Lost trousers prompt tense in domestic farce
In a humorous exchange Mrs Blobbins recalls giving away an extra pair of trousers to a man who claimed seven years of job hunting. Henry suspects theft but is reassured. The scene also features a quick jab at knitting with a character asking about the craft and another urging activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Western Canada
Estern
U. S. Employment Service
Department OF Labor
Kansas City
Missouri
Finland's Rise A Northern Nation Forms a Republic
The article surveys Finland's geography and history from Danish contact through Russian rule to a proclaimed republic. It notes Finland's vast lakes and forests, democratic traditions under czarist rule, and unrest from Russification, with Helsingfors as the capital and a vibrant market life along Esplanade Gatan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Finland
Greenland
Alaska
Finland
France
Suomen Maa
Soumi
Nevin O. Winter
Christian Herald
Russia
Urals
Hungary
Ireland
Sweden
Peter the Great
Czar
Nicholas II
Diet
Congress
Helsingfors
Communal Cooking Urged as Nationwide Service
The London Chronicle argues for practical communal catering in every town and village. Ready to serve kitchens would provide wholesome meals at low prices, easing servant shortages and saving coal and labor while freeing women war workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
London Chronicle
Western Canada farmers see great wealth from 1917 harvests
The article notes 1917 sales of wheat oats barley flax and rye totaling 270 million dollars plus 40 million from Winnipeg stock. Hogs brought over 11 million, Calgary and Edmonton gains exceeded 6.44 million, and widespread spending on land, tractors, homes, lights, and bonds followed. >500 tractors sold in Southern Alberta in 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Tve
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Victory
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Signs of Spring and humorous quips from an era
A fragment quotes a winter joke about uneasy conscience and winter underwear. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills from forty years back. The text also mentions earning income from literature by selling books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Woman Works. Fifteen Hours a Day in Peru
Peru Indiana woman Anna shares relief after displacement and backache with no relief from doctors. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for improvement after using the root and herb remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Anna
West 10Th St
Lydia BE. Pinkham
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Aprenom
Felps
Parcel Post
Express Collect
Orde
Dean Bros. Plant Co
Arp
Texa
Equity
I CO
To¢K Exchange
Jane
Susie
Bones
Parker
Enoch Morgan's Sons CO
Europe
Gustavus Vasa
Sveaborg
Baltic
Melsingfors
M. Seaver
Sons Tetepes Ranean Eceae
Secussek
Weiner
Joe
Eed
Castoria
Bears
Carter
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