War News Roundup of Early 20th Century Fronts
Western Newspaper Union reports on major World War I actions including Russia reinforcing with troops, Monastir captured by Bulgars, Italian plans for Gorisia attack, Gallipoli trench gains by Britain, and shifting Serbian situation. Also notes air attacks on Udine, naval losses near Egypt, Greek political moves, and other political and military developments across Europe and the Pacific.
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Union News Service
Russia
Monastir
Serbia
Italy
Gorisia
Gallipoli
Dvina
Styr
France
Pierce's Pleasant clean and heal lungs bowels and stomach
An oddquoted passage discusses a product named Pierce’s Pleasant with claims to cleanse and heal the liver bowels and stomach. A remark about Long Island references lingering mosquitoes and the Long Island Railroad.
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Pierce
Long Island
Motive Queried Over Seat Exchange
A brief exchange on a street ends with a sharp rebuttal as a speaker questions a gentleman’s seat motive. The elderly claimant rejects age or beauty excuses and asserts a moral boundary before departing.
Cuticura Ad Promises Relief for Skin and Scalp
Clean Sweet Scalp helps clear dandruff and itching with Cutlcura Soap and Cutl cura Ointment. Pure fragrant emollients assortments for skin and scalp offered. sample free by mail with Skin Book. Address Cuticura Dept XY Boston. sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Adyv
The Water Cure Joke From Minnesota Farm Life
A Swedish farmer on a Minnesota wheat farm falls ill and his wife calls the doctor. The physician asks for a thermometer but is told to use a barometer. The wife reports the barometer says very dry, so she gives him water, and he returns to work, much to the doctor’s amusement.
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Minnesota
Natural Affinity Not a Society Belle Yet A Duck of a Girl
A witty exchange notes a girl who is not a society belle but is plainly attractive. The dialogue suggests she should be in the social swim and contrasts a wise woman's view on keeping a husband at home without singing.
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Greece
Bulgaria
Berlin
Anglia
English
Greal
Britain
France
Russia
China
Senor Hermoso
Kioto
Tokio
San Francisco
Ancona
Rome
Japan
Yoshihito
Theodore Leschetitzky
Dresden
Vienna
Paderewski
Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Bovoelkerungs Politik
German Society For
Tunisian
Thomas Nelson Page
United States
Pleasant Pellets and Social Snippets Headline Mix
A collage of jokes and items from a bygone era recounts social missteps and humor. It blends an ad line for Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets with quips about marriages, family trees, fashion, women’s headgear, and a domestic anecdote about Mr Brown and his valet Mose. The tone mirrors old newspapers’ light lifestyle notes and witticisms.
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Paris
Balkans
Gorizia
Udine
Kalkander
Carp
Romania
Kossovo
Turkey
England
Cerna
Bisbee
Industrial Workers of the World
William Spry
Utah
Joe Hillstrom
Joseph Hillstrom
L Iw. W
Salt Lake City
Paul J. McCormick
Los Angeles
P. J. J. Parrell
Army and Navy Club of
Chicago
Army of the Philippines
Washington
Champ Clark
House
Wilson
Tasker H. Biles
Army
William 4H. Carter
John ¥. Morrison
Fifteenth Infantry
Tientein
Biles
Sporting News
Jack Dillon
Frank Farmer
Oshkosh
Wis
Northwestern Baseball League
Vancouver
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Butte
Helena
Blewett
Denver
Ed Hanlon
Sioux City
Omaha
Norris
Tip” O'Neill
Frank C. Zehroung
Illinois
Dunne
Billa
Georgia
Maine
California
Mitchell
New York
William Henry Boisides Reaney
United States Navy
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Rocky Mountains
Western Canada
Western
Canada
Ottawa
Bennett
Bee Bidg
Nebr
Dr. Pierce
Oneida
Skinner
America
Skinner Lafg. CO
Myatt Fen
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