Women Organize for War Purposes Nationwide
Women across the United States unite war efforts under the Woman’s Committee of the Council for National Defense. They identify skills, coordinate volunteering, and expand through 23 states with registrations, food conservation, and production drives. Notable leaders and widespread chapters push nursing, teaching, nursing, and home front activities to support Allied relief and domestic welfare.
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Washington, Pel
America
Council For National Defense
Woman's League
Europe
United States
Red Cross
Council of National Defense
Anna Toward Shaw
Philip J. Moore
St. Louis
National Council of Women
Josiah Su, Cowles
California
General Federation of Women
Agnes Nestor
International Grave Workers’ Union
United States Government Printing Office
Utah
Womi
Ghia
Syury
Wetnia
Dibraries
Soctis Reais
Poe
Bredere
Iabor
New York
Woman’s Committee
Commission On
Woman's Committee
The World as Stage and the Choice of Drama
A pithy meditation on life as a stage filled with drama. The speaker urges personal agency in shaping one’s fate and embracing challenges with resolve, noting that once the curtain falls there is no encore.
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Will Shakespeare
Breakfast Table miscellany from wartime era chatter
A panoply of quips and jokes from a wartime column touches on the 1920 presidential push in Congress, Finnish politics, German war talk, fashion trends, coal and fuel woes, Prohibition era quips, and a note on railroad expansion. The humorous observations mix weather, politics, and everyday life with sly political commentary.
The Autocrat and the Northland Conspiracy
A fragmentary poem-like piece names Ola King Coal and Kaiser Blizzard of Bhiz as ruthless figures allied with Ikon Bil the Bulgar king and the Turk. They threaten work and march from the frozen north while a sunlit resolve rises to resist.
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Ola King Coal
Kaiser
Bhiz
Ikon
Bil
King Coal
High shoe prices blamed on hide and leather trusts
The Fed eral trade commission report to Congress shows hides are not scarce, with production up thirty percent and storage up forty five. Retailers and manufacturers are not driving the high prices. the hides monopoly profits and meat toll are. Government action urged.
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Federal Trade Commission
Congress
United States
Britain
France
The Truth About the Trolleys Reveals Public Utilities Critique
The Public Utilities Commission sharply rebukes the Connecticut trolley company for failing public service upkeep. It warns of potential statewide collapse under aging equipment, urging focus on efficiency over rates and more skilled workers to prevent ruin.
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World News
Washington
Connecticut
Public Utilities Commission
Commission
Connecticut Company
Coal for the Churches Gift Encourages Right Decision
The piece commends Administrator Siemon for allowing churches in Bridgeport a sufficient coal allotment to meet their minimum needs. It rejects the view that churches, schools, and theatres are nonessential users and hopes the city avoids any economy that would marginalize them during fuel shortages.
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Ccas
Siemon
Bridgeport
Backward Streetcar Feat Highlights City Transit
A Brooklawn area car ran backward yet avoided a head on crash, wrecking partly after leaving the tracks. The incident underscores the trolley system’s noted backward accomplishments and the company’s qualifications to steady the service.
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Brooklawn
Nichols
Republican machine and Lincoln birthday recall
The passage criticizes the Republican machine as honoring itself at home while ignored abroad. It cites upstate sentiment and mockingly references Lincoln's birthday in St. Louis. It notes a national committee tally showing a major candidate with about thirty nine votes and minor contenders with ten to twelve.
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Lincoln
St. Louis
Building Ships To Rebuild After War Losses
Official records show 6,000,000 tons of wired and neutral shipping lost during the year of salmaring frightfulness. More than half was replaced by new construction. The message urges rapid shipbuilding to hasten peacetime dawn and secure funds for ships.
Have Faith in Success of American Forces
Amid reports from Atanne Port and on the home front, confidence grows in the progress of American troops. Dispatches note inspections at sea and on shore, with observers citing discipline and effort as key factors in upcoming operations.
Problems by the Medical Editor
A medical column urges regular physical examinations, likening self care to car maintenance. It notes many adults neglect their health checks, insurance, and dental care, stressing periodic exams to detect disease early and preserve health.
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Jim
Elis
Fee Life
The Case for Thorough Chewing and Soft Foods
A health note urges thorough chewing at every age, stressing that digestion begins in the mouth and saliva moisture aids swallowing. It warns against bolting food, explains how teeth types aid chewing, and cautions that improper eating can cause poor nutrition and stomach issues in both children and adults.
Political gossip on party lines and 1916 campaigns
The piece notes possible Democratic renomination for Governor Cox and Republican renomination for Willis, marking a third anticipated meeting. It mentions Missouri Governor Gardner denying a U S Senate bid, but facing drafting talks, plus a Democratic harmony conference. It ends with warnings of party clashes and calls for unity against Germany.
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Cox
Ohio
Willis
Criminal Common Pleas Court Opens Feb Five Bench
The Criminal Common Pleas Court will convene on Tuesday for the February term with Judge John J. Walsh presiding. Jurors listed include Bridgeport residents Whiteler and Whitney, Greenwich names Buckley and Dove, Norwalk members Al and Booth, and Westport figures Beers and Mills among others.
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Criminal Common Pleas Court
John J. Walsh
Bridgeport
Svitllave Whiteler
George H. Whitney
Airfield
Charles BH. Buckley
Peed MC Northrup
Greenwich
Willits
Dove
Thomas Te
New Chipuatt
James S. Osban
Mole Is
Petit
Newtown
Riehwml Myan
Michael Wilbeldey
Norwalk
Jobn al
Questioned Lines Hint at Uneven Speech and Names
Fragmented text presents garbled questions and phrases about health, weights, ages, and remedies. It mentions an ANUITVORT, Hiest wyal, and Currier, with unclear references to speakers and answers. The passage reads like corrupted OCR with scattered names and incomplete words.
Pepper Tales by George Matthew Adams
A reflective piece on the heart of the world and the impact of individual lives. It muses on memory from book to seed, time and eternity, and the value of personal deeds in shaping progress and humanity.
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George Matthew Adams
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Trederick J. Haskin
Germany
Baker
Senate
Texas
Brexico
M. Trotsky
Florida
Percy Noodles
Autocrat
Bridgeport Medical
Mitchell Dairy Co
Ol. Arthur Sherwood
Masten
Lee
Bey
Sherwood
Andrew FP. Currier
M.D
Gardner
Missouri
Senator Stone
Executive
Kenyon
Town
Lodge
Massachusetts
Root
Borah
Idaho
Penrose
Smoot
Harding Kind
Stone
Witchcock
Vardaman Kind
Cherie
Currier
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