Bands Clash With Marseillaise As Joffre Reviews Troops
In France during a December review, five Sammy bands played the Marseillaise while Marshal Joffre rode by, with mixed reception from Poilu bands. One band mocked the anthem with French slang and discord, while others gave passable performances. A Poilu band later tried The Star Spangled Banner but offered unconventional trills and flourishes.
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Press
France
Vhands
Sammy
Marshal Joffre
Meatless meals touted as healthier and economical
A feature promotes meatless days with Dr. Starvey Wiley endorsing health and economy. It provides multiple veg based recipes including Lima beans, cauliflower, and potato paste dishes, a barley cream soup, and a prepared sauce, all with step by step instructions and quantities.
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Starvey Wiley
Blood and Iron Policy and Peptiron Tonic Claim
The piece promotes an iron tonic named Peptiron claiming it builds strength for peace and war. It asserts the product combines iron with pepsin and tonics to aid anemia thin blood nerve debility and digestion and urges taking one or two pills after meals for rapid results.
Means Freed of Murder May Face New York Charge
Means acquitted in Concord North Carolina of murdering Mrs Maude A King a wealthy widow. District Attorney Bwann said he may indict Means in New York for alleged forgery and embezzlement claiming Mrs Kings will was forged and her funds embezzled. He will confer with Assistant District Attorney Dooling who aided the prosecution earlier.
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United Press
New York
Concord
N.C
Mra
Maude A. King
Bwann
Labor Commission Arrives in St Paul to Probe Minnesota Strike
A federal arbitration commission led by Secretary of Labor Wilson arrived in St Paul to investigate Minnesota labor troubles that escalated last Thursday with a general walkout. Governor Burnquist planned to meet the panel, with a meeting to be held tomorrow expected to resolve differences.
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United Press
Soldier Boy Bandits Caught in Portland
Military authorities take charge of Clarence Utrocka and Fred Mendrix two soldiers from Camp Lewis on furlough who confessed to multiple holdups in Portland over the past days.
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United Press
Portland
Ldice
Clarance Utrocka
Fred Mendrix
Camp Lewis
Christmas Seals Sold By Women's Club at Post Office
Members of the Women’s Tuesday Club ran the stamp sales for Christmas Seals. Packages should bear a Red Cross tuberculosis seal, available at the post office.
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Red Cross
Women's Tuesday Club
Wholesale Fruit and Produce Prices Listed
A scrambled OCR list shows varied produce items with prices per crate or per unit. Items include artichokes onions lettuce oranges apples pears apples and pears from regions such as California and Yakima with several price figures and quantity indicators.
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Vorut Ablas Artichokes
Veame Reece Fepecsvntere Tiewesels Spronte
Fabbage
Core
Cocambers
Gartie Lees
Crete Lettece
California
Los Angeles
Omione
Lister criticizes short sighted labor policy in Tacoma
Gov. Lister urged mutual discussion over labor disputes between lumbermen, shipbuilders, and employers. He opposed legislative strikes by workers and called for dialogue between management and workers to avoid wartime supply disruptions. He defended nine to ten percent I W W agitators as non trouble makers and stressed profits wages and hours should not block war needs for spruce and fir.
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Tacoma
Northwest
Gov
Lister
Mason Methodist Church
Meat strikers remain firm in Seattle packing houses
The second week of the strike in Seattle packing houses and retail shops opened with all plants operating at half speed. Amalgamated Butchers' union officers faced a Superior Court order to justify why an injunction should not bar them from picketing five Seattle retailers. The retailers seek $1,155 in damages while the union claims the suit is bunk. Meat cutters continue working on sidewalks of the Master Butchers' association.
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Amalgamated Butchers’ Union
Mackintosh
British Subjects in U S Face Draft Call
In Beattie every man must decide to volunteer or wait for treaties that may compel service. A letter from General White of the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission will outline enlistment terms and pay. A recruiting officer is at 115 James St as about 176000 British subjects of draft age reside in the United States.
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Hiiton
Beattie
Pirig
W.W. A. White
GO. C
James St
United States
Sixth Annual Newspaper Institute at University of Washington
The sixth annual newspaper institute on the University of Washington campus will be held January 17 to 19. About 150 delegates are expected to attend.
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University of Washington
Charles H Clarke Appointed King County War Savings Chairman
Charles H Clarke president of Kelley Clarke company and director at Union Savings Trust, joins the Seattle Federal Reserve board. Saturday he succeeded James D Hoge as King County chairman of Washington state U S war savings committee after Hoge resigned to attend to business.
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Charles H. Clarke
Kelley Clarke Company
Union Savings & Trust Company
Seattle
The
Federal Reserve Bank
King County
Washington State
United States War Savings Committee
James D Hoge
Instruction in mathematics and history for military students
The National League for Women's Service offers courses in mathematics and history for soldiers and sailors at the Soldiers and Sailors' club Fourth and Cherry. Dr Edward McMahon teaches history and Prof. A F Carpenter handles mathematics with French to be added soon.
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Soldiers and Sailors
National League For Women's Service
Soldiers and Sailors’ Club
Fourth and
Cherry
Edward McMahon
A. F. Carpenter
Cedar Chests Offered As Acceptable Gift Choices
Several attractive Tennessee Red Cedar Chests in plain and brass bound period designs are priced from 12.50 to 35.00. Workmen have placed sweet scented shavings in the chests enhancing the cedar aroma for storage.
Mahogany Trays Go on Sale in Two Sizes
Mahogany finished trays with glass bottoms and handles offered in two sizes. The 13 by 19 inch tray is priced at $1.49 each and the smaller 11 by 17 inch tray at $1.19 each. Deals available at the special sale.
Community Silver Gift De Luxe flatware price list
The ad lists Community Silver Gift De Luxe flatware sets with six piece per set prices for dessert spoons bouillion spoons tablespoons soup spoons and other items including knives forks gravy ladles tomato servers sugar tongs salad forks butter spreaders and oyster forks with varying prices from $1.50 to $34.50 and totals around $4.25 to $86.00. It references per set pricing and set counts for multiple items.
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