Awakening of a Selfless Soldier Heart in Wartime Family
Myra Crane is reading about casualties when her brother Bert is revealed as a brave boy who died for his country. Her selfishness fades as she recalls Bert’s heroism and resolves to enlist, joining Molly in sewing red cross items under her mother’s hopeful gaze.
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Myra
Molly
Mrs. McCane
Dora
Myrna
Bob
Myra O
Rob
Bert
Albert Blake
Tob
Rab
Sam
Sis
Uncle Sam
Pliny’s Belgium Visit Described by Romans Influence
The Protectionist notes Pliny the Elder described ancient Belgium during his imperial duties. He depicts a land where the ocean floods twice daily, inhabitants shelter on sand hills, fish sustain them, and nets are woven from rushes. No trees grow, water is rain preserved, turf fuels homes, yet locals resent their subjugation under Rome.
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Pliny
Vesuvius
Belgium
Empire of
Rome
Schwab Recalls One Political Speech From Braddock
Charles M. Schwab is quoted in the June Forum article “The Shipbuilder's Job” recalling a single political speech made in Braddock about thirty years earlier. He says he urged the Republican ticket and notes Braddock voted Democratic for the first and only time since the Civil War.
Field of Blood Near Jerusalem Described As Potter's Field
A historic field outside Jerusalem known as Aceldama or Field of Blood is described as a barren potter's field tied to Judas's thirty pieces. Visitors can tour caves and tombs carved in rock with a Crusader ruin nearby, near the Hill of Evil Council where Caiaphas is said to have plotted Jesus' execution.
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Walls
Jerusalem
Hinnom
Judas
Holy City
Richard Lion Heart
England
Holy Land
Potter's Field
Aceldama
Evil Courl
Caiaphas
Jesus
Saving Money for Farmers by Protecting Woodpeckers
A high authority argues migratory bird slaughter raises pest damage and costs farmers money. Citing red headed woodpeckers nesting in a cottonwood, a pair made 96 worm deliveries per hour for 10 hours daily, worth about $210 over three weeks in the orchard. The piece urges farmers not to kill woodpeckers.
The dull drab years of middle age at the saloon
A New York Sun analysis mocks a YMCA worker's claim that men aged 35 to 45 are dull and drab. It argues men visit saloons not from boredom but from the need for social, unconventional welcome, noting younger men courtship and older men turning to spiritual life after forty-five.
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Napoleon
Y. M. C. A. Gink
New York Sun
Dutch inventor Drebel built a submarine in the seventeenth century
In early 1600s England Cornelius Drebel, a Dutch navigator with James I's support, piloted a submarine from Westminster to Greenwich. The king, curious but warned by courtiers that Drebel was in league with Old Nick, avoided joining a voyage. The craft carried a reader’s underwater view without candles and was powered by oars.
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England
Westminster
Greenwich
Cornelius Drebel
James I
Drebel
Nick
High Society Wedding Mishap Tale at New York Church
In a tongue in cheek family memoir style, the narrator jokes about an exclusive wedding at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York, contrasting it with a farcical stunt at a state fair that allegedly involved the preacher and a balloon.
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Richen-Yriscky
New York
Poores
Peanut Butter Recipes from the Pantry Era
A catalog of peanut based dishes and preparation notes including Peanut-Potato Sausages Lettuce With Peanuts Peanut Loaf Peanut Fondue Peanut Brownies and Peanut Salad With Bananas plus a moral line from Elizabeth Charles about bearing each other’s burdens.
Delicacies for Occasions Gelatin and Frozen Desserts
A historical home cook newsletter offering gelatin based dishes for salads and desserts. Instructions include lemon jelly with vegetables and fruit, cottage cheese preparations, baked corn with cheese, and several frozen dessert concepts using fruit juices milk cream and honey. Includes methods for freezing cottage cheese, making jelly salads, and a honey substitute from whey and corn syrup.
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Wales
No More Baseball During the War Bill 270321 Declares No Strikes
On ships returning to port the crew learns baseball is canceled by a senate bill 270321 prohibiting strikes during the war. The joker shows a newspaper as the ship’s joke turns to reality while the U S S Arizona notes an absentee. Judge Wright’s ad plugs Indian Vegetable Pills as a vegetable tonic and purgative.
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Senate
W. A. McCarthy
U. S. S. Arizona
Wright
Not Militarized Yet
A major recalls riding a wooded road where an intelligence officer analyzes the landscape. The officer hints at patriotic sentiment and nostalgia, mentioning mistletoe and a longing for Mary in a rustic, old fashioned setting.
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Mary
Crisp Criticism of Gossip and Smoke of Rumor
Quote attributed to George Eliot dismisses gossip as smoke from dirty pipes that spreads through poor taste, arguing it proves nothing and harms character. The remark frames gossip as a trivial social nuisance and a reflection of the speaker.
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George Eliot
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Clinch Kidney Relief
A vintage advertisement promoting Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a trusted, centuries-old remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims the oil penetrates kidneys and bladder to expel poisons, promises renewed vigor, and guarantees refund if not as represented. Distributed by druggists, imported from Holland in three sizes with sealed packaging.
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Haarlem
Golss Medal
Holland
Ee Medat
EATONIC Promises Quick Relief for Stomach Woes in Heat
An old advertisement warns hot weather worsens stomach and bowel troubles and promotes EATONIC tablets. It claims the compound neutralizes harmful juices and gases, leaves the stomach sweet and cool, and guarantees results with a money back offer. Patients are advised to take one or two tablets after meals and obtain a box from a druggist or mail order.
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Eatonic
Eatonic Usera Ngo
Eatonic Remedy Co
Chicago
Ill
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