Cowes and Ships Talk On Emergency Fleet Output
Mr Schwab asks Rear Admiral Bowles how many ships will be built this year at Hog Island yards. Bowles outlines a plan for 31, with aims for 48 or 50. Schwab jokes about a Jersey cow, while Bowles mentions his Massachusetts dairy farm and starting the selection.
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Cowes
Mr. Schwab
F. T. Bowles
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Hog Isand Yards
America
Admiral
Massachusetts
Sid Admiral Bowles
Pack of Liars and a Lynch Scene in Tumlinville
Report quotes Wash Golliger returning to Rumpus Nidge Ark describing a lynching-like gathering in Tumlinville with torches bells and loud crowds. He mentions hearing a person call the accused “the nigger” and references Allied Poland arms and a strange sign of unrest.
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Tumlinville
Old Wash Golliger
Armenia
Kansan
Catarrh Cure Ad Declares Local Properties Fail
An old advertisement touts HALOS CATARH MEDICINE as a cure for catarrh claiming local and constitutional benefits. The copy mentions internal effects and references a company Cheney & Co and terms like blood and water in its dubious claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarra
Cheney & Co
Vee
Edo
A Bribe Lady of the House and Ragged Rogers
Fragmentary ad style dialogue features a bribe offer from a lady of the house and a reply from Ragged Rogers. The text includes stray phrases about a gate sign change and playful boasting about merchandise like Ball Blue and whitening products. It reads as a clipped, garbled late era newspaper fragment with trivial sales patter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Jeff Davis Hobo King: Hoboes in U S War Service
New York reports Jeff Davis aka King of the Hoboes discusses the service flag rise symbolizing 30 000 hoboes in Uncle Sam's service. He contrasts hobos who work when work exists with old stereotypes and notes hoboes in the navy and war bond efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Davis
New York
Uncle Sam
Atlantic Garden
Jeff
Atlantic
George Berry
Shy Bishoy
Yrisco Cal
Navy
Ailles Meat Purchases Across Allied Food Controls
Major Astor explains in response to Mr. Cautley how beef mutton and bacon bought in the United States are handled by the allied provisions export commission and the U S food administration to ensure uniform prices. Contracts cover frozen meat bacon and hams, with shipments and prices varying by market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ailles
London Times
Aetor
Cautley
United States
Allied Provisions Export Commission
United States Food Administration
Major Astor
United States of America
Suspicious church parade request causes clash at service
The report describes a tense scene as a sergeant major refuses a parishioner excusal from church parade. A request to scrub the canteen is rejected amid heated words and suspicions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Bulletin
Pape's Diapepsin Offers Instant Indigestion Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest stomach reliever. It claims tablets end indigestion gas acidity and stomach distress immediately and notes they are inexpensive at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Origin of the Roorback word in Polk campaign
In 1844 the Albany Journal printed a purported extract from Roorback's Journal claiming Polk owned slaves. It aimed to tarnish Polk as heartless, but proved to be a forgery by a New York politician posing as an abolitionist. The scandal popularized the term Roorback as campaign mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Polk
Albany Journal
Roorback
South
Polk
New York
Glove Shortage Sparks Quirky Store Exchange
A brief exchange over glove availability mirrors a wider scene in which shoppers remark on unusual stock. A man engages in a tense argument with a woman, then leaves abruptly about three minutes after the start of the dispute.
Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules Offer Kidney and Backache Relief
For centuries, Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules promise quick relief for backache and kidney bladder troubles. They cleanse kidneys, purify blood, and claim to cure ailments of the urinary and allied organs with a few drops per dose. If unsatisfied, the druggist refunds money after a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Harmom Oy
Iman
Haarlem
Courtship Described As Suspense For Girl And Expense For Youth
A terse line notes courtship as a source of suspense for the girl and a burden of expense for the youth, framing social pressures in romantic pursuit.
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Enya
Idney
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SPOHN
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen, Ind
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Mexico
Cai Nag
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Jenkins
Siumtay
Soimede Eine
Conde
Jerkine
Canada
Manitoba
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Boe Building
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Sa. Paul
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Wetertens
Ron Cose Cae
Net Contents
Roy As
The
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Sioux City
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Acme Hay &Millfeed Co
Pearl St. Lious City
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Sabe
Castoria
Cassion
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Sivan City
OL Pree Merting
Aok
Pearl Street
Owa
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Iowa Sts
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Eastman Kodak
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