Rubber Tales From South America The Real Tree Milk
The author recounts rubber’s global impact from South America detailing how latex is tapped from hevea trees in the Amazon region. He describes tapping methods, camp life, and the labor force including Indians and workers, alongside Peru’s rubber territory and government land grants.
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South America
Ecuador
Peru
Brazil
British Guiana
Venezuela
Colombia
East Indies
Para
Amazon
Tropics
Equator
Amazon River
Amazon Basin
Rio Negro
Wec
Amazonas
Madre de Dios
Tambopato
Tambari
Heath
Ucayali
Interior
Brothers in Misery Letter From War Beside Death
A moving war letter received by a young American in Paris from her fiancé, a French cavalry officer, recounts his wound in Flanders and reports on two fellow wounded soldiers, a Scottish officer and a German private. They shared English, reflected on liberty, and the German medicated him before he died. Also cites wartime livestock and farm figures in Illinois.
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Paris
Flanders
Geman
France
Sol‘diery
Red Cross
Try This for Neuralgia
Thousands suffer neuralgia without a plan. Sloan's Liniment soothes the nerve by applying to the surface over the painful part. It penetrates quickly to relieve inflammation and pain and costs 25c.
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Sloan
Local Notes From Hutsonville Society
Leo Newlin and wife welcome a fine girl born Saturday. Dee Everingham and wife visit Chicago with Mrs. S. E. Harness for an auto show. N L Draper and wife Jeff travel to Fort Myers Florida for the winter. Wm Jeffers Mrs Hills and Miss Susie Jeffers attend funeral in Marshall for Mrs. Sarah Carter. Ophelia Porter of Bone Gap, mother of A C Bower, fell from a window injuring herself possibly fatally.
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the Herald
Leo Newlin
Dee Everingham
Chicago
S. E. Harness
N. L. Draper
Jeff
Fort Myers
Florida
Wm. Jeffers
Hills
Susie Jeffers
Marshall
Sarah Carter
Ophelia Porter
Bone Gap
A. C. Bower
Notable Social Quirk Unveiled in Domestic Tales
A fragment hints at married life and social vanity as a wife teases her husband about past marriage prospects. The excerpt suggests themes of difference seeking and personal memory within a domestic setting.
Funds Approved to Eradicate Foot and Mouth Disease
The urgent deficiency act signed January 25 provides 2.5 million dollars to fight foot and mouth disease. By January 1, 1915 total federal costs reached 2,129,138.04, with slaughter and owner compensation accounting for 1,840,228.99, and 101,176 animals killed nationwide. Illinois leads losses with about 600,000 available locally, while Pennsylvania and Ohio follow. Indiana and Michigan show progress as quarantines ease and movement reopens in most areas.
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Department of Agriculture
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Advertising Pays and the Value of Publicity in Business
A discussion on advertising as essential to business success cites a San Francisco AP report on ad men. It argues firms that invest in advertising keep their name before the public and outperform competitors who neglect publicity. The piece compares Montgomery Ward and Sears, RoeBuck to illustrate long-term gains from ad spending. It also touches on war imagery and the changing nature of modern conflict.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Taft
Montgomery & Ward
Sears, Roebuck & Co
President Wilson Praises Y M C A Loyalty
President Wilson opens a District of Columbia Y M C A membership campaign praising men who fulfill promises and showing unselfishness as a social Christian motive. He warns communities judge character by actions not words and urges testing loyalty before trust.
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Wilson
District of Columbia Young Men's Christian Association
Air power shifts battlefield tactics in German retreat tale
A World War I dispatch says German forces at Craonne were turning a French position when a sudden aerial onslaught of bomb bearing aircraft halted their advance. The report suggests a wider use of air power could turn tides in future battles.
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Craonne
A Word of Advice on Illinois Prohibition Deliberations
The St Louis Globe Democrat urges Illinois wets to state openly what they seek, arguing that blocking legislative organization harms the state and fuels fears of a broader push against liquor regulation. It notes past abuses by minority rule and warns lawmakers to clarify their aims to avoid public mistrust.
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
Illinois
Springfield
Illlinois
T. Ib
Abe Martin Sees Humor in Habit and Weddings
The column notes a playful line about drug habit being hard to overcome but saved by a strong bass voice. It mentions a country hat, two ratesthree dollars per week or two dollars a day, and observes that among many wedding presents there are usually a few from cheerful givers.
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Tennyson
Balaklava
Matty
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Keifer Drug Co
Hutsonville
President Wilson
Abe Martin
Krytek
Suliians
Aewe
SS Arun Meine Neal
Gale
H. M. Dewey
Parker
Drucyista
F. Behner
Wabash
Plum Street
Vandalia
Osama
Toba
Keeley Institute
Sdwiaht i
Richart
Martinaville
D. A. Macklin Public
State Auctioneers’ Association
Martinsville
Mla
DR. W.G, Buckler
Osteopathic
Marshall, Ill
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