage
West
Lincoln Way
Ashes to Revivify War-Burned at Soils
Berlin reports technical authorities say furnace ashes from glass iron and steel works stimulate plant growth through carbon levels. All plant life is said to be spurred to unusual growth and ashes may be applied to restoration of devastated areas.
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Berlin
Dec. S
France
Belgium
Saautipul Designs With Your Christmas Greeting
A fragmented note prompts greeting designers to create personalized Christmas messages. The text hints at a collaboration or request for unique, festive designs suitable for holiday cards.
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Red Cross
Seventeenth St
Cheyenne, Wyoming
New Quarters
A. L. Carey
Albert J. Carey
Wyoming
Emma C. Carey
W. Tech St
Oklahoma City
Okiahoum
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