Thanksgiving in Wartime Navy Brings Homes to Jackies
An article recalls the first Washington Thanksgiving in World War I era with Puritan roots and yearlong hardship, then shifts to modern naval observances. It highlights Great Lakes and other training stations hosting over 1,000 sailors, with home dinners, church services, and messages to loved ones as they honor liberty and duty aboard battleships submarines and ships.
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America
High Seas
Jackie
Jackies
United States
Pary
Germany
William A. Moffett
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
What War Did to Rome
A historical sketch describes ancient Rome under Augustus with over a million people and no hospitals. It details its brick streets taverns water system aqueducts and street fountains, noting how barbarians erased Rome’s civilization and set back progress by about eighteen centuries.
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Rome
Julius Caesar
Alexandria
Egypt
Cleopatra
Odd Sea Horses Compared to Chess Knights of the Deep
The sea horse is an ancient fish that mimics a chess knight rather than a horse. It has a tubelike snout and a coronet on its head, armored body plates, and a finless tail. It swims upright with a vibrating dorsal fin and feeds on small crustaceans, while its air bladder keeps perfect buoyancy. Summer visitors buy them dried at marine curios shops.
Aunt Virginia Says Plan Your Life and Handle Pride Lightly
The column advises against overplanning life and cautions that judging neighbors can be an unpleasant duty. It argues generosity earns future support and condemns cynical remarks to newlyweds. It warns against brutal punishment of children after repeated allowed behavior.
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Virginia
Anti-Noise activists clash over free speech rights
A man on a soap box demands freedom of speech while a woman at a window shouts approval. The exchange ends with a marcher asking if Anti-Noise association members have any rights at all.
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The
Anti-Noise Association
Breach of Promise Suit Sparks Cumulative Costs Jibe
A courthouse exchange centers on damages accumulate daily as a man sued for breach of promise jokes that postage costs rise with time. The remark highlights growing expenses and serves as a pointed quip in the legal dispute.
Meekton Seeks Time for Henrietta to Keep Fido
A quirky exchange features Mr. Meekton arguing against ending a dog’s stay. He jokes about eating the dog biscuit to avoid waste. The note aside mentions England employing 150,000 women as clerks in government offices.
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Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Fido
England
Our Boys in France and Home Protection
Appeal extols the U S armed forces at the front and warns that one in four at home was sick due to kidney issues. It touts water intake and a drug Anuric to flush uric acid, promising relief from backache and rheumatism with a one month regimen and trial offer via Dr. Pierce’s institute.
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Pierce
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Not Bread Alone
A Japanese newspaper urges shared responsibility of Japan and America as world activity shifts to the Pacific and calls for agreement on high principles. It quotes a proverb about bread and adds a colored remark on the cost of meat.
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Japan
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Darky
Easy to Rid Home of Rats and Mice
A simple paste is available at nearly every store and is claimed to exterminate rats and mice with a small box costing only a few coins. The claim emphasizes ease of use, suggesting quick relief from rodent problems.
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Stearns
The Retort Cruel Dialogue Panel
A brief dialogue exchange features Marie and Molly discussing fashion and lace. Marie compliments a gown while Molly notes the lace is forty years old, prompting Marie to wonder if it is handmade.
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Marie
Molly
Lace
Quote Dialog on Freeze Scene Between Two Women
A fragmentary exchange features one speaker remarking on freezing and a woman’s bare chest, followed by a counterpoint about not wearing a laval stereotype on the back of a hand. The terse dialogue hints at characterization and social tension without broader context.
News from the training camp hints at top speed
The message from a trainee at the training camp reports exceptional speed with brief, unclear lines. It mentions a name and a phrase in Swedish like fastest setens och Uhl Sa. Further details are unreadable.
Pacifists Debate Splits Amid Smith de Puy Dispute
Dialogue notes the ongoing quarrel among pacifists over who is more peaceably inclined. The exchange questions the seriousness of their internal divisions and highlights constant disagreements.
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Smith de Puysters
Herbal tonic claim aims to treat scrofula in Ottawa
An Ottawa news snippet promotes a herbal tonic advertised as alcohol and narcotic free, available in liquid or tablet form at drug stores. The sales copy notes a trial package and a price for tablets, with distribution linked to Dr. Ve realds Hotel and a ten cent trial offer.
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Ottawa
Kans
Dr. V. Ae
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New England
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OUR
France
Kansas News
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G. A. Cook
Main St
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