Boys and Girls Rally for the Kaiser War Effort
Judge Ben B Lindsey and Secretary Willan McAdoo urge youth to join a national wartime spirit. Greenwich Conn school councils, war work logs, and Red Cross drives show children shaping thrift, sacrifice, and patriotism. Government pamphlets educate on production, distribution, and interdependence during the great conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben B. Lindsey
Children of America
Secretary of the Treasury
Willan McAdoo
America
Girls of
Theatien
Greenwich
Conn
Leigh
Billy
Liberty Loan Fund
Helen
Red Cross
Connecticut
United States
To Our Boys in Service Courage on the Home Front Crusade
An homage urging American servicemen crossing into battle to uphold honor and courage. It reflects on heroic ideals, the shift from peaceful times to war, and asks readers to keep the home front in their hearts while they serve, hoping they return as honorable men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lhego Pairt
Odysseus
Richard the Lion Hearted
Napoleon
Hell
Tim
Ares
Anpollyon
Guianes
France
Alan Seeger
Ufe
Americ
United States
Canada
Western
Western Canada
U.S. Employment Service
Department OF Labor
Trade briefs reveal varied import opportunities abroad
Mirror glass is needed in Peru. Wrist watches are wanted in British East Africa. Salt hangers and trousers presses are sought in New Zealand. Cottonseed oil and other vegetable oils lack a market in Canada. There is no market in Colombian for general merchandise for department stores. A buyer will visit soon to purchase supplies. A Chinese junk seeks agencies for American merchandise. Spala fields offer sales for machines turning wooden shoe casts and heels. Santo Domingo presents a strong market for American shoes with shoe machinery demand. local shoemaking is mostly handcraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
British East Africa
New Zealand
Canada
Spala
Santo Domingo
Nursing a Grouch and High Spots Cartoon Dialogue
A humorous dialogue features Mrs Crimsonbenk debating nursing a grouch and a man’s pursuit of a good time. The exchange mocks marriage roles and social expectations, ending with a punchline about theater seating.
Peterson's Ointment touted for eczema relief and cures
A testimonial claims severe eczema and itching vanished after using Peterson's Ointment for months. The advertiser touts many testimonials, guarantees satisfaction, and offers a 30 cent box with money back if not satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lezen
Peterson
Geo
C. Talbot
Penfield
Buffalo
N. Y
Saya Peterson
Conversation on a Quiet Afternoon
A fragmentary exchange hints at a personal chat between Harold and a woman named She. The lines imply a private moment during a stressed or restless day with a request for a meeting and a polite, evasive reply.
Dagger in the Back and Gold Medal Haarlem Oil
A dramatic advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for backache and general aches. It claims Dutch origin since 1696, urges readers to buy only the genuine product, and promises refunds if ineffective. Shields against imitators with serial wording and packaging claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Netherlands
Haarlem
Womsen
Ice Boating Milestones
A brief notebook note records a moment of ice boating where a speaker remarks on cold extremities and a companion offers practical advice to pull a hockey cap down. The scene is described with understated, modest tone and focused on small human detail.
Hair Darkening Remedy Ad Claims Simple Makeup
An old advertisement fragment promotes a home brew to darken gray hair using water Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with directions in each Barbo box. It also mentions nonsticky nonscalp color and soft glossy hair. Additional ads reference purifying the blood cures and Cuticura products with free samples offer.
Witty Observations and Purported Remedies Sparkled
A humorous passage contrasts rude strength with polite literature and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets for liver bowels and stomach. It suggests one Pellet for laxative and three for cathartic, while praising good nature over a grouch and noting a novel need not end in marriage.
Mother Gray’s Powders for Children Ad
Thies will interest mothers as Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children ease feverishness headache bad stomach teething disorders move and regulate bowels destroy worms. They break up colds in 24 hours. Pleasant to children used by mothers for all ailments. All druggists 2c sample free. Mother Gray Co La Roy N.Y.
Risky Variation in Campaign Opinion
A wike man may change his opin ion. Senator Sorghum warns that changing opinions more than once or twice during the same campaign is risky. The text notes a shift toward natural remedies like Garfield Tea and reflects on personal restraint, charity, and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorghum
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Fen
Harriot Gaylord
Mr. Criosonbenk
Harold
Houston Post
Garfield
Adv
Dept. X
Boston
Ady
Nature
Schiffmann
Free
Dairy Association CO
Lyndonville, Vt
U.S
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Can
C. J. Broughton
Adama Street
Chicago
Mancle
WM. V. Macinnes
Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
Michigan
Paris Medicine Co
Beaumont and Pine Sts
St. Louis
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