The Last Examination of War's Draft
An adlike passage promotes Dr. Perce's medicines with testimonials from Michigan readers. It praises Amurin for strength and relief from weakness, citing Mrs. Julia Bickok's endorsement and recommending Pleasant Pellets for stomach, liver, and bowels as purely vegetable remedies.
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Michigan
Saving the Bullets
A fragmented wartime piece discusses airplane types and armament, noting that machine guns aimed with propellers complicate targeting. It covers early attempts to protect propellers and bullets from damage during combat, referencing design changes and mechanical challenges.
Americans and English Officers Share War Hospital Social
A New York reporter describes a hospital tent tea party where American surgeons and nurses tended wounded near the front while English bands played, amid a cemetery and a forest of cromies. The event united American and English officers, with social greetings between Georgians, Virginians, and peers from Cincinnati and girls from Atlantic City.
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Cuticura Promises Relief and Sample Offer
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Plan for Future Beauty by Lima R Rose
Plant lovers should tailor window gardening to plant needs and home conditions. Consider light, temperature, space, and whether to turn plants for symmetry. Proper potting, pruning, and spacing help winter blooms, with notes on root growth and seasonal transitions. Also lists state flowers and closes with Maeterlinck quote on love.
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Lima R. Rose
Habit as a cruel taskmaster in aging city worker
A Chicago pensioner of 64 years in city service died after losing daily routine and clinging to habit. He lamented idle life and rusted away as he could not adapt. The piece warns that rigid days and lack of variation can erase purpose and health with age.
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Nehemiah Prayer Lesson Reflects on Kingly Aid
A 1917 lesson outlines Nehemiah’s four month wait before requesting the king’s permission to return to Jerusalem. Nehemiah’s fear, the king’s inquiry, and Nehemiah’s tactful plea lead to royal letters for safe journey and timber supplies. The narrative notes Esther’s possible queenly influence and Nehemiah’s guarded plan before revealing the project to the people.
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Indifference and Its Limits in Great Works
A short meditation on how greatness in art and philanthropy comes from enthusiasm and full hearted effort. The text cites Doctor Watts urging forgiveness and love while advocating the need to forget affronts and move forward.
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Doctor Watts
Bad Man Has Boy Arrested In Domestic Relations Court
In a New York Herald report Mrs. Antoinette Pawlow describes fourteen years of marriage dusted by threats of killing and unemployment. Magistrate Harris interrogates the temperamental husband who admits to striking a fruit-stand boy and to past Harlem court appearances.
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Flirting With Death Stop Kidney Pills Warns of Dangers
A vintage warning advertorial extols Dodd's Kidney Pills to prevent kidney trouble and Bright's disease, listing symptoms and promising first-box help with a money-back guarantee. It ends with a brief, affectionate student note from Robert to his father admitting a misstatement about his professor.
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Dodd
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Concealed Art and Health Ad Excerpt
An odd fragment presents a proverb on art and prophecy then shifts to an advertisement urging readers to try Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver bowels and stomach. The snippet blends quip with health claims and questionable rhetoric.
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Dr. Pierce
Unusual Salvage Tale From Submarine War Memoir
A Norwegian steamship Kongsil survived a torpedo flood as grain swelled and plugged holes. Fishermen improvised grain-filled cotton bales to seal leaks, enabling tow to port. Also notes on Castoria, divorce in Reno, Sheffield steel output, and wartime helmet use. Australia’s annual tobacco and confectionery consumption listed.
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Popular Science Monthly
Kongsil
Eldes
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