Americans Are Big Spenders Wasteful in War Time
Edward Mott Woolley argues Americans waste vast sums on trivial post cards souvenirs unnecessary phone calls and long telegrams. He cites luxury taxi rides barber shop visits Turkish baths perfumes and other vanity expenses that could fund Liberty bonds and support troops abroad.
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Edward Mott Woolley
Germany
France
America
Atlantic City
Asbury Park
Coney Island
Revere Beach
Boston
Venice
Los Angeles
Reginald
Maude
Algernon
New York
Chicago
Baby
Freddy
Jeannette
Darling Sue
United States
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Nilion
Europe
Uist
State Wards to Be Given Labor Under State Plan
The Executive Committee of New Jersey’s Charities and Corrections outlines a state use program to employ inmates and patients in state and federal work, favoring unskilled labor and outdoor rough work while avoiding competition with free labor. It covers prison industries, Leesburg farm work, highway labor, and printing while seeking to reform parole, wage limits, and plant utilization.
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Trenton
State Department of Charities and Corrections
United States
Tate Board
Giese
Leesburg
Highway Department
State Highway Department
State Board
Conservation Department
State Conservation Department
State Hospital
Trenton State Hospital
Jersey
L. J. Cellen
New Jersey
Philadelphia
New Jersey State
Ner
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Rahway Reformatory
The
Charities and Corrections Board
Nervous Breakdown Recovered After Lydia E. Pinkham Aid
Newark reader Miss Flo Kelly reports three years of nervous breakdown symptoms and daily headaches. After two years under a physician and trying various remedies a friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which she credits with restoring her health and ending her nervous symptoms.
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Newark
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Lydia KE. Pinkham
Flo Kelly
14Th St, Newark
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Misa Kelly
Cinematograph Operator Surprises Board With Speed
In a wartime parade the O C C classifies men for duties. Sapper Black steps forward as a cinematograph operator and claims a rate of five thousand feet per hour, prompting disbelief from the officer who notes telegraph operators measure by the yard.
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O. C
Sapper Black
D.C
Black
London
Too Much Clothing Is Bad for the Health
A Kansas City Journal item notes concerns about clothing and health with a line about girls seeming healthy. The passage emphasizes prudent dress and cautions that even small choices at the helm of life can steer outcomes.
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Kansas City Journal
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Jinn Derey
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