Get the Habit of Drinking Hot Water Before Breakfast
A health claim promotes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It argues internal sanitation prevents toxins, headaches and bilious attacks, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate as a cheap cure-all and likening it to an internal bath.
Ballyslush Paper Mill Buzz Sparks Local Hope
In Ballyslush County Bogford Ireland excitement runs high as war time paper shortages spark a new mill. Farmer O Grady seeks cream laid note paper and asks the manager if the mill will supply cream or sour milk for coarser kinds, prompting a curious exchange.
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Ballyslush
County Bogford
Ireland
O'Grady
Warmer O'Grady
Major Moutarde Seeks Hare In Garden Confrontation
A retired Mare major orders a hare for a party and, enraged when late, storms the house then cools in the garden. Errand boy Jimmy Walker passes by and is mistaken for the messenger. The exchange ends with a sharp quip about whiskers in London.
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Rascal
Jimmy
Cockalorum
London
Doctor Praises Postum For Health and Taste
A physician endorses Postum noting its health benefits and says coffee was banished from his table. He endorses Postum Cereal and Postum instant, used in patients families with children, and confirms a hearty taste when properly prepared. The letter, from Battie Creek, Mich, cites Cereal and instant forms priced 15¢ 6c and 50c tins. There is a familiar slogan There’s a Reason for Postum.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battie Creek
Mich
Grocess
Death of Turkish Crown Prince Yussef Eddin
A Paris authority on Ottoman affairs asserts Prince Yussef Eddin was assassinated on February 1 in his Zindjiril-Oyoub palace by ordnance officer Hassan Bey. He had long opposed the war and his death was planned by ministers and police officials allied with Enver Pacha and the Union and Progress party.
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Paris
Yussef Keeedin
Zind- Jirli-Coyou
Hassan Bey
Enver Bey
Yussef
Union
Committee of Unison and Progress
Sheikh al Islan
Jali Effendi
Talaat Pocha
Redri Bey
Hussein Dyahid
Amber
Behaeddine Chakir
Hussein Diahid
Turkey
Dardanelles
Enver Pacha
Wahid Eddin
Yussef Iyzedin
Gallipoli
Zindjiril—o
Hassan V
Enver Rey
Committee of Union Progress
Constantinople
Yassoef
American Colleges Front British Sneers At Standards
Smith College president Dr Marion Lew Horton announced new shared entrance standards for Wellesley Vassar Mount Holyoke and Smith at the Smith College Club luncheon in New York. Applicants face four years of prep records character certificates four comprehensive exams and a 1919 implementation target. Earlier remarks criticized Oxford critics and defended American college rigor amid wartime production notes. Printing costs for all government branches reached 7 111 075 with 589 009 excluded at the government printing office. Russia orders weapons for Japan valued at 24 000 000 to be produced by arsenals with deliveries starting in 1917.
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New York World
Marion Lew Koy Horton
Smith College
Smith College Club of
New York
Hotel Biltmore
Wellesley
Vassar
Mount Holyoke
Smith
Oxford
California
Burton
Benjamin the Wheeler
University of California
Raymeond Fosdick
D. C. White
San Francisco
Mra
George B. Ford
Adelaide Brown
Smith College Club
Frisco
Government Service
Russia
Japan
Man savings tobacco coupons furnishes home with prizes
A boilermaker at Wood River employed by Standard Oil collected tobacco tugs and coupons for eight years, turning them into furniture and a planned five passenger automobile. John Haderlein described his tale at Alton, noting friends helped collect tags and he gradually furnished his four room house including a plane as premium items.
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Bt Louis Post-Dispatch
Standard Oil Company
Wood River
John Haderlein
Alton
Haderein Waid
Wight
Choctaw Chief Enrolls for First Military Camp
Victor M. Locke of Antlers Oklahoma principal chief of the Choctaw tribe enrolls for the first military camp at Plattsburg New York beginning June 5. He oversees 20 799 tribal members and has Congress pass a bill paying each man woman and child $300 of moneys owed to them.
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Victor M. Locke
Antlers
Okla
Choctaw Tribe of Indians
Plattaburg
Man collects vehicle tags from nationwide sources
A worker at an oil refinery reports saving tags and asks colleagues to do likewise. He also mails to friends across the country who respond by sending wet tags from Chicago, St. Louis, and other places. He plans to buy an automobile and give rides to many friends by Christmas, noting premiums for more than 3,000,000 tags collected.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Haderlein
Militiaman Awarded 1464 For Accidental Wound
Frank Earl Wallace of the Seventh regiment National Guard of California receives 1464 from the California industrial accident commission after an accidental pistol wound to his left foot at Glendale target practice on November 21. The ruling sets a state liability precedent only while the Guard remains a state organization and would not apply during wartime if federalized.
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Los Angeles
Frank Earl Wallace
National Guard of California
California Industrial Accident Commission
H. H. Kinney
Wallace
Glendale
Here
National
CG Guard
Guard
Must Have Been Careful From the Chicago Herald
A neighbor’s young girl walked in during a baby’s bath and watched the scene. She noted the doll bore missing limbs, then asked the mother how long she had the baby. After learning the infant’s age, she remarked that the baby had been kept nice.
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Chicago Herald
Senate Debates and Army Policy on Border Recruits
The Chicago Herald notes General Funston urges immediate deployment of Hay resolution recruits to the Mexican border. It cites demands on resources for Villa pursuit and worries over Army expansion, while Senate debates and lobbyists on the Chamberlain reform pace threaten to mutilate the volunteer army measure, questioning national patriotism amid pork concerns.
