Rubber Smuggling Rings Across Swedish Finnish Frontier
In a Norse valley report, rubber barons profiteer from smuggling rubber from Finland into Sweden during wartime. Karlsson, a former clerk, made fortunes from rubles and then drugs, tin, flour, and seed moved across the Tornes river. Authorities seized early consignments, but revolution reshaped border patrols enabling continued cross border trade. The piece highlights wartime shortages and moral critique of smugglers amid famine relief appeals.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Singere
Daperanda
Herbert Ericson
Tornes
Norrland
Poland
Russia
Swerlon
Trusshiin
Germany
Karlsson
Finkand
Mattiin
Harmindna-Over
Orror
Nour
Bell Telephone Bans Foreign Language Use on Lines
Brookfield Mo. The Bell Telephone company has issued an order to all patrons prohibiting any language other than English on telephone lines, in compliance with the Linn county council of defense.
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Brookfield
Linn County Council of Defense
Bell Telephone Company of
Thin City
Englelad
Life saved by handkerchief in No Man's Land hero tale
Washington Flight Sergeant James H. Bangham, formerly of the Lafayette escadrille, earned the French Military Medal after a dramatic escape in No Man's Land. He signaled for rescue as his incendiary rounds endangered him, landed amid dead Germans, waved a handkerchief to French lines, and reached safety to be praised by a divisional general.
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Washington
James H. Bangham
Lafayette Escadrille
Maria Air Defense
Mary A. Baugham
Dixie Agricultural Company
Baugham
No Man's Land
France
Germany
IS FATAL AS WAR Tuberculosis hits civilians and armies, says Farrand
Dr. Livingstone Farrand, director of the American commission for the prevention of tuberculosis in France, warns that tuberculosis mortality rivals battlefield deaths. He urges a nationwide wartime fight for health, noting 50,000 drafted men found tubercular and civilian hardship from inflation and undernutrition as indirect factors.
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New York
Livingstone Farrand
American Commission For the Prevention of
France
America
Farmini
Vremnee
Doctor Farrand
Aroves
National Tuberculosis Association Expansion Mentioned
A fragment notes planned activity reaching 1,500 local societies of the National Tuberculosis Association, indicating wide organizational reach and ongoing nationwide tuberculosis control efforts.
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National
Tuberculosia Association
Girl with short hair buys War Savings stamps
Dayton Ohio story of eleven year old Juanita Dowell cutting her chestnut curls to raise funds for War Savings stamps. She offered the hair for sale in Portland Oregon with proceeds to buy U S war stamps, following an appeal linked to the National Security League.
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Dayton
Juanita Dowell
National Security League
Portland
Ore
Gertrude Atherton
Gas with ozone-like relation to hydrogen claimed
Apo Englleh sclemitat asserts discovery of a gas that mirrors ozone's relation to hydrogen, proposing it contains ten oxygen-like atoms. The claim remains unverified by independent researchers and awaits peer review.
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Apo Englleh Sclemitat
Neighboring in Christ: Love in Action and Burdens Shared
Devotional lesson on being a neighbor from the Good Samaritan story. Emphasizes finding those in need, showing compassion, personal service, and bearing burdens, with references to Galatians 6 and related scriptures. Calls Christians to imitate Christ by helping, supporting teachers, and living out love through practical acts.
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Christ
God
Pigete
Freckle and Sunburn Lotion Recipe Ad
An old advertisement touts lemon juice mixed with Orchard White to create a freckle sunburn and tan lotion. It claims quick fading of freckles windburn and tan and promises clear soft white skin. Grocers supply lemons and drug stores offer Orchard White.
Cold Water Folly in Wartime Garden Dispute
A wife warns her new gardener to counter her husband’s endless criticisms and profligate wartime spending on plants. He jokes he won’t uproot every plant but suggests cooling him with a trickle of warm water from the boiler, highlighting sharp humor amid shortages.
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Greenhorve
GOLD MEDAL Oil Capsules Promise Relief for Kidney and Bladder Ailments
A long standing home remedy touts GOLD MEDAL Oil Capsules imported from Holland as a proven treatment for kidney and bladder discomfort. The ad claims relief from backache fatigue headaches indigestion and painful urination through a simple one dose regimen of drops, asserting the product’s safety and effectiveness after years of use.
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National Re Holland
Medan
Holland Lab
Bright Future for Peanut Oil and Production
Food experts predict peanut crops will rise from 51 million bushels to over 250 million in a few years with 50 crushing plants in 1916 producing more than 26 million gallons of oil. Spanish peanuts are favored for oil and butter production, while Texans boast the world’s largest peanut farm owner expanding acreage fourfold in two years.
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Virginia
Skin care ad promotes Cuticura ointment and soap
An advertisement describes using Cuticura Ointment twice daily to improve skin, advising gentle rubbing on rising and retiring and washing off five minutes later with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It offers a free sample by mailing to Cuticura Dept. X Boston and lists prices 25 cents for soap and 25 or 50 cents for ointment, available at druggists.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Majl Soap
Infernal liar and thief accused on porch
Constable Sam T Slackputter curses a man as a thief and reprobate while alone on a tavern porch. The land lord interrupts, asking why he is cussing. The sleuth responds that he is rushing down a criminal ominously.
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Sam T. Slackputter
Petunia
Sam
Kansas City Star
Fletcher's Castoria Label Caution for Infants and Children
A historical note stresses checking every bottle of RIA infant remedy for the signature mark and the phrase In Use for Over Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria, highlighting brand caution and authenticity.
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Fletcher
Do You Think He Did Them Overseas Feats
The Way of It. The speaker questions a man’s bragging about overseas feats. The other character doubts the full truth and suggests the feats were achieved only when he was half-inebriated. The exchange reveals skepticism about self-promotion and displacement of reality by bravado.
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No Man’s Land
Bangham
Livingstone
B. Fitswater
D. D
Ingtian Bibis
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Gana Newspaper
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