Special Notice on Delivery and War Era Reflections
Subscribers should report late deliveries or missing papers to the business office as the sole way to raise complaints. The note warns carriers cannot collect subscriptions or sell papers, and calls for co operation between farmers and business men to improve marketing, reduce waste, and support wartime economy. It discusses war, peace conference, farm tenancy, and the need for cooperative laws and better farming knowledge.
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Carrier Bay
Mid-Summer Clean-Up Campaign Urged for City
An urgent call for a thorough clean-up campaign across premises, yards, alleys, streets, gardens, homes, and businesses urges residents to begin in summer and extend into fall. The aim is a pristine city for back-to-school, autumn commerce, and returning residents.
Cotton War Panic Sparks Southwide Economic Debate
The article surveys varied views as war fears strain cotton markets in the South. Secretary McAdoo urges calm and highlights a government backed plan to finance 4,000,000 bales through banks and warehouse receipts. He warns against panic sales and notes prospective gains from ships legislation to boost South American trade and U.S. cotton goods demand.
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Federal Reserve
South
McAdoo
To the United States Poem by William Watson
The Morning Post prints a poem by William Watson titled To the United States. It contrasts calm, prosperous nations with the threat of a despot who would unleash war wolves on shieldless youth and guardless age, urging decisive action and strength.
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London
The
Morning Post
William Watson
United States
Europe
Army of Construction urged to build not destroy worldwide
The American City urges two armies in conflict times one of destruction the other of construction. It calls America to vision and public works while European war pressures industry warning not to halt improvements and praising road building over soup kitchens as true patriotism.
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Europe
America
War Wires from Berlin and Paris August 24
AP dispatches report on passport handover for Japanese official in Berlin and first US mail post since war outbreak. Montenegrins repel Austrian attack at Bahovo with 150 prisoners. Germans occupy Luneville Amance Dieubard. French front lines unchanged. battles described as desperate with losses. Refugees flee Belgian towns Tamines Chatelet Fosse to France. Crown Prince Frederick William reportedly dead. Stovall aids Americans with train and ship arrangements via Switzerland. German victory claimed at Neufchateau and Meurthe et Mozelle. Japs begin bombardment of Tsing-Tau.
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Paris
Luneville
Amance
Dieubard
Maerthe
Moselle
Mons
Belgium
Upper
Alsace
Vosges Mountains
Meuerthe
Pau
Stovall
Ambassador Herrick
Foreign Office
Switzerland
Havre
Pleasant A. Stovall
Berne
Geneva
New York
Associated Press
Berlin
Neufchateau
Meurthe
Mozelle
Meuse
Maubeuge
Tsing-Tau
China
Yamato
Tokio
Navy Department
Muelhausen
Wheat and cotton markets show mixed moves in Chicago and Liverpool
Chicago futures opened lower on wheat amid local selling but settled higher as sentiment turned bullish on Europe. Corn and oats fluctuated with rains and export demand while pork and lard stayed steady. Liverpool spot cotton rose on strong inquiry. American sales and imports increased, with Marshall Field & Company noting brisk fall buying and firm prices.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Liverpool
Marshall Field & Company
Bay
Quieted Fronts and Shifting Alliances Across Europe
Reports place Austrian forces along a fifty mile German frontier belt and shifting to face a Russian advance on the Drina. Vienna supposedly plans to dismantle the Kaiserin Elisabeth cruiser at Tsing Tau delaying a Japan Austria war. Major U S firms say their fleets will sail under the American flag. Japan China liaison cut for 24 hours as Shanghai Nagasaki cable is believed severed.
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Vienna
Undine
Italy
Drina
Austria
Tsing-Tau
Japan
Washington
Standard Oil Company
United States Steel Corporation
United Fruit Company
Far East
China
Shanghai
Nagasaki
Dodson's Liver Tone Promotes Safe Liver Relief
An advertisement argues against calomel and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, pleasant tasting vegetable tonic. It claims to relieve constipation and stimulate the liver without salivation or dangerous after effects, offering a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. It urges buying at any first class drug store.
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Dodson
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad Claims Cough Relief
Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound with no opiates. Promises immediate throat coating and relief from tickling inflamed surfaces, loosened chest tightness, and easier breathing. Says children love it and cautions against substitutes. H.R. Palmer & Sons.
