Bombers' School and the Jam Tin Bombs of World War I
The narrator recalls volunteering for bomber training in France, describing the crude jam tin bombs, improvised fuzes, and the Mills bomb. He details the dangerous, improvised methods, the learning curve, and the odd contrast with other troops as he moves through bombing drills and returns to his unit.
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France
Neutral Countries
Grenladier Guards
Frat’ Hogish
Tommy
Fritz
Pershans
Sritz
Powers That Be
Mulls
Mills
Mercy
Jxcob
Big Spring Township
Tiffin
Red Cross
Diers
Heisman
Seneca county notes child burials to traffic issues
Seneca county reports include a May 1 thrift stamp sale by a local pupil, two deaths in Tiffin and a county bee keeper predicting a strong honey year. Officials debate closing Tiffin picture shows on Sundays from June 1 amid war loan figures, and local juvenile cases, Red Cross speed arrest, and bridge guards. The piece also covers whooping cough warnings, canning drives, and farm poultry mite and louse control tips.
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William McKinley
Tiffin
Clarence Schutter
Seneca
Baltimore & Ohio
Fostoria
Ingether
Seneca County
J. B. Shereck
Frederick O. Ringle
Seneca County Red Cross Association
Lucky
Ringle
Red Cross
Wood County
Potatoes Urged To Save Wheat For War Needs
Postwar food guidance stresses eating potatoes from the 1917 harvest to reduce European starvation risk. Officials say consuming potatoes now frees wheat for Allied needs and oversees a vast food reserve to be used before June.
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Europe
Foley Kidney Pills Endorsement from Calvert Reader
M. W. Taylor of Calvert Alabama writes praising Foley Kidney Pills as the best remedy he ever used. He says earlier treatments failed to help and the pills restore kidney and bladder function and relieve backache rheumatic pains and stiff muscles. J. D. Ewing.
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M. W.taylor
Calvert, Ala
Foley’s
J. D. Ewing
Jeremiah Confined in the Pillory Common Punishment
The prophet Jeremiah was confined in a pillory, a punishment cited from Jeremiah xxix 26, described as a common restraint method of his era.
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Jeremiah
Remedy for Rheumatism Chanders Chamberlain's Liniment
Rheumatism causes much pain and suffering as the most common illness. A remedy offering relief and rest is Chamberlain's Liniment.
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Iin
MR. Farmer
Navy
Dan Hershey
Robert Murphy
Ursuline Academy
Beatrice Wonderly
Fortoria
Esther Wangler
Adrian
Marie
Ernestine Ridenour
New Riegel
Walter Bigham
the Tribune
WecCtotlan
DR. J. ¥. McClellan Outlook
East Broad Street
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