Dutch Efforts to Bar Bolshevik Infiltration at Dutch Border
Rotterdam reports a broad frontier cordon along the German line to stop Bolshevik agents crossing into Holland and onward to America. Despite patrols, underground movements persist with suspects moving via Hamburg and other cities, aided by sympathetic elements in Germany. Polish deserters and Bolshevik agents are described as organized to return to the United States, with officials setting up bureaus to manage emigants and resume agitation.
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Rotterdam
Holland
Germany
Eity
Amsterdam
Eloves
Canada
Hamburg
Russia
Ruhr
United States
America
Plisudeki
Warsaw
Girls Good Machinists Said by Bureau Director
Mary Anderson director of the women's bureau of the U S Department of Labor advocates training for girls in machine shops making light parts. The report notes wartime gains for women in industry and argues women perform well in machine shops as in clothing factories, creating public responsibility to offer training.
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Washington
Mary Anderson
Women's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Oldest Portrait on Stamp Shows Last King of Ur
A 2300 B C clay postal stamp from Ur bearing a portrait of Shulpae, the last king of Ur, may be the oldest known image of a human. Discovered in the University of Pennsylvania Babylonian collection, the portrait is clear and well preserved, believed sent by Ur temple high priest to a banker, possibly containing gold. Archaeologists call it highly significant for understanding Sumerian appearance.
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Philadelphia
Wilotte
University of Pennsylvania
Babylonia
Corator Lagraln
Lagrain
Abraham
Shulpae
Ibi-Sin Seal Portrait Reveals King-God Gift
The artifact depicts a smooth shaved crown and a front lock of hair under a turban with another at the back. It notes a seal given by a king to the temple high priest of Ur, showing the event and suggesting Ibi-Sin’s status as founder of his dynasty influenced the gift.
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Ibi-Sin
Tbhi-Sin
Aged Indian Visits Minneapolis for State Fair
John Smith, an 188 year old Chippewa Indian, arrived in Minneapolis with his adopted son Tom to attend the state fair. He says he is the oldest living Indian, now blind, yet still fond of travel and sleeping on a blanket rather than a bed. His health remains good despite his long life and recent blindness.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Smith
Tom Smith
John
Dead wait shipment returns thousands of American war dead
United States grave registration service reports nearly 9,000 bodies returned from France and 15,800 from French ports are being turned over to relatives. Exhumation began Sept 15 and will continue through next summer with about 55 percent of men at the cemetery in Bonny slated for shipment. Belgium and Britain operations begin next month as the first uniform headstones are planned for placement by autumn.
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Paris
France
United States
Bony
Great Britain
Germany
Luxembourg
America
Belgium
Brest
Borleaux
St. Losare
War Memorials Council
Fear Causes Blindness in Local Incident
George M. Rice of Liberty Millere stepped on a wall and became temporarily blind, with doctors citing fear of blood poisoning as the cause. Sin has been taken to a Fort Wayne hospital for treatment to restore eyesight. A cryptic note mentions a 12 year old Tennyson authoring a 6000 line epic and a 14 year old writing 6 chrome in blank verse.
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Wabash
Inui
Bira
George M. Rice
Liberty Millere
Rice
Sin
Fort Wayne
Tennyson
If You Need a Medicing You Should Have the Best
A fragmented note touts a health product claiming to aid kidney symptoms and urinary issues. It mentions a dentist supplying remedies and a claim about centuries old “teeth of time” being corrected. The text reads as an unreliable advertisement with many spelling errors and unclear specifics.
Dye Right Color Card Ad Warns of Fadeless Dyes
A truncated ad urges use of Diamond Dyes showing a color card and claims the product colors wool, silk, linen, cotton, or mixed fabrics in rich fade resistant shades. It warns that counterfeit colorings may mislead buyers and that druggists can display the Diamond Dyes Color Card.
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Ady
Ball’s Catarrh Medicine Claiming Cure
An advertisement claims Ball’s Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh or deafness and can be taken externally rather than internally. It notes reduced tone and normal conditions with free trial offerings and lists Cheney & Co as the manufacturers in Toledo. The odd wording suggests a fabricated or garbled 19th century ad style.
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Ball
Cheney & Co
Telede
Obie
Cuticura Talcum Powder Ad Promotes Skincare
Ad promotes Cuticura Talcum Powder as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio for facial skin care. The copy emphasizes antiseptic, scent, economy, and convenience for face skin and baby dusting, claiming superiority over other perfumes.
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Freehen
Ady
In for fife in You I got a permanent rodeo
A fragmented OCR line hints at dialogue about a claim or bet. The readable bits show playful mishearing and a stubborn metaphor about permanence in sport or life, lacking clear event, date, or participants.
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Fife
Aspirin warning and a quip about a woman's forgiveness
An advertisement warns to buy only Bayer Aspirin for remedies from colds to toothache with authentic Bayer labeling. It notes twelve tablets cost only a few cents and drugsellers offer larger packs. A quip follows: a woman may forgive a man for heartbreak but not for making her look ridiculous.
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Bayer
Goodyear Offers Free Raincoat in Local Promotion
Goodyear Manufacturing Co advertises a free raincoat to one person in each locality who will show and recommend UW to friends. Address is 8860 Goodyear Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri. Ad promises a hand som raincoat with letters spaced oddly.
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Goodyear
Goodyear Manufacturing Company
Goodyear Brdg
Kansas City
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