Propaganda Refuted by a Home Front Y M C A Pamphlet Drive
Paris reports American pamphlets prepared by the Y M C A educational bureau are distributed in French schools and homes. Three pamphlets by Dr John Erskine Carl Holliday and P A F Appelboom explain America's ideals aims and aid to the Allies, presented in clear language for primary to college levels.
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Paris
America
Educational Bureau
Department of Public Instruction of
France
United States
John Erskine
Columbia University
Carl Holliday
Amer
Ican
University of Toledo
Holliday
P. A. F. Appelboom
University of Kansas
Red Triangle
Appelboom
Httle
Pastor Lets Captain Do His Cussing in Seattle
In Seattle Rev. Frank Beistel, pastor of the Holy Trinity Church and a shipyard worker, says when steel falls on his thumb he calls Capt. N. G. Taylor to handle the cussing for him. Taylor admits the arrangement and offers to swear on behalf of the pastor.
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Seattle
Wash
Frank 8. Beistel
Holy Trinity Church
N. G. Taylor
Taylor
U S Efforts in France Counter Propaganda
The literature argues that American pamphlets offset enemy propaganda in France, showing the U S built a large army in a year after declaring war and continued to supply food, ammunition, and credits to Allied efforts.
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France
America
United States
Alles
Low Flying Allied Planes Break German Resistance
A British air force veteran notes the rising effectiveness of low flying allied aircraft in countering German forces on the western front. The tactic disrupts transport, wounds morale, and supports ground troops as raids shred supply lines, ammo dumps, and enemy columns, with examples near village X where a pilot’s bombing and strafing decimate carts and mounted troops.
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London
Hamel
Too Much For Hero He Fails to Write Lieutenant's Death Letter
Paris diary describes a captain of infantry on a terrace with doughboy respect. He recalls leading men as shellfire kills Lieutenant K and others. Overwhelmed by loss he cannot write the letter to the lieutenant's family, and a sergeant steps in to help.
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Paris
Leutenants
Boy Seeks Farm Work Loan In Wichita
Verner Ditus a twelve year old from Burdette Kansas seeks a seed wheat loan via the Wichita Loan Bank under a new farm loan plan. He owns a horse and a cow each valued at 50 dollars and uses his father's machinery. He asks for 300 dollars on a 100 acre tract. The Pawnee Brook farm agent vouches for his good reputation. parents must sign mortgages.
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Wichita
Kan
Verner Ditus
Burdette
Wichita Loan Bank
L. M. Bastabrook
Ditus
Pawbrook
Freezone promises painless corn relief for feet
Advert says Freezone cures hard and soft corns and calluses with zero pain in minutes. A tiny bottle, sold by druggists for a few cents, claims instant relief and easy removal by fingers. Describes Freezone as the discovery of a Cincinnati genius.
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Cincinnati
Poor Material for Warmth on Washington Street
A mother and daughter hurried across Washington street after a theater night. The daughter, in a filmy white silk skirt, braved rain and wind, pulling the skirt down at curbside and sprinting into shelter near the Merchants' Bank. The exchange shows the mother's quips about warming ears and modest attire.
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Washington Street
Meridian
Mother
Daughter
Merchants’ Bank
Indianapolis News
Water Mind You Squibbs and Scilly Flowers
A playful exchange notes that three fourths of earth is water. The squibbs compare that to bathing beach girls. It mentions the Scilly islands yielding 700 tons of flowers for perfume yearly under normal conditions. Plato is invoked in a line about self conquering as victory.
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Squabbs
Squibbs
Scilly Islands
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E. A. Batchelor
Signal Corps
Young K
Casey
Boy
Kansas
Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Louisville Courier-Journal
Plato
Joo
Abe
New York
Castoria
yBears
Sydney Bulletin
Spohn’s
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen, Ind
U. S
Carter
Arter
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