The Struggle by Zoe Beckley
Ferrol, a steady salesman, and Blake, a gambler with a hot tip, collide over Bonanza Copper. Blake entices Ferrol to risk half his savings, promising easy riches as Ferrol weighs family security against speculative gain. The tale unfolds with growing tension as fortune shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake
Tome
John Ferrol
Drake
Ferrol
Ferro
Ferrel
Tdiake
Bonanza Copper
Bonanza
Dear Mrs Thompson Advice Column Fragments From 1940s Page
A reader seeks guidance on adolescent social interest and school effort while others discuss jealous husbands and wartime service. Advice urges focus on study, tact with spouses, moving on from relationships, and proper handling of service pins and flags. The page also offers a hair treatment remedy for oily summer hair and notes on wearing service symbols for family members in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Thompson
France
Eorin Eleven Grains And Daily Scalp Lotion Tip
A brief health tip advises using eleven grains and thin lotion daily. The instruction recommends rubbing the lotion well into the scalp for best absorption and potential scalp benefits.
Scrambled figures Surface in Cash Totals Note
Disjointed numbers appear as a cash total fragment with several amounts and a trailing reference to a fee or service charge. The readable items are 25 000, 28 000.00, 63 000.00 and 116.00 followed by unclear text.
Enem y Agent Blamed for Poor Wheat Crop
In Butler township Salem Oregon an insect pest blamed for a crop collapse. Farmers recall a German extraction man seen wandering fields last winter, digging in soil as if burying something.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem, O
Butler Township
Own Guns Slay Foe In Night Raid On Trenches
American troops in France stage a raid using German machine guns seized from the enemy. After driving Germans from their positions they bring back captured arms and ammunition. The unit converts the captured guns to fire on the Germans, planning additional raids to obtain more munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Heinie
Geome
Germany
Woman credits Tanlac with curing stomach problems
Mrs. John McBride of Cincinnati says Tanlac restored her digestion turning heavy meals from a lump in the stomach to comfortable eating. She reports relief from dizziness headaches and fatigue and urges others to try Tanlac at Cline's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taniac
John McBride
Hopkins Street
Cincinati
Tanlac
Cline’s
Sweetmeats for Dessert From United States Food Administration
The United States Food Administration suggests Parisian Sweets as a candy alternative to traditional dessert. Blend one pound dates figs and nut meats with orange juice orange peel and honey or syrup, roll in chopped nuts or coconut or chocolate, then chill under weight and cut into shapes. Melted chocolate may be added before molding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Food Administration
Prune Stuffing Variations With Nuts and Marmalade
A recipe note suggests steaming prunes to stone removal then stuffing halves with options including chopped salted nuts raisins walnuts and candied cherries. another idea pairs prunes with orange marmalade for filling.
The Housewife's Stunt in Wartime Food Canning
The piece notes a vast wartime canning effort with a forecast of 1.5 billion jars of fruit and vegetables this summer and fall. It cites past production of over 500 million cans and attributes increases to the nation’s wet program, while counting on soldiers and civilians meeting demand at training camps and overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Housewives of America
You Can Lighten Their Load co
The article urges Americans to support Liberty Bonds to ease burdens on Marshal Ferdinand Foch and General John J. Pershing. It emphasizes supplying food clothing recreation ammunition and troops and calls on home front effort to back the leaders in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Foch
Europe
John J. Pershing
United States
America
Three Million Buttons Bought for Fourth Loan
Ralph Waldo Emerson of the War Loan Organization led a drive to supply three million buttons for the Fourth Liberty Loan. A steel engraving method cut costs by sixty five thousand dollars, saving real money and reducing use of celluloid and paper while easing distribution to federal reserve districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Waldo Emerson
War Loan Organization
Washington
Emerson
Federal Reserve
Cost of a Navy sailor per day in 1918 fiscal six months
The article notes the U S Navy cost per man per day in early fiscal 1918 ranged from 49 cents on larger vessels to 62 cents on smaller vessels. It adds that a $50 Liberty Bond would fund a sailor for 102 days on large ships and 96 days on smaller ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Ameeville
Ohio
Pia
Tech
Tock
Reserve Bank
Alue
Ee House
Federal Bank
The
S. Navy
Canning Buyers Urged To Stockpile Home Produce
An appeal explains Uncle Sam requires a supply of fruits and vegetables for winter and urges American housewives to put up a billion and a half jars of home canned goods. It stresses using sugar rationing wisely, canning vegetables without sugar, and proper sterilization of jars and rubber seals to prevent spoilage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Europe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Zoe Beckley
AL. Blake
al Blake
Ike Ferrol
Atock
Kitty
Aneone
Thompson
M. F
Total
Feaeas
Arion Azier
Duan Lem Ted
M. Palntha
Phomas
Casaler
B. A Ellis
Fes
of Labor
Duce
For
al Draggisia
BE Cna
Vermont Oil
Federal
Team
Mcake Us
Tostro Auto Sales Co
Security Savings Bank CO
Atheng
State of
County of Athens
G. O'Bleness
G. O' Bleness
Chas
E. Cameron
Coolvill
National Bank
Coolville
Olio
U. S
Liberty Loan
U. Ms
Federal Reserve Bank
County of
Athens
Salley
E. Bailey
Hartnell
C. Taylor Chas. Gunder
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!