Soldier in a Harem Newspaper Letter From Egypt
Private John Wallace Davis of the London Trish Rifles writes from Alexandria about a convalescent stay in the sultan's city. He describes white and gold fittings in his bedroom and a marble reading room with divans and Egyptian servants. The joke ends with a sergeant noting his medal may be hidden from his mother because he did not write about it in turn.
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Tam
John Wallace Davis
London Trish Rifles
Indies
Egypt
Alexandria
Brighter Now. First Scout Suggests a Plan
First Scout asks for guidance and considers actions to improve the situation. Second Scout responds with confidence about shining a light and moving forward.
The Womanless Dance Popular in the Naval Reserve
The manless dance originated in the West and the womanless dance has become the popular trend in the naval reserve with reports from the Naval Reserve.
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West
Naval Reserve
How to Judge Fresh Fish and Proper Cleaning Tips
A practical guide on selecting fresh fish, scaling, gutting, and cooking methods. Includes boiling in cheesecloth, frying with seasoned corn meal, and a fish salad recipe with potatoes, lemon juice, watercress, and a vinegared dressing. Notes on salt cod and wisdom from Cowper.
Summer Dishes Feature Green Peas With Lettuce And More
A compact guide to seasonal vegetables offering recipes for Green Peas Cooked With Lettuce Rochester Soup Asparagus Salad and Creamed Onions. The directions cover peeling blanching steaming simmering and making light sauces with butter substitutes and flour.
Promises Farewell for Soldier and Sweetheart
A humorous London Opinion recounts a young soldier bidding farewell to ten admirers before heading to the trenches. He vows to write long letters and kiss a picture nightly, confessing hopes there will be little fighting over there.
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London
Freckles Remedy Ad Sparks Wartime Ad Copy
An advertisement touts Othine double strength as a guaranteed remedy to remove freckles with nightly and morning applications. It claims most freckles disappear and lighter ones vanish entirely, underscoring a money back guarantee. Also notes wartime driving guidance using white roadside posts for night visibility.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Fletcher
Wwe
Ady
France
New Orleans Times-Pleayune
Puzzled Reporter Sees Marriage Quality Tied to Harmony
A puzzled reporter muses that marrying a woman he naturally agrees with yields a good husband, while discordous pairing means a bad husband. The piece hints that couples forced to study each other and discuss to avoid conflict may still have tense relations and troubled children.
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Wong
Young Helsingfors Becomes European Capital Long Ago
Helsingfors, now the capital of Finland, ranks as one of Europe’s younger capitals. About a century ago Czar Alexander I moved the seat from Abo after Finland’s annexation by Russia, deeming Abo too close to Sweden.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Alexander I
Grand Duchy
Russia
Thither
Abo
Sweden
Woman’s rights assertion amid farm harvest confusion
A garbled snippet hints at a woman asserting rights during a harvest period. The readable terms include farmers and harvest, with unclear context and stray phrases AUMEK.
Doubtful. How's your war garden old man
A brief wartime dispatch notes a gardener asking about crop health and a cutworm problem described as a drive on at present. The quotation suggests home front concerns during conflict.
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Boston Transcript
Odds Against Bombs in London
A London Tit Bits report presents a calculation that with London at 100 square miles, a 60 yard diameter danger circle, 200 bombs dropped monthly year round, and uniform drop probability, the war would last 82 years before a bomb likely hits one’s own circle.
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London
Wit and Quotes Framed as Education Snippet
A quirky collage of aphorisms and playful phrases on education and learning. Notable lines include a line about a kiss involving shapes and a taunting remark about mistakes, attributed to humorous or anonymous voices.
Hot Weather Poisons Hit The Stomach First
Summer poisons in foods trigger stomach distress from meats to dairy. Eatonic tablets are advertised as a quick relief, claimed to absorb and neutralize poisons and gases, aid digestion, and restore appetite. The pitch invites readers to buy from a druggist with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Eatonic
Eatonio
Will
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Libby
McNeill & Libby
Chicago
United States
Susange
Bo Ehbtaemkeie
Chicago Tribune
The
United States Food Administration
Swift & Company
U.S.A
Ade
William Cowper
Wb Ovay
Mity
Wlby ‘Cla
Praphin
Rex
Astoria
G. J. English
Springfield
Mass
Mary McGinnis
St. Louis
N. E. Calmes
Marion
Albert Agusky
Lawrenceburg
Ind
R. P. Stockton
New Orleans
Dolph Hornbuckle
Colorado Springs
Colo
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Bronx
New York Zoological Park
Peter
Teddy
Heat— Fishing Gazette
B. C
Josh Billings
Daley
Daley Fly
Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N. Ya
Des Moines
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