Man sold Bibles to the Dead in Tacoma scheme
Tacoma police sayHl. A. Jourdan ran a scheme shipping CDN $5 Bibles to newly deceased persons by COD. Relatives paid delivery at funerals, Jourdan kept proceeds. Similar offices suspected in Seattle and Portland. Jourdan has prior forgery record and parole breach notified to prison authors.
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Hl. A. Jourdan
Strickland
Peterson
Bernice Building
Liegd & Jourdan
Polie
Seattle
Porthind
Lea Worth
Hebt
Beatle
bin Lair
Express C. O. D
Jourdan
Walla Walla
Ura
F. J. Comeau
Hidden Inlet
Comeau
Werto
Portland
Potsdam Loyal to Kaiser in Defeat
Special to The Star by N. BH Ad Dresden reports Potsdam Council of Soldiers and Sailors remains loyal to the deposed Kaiser. The group passes resolutions of regret for the Hohenzollerns and endorses the special bond to the emperor. The Potsdam community says it would welcome his return when he deems it timely.
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Potsdam
Kaiser
N. BH. Ad
Hohen Sollerns
Heattle Society
Woman dies after swallowing three knives in pneumonia case
London report from Inlington recalls a peculiar death by self harm as a woman swallowed three table knives. One knife was found in the stomach and two in the pleural cavity. she had pneumonia at the time.
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London
Inlington Fur
Washington State Casualties List As War Department Reports
The list names Seattle area missing in action Private Robert R. Tate and wounded severely Bergt. John Yandell among Washington state casualties. It includes Private John H. Mines Private Jack M. Corbett and several others with statuses such as killed in action wounded in action and missing in action across multiple towns including Tacoma Republic and Spokane.
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United States War Department
Seattle
Robert R. Tate
Pettie Tate
Western Ave
John & Yandell
Street
Washington State
Cookies Help N American Troops In France
Paris reports that over 6,000,000 American cookies have been produced in France and sent by the Red Cross to soldiers and hospital patients. Daily production is expected to reach 700,000 cookies, with much higher output possible. Red Cross officials believe the war will not disrupt cookie manufacture, aided by ample sugar and flour reserves.
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Paris
France
Red Cross
Itme
Chamber Acts on Air Mail Preparedness Program
The Chamber of Commerce appointed John H. Powell L. J. Colman and W. J. Boeing to lead the air mail preparedness program. The trio was chosen on recommendations from national affairs chair Piles and state legislative chair Powell of the chamber.
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Beatth
Chamber of Commerce
John H. Powell
L. J. Colman
W. J. Boeing
Piles
National Affairs Committee
Powell
State Legislative Committee
Chamber
Socialists Claim Only 25 Percent Control in Reichstag
Vienna dispatch notes the German Socialists led by Ebert hold only 25 percent of the 397 seats in the Reichstag, signaling a fragile minority government. The report suggests the ruling bloc is a rump modernized by remnants of the old regime.
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Reichstag
Vienna
Germany
Ebert
British Adm Sims wins cheers as ally in war
Special to The Star by N. Be. A from London reports Admiral Sims enjoys broad popularity in Britain and among officials for his naval leadership. The piece notes Anglo American forces form a unified navy, his jokes at costs to Britain, and Balfour’s remark trusting him to handle Britain’s wartime case.
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Admiral Sims
Admiralty
Sims
America
British officer held by Bolsheviki in Stockholm
A British army officer held by Bolsheviki says his guards were not bad men and claimed they served the Bolshevists only because they could find no other work in Stockholm. The special dispatch by N. KE. A. notes the circumstances surrounding his detention on December 16.
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N. KE. A
Stock Holm
Spanish Influenza Deadly Threat Warns of Winter Surge
Public health officials urge vigilance as influenza death toll surpasses wartime losses in recent weeks. Citizens are advised to avoid crowds, cover coughs, avoid shared cups, and use germicidal air. Bartell Drug Co promotes Hyomel inhaler as protection against infection.
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Third Avenue
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Spokane
Berkowitz
Washington St
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Ning Co
Smith Building
Dresden
John H. Mines
Next of Kinseeowess Bismark
Victor M. Mines
Emile F Meystre
Naches
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Laeut
Jack M. Corbett
John & Vandel
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Coddington
Richandt Finn
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Chriatoffernen
Prom
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Lothaire
Kerchhot
Elmer Johnson
Eerses
Ernest N. Scholet
Jodwon C. Hooker
Lawrence P. Johnmon
Robert Fuatt Santee
Raymond O. Scheibner
Exler
Arthur R. Whitney
Ceeses Waroner
Leonard T. Row
Gecees
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George F. Kime
Eseneuns
Raymond Fo Guptill
Andrew Oormeim
Maynard G. Hart
Cee
Ward RK. Bogue
Herbert Christensen
N. Hanchenike
Mookatie
Silas H. Corbett Beattie
Claiborne Yandel Tacoma
Painte Coddington
Republic -Ooe
Margaret Finn Opportunity
Imen C. Thayer
Tacoma -Cooe
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Tenehi Bureka
Lawie Kerekhot Hoquiam
Khmer Anderson Lacropee
Adolph H. Scholx Poor
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Joan RS Peterson
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Stanley L. Whitney
Riteville
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