Defend Mexico City as Villa Threatens Capital
The provisional government has moved to Orizaba with Gen. Carranza and Gen. Obregon controlling Mexico City. Obregon says the army is ready to defend the principles of the Mexican revolution as Villista forces move toward Cueretaro and Mexico City authority shifts amid Carranza’s vacillating policy.
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University to cut freshman enrollment with entrance exam
University of Washington plans to require all prospective students to take an entrance examination before acceptance. President Landes says the move aims to reduce heavy term starts and subsequent failures. Current term enrolled about twelve hundred freshmen. next year expected around six hundred.
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Hart
Germans Resume Attack on Allies with Their Big Guns
Paris reports that on November 19 the Germans renewed a tremendous bombardment against Allied positions using heavy artillery.
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Paris
Cascarets Advertised as Quick Health Cure
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly bowel cleanser to relieve headaches biliousness and liver congestion. The copy claims a 10 cent box clears the head in the morning and notes war updates from the Western European front with Allied advances near Arras and unconfirmed Lille developments.
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Arras
Teutonic
Lille
Mre Despair Seeks Rest Amidst Heat of Labor
A distressed woman laments endless toil and fatigue while a man offers a brisk cure using Fels-Naptha soap. The exchange portrays hardship and a gleam of relief through a simple domestic remedy.
Uncover in Rain to Honor Roberts Funeral
Thousands stood uncovered in a cold drizzle as the late Field Marshal Lord Roberts funeral procession moved from Charing Cross to St Pauls cathedral. The 8000-strong escort included Canadian and Indian troops with the casket bearing Roberts plumed hat sword medals and wreaths from king Belgium War Minister Kitchener and Generals Joffre and French. Roberts favorite horse trailed with reversed boots.
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Joffre
Sage Tea Dandy to Darken Hair
An old time Sage Tea and Sulphur compound promises to darken gray hair overnight. A 50 cent Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur bottle is sold at drug stores and reputedly makes hair lustrous and even in color, while stopping dandruff and itching.
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Wyeth
Nellie Burnside named candidate for King County school board
Mrs. Nellie M. Burnside, president of the Legislative Federation of King county, was unanimously chosen by a women’s group at the Y M C A to run for the school board. The election on December 6 will fill two seats. Burnside, wife of John L. Burnside, resides at 1632 85th Ave and leads a federation with 225 delegates and about 3000 members.
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Washington Good Roads meet opens in Spokane
Mayor Hindley welcomes about 300 delegates at the 15th annual Washington State Good Roads convention in the Davenport hotel. Speakers include Samuel Fill and Governor Lister.
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Hindley
Washington State Good Roads Association
Davenport Hotel
Samuel Fill
Lister
Three Houses Burn in Rainier Avenue Fire
Three fires caused $7,600 in damage Wednesday night. Houses at 3858 and 3861 Rainier Ave owned by J. L. Smith were destroyed by fire likely incendiary. kerosene soaked rags found nearby. The Tremper home in Lincoln Beach also burned. burglars suspected as the house was unoccupied.
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J. L. Smith
J. 8. Tremper
Lincoln Beach
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