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Newspaper
Darlington Herald
Location
Darlington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
4
The piece notes a near ten billion dollar favorable trade balance since 1914, attributing profits to war driven prices and activity. It cites Liberty loan funding matching the profits and forecasts a Palestine capital for a future league of peace with Jewish communities aligned to peace efforts.
In doubt about what to give for Christmas, visit our drug store where you will find scores of beautiful unexpected gifts. It won’t break you to buy them here.
The piece argues that every citizen faces a stark choice: serve the country with life and wealth or lose both. It insists the demand is absolute and not a sentimental wartime slogan, stressing the nation owns a person’s possessions and strength, demanding sacrifice.
In a reflective reminiscence a former Prussian Guard member recalls how, with six months training, he believes he was nearly as good a soldier as a young dairy goods clerk from America. This vignette frames pride in wartime service and cross national comparisons.
The Belgians remain in the fight as their army joins the offensive against German forces. The Belgian people endure oppression yet celebrate that their soldiers continue to battle in the field.
The piece notes many women work in Scotch shipyards and cites their peculiarities such as a constitutional objection to any necessary task remaining undone if personally responsible. It contrasts this with grim wartime history and mentions medical advice to the Empress regarding avoiding worry and excitement.
The passage argues labor deserves honor alongside fighters, noting the fighter bears more risk but the laborer is essential. It mocks the buzz around warfare, calling attention to the elephant as a leading pachyderm and to the rhinoceros and automobile enthusiast as symbols of harmless leisure on gasoline-free Sundays.
Experiments show grapevine fibers can yield good paper, offering a morale boost to anxious vineyard owners. The finding points to an alternative use for surplus vines and hints at new industry possibilities.
Read the advertisements. It means money to you. Get Hiatt's prices on chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese. He will call for them. Call 20n 12.
Hiatt will call for prices on chickens turkeys ducks and geese. A second call is set for the 12th. Needles and sewing machine supplies are available at T M Campbell's.
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