Perilous Flats General Courtney Dodge Praises Doughboy
In Boston General Courtney Dodge lauds doughboys mentioning a European rope lesson. A doughboy recalls Mount Afart and Mount Mart flats as a cautionary tale about manners and dangers, noting Mount Mart flats are always inhabited by Mount Mart sharps.
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Mount Afart
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Have to Dodge. A novelist speaks of eyes like lightning
The Lotisville Courier-Journal quotes a novelist describing his heroine with eyes like lightning and notes that many married men know how that is. The remark reflects contemporary literary banter and gendered expectations in the period.
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Lotisville
Indian health problem urges action by Montana Health Society
At a Montana Health Society meeting Dr Ruersenl warned that action is needed to protect both Indians and whites. He cited Crow experiences and dwindling Crow numbers from 4000 at white contact to 1689 today. Death rate and disease burdens are high among Indians, with tuberculosis and infantile paralysis spreading. moving Indians into houses has not solved sanitation issues. The piece critiques limited Interior Department health work and calls for local authorities to gain contagion control powers or for a national health service to oversee Indian public health.
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Ruersenl
Koecell
Llayden
Mont
Billings
Indiana
Oregon
Washington
Department of the Interior
Public Health Service
Plumb Plan Lacks Motive Power, Bache Review Notes
The piece argues the Plumb bill weakens incentives for both labor and capital by guaranteeing fixed returns and job security, predicting reduced efficiency under labor-led control. It contends profit motive is essential to drive performance and innovation, and that current government control dampens productivity.
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Contro
Armenia Remembrance Calls for League of Nations Action
The Milwaukee Journal laments Armenian slaughter by Turks and Tartars and urges the peace commission to enforce decisions and support the League of Nations. It criticizes critics of the Shantung settlement for failing to propose a viable alternative and warns against repeating past failures.
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Milwaukee Journal
Armenia
Turkey
League of Nations
Peace Commission
Shantung
Germany
A Good Word for Mexico
A New York letter-writer who spent months in Mexico reports pleasant impressions and finds no broad hostility toward Americans. She credits Mexican authorities with protection and urges the United States to grant Mexico a fair opportunity to prove itself worthy of confidence.
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Christian Science Monitor
Mexico
New York
United States
A Summer Cold and Boschee's Syrup Endorsement
An old advertisement advises that a summer cold is hard to shake and recommends bed rest with Boschee's Syrup for a good night’s sleep and easy morning ex pectoration. If absence of bed rest is needed, it suggests avoiding drafts, sudden changes, light meals, and using Boschee's Syrup occasionally, noting it is an American-made remedy sold at stores for over fifty years.
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America
The Fates Weave Life and Matrimony in Cross Stitch
A Varied note uses a playful line about embroidery as a metaphor for life and marriage. The quip suggests that fate and matrimony are tied to craft and careful stitching, reflecting a light literary aside in the periodical.
Living and Dead Ruins in Morocco’s Atlas Outpost
Editor Wharton surveys Volubilis in Morocco as a major Roman ruin perched on Zerhoun plateau, facing Moulay Idrise the sacred city. The scene contrasts a collapsing Roman social order with a perceived fixed Moslem past across a green river valley and conical white town.
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Wharton
Scribner's
Volubilis
Morocco
Zerhoun
Moulay Idrise
Greece
Rome
Change at Loulaville shop admission bathwear mixup
In a ragged office exchange the staff request a vacation but cite short staffing. The boss offers a seasonal change moving an employee named Hoss into bathing suit duties, highlighting a lighthearted, local-town humor tone.
Wash Day Anecdotes From Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript snippet recalls a Nantasket first trip where Bes complains about too much brilling in the water and a waking boat misread as soap. A wary boarder quips about a chicken, while a landlady interrupts with a remark on hard boiled eggs, reflecting humorous domestic exchanges.
