Spirit That Counts Discusses Shipyard Heroic Message
Harmon Marsh recalls a letter from an East Coast chum at Uncle Sam's shipyards. Soldiers pass daily in trains near the yard and cheer the steel hulls and riveters. A worker later asked for one ship to bring them home from France to their own shores.
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Harmon Marsh
Uncle Sam
France
Common Sense Medical Aid Promotes Home Nursing
An appeal praises women’s sacrifices and urges learning war nursing at home. It advertises a new edition of Common Sense Medical Aid with chapters on First Aid Hygiene and women’s health, offered by Dr. Pierce at 654 Washington Street Buffalo NY for 50 cents.
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Soma Ia
Washington Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Alo
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Appeals for Eczema Relief
Itching burning skins and rashes are said to respond to Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Free samples offered at Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 or 50 cents by druggists or mail.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Change of Mind in a Fragmented Era
A string of quirky, disjointed quotations references aging, draft registry, an Ohio inventor who allegedly created a heat powered argument device, and homemaking tips about Red Cross Ball Blue. The piece mixes oddities, social commentary, and household product lines in a dated voice.
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Ohio
Seek Lovelier Than Lily In Gardens Gift To Lord Mayor
Sir Charles Wakefield of the Gardeners' Company presented a basket of fruit and vegetables to the lord mayor of London as a symbol of good citizenship. He praised produce over flowers, noting the beauty of the potato leek and cabbage, but the delegation gave the lady mayoress a bunch of orchids instead of leeks.
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Charlies Wakefield
London
Gardeners’ Company
Sir Charles
Why Visiter Left Hurriedly
Fragmentary dialogue shows Willie and a talkative caller in a strained exchange about leaving quickly. The text mentions a future matrimonial alliance and references to haste and waste, with scattered garbled phrases about art and panwraiis.
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Willie
Ecaller
Weill
Callar
Great Salvage Work in France At American Depot
The American salvage depot in Toure France, employing about five thousand workers, restored war debris including hair brushes and clothing. The operation saves millions, with last month’s value estimated at 2.6 million dollars, and processes hundreds of thousands of garments and thousands of shoes daily for front line and support use.
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Toure
France
Chateau- Thierry
America
Ordnance
Spain Will Nationalize Railways and Boost Economic Control
The Spanish minister of public works outlined plans to nationalize trunk and secondary railways, regulate concessions, expand public works funding, reform mortgages, create an agricultural credit body, and organize agronomic services. He argues state intervention and economic nationalism are essential to prevent postwar economic despoilation and to empower Spain's military and industrial recovery.
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New York Times
Prevent
Spain
Potley
Cortes
Vass
Villa- Dilno
British seaplane sinks German destroyer near Ostend
A Royal naval air service pilot describes a daytime attack off the Belgian coast in which seaplanes strafed and dropped bombs on six German destroyers near Zeebrugge. One destroyer took a direct hit and sank, with five others seen returning to Ostend while a sixth hull vanished.
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England
Paul Bowsher
Zeebrugge Mole
Ostend
Blinded Soldiers Chosen To Polish Marble Work
Amsterdam reports a German program employing blinded soldiers to polish marble. A Kiel fire trial showed blind workers detect unevenness by touch. The Kenian Meenle More Bt Puscehart hires several polisher specialists and pays good wages, with blind workers given labor preference.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Kiel
Fragmentary dialogue from a magistrate scene
A jagged excerpt shows a magistrate demanding an exam of a prisoner while the other speaker protests with mixed language fragments and hesitation. The fragmentary text suggests a courtroom or interrogation setting with uncertain speakers and intent.
Frenchman Learns English Across a Comic Mispronunciation
A discouraged Frenchman struggles with English as he mispronounces terms like typhoid fever and headache. The quirk escalates into a comic misunderstanding about remedies while a doctor’s harsh pronouncement adds a twist of fatalism.
Gold Medal Haaviem of Capsules for backache and kidney pain
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haaviem of Capsules as a cure for backache and urinary symptoms blamed on gravel or stones. It claims the oil soaks into kidneys, attacks inflammatory germs, and promises renewed health within 24 hours, urging dosage maintenance to prevent future attacks.
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