Women of America Wake Up to Save the World
An impassioned call urging American women to support the war effort by buying Liberty bonds and diverting savings to the government. The speaker contrasts women’s sacrifices with those of French English and Italian women, demands continued financial backing, and frames female thrift as essential to sustaining Allied resistance until victory.
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America
Europe
France
Pearing
London
Holy End
England
Firederick
Prederick
Armenia
Serbia
Belgium
Democraer
Preece
Lloyd George
Kate
Compres
Ametica
Uncle Sam
Exit the German Dachshund from Cincinnati Dogdom
A United States Marine Corps poster depicted an American bulldog chasing a German dachshund with the label Teufelhund. The image fueled social hostility toward local dachshunds, leading to dogs being tormented by bully breeds and driven from Cincinnati streets.
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Cincinnati
Society of Cincinnati
United States Marine Corps
U. S
Navy bean urged for home use to save soldier foods
The navy bean, abundant in both war services, is urged to be used at home to conserve food for soldiers. Chicago food administrators say it should be wend erally directed to home shelves to spare other supplies for the boys at the front.
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Navy
War Service
Chicago
Rubber Smuggling Boom In Finnish Swedish Border Town
Herbert Ericeon reports on a Swedish frontier town Haparanda where rubber smuggling flourishes across the Tornes river. A self made “rubber baron” profits from rubles and Finnish imports, evading customs by exploiting wartime gaps and shifting border guards.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Haparanda
Finlend
Herbert Ericeon
Tornes
Ericeon
Norrland
Normand
Poland
Messia
Germany
Karleson
Droge
Finland
Die Ester
Gren
Karieson
Mattila
Maparanda-Wer Turmes
Telephone company bans non English messages in Hun
Vreekield Missouri Ling county council of December the Hell telephone company of the city has heard an order to all patrons of eighteen meters prohibiting any language other than English over the telephone lines.
Life Saved by Handkerchief in French Front Rescue
Sergeant James T. Beughem, from Washington, recounts a daring 1918 flight over No Man's Land. After engine failure, he dived toward German lines, deployed a handkerchief to signal the French, and landed behind their lines. He hails a French officer and says he saw over 300 dead Germans, earning praise and a celebratory dinner from a divisional general.
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Washington
James T. Beeghem
Weehington
Lafayette «Cedrille
Parte Air Defense Squadron
Usdfica
Mary A. Neughem
Male Agricultural Company of
Maugham
Lafayette
Maegham Anid
Ermae
Litte
Ieee
Bert
Pete Flees
Gremineten
Disease Fight Call From Dr Farrand in Wartime
Dr Livingstone Farrand, head of the American commission for tuberculosis prevention in France, urges Americans to battle disease to make the nation safer. He notes civilian and military tuberculosis deaths rival wartime battle losses and cites 1,500 local National Tuberculosis Association chapters aiding relief efforts.
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Livingstone Farrand
New York
American Commission For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
France
America
Doctor Farrand
The
National Tuberculosis Association
Girl Trims Hair to Aid War Savings Stamps Effort
Eleven year old Jeanita Dowell of Dasten by selling her cut curls to raise funds for War Savings Stamps. She notified the National Security League office that the hair should be sold in Portland Oregon, with proceeds going to support the war effort. The hair and an explanatory letter were to be sold to the highest bidder.
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Dasten
Jeanita Dowell
English scientist claims breakthrough in hydrogen chain
An English scientist asserts a novel breakthrough linking two gut reactions to hydrogen behavior, proposing a new relation that could reshape understanding of basic chemistry and energy processes.
Prohibition Debate Reflected in Spokane Chronicle
The Spokane Chronicle recalls the wet regime era noting shifts in business and public opinion. Police chief, merchants, and residents discuss effects of prohibition and the rise of temperance advocates amid lingering bootlegging and urban crime concerns.
Beers and Health Claims Questioned by Crothers M D
A text cites T. D. Crothers M D arguing beer offers no nourishment and may trigger degradation leading to heart and kidney diseases. It discusses the alleged health risks of beer and its alleged connection to degenerative processes and early death.
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Crothers
M.D
Pointed Question Reveals Saloonkeeper’s Tough Choice
A saloonkeeper, a loyal patron, and a dry era quarrel over business, as the saloonkeeper asks to pick one regular customer as his own father would be chosen. The exchange exposes tensions between temperance advocates and bar owners, with the speaker recalling prior knowledge of customers and the difficulty of the choice.
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Bim
Texas Largest State By Area And Population Claims
Texas, the largest state by area and among the most populous, stands prominent in national rankings. The note highlights its vast size and population status within the Union.
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Texas
Unioninn
Anheuser Kesch ad touts grainless beer process
An ad from the Anheuser Kesch brewing outfit promotes a method claiming no grain is used in production. It mentions a commitment to 32 teas of aoe 8 ene oat ee and a long history of hidden techniques, with emphasis on a grainless approach despite unclear wording.
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Anheuser-Kesch
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Women OF America
Wake UP
Inez Haynes Irwin
Italy
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Frince
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Sean
Husden Custom House
Tornes Karlesen
CZA8
Ariadne Roomanoy
Kerensky
Tokyo
Tatiana
Canr
Roomanoy
Imperial Palace
Emar
No Man's Land
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Apokane
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