Kerensky Reported Imprisoned in Caucasus
Copenhagen dispatch citing the Asthenian newspaper Varanias says former Russian premier Alexander Kerensky was arrested and imprisoned in the Caucasus after arriving in Baku aboard a British steamer seeking popular support for the Russian democratic party.
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London
Alexander Kerensky
Caucasus
Copenhagen
Asthenian
Varanias
Kerensky
Russian Democratic Party
Baku
Italy Refused Arbitration in Dalmatia War Claims
One year ago today Italy refused to arbitrate territorial claims in Dalmatia while Austria restored 200 million dollars in wartime treasure taken from Trieste. The item notes a long-ago English practice of wrapping meat in vegetable leaves and promotes Independent Oil News with a Texas Louisiana oil fields profits pitch.
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Italy
Dalmatia
Austria
Trieste
Aspironal Elixir Promoted as Fast Cold Cure
An advertisement touts Aspironal as a superior two minute relief for colds and flu. It claims endorsements by army surgeons, universal refund if relief fails, and urges quick purchase at drugstores with a simple dosage. Also promotes real estate services by Kendall Realty and Auction Co. in Troy Hamilton.
Salvation Army Aid Expands into New European Lands
London reports General Bramwell Booth notes growing Salvation Army aid in Czechoslovakia where government offers free buildings for work. Bulgaria and Poland likely to be next, as army expands into new territories and gains support from emerging governments.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Salvation Army
Bramwell Booth
PORELOGNERS IN GERMANY VICTIMS OF PROFUTERRS
Victims in Berlin stores face 50 percent overcharge on retail prices for betraying their identity. Berlin chamber of commerce suggests this due to the low German currency exchange rate. The article also notes a superstition about a longer third year in China adding a month rather than a day.
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Germany
Berlin
China
Philadelphia Wage Scale Rises 120 Percent in 1918
Philadelphia wage scale surged 120 percent in 1918 from 1917 while overall industrial production value rose 30 percent. State official Hoke Gottschall of the internal affairs department notes Philadelphia’s 1918 product value at 1,913,852,400 dollars versus 1,559,148,200 dollars in 1917.
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Philadelphia
Philadllphia
Hoke Gottschall
State Department of Internal Affairs
French Academy weighs words of war origin in dictionary
Paris scholars debate if poilu meaning hairy one suits heroic French soldiers and propose bōche as a term of contempt for Germans. They expect a final ruling to await future generations. In Balocchistan a physician samples his own dosage as proof of trust.
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Paris
French Academy
National
Academy
Balocchistan
Brame’s Vapementha Salve hailed as influenza shield
Letter from C C Wright Wilkes County public schools superintendent lauds Brame’s Vapementha Salve confirming cures and prevention of colds grippe influenza pneumonia and other ailments. External application eases congestion and breathing with no fabric staining. Sold by Brame Drug Co North Wilkesboro NC Adv.
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R. M. Brame
Brame
C. C. Wright
Wilkes County
N. C
Brame Drug, Co
North Wilkesboro
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Cash
High Point Steam Laundry
Enterprise Office
North State Telephone Co
North Carolina
Virginia
J M. Woodside
Imperial Hotel
P.m
Green Drug Company
Phon R. W. Seward
Zum Avenue
Dillon-Kearns Underwear Co
Hamilton Street
Dhtf
Southern Talking Machine Plant
Ford
G. A. Prendergast
Denny Roll and Panel.Co
Raikin Street
Fas
English, Elm
Thurston and
Lindsay Streets
Enterprise
Bank of Commerce
Danny
Dad
Daddy
Will
HE Does
All
England
Texas-Louisiana
Suite Be
Gilmore Bldg
Ft. Worth
Texas
Kendall Realty and Auction Co
Troy Hamilton
I-2 N. Main
U. S
Goodyear
Chevrolet
Dort
Maxwell
THE
Bulgaria
Poland
Salvationists
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