What the Boys Think and Other Readables
Editorials and anecdotes note the World War I ideals and League of Nations hopes. Included are reflections from Stars and Stripes, a London Globe quip, a Boston correction scene, light humor from Everybody’s Magazine, and a local notice: John Tachacher of Hemingford, in the Suh Engineers, Company C, back from France to Washington Barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Fields of Eden
America
Orange
California
Wile
Stars and Stripes
The
A. B
John Tachacher
Hemingford
Suh Engineers
Hase
France
Washington Barracks
D. C
Canton News Notes Highlights Local Moves and Births
George Finherly leases the Meeker place for a year and plans to move in within three weeks. Carey Johnson’s baby boy born March 12, first son in a five-child family. Dr. Hurd from Hemingford visits. Meetings and visits by residents from Mitchell, Canon, Scotia, Douglass county, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Earl Foster sells near Aldine, buys seven quarters from John Shimek north of Canton, to move soon. Shimek sells for health reasons and proximity to town. Powell family visits relatives in Canton. A masque ball at Curly school. Dyer family moves to John Moravek place. Dyer brother of Lorn Dyer. Welcomes new families. two new Canton post office patrons Meade and Abrams. Curry pending sale of his place. Emil Murphy buys Albert Lee holdings northwest of Curry for twelve fifty per acre. J N Peale of Broken Bow passes through Alliance. The Herald, $2.00, worth more.
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Earl Foster
Aldine
John Shimek
Canton
Mr. Shimek
J. B. Curry
Emil Murphy
Albert Lee
Curry
Brash anecdotes on moonshine life and odd manners
A collage of 19th and early 20th century vignettes includes a clergyman mocked for advising a painting wife, Lena the overbearing wife of a moonshiner, a sleepy railroad tale with block system jokes, and a child’s awkward park candy remark.
Inside Bathing For Health Wash With Lime Stone Phosphate
An article extols internal sanitation via daily hot water with lime stone phosphate to cleanse the bowels. It claims indigestible daily residue feeds bacteria and toxins enter the blood, urging a quarter to half a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning to prevent headaches biliousness constipation and stale taste.
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Graying Hair
Advertisement promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkening product. It claims gray hair disappears after one or two applications and that the result is glossy and youthful. The formula is positioned as a cosmetic, not a medicine, for daily use with drugs store availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Iid Kan Coe
Nebraska War Savings Drive Urges Pledges For 1919
County reports praise progress as local War Savings Stamps campaigns push to match 1918 figures. Charles Kountze urges full civic effort to fund government and support returning soldiers, with Franklin noting key duties for freedmen and facilities. The drive seeks pledges, thrift, and sustained purchase across every household to back soldiers and national service.
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Nebraska
Charles T. Kountre
Kountze
Treasury Department
Franklin
Pliny
Washington
Right Road to Happiness
A concise moral note asserts happiness comes from unselfish work for others, while those seeking personal happiness remain dissatisfied. The text contrasts selfless effort with self-centered pursuit.
Soldiers Learn the German Language in Germany Letter
A soldier in Coblenz comments on studying German in night schools with classes in German, French and Spanish. He compares Coblenz to Lincoln Nebraska, notes local sights, and jokes about language fluency and wine. He expects to remain abroad longer and mentions future letters home.
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France
Germany
Coblenz
Plattsburg
Lincoln
Nebraska
Stadt
Missouri River
Hoboken
Lord Chesterfield
Scott
Harold S. Thomas
3Rd Army
E. F
Wanted ads and sale notices mix from Nebr and Island
A fragmented classified item lists help wanted for gardening, phone numbers, sale of fifty mammoth jacks owned by M. T. Bernard on Sand Island Nebraska, with additional contact lines for G. W. Nation Alliance and other broken phrases referencing property and porridge?
For Sale Buff Orpington Eggs From Free Range Hens
Buff Orpington eggs from hens bred to lay with wide range offered at 7 dollars per 100 eggs. Selected stock. Phone 8212 Mrs. J. A. Keegan. 16 41 7838. Found seven geldings including gray and five bays, owner to pay costs for keeping and proof of ownership. O. S. Brush Alliance Nebr 16-tf-7842.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Keegan
O. S. Brush
Alliance
Son of T. K. Gilshannon Dies in France
T. K. Gilshannon returned from Thermoplis Wyoming after months away and learned by telegram of his son’s death in France on January 22. This marked the first word the family received about the loss.
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Thomas
T. K. Gilshannon
Thermoplis
Wyoming
France
Suc
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad for Kidney Health
An old time advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules claiming to cleanse kidneys and digestive organs to defer old age. It promotes capsules as a standard remedy for aging, with instructions to take multiple drops then consider a daily capsule after restoration. It claims money back if not effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golty
Haarlem
Tortelesa Capeniia
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Alliance Herald
London Globe
Boston
Clarita
Everybody's Magazine
Youngstown
Canton News Notes
George Finherly
Meeker
J. W. Scott
Carey Jhonson
Mrch
Carey
Dr. Hurd
Mr. Bennett
Mitchell
Vera Reed
Dillard Ryan
Alma Robb
Canon
George
L. Wagner
Mies Maude Ward
Douglass County
Kansas
Oklahoma
A. S. Powell
Gering
W. Zimmerman
Curly
G. E.dyer
Bertrand
John Moravek Place
Dyer
Lorn Dyer
Pearl Bass Place
Robert Mitchell
Homer Meade
William Abrams
Winside
Abrams
Dave Paul
Mr. Meade
Margaret Boutler
J. N. Peale
Broken Bow
the Herald
Lloyd’s Col’m
New York Times
Ee George
Lena
Lsanile Hoy
Hotel Conan
Omaha
Mits
Bath
R&s
Leeds
Materte
Peter Pee
Davies
Mmasea Ruralist
S Watch Department
Reber
W. J. Leo
M. T. Bernard
Iand Island
Nebr
G. W. Nation Alliance
Scott & Bowne
Alliance Creamery
the Alliance Creamery
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