Border country under arms to hold Mexicans
Indian Texas Dec 4 After two border clashes between Mexican bandits and American cavalry the Bid Bend river front is under arms. US troops crossed the border wounding a private and killing twelve bandits as Colonel Langhorne prepares reinforcements to pursue any reprisals for thirty five bandits slain and twelve yesterday.
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Associated Press
India
Texas
Bid Bend River Front
United States
George T. Langhorne
Rio Grande
Altoona Names M. G. Hinkle City Manager
Altoona city council selected M. G. Hinkle for the new city manager post. Hinkle, a resident of Altoona, has long served as county surveyor.
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Altoona
Hinkle
M. G. Hinkle
Pretty Baby Triumphs At Majestic Vaudeville Week
The Majestic Theater showcases Pretty Baby with Jean Tynes and Ollie and Jimmie Hodges. The act earns strong applause for fresh jokes and entertaining dancing while some chorus members underperform. A standout final act scene and the Over There finale win praise for costumes and scenery. Hodges announces a Red Cross benefit Friday morning at the Majestic.
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Majestic Theater
Jean Tynes
Ollie
Jimmie Hodges
Elmer Coady
Red Cross
Harrisburg
Altoona
Ter
Hodges
New York
Broadway
Postmasters Vow Full Effort for Military Registrants
Postmasters nationwide directed to ensure delivery of nine million questionnaires for military service. Beginning December 15 local exemption boards will mail them and nondelivery must be returned with the postmaster’s endorsement explaining why. No letters are to be sent back to Washington or to the dead letter office.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Post Office Department
Films and plays shine at the Orpheum and Majestic
A busy week for cinema and stage with Ethel Barrymore in The Eternal Mother at the Colonial and Constance Talmadge in Scandal at the same theater. Douglas Fairbanks presents Reaching for the Moon at the Regent, while Mme Petrova stars in Exile. Also featured is The Retreat of the Germans at Arras in official war pictures, plus Sunshine Alley and Pretty Baby at the Majestic.
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Battle of
Arras
Ethel Barrymore
Constance Talmadge
Mae Marsh
Douglas Fairbanks
Mme. Petrova
William S. Hart
Ethel Clayton
William 5
Hart
Ethel
Barrymore
Maris
Felice
Mr Barrymore
Intollerance
Fairbanks
Las Fairbanks
the Regent
New York
Italy
Artcraft
Artcraft Studios
Puenes Canals
Mme. Fetrova
Exile
Victoria Theater
Victoria
Heinz Would Place Ban On All Gougers In Pennsylvania
Howard J. Heinz announcing for the United States food administration urges county officials to cut off supplies to retailers charging unreasonable prices. He warns that licensed dealers aiding gouging may be denied goods and shut out of business. He cites a plan to end wasteful credit systems and notes inspectors plus price obtainers will aid enforcement. Heinz to meet with Big Sisters to discuss action.
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Philadelphia
Howard J. Heinz
United States Food Administration
Pennsylvania
Heinz
Food Administration
Department of Justice
Gouger
Joliet Convicts Captured After Robbing Passengers
Seven of thirteen escaped convicts from the Joliet state penitentiary were captured near Morris after halting a Chicago Ottawa and Peoria interurban train. The robbers took passengers’ belongings and clothing. those captured offered little resistance. The remaining six fugitives were cornered and expected to be captured soon.
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Associated “Press
Joliet
Ill
State
Morris
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago
Ottawa
Peoria
Protests Over Pricing Scale Hit Heinz Finance Building
An unnamed organization protested Sunday against certain results of price listing under the Heinz official scale, with actions taking place at the Finance Building as the clock struck o'clock.
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Heinz
Records Broken at Hospital and War Hero Praise
Washington reports a French official tribute to American Army engineers in France, fighting near Cambrai on November 30, praised for courage and discipline. Locally, holiday hospital donations surpassed prior years with groceries and potatoes pouring in. the Women's Aid Society coordinates pickups as districts send bags and a barrel of sugar.
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Washington
France
Cambrai
Women's Aid Society
Aid Society
Middletown
Shiremanstown
Rutherford Again Heads Paxtang School Board
Joshua E. Rutherford was reelected president of the Paxtang school board at the reorganization meeting. H A Birchall was chosen as vice president and won another six year term at the November election. Jens Clausen was appointed to fill the unexpired term of James C Reichley, who was removed.
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Joshua E. Rutherford
Paxtang
H. A. Birchall
Mr. Birchall
Jens Clausen
James C. Reichley
War Savings Stamps Encourage U S War Bond Subscriptions
A wartime appeal explains that if every person in the United States buys a 25 cent war thrift stamp the nation would raise billions for liberty and democracy. It outlines costs and returns from December 1917 to January 1923 with four percent quarterly compounding and the benefit of a clear conscience from supporting the front.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Overland Touring Sedan Promises Comfort and Efficiency
The ad argues that modern travel demands compressing tasks into a single day. It touts the car’s deep upholstered interior and comfortable ride as essential for busy people to reach destinations swiftly and ready to work.
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Fairbank
Paramount Picture
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Orpheum
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Roberta Disbrow Lloyd Sunshine Society
Love O' Mike
Cambrai Drive
Rutherford
Freemont
Lydia E. Pinkham
North Haven
Conn
Florence Isetta
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine CO
Lynn
Mass
Hoak’s Dairies
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Dairy Laboratories of
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