Advertising to Victory in War Time Shopping
William H Rankin urges shoppers to use advertisements to save time and choose meritorious goods amid clerk shortages. He argues advertising informs buyers, supports war effort funding, and promotes conservation of effort as a victory strategy.
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William H. Rankin
Wm. H. Rankin Company
filstory
Cerk
Red Cross
YMC.A
Knights of Columbus
Salvation Army
artieles
Victors
fas
Shortage Drives Wholesalers to Philadelphia for Goods
Shortage of raw materials and labor pushes wholesalers in Philadelphia to eagerly acquire goods. In Denton and Federalsburg stores, Miss Mabel Voshell and Miss Nannie Murphy selected top items and reserved them for a forthcoming sale, with regular prices and discounted sale prices noted for bleached damask and related textiles.
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Philadelphia
Mabel Voshell
Denton
Nannie Murphy
Federalsburg
Sandy and Mae Share Curious Illness Tale
Sandy notes his friend Mae has not visited for weeks. Mae explains her ailment as influenza, a vague term that has puzzled them for years and kept him from work. Mae jokes about not knowing the name of her condition while discussing illness in their circle.
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Sandy
Mae
Mace
Bomb-proof Theaters Open in Paris by Enterprising Manager
A renowned Parisian theater manager opens two cellar theaters connected to his two houses. Regular performances start in the upstairs auditoria, but in case of alarms or raids the audience retires to the cellar where the play continues. One cellar dates to the revolutionary era near the Putnis Reyal.
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Putnis Reyal
Near the Smoky City Fishing Trip Yields Smoked Like Catch
In a brief chat the speaker recalls a fishing trip near Pittsburgh. The catch is described as tasting much like smoked fish, suggesting a successful outing and flavorful results.
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Crimsonheak
Pittsburgh
Judge Smoked Sparks Possible New Trial In NYC Auto Suit
A prominent New York business man seeks relief after an auto purchase dispute ended in a full jury verdict for him but a new trial granted when the judge left the bench to smoke. He plans to sue the county for damages over alleged negligence in judicial conduct and procedure.
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New York
Cincinnati Times- Star
Inc
etr
county of
Secret Cipher Used by German Captives in WWI Revealed
The article describes a cipher method where two people copied a dictionary and sent messages by counting words on pages. It recounts a case during the war where German captors used a harmless letter about golf to extract admiralty details, via a Shakespeare edition in Dresden Public Library.
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Buelith
England
Dresden
Day of Young Men quoted to praise youth in duty
The piece argues that Day of Young Men rightly honors youth and service while acknowledging elders share in history. It notes patriotic devotion stirs the pulses and that the nation asks much of its older sons, who might adapt the poet’s line about bliss to be alive and Heaven to be old.
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New York Evening Post
Englishman's Idea of a Yankee at the Club
A lean American dominates the club chat recounting travels from Mississippi to Australia and Spain. A Witteman reveals the man is a manager of a cinematograph show in the West End.
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Mississippi
Rockles
Texas
Australia
Spain
China
Japan
Alps
Switzerland
Witteman
West End
London
Laundry Close Call on Interurban Car Heist
A Chicago bound interurban ride ended with two young men forgetting a bundle of 35000 dollars en route. The socks, the pair had been entrusted with the cash, wrapped in a newspaper. They talked of girls and other things and returned only after a passerby shouted to retrieve the laundry.
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Indianapolis News
Chinese Population Surges Despite Western Powers Presence
The passage depicts the Chinese as an inexhaustible, multiplying race. It contrasts China with European outposts, noting vast urban densities in Hong Kong and major cities like Tientsin and Shanghai. The text emphasizes supposed racial permanence and the limited impact of Western civilization.
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China
anary
Macao
Walter E. Weyl
Harper's Magazine
Hongkong
Hoengkeng
Victoria
Tientsin
Shanghai
Ifankow
Ching
New Zealanders Stop Traffic With Warm Weather Parade
The New Zealand soldiers in athletic trunks and khaki uniforms drew crowds in the financial district causing a lunch hour stoppage as 2,000 stenographers watched with amusement. The report notes local reactions and questions about future appearances.
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hell
Antipodes
financial district
New York Herald
Marines Earned Heroic Duty In Hand To Hand Gun Capture
The fighting ground near the Marine Brigade saw waves of marines advance to seize German machine guns. Sergeant James A. Ducey and Private Raymond B. Van Sickle, both Marines, charged the guns a fearless dash and captured them one by one, enabling their line to push forward. Ducey's mother, Mrs. Ellen Ducey, lives at 11 John Street, Washington Courthouse.
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Nots de la Brigade de Marine
fearless dash
Serat
James A. Ducey
Raymond B. Van Sickle
Ducey
Ellen Ducey
Yves
John street
Washington Courthouse
Statia Garibaldi Leads Ambulance on the French Front
Statia Garibaldi, niece of a two war hero, drives an ambulance for Italian Alpine troops near Epernay. Her vehicle passes trucks and ambulances from all allied armies as soldiers salute her in dusty khaki. The hospital she serves hosts troops from multiple nations including Americans.
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Statia Garibaldi
Epernay
rade
Stalia Garibaldi
Tiatian-Amertcan
Chi
cate
Uphold Traditions Of Flag Aboard A Destroyer
A bridge radio recounts wartime rescues and near misses as destroyers and submarines clash far at sea. Captains recall ships shelled or torpedoed, crews fighting fires, signaling luck, and a million dollar cargo ship lost after a long voyage from the Adriatic.
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Herman Whitaker
New York Independent
Tipperary
Lucy
estray
Unknown recruit learns boxing from Benny Leonard at Camp Upton
A husky volunteer from an interior town boasted of boxing skill at Camp Upton. Benny Leonard promised a lesson but boxed only in feints to exhaust the trainee, later praising the amateur before returning to his barracks. The incident, reported by Lestie’s Weekly, highlights informal training antics during training camp.
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Camp Upton
oan
Benny Leonard
Upton
Leonard
Benny
Lestie
Bagdad Transforms Under British Aftermath
An observer notes Bagdad’s modernization after six teen months since Turkish rule ended. Paved streets electric lights and sanitary reforms replace filth and squalor, with a cleaner oriental city now safer for British visitors to explore the Abbasid capital.
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old Bagdad
Cleveland Plaine dealer
new Bagdad
Tigris
Great Britain
Bagdad
red
WIL
Wilhelm
Gott
Mitteleuropa
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