Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets Adv
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic for vigor and stamina. It pairs with Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for weekly cleansing, claiming to improve liver and kidney function and expel poisons. It urges spring use and immediate purchase.
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English Hedging Rules to Embrace American Style Landscape
The article notes an agricultural program will remove hedges and uproot trees to enable plowing. It predicts postwar England may adopt the American landscape style with fewer fences and hedges around homes. Sir Herbert Tree praised the American system, but the public fears privacy loss and ruined views.
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Freckles Remedy and Household Tips Featured
An advertisement touts Ethine Double Strength to remove freckles with a money back guarantee. Also includes a brief tale of a fisherman and a stray boy and notes Cure products for skin issues with Cuticura samples. Paraffin tip promises stain removal on white fabrics before washing.
Liquid Bluet and Red Cross Ball Dive Advertisement Fragment
Fragmentary ad style passage references products Liquid Bluet and Red Cross Ball Dive with quirky dialogue about water content and a stray line about a game center and a pointer’s nose. The text is garbled and offers no coherent narrative or date.
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Germans Clean Up East Front Amid Russian Turmoil
World war updates report the capture of Jamburg near Petrograd by Russian revolutionary forces, and Kiev remains contested. German terms force political shifts in Romania Finland and Estonia as wider aims to arm the populace unfold.
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Hog Island Yard Tied Up by Strike
Washington March report says 3000 members of the Philadelphia Council of Carpenters and Joiners were called out after schedules at Hog Island Shipyards showed overtime hours. Plant officials refused comment while strikers warned work would be tied up by night.
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Furloughs for North Atlantic Men to Work Farms
Washington March. The House approved a bill authorizing the secretary of war to grant furloughs to men in the national army to work on farms during the planting season and other busy periods. The Senate had previously passed the measure to open leave as needed by the war department.
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No More Bomb Proof Jobs Open To Draft Age Desk Grenadiers
Washington DC March draft age men will no longer receive bomb proof desk jobs from the War Department. All staff corps have halted commissions except for rare cases of unusual fitness. Many youths seek desk posts while regulars are labeled desk grenadiers. Commissions will be available in ordnance, quartermaster, signal, medical or adjutant general departments.
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Finnish request to appoint Oscar Hohenzollern as Finland’s prince
The Finnish government asked the German emperor to appoint Prince Oscar, fifth son of the emperor king of Finland, who turns 30 next July. Oscar, who wed morganatically in 1914, faced heart trouble during the war and reportedly led a Verdun charge before being wounded in Poland and the East in 1915 16.
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Headlines Claim German Atrocities Reported by Hospital Patients
New York World reports patients in an army hospital claim German forces attacked American doughboys. Albert Sykes says 12 infantrymen on a night patrol were presumed captured and returned next night missing eyes and limbs. War department has no confirmation of the alleged atrocities.
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American Gunnery Discourages Fritz on Front in France
In France near Toul, American gunnery reports enemy camouflage fortifications doubled in height and ongoing construction. An American patrol overheard German plans to fix defenses as patrols dashed from a shell hole back to American lines. The night march left troops hungry and damp as weather affected trenches.
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Toul
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War Finance Bill Passed by Senate
The administration's bill to create a $4,600,000 war finance corporation passed the Senate. It was sent to the House, where debate and action were expected to begin next week. The House Committee on Ways and Means has prepared a report on the bill and the wartime finance needs.
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China and Japan in Siberia Cooperation Debate
A London dispatch reports China and Japan weighing cooperation if Siberia action becomes necessary. Germany is said to offer aid to Russian revolutionaries and release prisoners to threaten China's northern frontiers. China seeks Japanese and American financial backing for northern expeditionary forces. Observator cautions against Anglo American approval of a Japanese Siberian expedition.
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Yankees Speed Artists In Love Or War
The first marriage between an American soldier and a French girl occurred within two weeks of the U S troops landing. Marie joined the crowd at the railway to greet the Americans and later wed Bob after a swift courtship. He plans to name their son Pershing Petain and may seek a post as a French interpreter with the army.
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Centralized Railway Purchases Plan Announced by McAdoo
Washington March plan to centralize railroads purchases for 1 to 2 billion dollars of supplies this year under government supervision. John Skelton Williams leads the division with a three expert advisory panel and regional committees for eastern western and southern divisions. The scheme aims to standardize equipment and bulk bid motived purchases while fuels and route materials may be bought locally.
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Bryan and Chaplin to Promote Bonds
Washington reports that William J an and Charlo Chaplin will tour to boost bonds. A former secretary of state opens a speaking camp in Littl Rock Arkansas on April 1. William 8 Hart the actor joins with two weeks of engagements.
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Peruna relieves cough claims by Illinois resident
Gertie Ephanit of Kewanee Illinois writes she used Peruna for a cough and after six bottles she is well. She recalls a neighbor’s half bottle helping her eyes and throat and notes she is fifty nine years old. The piece ends with a stray exchange about race and a joke about predicting winners.
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