Thanksgiving in troubled times calls for counted blessings
A wartime era mood shifts to gratitude as a columnist notes this year brings discontent and a focus on money while emphasizing abundant food and resilient spirit. The piece urges thankful living, spurs patriotic resolve against Bolshevik threats, and highlights hopeful youth and faith.
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Pan
Italy
Reds
Kipling
Mahbub Ali
Allah
Eeeketh
Santa Claus
British profiteering study links thread price to profits
The general profiteering committee notes a cotton thread maker earned 194,970,000 last year with a 40 percent dividend after taxes and reserves. It argues small items drive cost of living increases, while profiteering remains widespread. It cites high silver value and mentions I W W leader Bill Haywood.
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England
Att orney General Palmer and the I W W fear speech
The Harrisburg Telegraph reprints an opinion calling the Department of Justice powerless to check I W W propaganda in the northwest. It argues for swift action and stronger federal powers to halt spreading seditious literature and to prevent acts against the United States government after the Cen tralia shootings.
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Harrisburg
Palmer
Departur of Justice
Northwest
Centralia
Change of Heart in Wartime Song
A poem recalls shifting hatred during war turning away from the foe. The speaker admits war fatigue softens enmity toward the Hun and even rival townspeople. He finds solace in simple acts like bead work while remembering soldiers who suffered without causing grief. Hatred is rejected as a sign of sanity wandering from bitterness.
Dinner Stories and a Rousing Rattle Snake Tale
An inquisitive old man questions a shouting citizen on a corner as a Skeeterville bet challenges him to wake a cop in Toadville. Soldiers share stories while a colonist recalls a rattlesnake saved by someone at home.
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Skeeterville
Toadville
Sleep Trick Turns Restful After Sleepless Night
The writer shares a personal lesson on stopping the struggle to sleep. By surrendering to rest, he fell asleep briefly and woke with the alarm on time. Doctors advise relaxing when sleepless, reducing stress to regain rest and ease aging sleep disruptions.
Household Hints and Luncheon Dishes in One Page
A mixed page of domestic recipes and a short comic anecdote. Recipes include Cheese Sauce, Creamed Salmon in Biscuit Cases, Baked Macaroni with Peanut Butter, Ham Mold, Raisin Sandwiches, Raisin Relish, and Rice Patties with simple preparation steps. A humorous burglar-encounter tale follows with wit about Prohibition and neighborly chatter.
Don Sung boosts hen egg output says Bellefonte owner
F. C. Young of Bellefonte Pennsylvania reports 11 idle hens produced 221 eggs monthly after using Don Sung feed additive. The ad claims the tonic improves hen health and egg laying even in cold weather and offers a money back guarantee.
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Don Sung
F. C. Young
Bellefonte
Burrell
Columbia S
Public Forum and Ohio Tax Debates At Columbus
A public forum ahead of the General Assembly in Columbus aims to resolve the tax issue. It criticizes school teachers as unjustly excluded from hearings and portrays laborers as undervalued by lawmakers. The governor urged oath to support both U S and Ohio constitutions and laws.
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General Assembly
Columbus
Commonwealth
Ohio
United States
State of
A 1919 Ohio Teacher Wage Protest and Transit Fare Cut
In Nelsonville Ohio 1919 teachers denounce wage inequality while praising their service and vowing not to strike this year. The note also reports tickets in nearby studies and a streetcar fare reduction announced by President John J. Stanley as municipal officials plan to improve service.
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Ohio
Nelsonville
John J. Stanley
Woman to Woman Endorses Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Mrs. L O Seitz of Lima Ohio reports her mother suffered a severe promedial cough for months until Chamberlain's Cough Remedy provided cure. She urges others to use it, saying she has a high opinion of the product and recommends it.
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L. O. Seitz
Lima
Ohio
Chamberlain
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