War veteran refuses to talk to fund drive meeting
An Athens war veteran returns home scarred by gas, shelling, and two wounds. He explains he will not discuss his front line memories at a Victory Liberty Loan meeting, arguing public reliving of horrors is cruel to a man’s nerves and peace of mind.
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Athens
Uncle Sam
No Man's Land
America
Hell
Germany
Bens
Kaiser
France
Wal
What Booze Money Buy
A Cleveland study estimates that residents spend 22 million dollars annually on liquor. The piece argues this money, diverted to public needs, could fund city government for two years, teachers for five years, repave streets, finance the City Hospital for 78 years, light streets for 50 years, and maintain parks for 110 years.
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Cleveland
No Babies in Serbia Highlight War's Infant Toll
Belgrade Red Cross dinner draws 1200 mothers and children but only twenty under three. The others died or starved, yielding a baby deficit of 600000 over four years. Long-term impact includes missing graduation cohorts and a lasting population age gap. Serbia seeks peace to avert more losses.
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Red Cross
Belgrade
Serbia
Making It Work in Kalamazoo Commission-Manager System
The Survey notes Kalamazoo Michigan reports gains under a commission manager government. Savings of 16000 in nine months funded fuller police and fire staffing plus equipment. Central purchasing and simplified accounting improved operations. Leadership and public support seen as essential to success of any reform.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Peace Conference in Paris Reverses Deadlock
Paris dispatches report a cleared atmosphere at the Peace Conference as the League of Nations constitution undergoes amendments. Critics’ objections are addressed and the treaty may be announced soon, framed as an Easter message to the world.
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Paris
League of Nations
HouseholdHints Menu for Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Recipe style list with broken OCR. Includes Cream of Wheat dishes, mock duck, veal croak, stuffed potatoes, carrot salad, prune souffle, and dandelion greens. Provides steps for frying, slow cooking, and assembling meals with ingredients and directions.
Fiume as Adriatic Trade Hub in Prewar Austria-Hungary
A National Geographic Society bulletin outlines Fiume as a key eastern Adriatic port rivaling Trieste, with strong Italian culture and a mixed Slavic influence. It details its Hungarian governance since 1870, three harbors, major factories, fisheries, and its shifting sovereignty from Roman times through Austria and Hungary to Croatia.
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Washington, D. C
Trieste
Bremen
Austria
Fiume
Hamburg
National Geographic Society
Geographic
Italy
Adriatic
Croatia
Hungary
New York
Boston
United States
Orange
N. J
Brockton
Mass
Gulf of Quarnero
Abbazia
Whit
Frederick III
Frederick V
Archduke
Ernest
Cymbudga
Frederick
Charles VI
Maria Theresa
Poached Eggs and Omelet Recipes from a Home Cookbook
Instructions describe making poached eggs with shallow salted water, vinegar to prevent spreading, and optional utensils. It then covers a plain omelet using four eggs, salt, pepper, hot water, butter, with steps to separate yolks, whip whites, cook slowly, finish in oven, and garnish. An extended omelet option adds cooked rice, milk, chopped peppers, and cheese as meat substitute.
Dinner Stories of War Slanguage and Laughter
A trench soldier jokes about digging back home while the army keeps marching. A Canadian audience hears a U S preacher amplify war fervor with humorous quips about Germany and a Red Cross nurse quips with wounded prisoners.
Germany to be invited to Versailles for peace terms
The report says Germany will be invited to Versailles to approve the peace terms by May 1 to avert anticipated May Day labor unrest. The write up notes a hopeful mood with spring arriving, crops improving, and business improving, suggesting gloom lifting as the drama ends with an expected positive outcome.
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Germany
Versailles
O. K
A Good Time for Saving The Twilight Between War and Peace
In this editorial the writer urges readers to save money during the postwar twilight. It argues that economies from wartime can continue with dignity and profit, preserving simple, neighborly entertainments and building financial strength for upcoming prosperity.
Four new American liners to serve San Francisco Orient trade
San Francisco stockholders of the China Mail Steamship Company plan expansion by operating four large new liners between San Francisco and the Orient. The vessels would be registered in the United States.
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San Francisco
Cal
China Mail Steamship Company
Orient
China
Only One Corn Peeler Gets-it Relief
An advertisement touts Gets-it corn peeler as relief for painful corns. It argues skipping the device risks worsening pain and urges immediate use to remove corn discomfort.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Athens
Cline Pharmacy Co
H. W. Corner Drug Store
Lash Drug Store
Mehee Drug Co
Pan American Aeronautic Convention Opens in Atlantic City
Thousands of aviators from the Americas and Europe gather in Atlantic City for the Second Pan American Aeronautic Convention and Exhibition sponsored by the Aero Club of America and others. The event runs thirty days with prizes, trophies, and dozens of contests including seaplane, land plane, dirigible, kite balloon, parachute, and Aviette events, plus demonstrations by the New York Police Department Aerial Squad.
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United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Central
South America
Europe
Aero Club of America
Aerial League of America
Pan-American Aeronautic Federation
Great Britain
France
Italy
New York Police Department
Pershing
Lafayette Esccadrille
America
Scripps
W. F E. Scripps
Detroit News
Curtis Marine
Labor rally in Athens Nelsonville Glouster on Mooney case
Mrs. Tom Money wife of a labor leader convicted in San Francisco of the Preparedness Parade bombing will speak to a large labor gathering in Athens tonight. The event is expected to protest Mooney's imprisonment and draw attention to the case.
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New York
Tom Money
San Francisco
Mooneys
Community Notices From Carthage and Nearby
Mrs Callie Carr of Coolville visited Mrs N E Mills ter. Carl Cule of the O A spent time with W C Burton. J A Townsend and family of Athens visited here. Mr and Mrs Emory Chapman and Mr and Mrs Segial Coen and families of Orange were guests of Mr and Mrs Lee Gaston. Miss Josephine Secoy and Herman Wyatt called on Ora Townsend. Bruce Robinson hosted a birthday party for son Lawrence recently home from overseas. A pie social at Mills school raised almost twenty dollars. Amos Townsend and L A Townsend families visited Sand Rock. A B Saunders of Coolville attended Carthage Church Sunday PM. Several youths attended the Stewart High School commencement Friday evening.
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Callie Carr
Coolville
N. E. Millster
Carl Cule
O. A
W. C. Burton
J. A. Townsend
Athens
Emory Chapman
Segial Coen
Orange
Lee Gaston
Josephine Secoy
Herman Wyatt
Ora Townsend
Bruce Robinson
Lawrence
Mills School
Amos Townsend
L. A. Townsend
Sand Rock
B. O. Townsend
A. B. Saunders
Carthage
Stewart
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Swift & Company
U.S. A
Dean & Barry
Dean & Barry’s
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Nelsonville
Glouster
Mooney
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