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Foley
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Adv
Quick Filter Made From Chamois Leather
A short guide describes making a fast acting filter from chamois leather. Choose a thick, unthin patch, wash in a mild alkali solution to remove grease, rinse in cold water, and reuse. A pint of thick syrup will pass through in minutes, and thorough washing extends life.
Not so Strange After All Chamberlain's Tablets
An advertising item touts Chamberlain's Tablets as a cure for stomach trouble claiming many are cured. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Boise Rish of Wabash Indiana and notes the medicine strengthens the stomach and aids natural function. Sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Boise Rish
Wabash, Ind
Chamberlain’s
Remember This Motto Make the Best of Every Thing
George Stevenson lived a notable life guided by a motto that urged making the best of all, thinking the best of everyone, and hoping the best for oneself. The creed embodied optimism charity and ambition in their highest form.
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George Stevenson
Comforting to Stout People Cathartic Tablets Ad
An advertisement for Foley Cathartic Tablets claims they regulate the system, reduce biliousness constipation and post meal distress, leaving a stout person thinner and more comfortable with constant use. H. R. Palmer & Sons promote the product.
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H. R. Palmer & Sons
Birds and winter come lesson in a school room
In a city school a primary class discussed how birds sense approaching winter. A girl answered that birds see the cold wave I flag, prompting a gentle lesson on nature and seasons.
Woman Seeks Help Through Lydia E. Pinkham Product
In Miami Oklahoma Mrs Mary R Miller reports long suffering female trouble and weakness ending after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endorses the remedy hoping to aid other women with similar issues.
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Miami
Okla
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary R. Milter
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound health
A L Smith of Lindsborg Kansas reports severe side pains and nervousness but after using three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained health and recommends the remedy to other women Seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass letters opened by two women and kept confidential
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lindsborg
Kansas
A. L. Smith
R. No
Lindsborg, Kansas
Lydia E.pinkham
Inspiring Beginnings and Cure Claims Promote Sunrise and Health
Inspirational quotes urge starting the day with energy and joy. An advert for Hall's Catarrh Cure offers a $100 reward for cure failures and cites testimonials from local businessmen, endorsing Cheney & Co and Hall's remedy as effective.
All to His Credit at the Social Party
A Stray Topics snippet depicts a flirtatious exchange at a social event. He praises the woman as superb and a credit to any man while kissing her, and she thanks him for his compliments about her dress, stressing the gown and wrap are to her credit.
Twenty Year Test Promotes a Charms for Diarrhoea
Geo W Brock of the Enterprise Aberdeen Maryland asserts he has used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for twenty years and trusts it as a quick and safe cure for diarrhoea. He claims no other product equals it and that it never disappoints. For sale by all dealers.
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Geo. W Brock
Aberdeen
Adv
Not a Reflection on Family Cooking Bonds
A fragment quotes Mrs. Julian Heath noting that longing for a mother’s cooking is a mental, not just physical craving. It argues such desires should not be seen as a critique of a wife’s cooking and reflects on enduring nostalgic ties to youth culinary memories.
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Mrs. Julian. Heath
Foley Kidney Pills Ad Praises Remedy in Bremen
At Bremen Georgia W M Golden of the Equitable Life Assurance Society endorses Foley Kidney Pills as the best remedy for kidney and bladder troubles and rheumatism He quotes that any person with kidney trouble backache or rheumatism should be glad to find such a wonderful remedy H R Palmer and Sons advertisers confirm the ad
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H. R Palmer & Sons
Adv
Bremen
W. M. Golden
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Foley
H. R. Palmer & Sons
His Condition Mocked as Disorderly Charge
A man was brought before an English magistrate on a disorderly behavior charge. A police constable said the prisoner’s intoxication could not be confirmed, the defendant described as insufficiently drunk by the judge.
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Robert
Njavlun
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Germany
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County Association of Farmers
Franklin
Mexico
Vera Cruz
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Federal Reserve Board
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McAdog
Army of Construction
Wrethen
Bahovo
Gettinje
Charleville
France
Tamines
Chatelet
Fosse
Charleroi
Evening Standard
Crown Prince
Frederick William
Vail
Tone
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Ake Hall
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