Weagant Invents Static Free Wireless Telegraphy Breakthrough
Roy A Weagant chief engineer at the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America unveils a wireless invention that removes static and interference enabling clear radio messages under all conditions. It eliminates the need for tall towers, requires antennas just feet from ground, and is ranked second only to Marconi in importance. The government withheld details until peace treaties are signed.
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Roy A. Weagant
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America
Marconi
Weagant
United States
Fraulein Baumer Diary Anticipates German Reply to Wilson
Extracts from Fraulein Gertrud Baumer and Alice Salomon in Berlin recount October entries critical of President Wilson. They label Wilson as an arrogant school master and describe German calls for mercy and a hardened stance after armistice terms.
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Fraulein Gertrud Baumer
Berlin
Wilson
Fraulein Baumer
Alice Salomon
Woodrow Wilson
National Council of Women of Germany
TALKING WITH THE BIRDMEN
Col. Clarence C. Culver of Washington is credited by the war department for developing the wireless telephone that lets airmen send and receive messages from the ground during flight. He details experiments from 1910 to 1917, noting gradual adoption and that no new invention was created, only adaptation of known laws.
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Clarence C. Culver
Washington
War Department
Culver
Chatsworth
Cal
San Diego
France
Captain Moffett to command new US battleship Mississippi
Captain William A. Moffett, commandant at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, is reassigned to command the new superdreadnought Mississippi. He built Great Lakes from 2,000 to 75,000 capacity and sent 91,000 sailors to sea, earning wide recognition as a stabilizing mentor and guardian of recruit welfare.
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William A. Moffett
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Mississippi
United States
Captain Moffett
Great Lakes
Middle West
Bluejacket
A Man’s Knowledge Shines Beyond His Words
An aphorism notes that true expertise shows in deeds not talk. It argues that boastful claims reveal shallow understanding, while competence speaks through actions rather than empty bravado.
Practical tips on economical fowl meals and home craft
The article offers methods to maximize fowl value through roasting with stuffing and using leftovers for soups and savory dishes. It also covers curtain laundering, washing blankets on windy days, repairing shoes with leather patches, and glue use, ending with a short Emerson quote on friendship.
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Madras
Practical homemaking tips from a bygone guide
A sequence of kitchen and household advice covers cooking with leftovers rice in soups and puddings, serving etiquette, renovating velvet hats with steam, growing parsley, starting spring seeds, preventing splatter with a paper bag on egg beaters, carrying flaxseed for travel, eye first aid with seed gel, and cleaning tips using kerosene and tar treatments.
Christmas Red Cross Roll Call Urges Universal Service
The week of December 16 to 23 is Red Cross roll call to enlist in the Army of Service. The appeal targets all adults for a $1 membership and ongoing relief work for refugees orphans and families of soldiers. Also highlights good will boxes clothing and salvage from old items to fund War Savings stamps.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Every Woman Loves Furs in Midwinter Style Trends
The article extols furs as a luxurious, practical investment for women, noting wide seasonal variety from short mufflers to long capes. It highlights sets, scarves, hats, and coats in mink, hudson seal, sable, and other pelts, with new details like satin linings and fur buttons.
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Legion
Perspiration Stains and Home Remedy Bleaching
The article explains that perspiration stains can be boiled out of white fabrics but often ruin colored materials. It suggests bleaching with washing soda dissolved in hot water to restore whiteness, noting the loss of color on colored garments but the appeal of snowy white.
Amber Blouses Replace Pink In Fashion
Ample use of flesh pink gives way to amber tones described as a gold en shade from sunlight through clear amber. Simple blouses like a tucked batiste gain exclusivity with amber, while amber chiffon and organdie trimmed with filet lace command higher prices.
Women urged to study nursing and use Dr Pierce tonic at home
The piece portrays women aiding the war effort from home through hard work and sacrifice. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a non alcoholic tonic for nervousness and fatigue, with testimonials and a spur to read the Medical Adviser booklet.
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Medical Adviser
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Kekomo
Ind
Belgae
J. A. McGee
E. Taylor
Was His Own Fault
An elder laments a beating scene as a man protests that the attacker is not his kin. He notes the aggressor is from a neighboring family and often returns after healing for more abuse. The dialogue captures rural humor and community tension reflected in a Kansas City Star excerpt.
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Brother Johnson
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
All's Catarrh Medicine Advertised by F J Cheney
An old advertisement promotes All's Catarrh Medicine as curative for catarrh citing internal use and action on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years with testimonials offered free. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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ALL
HALL
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad in 1900s Paper
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for vitality and energy by purifying blood, claiming noticeable effects soon. It notes a 60 cent price and includes a jokey close with a party line and a barroom sight gag about eyesight.
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Grove
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