War News Aims Across Fronts and Italy Frontlines
The week saw Austro German drives in northeastern Italy halted by Italian resistance. Italian forces fell back to the Tagliamento while inflicting heavy losses on the foe. Allied support to Italy strengthens and U.S. aid and credits expand. On the Western Front, French British and Belgians gain ground in Flanders near Merckem and Luyghem, with gains near Passchendaele ridge. Three Americans killed in battle as U.S. transports Finland torpedoed. naval measures increase protections and export controls expand.
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Edward W. Pickard
Italy
Cieneral Cadorna
Initcdnd
Stalf
Tun Fle
Isonza
Friuit
Duke of Aasta
Tagliamenta
Carnie Alps
Tagliamento Ine
Tastacenunts
Count Cadorna
Pive
Taglinmcente
Teutons
Codrotpa
Big Bano
Germany
Great Britain
France
America
Snarine
Tuly
London
Entente
Italia
Biven
Paris
Eiveryone
Alles
Russi
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Finland
Petrograd
Kerensky
Good Gaina
Flanders
Dixminde
Merckem
Luyghem
Passchendaele
Roulers
Aisne
Verdue
Allotte River
MD London
England
Nancy
Africa
Mesopotamia
Beersheba
Palestine
George von Hertling
Bayrrm
Catholic Center
Helfferich
Friedrich von Payer
Versling
Barenge
Ave
Silient
Cottegat
Jon Huys Humbond
U. S
Navy Department
Finland
Actiles
Secre
War Tax Revenue Addresses Liberty and Tax Facts
The article urges support for the new war taxes in 1918, detailing rates on income above thresholds and levies on transportation, theater admissions, tobacco, insurance, and other services. It lists monthly reporting duties for carriers and tax collection rules, stressing personal responsibility and the broader war effort.
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Tary Daniels
France
Admiralty
Eric Geddes
Parliament
Gupaign
North Sea
Flantic
Arctic
Reif
Pipe
Hoover
Aids
Washington
Kaiser
United States
Vassenger
Chile
Canada
Mexico
Sie
Oves
Elgava
Not His Fault in Stage Soliloquy of Broken Vows
A clipped dialogue reveals a pair in distress over promised lifelong love. One vows devotion while the other hints at illness and doubt, exposing the fraying bond as reality intrudes on romantic idealism.
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Tong
Greatest Thing in the World and Watteau’s Final Years
The piece extols personality as the greatest force in life and quotes lines about love and heart. It notes Antoine Watteau, a premier French artist, painting decorative panels while dying from tuberculosis and facing poverty before his death at thirty seven.
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Bey
Blackbercles
Daniel Weuster
Lineota
Wintton
Antoine Watteau
France
Through and Through The Browei In Wine Exchange Confidences
The exchange unfolds on a veranda at a large military hospital in France. One says they attended a society party and the other questions the timing. The speaker jokes that suffering through one ball would be preferable to enduring another.
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Browei
Worse Than Blue Josephine Seeks Comfort From War Time Maternal Mood
In a fragment from a wartime column a mother consoles Josephine, remarking on low spirits as the girl quips about being “purple.” The ad suggests Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver, bowels, and stomach, urging readers to keep clean and healthy during the war era.
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Josephine
Dr. Pierce
Music of the Wind
Poetic note contrasts the wind in trees with the hot air that accompanies some family trees, hinting at tension and weathered phrasing within domestic life.
Housekeepers Can Save Food by Exterminating Pests
An old newspaper ad urges households to protect food from rats mice cockroaches and waterbugs to prevent enormous losses. It claims a single rat can ruin up to a hundred dollars of food and urges using Stearns Paste paste at 35 cents to eradicate pests.
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Stearns
Ady
Does Not Linger At This Summer Kiss
A reflective note on a fleeting summer romance as the season ends and the lasting impact of a kiss fades with the approach of autumn. The speaker recalls a brief dalliance and the imprint it leaves as time moves on.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Ad Promises Quick Relief
Prominent advertising copy urges readers to use Dodd's Kidney Pills at the first signs of kidney distress. It claims prevention of Bright's disease, asserts guaranteed results, and warns against substitutes, noting druggists will refund if unsatisfied. The pitch targets backache, pains, dizziness, and night awakenings as warning signs.
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Tate
Dodd
Bright
Kidney Health
Ady
Concealed Art Among Ashton Arbiters Discusses Sotica-Rixchange
A brief note notes the concept that art perfects by concealing itself and echoes a prophetic remark as Ashton arbiters consider Sotica-Rixchange. The fragment emphasizes secrecy in art and decision makers in Ashton.
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Ashton Arbiters
Green's August Flower Ad Highlighting Digestive Relief
Green's August Flower has been a household remedy worldwide for over half a century. It promises relief from constipation, indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, liver trouble, and associated symptoms with gentle laxative action. Sold by druggists in civilized countries.
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Hmne
Cpl
Dan T. Moore
Field Artillery
Hoogevelt
George von Hert- Mag
Tagliamento River
Alues
Pershing
Luxburg
Lansing Justweek
Count Luxburg
Foreign Office
Germainy
South America
Brazil
Luxbury
Argentina
Federal Trade Commission
Patriots
Treasury Department
Fletcher
Cascara
Mr. Hale
St. Corte
Lydia E. Pinkham
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