Horses Sold To Civilians For Britain War Demobilization
The article notes over half a million four legged war heroes including gold stripe horses are being sold to English and other civilians to help Britain's transport system. It outlines losses of British war horses, demobilization plans, and the need to manage sales by region while considering repatriation destruction or sale.
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Western Newspaper Union
ONCON
America
United States
England
France
Ware
Edgeware Road
W. H. Birkbeck
Dirkbeck
Mons
Marne
Ypres
Vimy Suidge
Passchendale
General Pershing
Egypt
Belgium
War Office
Food Ministry
Various Innovations and Global Estimates in 1917 News
The article surveys diverse advances and data including multiple uses of electricity, tobacco land area, life insurance totals reaching over 60 billion, Swedish carbon production, new Italian chairs in literature, long serving Philadelphia janitress Mrs. Toms, Britain's food price outlook, a horse’s long life without sustenance, washing machines saving time for women, a salt roadway in Utah, a flour sifter's design, rich mineral prospects in Siamese Malay states, coal waste figures, and a French searchlight with moisture resistant glass.
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United States
Sweden
Signor Berenini
Elizabeth Toms
Tyndale Public School
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Ministry of Food
London
Wendover Highway
Tooele County
Utah
Utah State Road Commission
France
Trade Briefs Highlight US Shoe Exports to Chile and Cuba Growth
The United States now supplies about half of Chile’s shoe imports, up from under twenty percent before the war. Cuban shoe imports are rising steadily. Merchants should study market conditions to expand foreign sales. In Uruguay a manganese vein near Montevideo is being developed by Argentine owners who claim about 100 000 invested. Peru’s two congress branches authorize a $4 866 500 loan to Lima for water, sewerage, and pavement improvements.
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United States
Chile
Cuba
Uruguay
Imediate
Montevideo
Clai
Peruvian Congress
Lima
Lina
House
Senate
Lyon County
Kildora
Assembly
Iowa
Senate Elections Committee
Judiciary
Whitmore
Wapello County
Hauge
Des Moines
Perkins
Sac County
State Board of Education
W. D. Miller
Boone County
State Board
Havner
New York
J. B. Weaver
Weaver
Mecca
William Koch
All Shrine Band
Beeston
Billy Smith
George L. Walker
Billy Haskel
B. Frank Prouty
Ruffrok
Potentate Koch
Harding
Jack McClellan
Carroll
Knoxville
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Commission On
Jessie Binford
Legislative Committee of
Board of Control
Epps
Springer
Iowa Road Bill Aims at 6000 Mile Primary System
Senate and house road committees report a joint subcommittee drafting a bill for a primary intercounty road system of about 6000 miles funded by federal aid motor vehicle funds and taxes. The plan would release two thirds of county roads to secondary status with existing taxes staying for them.
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Senate
House
Iowa
Ievans
Bremer County
Evans
State of Washington
Senator Ball
Jefferson County
H. W. Byers
Des Moines
House Committee On
Senator White
Neff
Pottawattamie
Marshalltown
Scott
Marshall
Real Grievance in a Grocery Family
Finrret, daughter of a grocer, sobbed when her parents returned from the shop. Her mother asked what was wrong as she sat with her knitting. Harriet cried that she helped dad all day and knitted all night and felt she never got any affection.
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Finrret
Harriet
Digestive relief tablet advertisement
When meals trigger sour stomach, heavy fullness, acid, or gas this tablet promises instant relief. Advert Text emphasizes quick respite from indigestion and headaches associated with meals.
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast and harmless cure for dyspepsia and stomach distress. It claims immediate relief after taking tablets and notes the low cost at drug stores. It also mentions a claim about using many kinds of bark in paper production.
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Western Canada
Western
Canada
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Can
C.J. Broughton
W. Adams Street
Chicago
M. V. Macinnes
Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Pape
Cuticura Ad Promises Relief for Baby Rashes
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products as soothing for infant rashes. It recommends hot baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment, finished with Cuticura Talcum, priced 25 cents each.
There’s Roses and Roses in Myrt-Gert Rose Boast
Mirthful phrase centers on Myrt-Gert claiming a complexion like a real rose while Mabel-Ubhuh presents an artificial rose as counterpoint in a playful anecdote about beauty.
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Myrt
Gert
Mabel—Ubhuh
Just a Little Arithmetic in Boy Life
A playfulexchange from Boys' Life where Mike jokes about weights and a scale that only reads to 250. The dialogue has Mrs. and Mike-Mike banter suggesting he weighs about 300 and proposes climbing twice to total beyond the scale.
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Mike
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