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Chicago Herald
Funston
War Department
Villa
Senate
National Guard
Chamberlain Army
Enall
Volunteer Army
Greatest Of All Parks
The 14 national parks of the United States cover 4,665,906 acres or 7,299 square miles, nearly matching the size of New Jersey. They contain more features of conspicuous grandeur than can be found elsewhere in the world combined.
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United States
New Jersey
An American In Europe
A humorous travel poem longs for home despite admiring Europe. The speaker notes sights in London Paris and Versailles yet prefers America’s freedom and familiar landscapes. Nostalgia centers on returning home aboard a ship toward the western horizon.
Famous girl crook Elina Francheon haunted by a life of crime
A multi decade tale follows Elina Francheon from a French banking family linked to a famed detective hunt in 1880s Europe. She survives on a forged life, elopes with Collins, relocates to Canada and New England, and later serves as a Red Cross nurse in World War I before being killed on the front in France.
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Germany
France
England
M. Francheon
Paris
Francois
Berlin
le Pere Francheon
Ellina
Francoia
Francheon
Elling
New England
Palais Hotel
Trouville
Elina Francheon
America
L. A. Newcome
New York
Collins
Elina
Europe
Newcome
Nantecket Beach
Boston
Sam
Grand Hospital
Hatte
la Champagne
Hed Cross Association
U S Officers on Duty in Mexico and Citizenship Debate
Major Alexander L. Dade and Major Francis H. Beach are on active duty in Mexico amid Villa’s pursuit. The piece argues non citizens should be prevented from voting, warns against voting aliens, and urges stronger citizenship requirements for suffrage in the United States.
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U. S
Mexico
Alexander L. Dade
Francis H. Beach
Alien Voters Debate in New York Paper
Discussion warned of growing danger from aliens in doubtless status who cannot vote but influence elections. It notes many noncitizens vote yearly and others remain eligible yet do not gain naturalization, affecting ballots and state laws.
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Indianapolis Nowa
New York
How to Kill Poison Ivy in Century Magazine Text
The article explains that poison ivy and poison oak have variable forms but share underground rootstocks that spread horizontally. Eradication relies on plowing and cultivation to starve the rootstocks, with seasonal cultivation and fall harrowing suggested, plus crop rotation to weaken the roots. When cultivation isn’t possible, grubbing and repeated cutting or spraying with salt solution may kill young shoots and require ongoing repetition.
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Century Magazine
Fence
Hiring Thousands of Men Through United Cigar Stores
In American Magazine an interview with Harry G. Petermann discusses hiring thousands yearly and quotes founder George J. Whelan on tailoring workers to their specialties. The piece highlights developing individual strengths to convert mediocre staff into valuable executives and salespeople.
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Harry G. Petermann
United Cigar Stores Company
Mr. Petermann
George J. Whelan
The Scrapbook Habit In Philadelphia Lawer Style
The passage contrasts two groups: those who preserve fugitive clippings and those who do not. It notes savers clip articles assiduously, store newspapers for reference, and delay organizing their clippings, risking unmanageable belongings.
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Philadelphia
Amanda
End of a baffling mystery in a hypnotic plot
Godfrey reconstructs the murder case detailing Silva’s manipulation of the rich, aging father, hypnotic control, and the plot to frame Swain. Miss Vaughan inches toward truth as Swain remains jailed, and the trio heads to the Tombs to secure his release from custody. The tale closes with Vaughan reuniting with Swain and the case ending.
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Miss Vaughan
Iss Vaughan
Frederic Swain
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Calumet Club
Little Acorns
Godfrey
Misa Vaughan
Swain
Silva
Paris
Sliva
Hll
Leater
Vaughan
Ble
Swan
Filoor
Mahbub
Lester
Hoemember
Mr. Lester
Godrey
Mins Vaughan
Simmonds
Goldberger
How the Submarine Fails
Arthur H. Pollen analyzes the U.S. submarine program in the North American Review. He argues the large submarine build adds a costly burden and questions its practical battlefield value, noting submerged speed limits and vulnerability when opposed by destroyers and fast craft.
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Arthur H. Pollen
Distance Mates Heart Grow Fonder in Home Companion
In the Voran's Home Companion an sg count notes a husband spending 375 on travel yet gaining a deeper appreciation for home. The tale traces mutual boredom after years together, his lonely hotel wanderings, and his return to find his home, wife, and cooking paramount, urging travelers to share the life away from home.
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Voran
Adventures of Bam Clemens and His Comrades Bank Plan
A spoof tale recounts Huck Finn and friends raising capital by repeatedly selling and reclaiming a coonskin from Belma’s store window on Wild Cat Corner. The scheme grows their pretend bank until Selma notices and halts the ruse, later recounting it as a joke with John Pierce, the clerk.
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Albert
Paine
St. Nichia
Bam
Clemens
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Huck’ Mlankensl
Belm
Wild Cat Corner
Selm
Huck
Selma
Belmsa
John Pierce
Solin
Belma
Selins
Freedom of Beas In Baltic From The Springfield Republican
A clipped report notes European neutrals perspective on mine sweeping in the Baltic. Sweden undertakes dangerous operations to clear German laid mines, risking ships in territorial waters as vessels near the area are threatened by minefields.
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Beas
Baltic
Springfield Republican
Oer
York
Sweden
Brown
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