White Plague Kills 150000 a Year Warns Tuberculosis Appeal
The Tuberculosis Association sponsors a Christmas appeal highlighting tuberculosis deaths at about 150000 annually in the United States. It notes rural areas with better air have no outdoors porches, and urges improving home conditions and outdoor sleeping porches to combat the disease. The Red Cross backed effort calls for War Savings stamps support.
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Amatter
Conjon
United States
Tuberculosis Association
Red Cross
War Office cancels hand grenade distribution plan
The War Department cancels a contract to supply 15,000,000 hand grenades to the Treasury Department for conversion into savings banks and stamps to promote government securities. No grenades were shipped. the project aimed to issue certificates to children during vacations.
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War Department
Treasury
C. A. Farnsworth Melite
Washington
Pray Companies
Mera
Farnsworth
France
America's Millionaires and War Savings Stamps Advised
A 1917 tax study shows thousands of U S millionaires with incomes from under 10000 to over 1 million and totals by bracket. The piece urges buying War Savings Stamps to build an untaxable income, noting 4 percent quarterly compound interest and thrift stamps as entry points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sil Clases
Kosher meat shipments aid Jewish relief drive
New York reports steer Ashburn and Minichaea steamers carrying hundreds of tons of kosher meat as part of $8,000,000 in relief supplies. Jewish leaders inspect the loads aboard the ships, while relief funds push to $35,000,000 nationwide.
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New York
Ashburn
Dana
America
Europe
Henry HL. Rosenfelt
Sale of a Chief Dairy Herd Sparks Mother's Attention
A dairyman with a fine pure blood herd announces dispersal after 15 years in the business. He questions why he would sell a herd that had served well and profited the operation.
Dad Dig Theme Raises No Holiday Honor
An editorial lament praises fathers for toiling unseen as families face high costs. It argues fathers deserve sympathy for hard work, rising bills, and burdens of schooling, housing, and groceries while mothers receive recognition. It ends with a hopeful note to cheer up dad.
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Dad
Father
Mother
Eddie
Dai
Money to Loan Federal Farm Loans at 54 Percent
If you need money this fall file your application nowLoans made in Polk Yamhill Marion Benton and Lincoln counties For particulars write to E K Pissckl Secretary Treasurer Dallas National Farm Loan Association
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Polk
Yamhill
Marion
Benton
Lincoln
E. K. Pissckl
Dallas National Farm Loan Association
Paris Fashion Myths and Ancients in Satirical Epistle
A playful, if ranting, meditation questions myths about Eve and biblical figures, trading in decadence rumors for tongue in cheek contrast. It riffs on beauty, appetite, and modern temptations with overblown hypotheticals and sly social commentary.
Are We All a Little Dippy
A humorous newspaper fragment questions the effects of excessive drinking on the body, listing many beverages from whisky to tea and noting how the body’s “valves and cogs” fail to cope. The passage mocks disregard for basic health rules, suggesting absurd results if an animal were to repeat the pattern.
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Eve
Ruth
Mary
Naomi
Israel
Red Sea
Adam
Steen
McLain Barnard Club Dissolves Partnership in 1919
The firm Mc Lain & Barnard dissolves by mutual consent with all debts to be paid by Frank McLain who will continue the business. F C McLain assumes sole responsibility for future contracts. Dated Independence Oregon October 10 1919. The notice promotes Eye P Thompson glasses and Beaver Hotel visit on October 22 and announces a returning aeroplane flight for local trips.
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McLain & Barnard
Frank McLain
Frank C. McLain
Independence
Oregon
F. C. McLain
R. C. Barnard
P. Thompson
Beaver Hotel
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Jen
Stanmore
WAR Office
Treasury Department
S. Dak
Senator Guns For
Thomas Sterling
South Dakota
Bolshevike
Paris
Mile
Mistinguett
Henry Weinhard
Portland
Pacific
Newport
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