Must Shop Early Retail drive urged for Texas Christmas sales
Retail merchants in Texas are urged to launch a vigorous publicity campaign for the entire Christmas buying program. Adolf Grasso, director of commercial economy, says November should be used as a peak Christmas sales month. The Council of National Defense has approved trading changes to permit higher selling prices in November and December within listed employee limits.
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Adolf Grasso
Council of Nioan
Christmas trading urged to ease congestion now
In a note on holiday shopping, merchants are urged to publish the facts that Christmas trading should now be in progress to prevent later congestion stores may not handle. Separately Kansas tightens health ban after 128 new influenza cases and 12 deaths, with five pneumonia deaths, as of Wednesday.
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Ite
Kansas
Kansas City
Empress Zita Rents Chateau Wartegg in Switzerland
Swiss papers report Empress Zita of Austria has rented Chateau Wartegg at Rorschach on Lake Constance and is expected to occupy the chateau soon. The news notes the location and anticipated residence in Switzerland.
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Lake Constance
Seattle Soldier Welcome Letter Highlights Home Folks Aid
The Home Folks column in San Antonio prints an exceptional letter from an invalid Seattle resident and her husband offering to connect soldiers with Pacific Northwest friends. The piece catalogs Colorado radio men seeking San Antonio host families and notes the ongoing effort to pair lone troops with local residents amid a war’s demands. The column also covers letters from Tampico and reactions from soldiers, including a Bronx youth who died, reminding readers of the column’s emotional reach and risks.
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Kokomo
Bronx
United War Work Organizations
Atlantic
How to Avoid and Relieve Influenza
A dated health column advises avoiding crowds and shared items to reduce flu risk. It promotes gauze masks soaked in a 1 to 500 sulphate solution, hot lemonade and rest, and lists remedies such as Anurie Tablets, Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery to bolster strength, relieve symptoms, and hasten recovery. It stresses bed rest for two days and iron-tonic or herbal tonics to fortify the patient.
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Pierce
Gielden
Soldiers Seeks Home Town Friends Through Free Column
Away from home since June a Meridian civilian seeks city friends. Woonsocket and Grayport men locate and answer. The Home Folks column connects soldiers and civilians from shared towns or states without charge, by matching names and home cities into a civilian list and a towns list for introductions and potential visits.
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Miss
Woonsocket
A. Lsmay
Grayport
Molks Collumnn
Friend of Caillaux Dead in Paris
Pascal Ceccaldi intimate friend and legal representative of former Premier Caillaux dies in Paris. He was a deputy for the Aisne, longtime Radical Socialist leader in the Chamber of Deputies, and awaited trial on charges of communicating with the enemy.
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Caillaux
Paris
Ascal Ceccaldi
Caillaus
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