American Sergeant Pilot Buckley Returns After War Service
Or Sergt. Pilot E. T. Buckley of Chicago is back in America after about 20 months in World War I. He joined the French Foreign Legion in 1916 and flew with Escadrille Spad, serving with the Lafayette Flying Corps. He was shot down in September, captured, endured harsh treatment, and escaped four times, finally making his way to rejoin his unit in France.
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E. T. Buckley
Chicago
Kelbourne
America
Huns
Buckley
University of Illinois
Foreign Legion of France
Nungesser
Escadrille Spad
Baron Richthofen
Lafayette Flying Corps
Verdun
France
Why Christian Should Join the Church
A sermon argues Christians should join and support a church. It claims guilds and clandestine faith harm the cause, while church membership concentrates effort under one commander. It cites social value, joy, and divine purpose, noting hypocrites exist but Christ remains true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Jesus
Christ’s Church
AU Lodges
Church
Jesus Christ
Doctor Lorimer
Abraham's servant seeks wife for Isaac in Genesis tale
A teaching outline explains Abraham's plan to secure a wife for Isaac from his kin. The servant swears an oath, seeks guidance through prayer, and finds Rebecca. She agrees to marry Isaac, who awaits her return and finds comfort beside her.
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Abraham
Isaac
God
Rebecca
Christ
God the
Heavenly Father
Father
Jesus Christ
Prohibition Aims to Shape Labor Economy and War Aid
The piece argues prohibition alone cannot fully secure fair profits for labor or protect investors but will curb waste and aid justice during the crisis. It cites savings of 2.25 billion annually and notes the WCTU has funded ambulances kitchens relief efforts in France and at home. It highlights wartime prohibition, soldiers relief, and postwar reconstruction plans by the White Ribbon group.
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Rome
Daniel C. Poling
Ww. Cc. T. U
France
Liberty
Red Cross
W. C. T. U. War Service Committee
Lord Milner Seen As Public Servant Of Empire
Edward Marshall portrays Lord Milner as a highly approachable public servant who values service over power. He emphasizes Milner’s aim to knit the British empire in true democracy, empower workers, and develop natural resources for the public good, with defeat of Germany and allied rights as core goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Milner
Edward Marshall
London
Oxford
Mr. Asquith
British Empire
Germany
New Ambassador to Britain Davis Chosen by Wilson
President Wilson selects John W. Davis of West Virginia to succeed Walter Hines Page as ambassador to Great Britain. Davis, formerly solicitor general, headed the American delegation at the Berne conference on prisoner exchanges. A former congressman from West Virginia, he rose in Democratic politics after graduating from Washington and Lee and the University of Virginia.
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Wilson
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Mr. Davis
United States
Switzerland
Washington
Congress
Davis
Clarksburg
W. Va
Washington and Lee University
University of Virginia
Italy's Warrior Prince Humbert Leads Young Forces at Front
The fourteen year old Prince Umberto of Italy, heir to the throne and head of the Young Explorers, has joined actual military service near the front. He has flown in airplanes, steered warships, and visited frontline troops, finding pride in his repeated front-line trips and friendships with soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Umberto
Italy
Principe di Piedmont
Humbert
Nicholas Thomas Jean Marie
Victor Emmanuel
Young Explorers
Boy Scouts
America
Spirit of Christ grows sweeter with Bible reading
A short religious note quotes a translation of a Rom a ine line praising continual Bible study. It asserts that the more one reads the Bible the sweeter it becomes and the more one enters the Spirit of Christ.
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Spirit
Christ
Romaine
The Cross Is Peace and Crown of Joy Reflected
A fragment reflecting religious themes of peace through the cross and joy through the crown, expressing simple faith and hope enduring over time.
Bryan argues state rights vanish when states push prohibition
Mr. William J. Bryan says state rights objections fade when a state wants prohibition and supports federal enforcement. He notes Southern states like Georgia Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas Virginia and Florida voted solidly for the amendment, with South and North Carolina mostly in support as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Virginia
Florida
Congress
South Carolina
North Carolina
British Officers Favor Liquor Prohibition On Navy Ships
A Freeman article notes growing sympathy among British officers for the American ships’ total abstinence from liquor. Royal Navy personnel admire the anti liquor rules and wish for similar policy on their vessels, with many preferring the prohibition to the old regime.
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Lewis R. Freeman
Royal Navy
The
Outlook
War Cold Comfort Debate Cites Whisky Warmth
The advocate argues whisky gives warming comfort while soldiers endure cold trenches. Science accepts the feeling but disputes the reality noting skin heat comes at the expense of internal organs. Dr William L Reid notes the physiological trade off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Reid
Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Back Pain Sufferer
Jno Bleamke Jr of Chicago describes severe back and head pain with frequent, scanty colored urine from lumbago. After using Doan's Kidney Pills he reports full recovery and urges kidney sufferers to try the remedy.
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Jno
Bleamke, Jr
Courtland St
Chicago
Ill
Dean
Doan
Memory recital echoes old court feud over $30
In a dramatic cross examination the ad verse witness recalls a past event linking a shabby suit and a loan between fathers. The exchange pivots on a $30 sum, framed as a nontrivial detail about propriety and repayment in the lead up to a bar admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Freezone Corn Remedy Advertised as Painless
An advertisement touts Freezone for corns claiming instant relief without pain. A tiny bottle costs a few cents and reportedly removes hard and soft corns and calluses between toes with no irritation. The ad cites a Cincinnati inventor as the source of the discovery.
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Cincinnati
Cuticura Beauty Ad Promotes Soap and Ointment
The Cuticura ad touts cleansing and beautifying skin hands and hair with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Dept X Boston, with prices 25 cents each. The line ends with a slogan about an unbeatable egg.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
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Rev
Howard W. Pope
Moody Bible Institute
Acts
Britain
P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Mr. Bleamke
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Parker
Stoaken Greiner
Perry, Fla
Pennsylvania
Ohio
C. B. Barber
Union City
New Haven Register
Ian Piiso
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