Tanlac credited with miracle recovery for Birmingham woman
Mrs. Dollie Hawkins of South Birmingham says Tanlac renewed her health after years of rheumatism and indigestion left her bedridden and weak. She reports rapid improvement in days, three bottles used, restored appetite and strength, and a thriving baby. A Tanlac dealer is in every town. The text notes the postwar return to farming.
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Tanlac
Dollie Hawkins
Second Avenue, South
Birmingham
Ala
Taniac
Adv
Britons Keep Up Drive In World War I Update
London reports Britain accepts Wilson's war aims and supports allied standards. Note stresses defending national existence and enforcing international agreements plus freeing oppressed populations. Telegram from Washington notes Turks partially evacuate Jerusalem but no massacre feared. British forces seize trench advance near Messines and seven guns. Germans claim a French trench raid. Italy presses southeast of Trent and seizes Austrian positions. Bulgaria's premier says no war expansion into Greece. Two of five seaplanes to raid Britain destroyed. others escape. Italy says Janina occupation is a military move.
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London
Great Britain
Petrograd
Wilson
Congress
Britain
Poland
Russia
Washington
State Department
Jerusalem
Constantinople
Chemin Des Dames
Trent
Bulgaria
Greece
Italy
Janima
Kidnapped Baby Keet Buried in Springfield
Baby Lloyd Keet was laid to rest at St. Paul's Methods Episcopal Church in Springfield after a funeral attended by thousands. Grief-stricken parents and a mass of mourners filled the city as the crowd had previously called for severe punishment for six suspects in the abduction and crime.
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Springfield
Lloyd Keet
St. Paul’s Methods Episcopal Church
Western Canada grain lands offer high profits and homestead options
A Canadian wheat boom forecasts strong profits as seeding finishes and growth accelerates. New settlers and returning veterans boost potential yields on inexpensive, fertile plains with low railroad rates and favorable shipping. Buyers can choose farms from 15 to 25 dollars an acre, with easy terms and opportunities for cattle ranching, underlining a broad call to produce food for the continent.
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Canada
United States
Western
Tin Music Brings Wonder at Franklin Masonic Home
An inmate over ninety at the Masonic home near Franklin had never heard a phonograph until a lodge gifted the home the device. Visiting Franklin, he praised the new music device calling it “dang good music,” recalling a pie pan with a hole that is turned to grind tin into sound.
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Masonic
Franklin
Indianapolis News
Scatterbrain couple's note mix up sparks amusement
Mrs Scatterbrain laments her husband's unreliable memory and habit of misplacing her instructions. A friend quips about a note dated a week ahead, and Mrs Scatterbrain fears her husband posted it the very day she handed it to him.
Crude to Pen: A Pig Farmer’s Earned Living Reframed
A speaker reframes an occupation from a crude phrase to a refined description, suggesting the livelihood comes from writing rather than farming pigs. The exchange highlights the value of wording in expressing work and identity.
Paris Hat Price in America Sparks Curious Market Talk
In a playful contrast, an American reader notes beef cost in Paris at one dollar per pound and wonders how much a pound of Paris hat would cost in the United States, highlighting cross market curiosity.
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Paris
America
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