France braces for fourth year of war amid faith and reform
France faces a hard winter of war with political change under Clemenceau as the country holds to financial security. Cabinet unity and new measures restore food supply control, stabilize prices, and ease coal shortages, after a year of unrest and promises of renewed national will.
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France
Germany
Clemenceau
Prange
Marke
Legislative Assembly
Artetide Dirtand
Nene Viviani
Alexander Hibot
Georges Clemenceau
Louecheur
Clavenie
Alo
Jaywalkers Take Notice in Seattle
Harrisburg dispatch describes a traffic officer directing a runaway horse along Market Street. The horse bolted toward Third Street as onlookers watched. Officer Smith halted it with a raised white glove, keeping the path clear until the owner arrived.
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Seattle
Harrisburg
Freight backlog in Northwest Puget Sound rail yards
Freight totaling 200 700 tons backs up in Seattle area yards as a joint committee of railroad and steamship officials reviews findings from the car commission of the national defense division. Delays trace to late loading of ships with low rate freight and mismanaged scheduling. A sub committee report advocates embargoes on exporting freight arriving at western points until steamship reservations are confirmed.
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Puget Sound
Car Commission
National Defense Division
American Railway Association
Seattle
James N. O'Neill
Wbautern
Salesmen Banquet Speech Warns on National Duty
Carl K. Crowson spoke at the fifth annual salesmen banquet in the new Masonic temple urging travelers to stimulate demand and take responsibility for guiding national destiny. He tied economic success to liberty and independence while stressing the industrial problem and duty of merchants.
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America
Man Toman
Carl K. Crowson
New Masonic Temple
Harvard
Pine
Insurance for Our Sammies Beats Record
Washington reports a wartime rush on war risk insurance with 194,222 applications filed by American servicemen. Total coverage amounts to 1.665 billion dollars, with an average per man near 8,574 dollars. Applications continue at a rapid pace with about 55 new filings daily.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Perhappe
Bureau
Military and Naval Division of War Risk Insurance
Inside the New National Museum Insurance Division
Willard Streight, a New York banker and magazine editor, leads a vast insurance operation described as the largest in the world. With about 1,000 workers now and adding 100 to 200 weekly, the workforce is expected to grow to several thousands in six months as claim experts process official papers behind frosted glass doors.
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Ttm
New National Museum
Renius
Willard Streight
New York
Eight more clerks added to Tacoma post office
Staff Correspondent reports at Camp Lewis Tacoma that eight additional clerks will join the post office force to handle mail for the camp, expanding local postal capacity and service during the despatch period.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Remarkable Women Coats Sale Lots Offer Wide Assortments
Two lot sale features women and misses coats with many sizes and fabrics. Prices emphasize value with coats from 23.50 to 238.50 reduced to 14.96 while styles mirror next season’s models. Readily available in wanted colors and high grade options.
After-Christmas Sale Delivers Women’s Suits at Half Price
A large group of women and misses suits offered at deep discounts from $18.75 to $150. Semi tailored and novelty styles in wool serges poplins gabardines velours in navy green brown black sizes. All in one lot at 15.00 23.50. High grade fabrics at 23.50 after Christmas sale.
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Avery
Fraser-Paterson Co
Women’s Lever Dresses in After-Christmas Sale
Women's lever dresses for street, office, and business wear priced down from 25.00 to 15.00. Styles in messaline, satin, wool serge, and silk blends in navy, black, burgundy, taupe, green, and gray. Earlier values ranged 23.50 to 46.00 with 27.50 to 46.00 noted.
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LEVER
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Dr. Walker
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Wilkesie Vlayerrs
Elliott
Palace Hip Continguews
Marcerita Piecher
Wilson's Lions
Marjorie Lake & Co
Gaiety Theatre
Wirst
Madison
Paris Models
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Aftter
Bolivia
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