Canada Farm Lands Promise Return of Returned Soldiers
A wartime editorial urges soldiers to settle on Canadian farms as a path to reconstruction. It argues farm life offers security for veterans displaced from prior jobs and promotes Canada and the United States as partners in feeding the world. It highlights rich prairie lands, supportive government programs, and broad friendship after the war.
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America
Europe
United States
Canada
Old prescription for weak kidneys
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claiming cures for kidney liver and bladder issues and offering a sample bottle by mail with ten cents. notes strong endorsements from a prominent druggist and thousands of sworn statements supporting its efficacy. bottles sold in drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Adyv
Thrift and the Value of Little Things
A Thrift Magazine essay urges Americans to value small purchases and resist impulse spending. It argues frugality in everyday choices builds wealth and stability, especially during war days.
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Thrift Magazine
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad
An old advertisement offering $100 for a case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The copy states the medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces, sold by druggists for over forty years, with testimonials and contact J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
FB. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Times Have Changed Fashion as Addams Reflects on 1918 Trends
Jane Addams comments on 1918 fashions noting shifting values. A poor man creates a depth bomb prototype that earns government support, prompting an emotional moment with his wife. She rejects charity and seeks to match mainstream styles instead.
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Jane Addams
No Man Is Interested in Your Troubles Unless a Lawyer
A sardonic quip suggests men show interest only when law is involved. The wry line frames lawyers as gatekeepers of disputes, coloring views of advice and conflict resolution.
State Commission Backs Grain Order In Montana
The Montana railroad commission rejects a federal plan to raise minimum carload grain shipments and to remove grain doors. It protests a 50 000 pound minimum, argues 24 000 pounds suffices for smaller towns, and will not attend the hearing. The piece also notes Montana’s new single state district for the federal Bureau of Animal Industry with Dr Rudolph Snyder in charge at Helena and lists BIA activities. The article also covers teachers’ wages, moral conditions, and state police concerns in Butte and Helena.
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H. M. Pearce
Helena
Montana
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Bismarck
N. D
Rudolph Snyder
Bureau of Animal Industry
State Laboratory
Bureau
State hail insurance pays half losses amid funding gaps
Helena reports the legislature failed to create a reserve fund causing heavy year losses to be paid at about half. Losers receive just under $6 an acre for total loss when insurance is $12. Farmers urged to lobby amendments as 5,522 insured, 2,200 loss claims filed. 668 620 acres grain and 4,403 hay acres insured. Total collected about $402,279 with $35,000 surplus added, giving roughly $405,000 to $410,000 for distribution.
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Helena
State Hail Board
Bowman
Hill County tops fourth Liberty loan oversubscription
Hill County leads all counties in oversubscription percentage for the Fourth Liberty loan drive with 3881 percent. Wheatland, Deer Lodge, and Lincoln also show strong distributions, while Blaine trails with 644 percent. Wheatland earns a battleship honor. Deer Lodge and Lincoln receive army tank honors.
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Sedena
Wheatland
Deer Lodge
Lincoln
Hill County
Blaine County
Chateau
Dawson
Madison
Mineral
Toole
Wheattt d
Seed loan approvals flood Montana farm relief effort
One hundred seed loan applications totaling about 35 000 dollars were approved by C W Warburton of the USDA seed loan office in Great Falls. The loans cover roughly 7 000 acres and about 100 more applications, averaging 70 acres each, are expected to be approved this week for distribution next spring to farmers in the region.
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Great Falls
C. W. Warburton
United States Department of Agriculture
Building and Loan Company Sued by State of Montana
Helena The state seeks to compel Western Loan and Building Association to stop doing business in Montana or to conform to state law. Attorney General Ford says from 1916 to 1915 the Utah based firm charged illegal withdrawal fees to at least 412 Montana stockholders, from 10 to 100 dollars, paid expenses from stock payments, and violated Montana laws. Supreme Court granted permission to file and issued summons. the company has 20 days to answer.
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Helena
Western Loan and Building Association
Utah
Montana
Supreme Court
Ford
Lands to Soldiers Plan Aims at Opening Public Land
Lieutenant Governor W W McDowell returns from Washington after two months advocating government script equal to 40 acres of public land for each discharged soldier. The negotiable script could be sold by veterans not wishing to settle, potentially opening millions of acres for settlement.
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Butte
W. W. McDowell
Washington
Montana notes reflect war effort and local affairs
Montana notes report Rockefeller Institute agreeing to send a Japanese bacteriologist to the state lab to aid in spotted fever control. Other items note rail on time performance, fuel administration successes, a youth seeking reform school return, and various local civic actions across Montana.
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Rockefeller I Institute
New State Laboratory
Negouchi
W. J. Butler
Institute
New York
Men of Iron Praise for Senegalese Troops From Captain Beck
Captain Edward Beck of South Bend Indiana now in France with the Senegalese troops writes home praising their resilience. He says they are like American colored troops, fearless in battle and unshaken by pain. He recounts a test where a mason dropping mortar and brick failed to faze a Senegalese laborer who calmly warned to mind the dropped mortar.
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Men of
Edward Beck
South Bend
Ind
France
So He Does Jinks and the dog hospital elevator tale
Jinks says he raises hundreds of dogs and runs an elevator in a dog hospital. The quirky exchange shows a folksy chat about animals and odd jobs.
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Jinks
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