Call for Nurses Opens Overseas Service Drive
Hospitals shed their nurses as overseas service grows urgent training slots open for students to fill. Government seeks young women of good health and character with minimal education required. two to three year training to prepare for nursing. Eligible to join civilian or army nursing schools by April 1, 1919. Majority may enroll for both fields. a preferred class will serve the government full time, while a deferred class trains near home for family reasons. Each student entry frees a higher ranked nurse for front line service.
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Army Nursing School
War Department
German Atrocities Report Stirs Growing Conviction
Early reports of German cruelty faced disbelief as war news. Over time evidence accumulated, confirming charges of barbarism and forcing even skeptics to acknowledge Germany’s guilt. The public debate questions the extent of crimes and seeks full accountability.
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Germany
Humphreys Witch Hazel Ointment Ad Claiming Piles Relief
An old advertisement touts Humphreys Witch Hazel Ointment for piles or hemorrhoids both external and internal. It promises relief after one application and lists a price of 28 cents at druggists, inviting readers to request a free sample.
Germandry and the scale of German guilt in WWI era
W D Howells argues in Harper's that blame for wartime cruelties cannot be fixed on individuals or orders alone. He suggests the whole people share complicity as atrocities appear inseparable from German actions. He asserts Germany must answer for flagrant disregard of humanity and civilization.
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Mohammed
Germany
Letter to a Soldier Brimming with Cheerful Resolve
A call to write uplifting letters to service members, urging bright hopeful words to ease homesickness. It urges quick, positive notes full of courage, confidence, and support, aiming to bolster morale as soldiers face danger and long separations.
The Merchant Prince Who Advertised His Way Up
An elderly geeser starts a business with a dollar eighty, uses ads to draw customers, and grows to a storefront on the square. He expands, buys space, and keeps ads rolling, earning the nickname merchant prince as townspeople credit his success to smart advertising.
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Merchant Prince
Chronic Constipation and Jobs Control at August Start
The article notes chronic constipation relief with Chamberlain's Tablets and printed directions. It also reports a new federal plan through the labor department to centralize employment and reduce private agencies, with a target date of August 1 for government control.
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Chamberlain
United States Department of Labor
United States
War Time Tales and Home Front Opinions
A collage of wartime editorials and quotes from Wisconsin newspapers applauding the home front effort. Pieces praise Red Cross urging women to mend, advocate total victory, note German setbacks, and urge tax support. Citizens and editors urge national unity, sacrifice, and active service across communities.
Stomach and Liver Troubles Aid Claim
Stomach and liver disorders cause misery, but relief may come from a simple remedy. Governor Philipp says we want peace. he may be speaking for himself, yet advocates trial of the tablets costing a quarter.
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Philipp
Chamberlain
Fifth Year of Great War Opens as Victory Looks Near
The Oshkosh Northwestern notes the fifth year of the great war has begun. Although Germany has not surrendered, Allied prospects appear increasingly bright as German strength wanes. Analysts foresee the year potentially deciding the war’s outcome, even if not its immediate end.
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Kitchener
Oshkosh
Elephant Ball Game at Sparks Circus
The Snarks Circus herd of elephants performs a baseball parody with Big Mary as batter powering a .500 batting mark. The act features pitcher catcher umpire and fielder with gloves bats and uniforms, provoking laughs as elephants slide and run the bases. It drew strong praise when shown in New York last winter and headlines Sparks World Famous Shows here today August 7.
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Snarks
Big Mary
New York City
An August Conception Recalled by Coleridge
A newspaper record recalls Samuel Taylor Coleridge describing the United States as an august conception of a vast future The piece notes the nation has grown to a hundred million and more stretching from coast to coast and including territories abroad It cites moral greatness and the spread of liberty as the nation fulfills this grand vision
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Beches
United States
Marinette Eagle-Star
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
United States of America
Atlantic
Pacific
Alfred
Shakespeare
Milton
Hawaii
Philippines
Alaska
Panama Canal
Kubla Khan
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offer Reward
An old patent medicine advertisement offers a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood based remedy. It claims sufferers will improve quickly and urges immediate use, with testimonials and Toledo by J. Cheney & Co. as manufacturers.
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Hall
Ball
Val. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Tec
Potatoes and Dairy Prices Noted in Local Listing
A fragmented price list shows items such as potatoes, butter, dairy products and eggs per dozen, with various meat bids including beef live weight, pork dressed per pound, veal live weight and dressed per cwt, along with sheep live weight, calf hides and beef hides. Chickens are listed as spring chickens.
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Marshfield
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Times Office
Armory
Falter’s
Stephen Decatur
Cause of America
Humphreys
Hazel
Rowphkyeys
Momeo
Medicina Company
weWitno Seed
Nowsek
Homeopathic Vet
Erigery Medicinas
Williama St, N.Y
Vite
Liete
Red Cross
Mamatowoc Herald
Weyauwega Chronicle
France
Sheboygan Press
Luke McLuke
Racine Journal-News
Chippewa Falls
Appletor Post
Fond de Lac
Antigo Journal
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Madison Journal
Sam
Kenosha News
Fletcher
Lay
Spark Cereal Company
DU. S
Times
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Sheen Eeeees
Hemlock
Northern
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