The Privileged Ones
An economic investigator notes the middle class bears the heaviest burden of status. Mr Chuggins adds that those with wealth midway between private car and flivver cannot tour year round, spending summers in Florida and winters in Maine.
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Seale of Wealth
Florida
Maine
Women Hear Enduring Advice From Dr Pierce
Onawa Iowa residents share testimony praising Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for feminine trouble with Mrs HL believing it cured her condition for over a year. The ad urges readers to visit the neighborhood drug store or mail 10 cents to receive a trial package and free medical advice.
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Onawa
Iowa
Buffalo
N. Y
United States surpasses Britain as world banker in 1910s push
An official Federal Reserve Board publication shows U S capital overtaking Britain as the globe's leading investor. US war loans to allies total 11 billion dollars, private American investments abroad reach 4 billion since 1914, with total external claims of 15 to 18 billion including trade credits. American capital funds factories, railways, and projects from South America to Europe, cementing a creditor nation status and fueling export growth.
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Belated Justice Reverses Post Office Burglary Case
Three West Virginia boys aged seven to eleven, Andy Bergola Frank Boska and Teddy Boska, are set for release after a Justice Department review found they were wrongly jailed for a post office burglary. They had been sentenced to five years along with older youths, based on circumstantial evidence and third degree police coercion.
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Wierton
Army officers reassigned as War department trims Washington staff
A War department program lists 164 officers to be relieved from Washington duty by fiscal year end and reassigned to field service. The moves include 12 colonels 20 lieutenant colonels and over 60 majors with 28 detaching to attend service schools in August September. Overall 192 officers transfer plus six staffers to finish four year terms. Reduction spans all branches and offices including general staff assistant secretary of war air service judge advocate quartermaster ordnance and adjutant general.
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Army
Washington
War Department
General Staff
Assistant Secretary of War
Air Service
Judge Advocate General's Office
Quartermaster General's Office
Chief of Ordnance
Adjutant General
U.S. Sympathy Limited Over Armenia Crisis
The United States states its sympathy for Armenia and hopes the League of Nations can ease Armenia’s political and economic plight under a potential league administration. Officials note the need for troops to oppose Bolshevik forces, but warn Americans would not support the required cost. The State Department distances itself from Wilson era boundary commissions and Morgenthau plans.
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Armenia
League of Nations
League For Administration
Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
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Wilson
Faithful Servant or Favorite, The Choice Extolled
The saying counsels choosing self-service when weighing a faithful servant against one you favor. It reflects a pragmatic view that personal preference should guide loyalty and utility in service relationships.
Unclear Prompt Cites Self-Doubt About Mistakes
A brief, cautionary note expresses worry about potential mistakes and the possibility of making a worse error. It conveys concern over consequences and urges careful handling of the situation.
COTORIA BOTTLE WARNING FOR MOTHERS
Important notice advises mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria, the well known infant remedy, to ensure it bears the correct label and authenticity before use.
Had to Go Without Gap Johnson Skips Robbery Hunt
In a humorous exchange from the Kansas City Star, Gap Johnson of Bumpus Ridge declines joining a posse chasing bank robbers in Tomlinville, citing ill health and prior misadventures with farm chores and a wedding.
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Mr. Johnson
Runt
Zeke Yawkey
Tomlinville
Gap Johnson
Bumpus Ridge
Gabe Gosnell
Widder McCorkindale
Kansas City Star
Be careful today tomorrow may be too late
A brief warning urges timely action as conditions or deadlines loom, stressing urgency and the risk of missing the window if delayed. The note implies a time-sensitive situation requiring prompt attention.
Giant Spring Near Twin Falls Powers Citywide Lights
A colossal spring near Twin Falls Idaho named Thousand Spring births an immense flow of water. It releases almost 1000 cubic feet per second, enough to supply New York City’s needs, cascading from a lava cliff and driving a large electrical plant that lights an expansive region.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
New York
Philadelphia Ledger
Do you regard it as sinful to play ecards
A moralist questions ecards as sinful while Mr Grampson laments his poor poker skill. He calls sitting with expert pasteboard manipulators in a game a crime in a quip cited by the Birmingham Age-Herald.
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Mr. Jenkins
Two Hundred Pounds of Sympathy
A Birmingham Age Herald literary snippet mocks a newspaper agony column. The narrator jokes that the editor handling lovelorn letters is a masculine, well-fed figure, contrasting public perception with the column’s supposed tenderness and depth.
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Birmingham Age- Herald
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