Domestic musings and wartime sweets in light fiction
The piece humorously contrasts daily chores with breadandbutter comfort, noting Red Cross Ball Blue as a home staple and lampooning female education plans as impractical. It cites Mrs Prebscomb and Mr Prebscomb in a playful exchange about honesty and travel tales as well as a Shaw reference to the Chocolate Soldier and wartime sweets demand from the Australian troops in France and canteens aboard troopships.
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Bernard Shaw
France
Cairo
Capt. Bean
Wertminater Gazette
Light Baths and Sun Exposure for Health
E C Titus told the Multinating Engineering society that light rays penetrate skin and subcutaneous tissues, producing radiant heat that goes two inches or more, unlike convection heat. He argued electric light baths and sun baths stimulate elimination organs, especially the skin and kidneys, and aid many diseases.
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E. C. Titus
Multinating Engineering Society
Fragrant emollients promise skin and hair cleansing
An advertisement touts fragrant creamy emollients that cleanse, purify, and beautify skin scalp hair and hands. It offers free samples by mail from Boston and hints at economical toilet preparations. A street joke contrasts Boston with New York on straight streets and getting places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutiura
Dept. XY
Boston
Gotham
Hubb
New York
Texas Coyote Quips on Show, Auto Seats and Castles
Teasing remarks in a brief exchange reference a performer named Texas Coyote. The lines applaud or mock abilities, noting an auto and regular seats at a show and asking for the person’s name. The fragment suggests a lively, backstage style dialogue.
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Texas Coyote
Ocean floor largely barren of vegetation
A Vegetable Raiser jokes about the sea floor being 93 percent devoid of plants. Egbert quips Neptune has no gardening reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
Egbert
Neptune
The Resemblance and Observations in Brief Wit
A Baltimore American quote notes oculists and poets share eye deals, while a quip about prison walls asks about jails. Another line suggests a greengrocer sits to gain ripe experience, using humor in everyday observations.
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Baltimore
Wilson warns Mexico leaders to unite or US may act
President Wilson urges Mexican faction leaders to act together and promptly relieve their prostrate country. He warns that if they fail to unite, the United States will decide what means to use to help Mexico save itself and serve its people. The call targets the revolution’s leaders and emphasizes restoring a constitutional government.
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Washington
Willson
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Speyer Lands in New York on Philadelphia Ship
Sir Edgar Speyer the English baronet who resigned from British offices arrived in New York with his wife and family aboard the American liner Philadelphia. He planned a short holiday and sought the prime minister to revoke his baronetcy amid disloyalty accusations. 715 passengers and eight Lusitania victims bodies were aboard. Louis G. Dreyfus and Raymond T. Baker also sailed aboard.
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New York
Sir Edgar Speyer
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Sir Edgar
Liverpool
Lusitania
Philip Klein
Charles Klein
Louis G. Dreyfus
Berlin
Raymond T. Baker
Petrograd
Excellent farming prospects in Western Canada
Mixed farming gains traction in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with success stories from E L Deputy of Frye & Sons and farmer Thomas McKay. Alberta yields wheat oats and alfalfa well, climate praised, and new settlers report profit plus strong American investment supporting Canadian agriculture.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Sedgewick
E. L
Frye & Sons, Packers
Seattle
Pacific
Western Canada
Thomas McKay
Hardisty
Osage City
Kansas
Calgary
Sleichen
Player fines expose umpire row and motives
A baseball player fined after a confrontation with an umpire highlights the mindset of players who believe penalties justify their actions. The remark notes that many feel they earned their money’s worth from such assaults, reflecting on attitudes toward discipline in the sport.
Subtleties of Expression and Foot Ease Advertisement
Quote on music and language from enthusiasts and an ordinary person. An ad urges visitors to California expositions use Allen's Foot-Ease powder for instant foot relief and prevention of swollen feet with a testimonial praising its effect during a stay at expositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Allen
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Mrs. Augustus Lyon of Terre Hill Pennsylvania testifies the product relieved long held female troubles including back and side aches sleep loss and loss of appetite. The ad claims Pinkham’s remedy cures many ailments and has saved some from surgery.
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Terre Hill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
Lydie E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Canadians Landed In England Safe After Atlantic Crossing
Ottawa reports that over ten thousand Canadian soldiers landed safely in England in the last week and no submarines were sighted. The total number of Canadians with the allies now stands near sixty five thousand.
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Ottawa
England
Earthquake Shakes Munich Watches and Leaves Damage
An earthquake shock reported from Munich Bavaria at 8:85 o clock. Tremors were very severe destroying instruments in the observatory and shaking buildings across the city, according to Amsterdam dispatches.
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Bavaria
Amsterdam
Munich
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U. Slone
Dean
Indiana
A._F. Robinson
Red Cross
Mrs. Prebscomb
Mr. Prebscomb
Mr. Prebsecomb
U. 6
Speyer
America
Gleichen
U. S
MacReas
Gairlock
Scotland
London
Constantinople
Robert Ainslie
Sublime Porte
Washington Star
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Carter
Magnetic Art Mfg.Co
Hammond,Ind
Liz Cockers
W. G. Morrion
Ibs
Fort Wayne
Sahvel Pytcner
Jonnie
the Centaur Company
Amaine
Castoria
EUROP
Fates
Fayeti
Beste
Daisy Fly Killer
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