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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1917
Page
9
Christmas shopping prompts early buying at Fuchs Cash Department Store with a display of Teddy Bears in multiple sizes and prices. Featured toys include battery eye-lighted bears, movable head bears, and various size wagons, pile driver toys, and farm wagon setups offered to attract children and parents.
Merchants across all lines plan extensive artistic window displays for visiting patrons. The event runs during the week with December 1 as the date when the best displays will be shown.
A catalog note lists Velocipedes with and without rubber tires in child sizes. It also describes reed and metal doll carriages and perambulators in tin and veil, dated 1885.
Advertises Kewpie Twin Shoes for boys and girls in multiple sizes and colors with prices from 3.00 to 3.75. Also promotes Cygolf Shoes for young men and ladies shoes priced 5.50 to 8.00. Sells handkerchiefs, and a selection of unbreakable dolls in various sizes with prices from 25c to 1.98.
Wilmington Red Cross reports full mobilization of Hospital Supply section in December to craft dressings for France. Donations from city units and individuals fuel knitting of sweaters, socks, pillows, bed shirts, and bags. Reports cover multiple local units, November totals, and signed appreciation from Camp Caswell and Y M C A officials.
London district officials review facial hair and order uniform policy. Charlie Chaplin style mustaches are banned with directive to wear full length mustaches or none.
United Press reports Washington figures show threefold rise in million dollar incomes taxed from 1914 to 1917. Congress ponders if growth reflects wartime fortunes or new tax uncoveries. Totals show distributions across income brackets and marital filing status as IRS releases detailed returns.
Petrograd dispatch reports British Foreign Secretary Buchanan refusing to answer Trotsky's note and the Bolshevik peace proposals. He states Britain cannot respond until the Soviet government is recognized and fully approves any negotiated terms after 19 hours’ delay. The exchange comes amid negotiations with Germany and Allied caution.
Report notes the distribution of delegates from districts including cadets and partners. It mentions Trotsky and Maden among those counted as the Constituent Assembly results are tallied and reported. The summary references 74,065 companions and a class valued between $3,000 and $4,000.
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