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Boston Transcript
Nantasket
Little Bes
Amateur artist meets admiring visitors at exhibit
A scene at an art exhibit shows Wilkerton, an amateur artist, proudly admitting he created a piece as young women admire it. Conversation shifts to the dressmaker of the dress displayed, prompting light humor among the attendees. The article also notes a hospital project in Jerusalem treating thousands and its turnover to the city health department.
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Relics and the Unfixed Price From the New York World
A Vermont pastor paid 57.50 for a bed linked to a 1560 visit by the Prince of Wales who became Edward VII. Similar sales fetched 700 for a John Wesley bedstead and 7,000 for a carriage passage to European theaters. Priceless artifacts sold at auction include a Washington chair for 7, and a Mary queen of Scots letter for 600, while Arnold’s treason report fetched 200.
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Prince of Wales
Edward VII
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Paris
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Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Norway
Washington
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Mary
Queen of Scots
Bath
Marat
Congress
Benedict Arnold
Why Pretty Calendars Left
The Kansas City Star notes a shift in calendar promotions from artful displays to practical designs. Salesmen explain calendars lose impact when readers only view art from afar, while housewives see functional promises daily. The trend reflects advertising adapting to how people actually read and use ads.
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Kansas City Star
Folka
Curbing Grain Speculators in Canada
The Seattle Times reports Canada will buy and market its entire 1919 grain crop at prevailing world prices with surplus shared among original sellers. The policy aims to curb profiteering and speculation after nine days of open trading, reinforcing calls for price regulation in the United States crop year.
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Seattle Times
Dominion
Nish
Canada
Ameran
Cardinal Mercier to Visit United States and Indians
The article notes Cardinal Mercier plans a visit to thank Americans for aid to Belgium and may seek out Indians in the northwest. It imagines him observing their tractors, cars, oil stocks in Texas, and Indian schools, with references to Uncle John J. and various western locales. It humorously contrasts traditional depictions with modern geulks and attire.
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Cardinal Mercier
New York
United States
Belgium
Northwest
Olive
New York City
John J
Texas
Oklahoma
Carlisle
Cooper
Trucks Displace Camels in Eastern Turkestan
A Youth's Companion report notes 30 American motor trucks bought by an eastern Turkestan company will replace a caravan of 1 000 men and over 4 000 camels. Trucks will haul supplies from Tientein to colonies near land, with an American expert supervising. Water, fuel, and lubricant depots will be set up in desert stations at intervals. The operation mirrors major U S freight lines, echoing the scale of New York to Turon freight routes.
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Turkestan
Tientein
Chinene
New York City
Tueron
Aria
Making Bandits
An editorial argues gun control for Mexico, blaming U S policy for ongoing violence. It suggests removing firearms from Mexicans would force reliance on work, noting peons with rifles hinder peace. It cites projected Pacific coast state deaths and shipping losses as context for unrest.
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Law Angeles Times
Uncle Sam
Mexico
Republic
Lome
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed For Women
A Mrs Joan Kerry of McLean Nebraska promotes Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulceration backache headaches and nervousness. The ad claims forty years of use by American women and offers guidance from Pinkham Medicine Co to address functional disturbances.
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NeTean
Lydia
Pukhen
Joan Kerry
Mann
McLean
Nebraska
America
Pinkham Medicine Co
Dealers Wanted At Once For Heating Appliances
Classified ad offering immediate dealer openings to sell heating appliances that burn 96 percent air and 4 percent kerosene. Claims six install modes for cook stoves and furnaces, with big demand and potential earnings from 500 to 1000 dollars monthly. Includes address ox0 gas heating company 1508 harney street omaha neb and a separate promotional snippet.
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OX0
GAS Heating Company
Harney ST
Omaha
Neb
Fragmented rural chatter on buttons and blues
Disjointed lines reference country life and machines, a wartime note on table value and Red Cross blue, and scattered vendor prompts. The wording reads like clipped dialogue from a late era market or broadcast, with mentions of reuse and identity hints.
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