Changing Crews in Trenches Is Ticklish Work
General Pershing prepares the American front in France with detailed planning of labor water supply feeding field kitchens quartermasters and artillery. Officers study French methods while crews train on bayonets grenades trench mortars and machine guns. The handoff will occur in stages with engineers drafting blueprints and replicas before the front line is occupied.
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Pershing
Pert
Sibert
Engineer Corps
Els
Rue de Rivoli
Broadway
42Nd Street
German plot exposed by U S agents in wartime tensions
U S agents reveal a German intrigue led by Von Alvensieben, who traveled between Berlin and North America posing as workers and a real estate man, with funds reportedly totaling $2,000,000. He faces possible internment at a federal detention station after return from Portland. Mrs. Von Alvensieben not interned.
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von Alvensieben
Allen
Federal
Portland
Wilson
Germany
Berlin
Chicago
British Columbia
United States
Laurelhuret
von Alvensleben
Draft Exemptions Probed By Local Boards In Seattle
War boards study exemption claims amid mixed responses. Some men refuse or waive in Seattle, including Shigen Katsuki who cites birth. others seek reasons like illness or family duties. Officials seek guidance on felon exemptions and Alaska registrants while noting low exemption rates.
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Hood Canal
Shigen Katsuki
Division 10
Harry Young
Seattle
Dexter St
War Department
State Reformatory
Monroe
Alaska
Division 4
Charles 8. Gleason
District Board of Appeals
Division Board
District Board
District 9
Public Safety Building
Col
Hawthorne
National Army
D. 8S
Tobias
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Reporter Lana Gan Beats Police Chiefs in The Allison Pearls
A newspaper feature depicts Lana Gan overcoming a chief of police and a private detective within their own business in The Allison Pearls, showcasing bold investigative prowess and perilous intrigue.
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Lanagan
Allison
Bon Marche Pink Batiste Gowns and Chemises Sale
Daintiness and low prices mark a sale of pink batiste gowns and chemises on the third floor of The Bon Marche. Gowns feature hemstitching picot edging ribbon drawing and lace details while chemises showcase embroidery feather stitching shirrings and Empire yokes.
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Batiste
Filmy Allover Laces for Waist and Collar Making
Allover laces priced at 59c per yard suitable for waists jabots collars and camisoles. Features filet mesh and shadow allovers, full yard width available in white cream or ecru. See our selection on the upper main floor.
Linen Crash Towels for Kitchen Use Advent on Display
Linen crash towels described as 16 inches wide in natural color with white border. Prices listed at 12 cents per yard for all linen crash suitable for hand and roller, available in plain or with colored borders. Lower main floor sale.
Japanese Crepe and Cretonne Fabrics Offered by Bon Marche
The Bon Marche advertises domestics including 1500 yards of dark shaded Japanese Crepe 31 inches wide with tan brown lavender and blue stripes and 12 1/2 yard Cretonne in 36 inches wide. Also 2000 yards of Cretonne in mill lengths with good colors and floral or Oriental patterns suitable for quilt coverings.
36 Inch Dress Silks and Satins at 1.10 Yard
An advertisement notes dress silks and satins priced at 1.10 a yard on the upper main floor. Messalines satins Louisines and taffetas come in stripes checks plaids and solids with self colored figured pieces for dresses and suits. Also features Japanese effect fabrics for kimonos and corduroy in black and colors for skirts or suits.
Bon Marche Underwear Sale Highlights Low Prices
The Bon Marche promotes dependable underwear with low prices on Union Suits in sizes 38 to 42 and children's vests and knee-length pants. It advertises women’s silk and fiber silk hose in multiple sizes, with seconds noted as slightly imperfect, on the upper main floor.
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BON Marche
Playtime Overalls and Hats Sale For Boys
Small boys’ playtime overalls in blue denim stripes and chambray, sizes 2 to 8 years, one-piece with short sleeves. Boys’ straw hats reduced to $1.00. Wash hats cut to 65 percent off. Rah Rah and Middy styles in white blue tan and stripes. Upper Main Floor The Bon Marche.
Athletic Union Suits for 85 Cents at Bon March
Attention men. Athletic style union suits in crepe or nain sock offered at 85 cents. All sizes in the lot, good quality and well made. Lower main floor at The Bon March.
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Poilus
Sammies
Patmas
Bront
U. S
Propa
Teutonic
Vanderiwel
F. H. Montgomery
Second Ave
Ih Vision
New Coats and Capes
Milan
Copenhagen
Vale
Women’s Cotton Union Suits
Men’s Athletic Union
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