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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1917

Page

2

Inter Allied Council to Coordinate Shipping Efforts

The inter allied council announced aims to coordinate allied action on shipping, free tonnage for American troop transport, and enforce blockades. It endorsed a proposed American Swiss agreement on ox and imports, with delegates to a Berne committee and a global inter allied council meeting in Europe. A hundred years ago a man was allowed to sell his wife at Dartmoor for 11 dollars.

Paris Inter-Allied Council Ayan Interallied Council United Berne Inter Council Inter-Allied Oval Council Europe Dartmoor England

Eighty-Seven-Year-Old Meeker Seeks Oxen for Camp Lewis Entry

Ezra Meeker requests a pair of oxen for the grand review at Camp Lewis in December. The Oregon Trail pioneer, 87, arrived in 1852 in a prairie schooner and now seeks lenders since his own oxen are dead. Notify Meeker at 812 Second Ave.

Bera Meeker Northwest Camp Lewis Meeker Second Ave

Veteran of 70 Offers Services for French Front

Henry EB Elliott TD father of Mrs Albert Batley 2306 Hill Ave a Civil War veteran has applied for permission to go to the French front with the American engineers as a bridge builder Elliott served through the entire Civil War and has since worked at Long Beach California as a bridge builder He says he knows he can be of some service to his country if given a chance.

Henry EB. Elliott Albert Batley Hill At Eliott Long Beach Cal

7200 Men In Quarantine At Camp Lewis

Seven thousand two hundred soldiers in two regiments of the 18th brigade are quarantined at Camp Lewis after measles cases. Medical officers report an epidemic tendency but no deaths occur. The quarantine will lift in two weeks. officers over forty and those on official business may leave the barracks.

Lewis Tacoma 18Fnd

Russian pianist makes impression on Seattle concert

John Spargur, director of the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, reports from San Francisco that Leo Ornstein, the Russian pianist and soloist for the upcoming winter concert, is creating a decided impression in California musical circles.

John Spargur Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra San Francisco Leo Ornstein California

Bon Marche Post Office Ready to Handle Christmas Mail

An extensive department on the Second Floor near the Rest Room is prepared to handle the large Christmas mail volume offered by the Bon Marche Post Office for wrapping and mailing this holiday season. It is open now.

Bon Marche Post Office

Jellied Aces Desk Calendar Gifts at Art Goods Shop

A Holiday Street display offers three aluminum Jelly Cups with a card stating Jellied Aces and an Ace for every suit. A desk calendar with a pad for notes is suggested as a sensible gift for date trivia lovers, priced at 50 cents. Art Goods Shop, No. 207 Holiday Street.

Holiday Street the Art Goods Shop

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