Yankees Build Great Military Port at Brest
Brest France described as a vital future port for American troops. The piece notes Brest’s mud weather and humble hotels, the presence of thousands of American women tending soldiers, and the strategic harbor features that convinced U S engineers Brest best suited to move fighting men to Europe.
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Brest
France
Finisterre
Atlantic Ocean
Germany
Louis Seibold
New York World
United States
Caesar
Guy
America
Golden Gate
Army
Navy
Atlantic
San Francisco
Burg
Havana
Manila
Thaki
Finisterra Peninsula
New York
Leviathan
Mount Washington
Grant
George Washington
Lincoln
la France
Paris
Embarkation and Rest Camps Build at Brest Front
The em boration and rest camps near Brest will house up to 120000 by three months with Ker huon hospital capacity for 18000. Pountanezen near Brest serves as a mid way station for 40000 men now, expanding to 120000. Detention life aims to keep troops engaged while awaiting transport home.
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Pountanezen
Pountanézen
Kerhuon
United States
Brest
Burg
Americans in Paris Prisons Amid War Leave Offenses
Paris report shows 128 American soldiers confined at Petit Roquette for absence without leave. Many prisoners boast strong war records with wound stripes, some from shock divisions. One blond recruit who enlisted at sixteen and was gas wounded in the Argonne faces forged passes as a cause of his confinement.
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Chicago Tribune
Paris
Petit Roquette
Rue Roquette
Argonne
FIND FLU AND MUMPS GERMS
London reports that trench fever influenza and nephritis viruses have been isolated by army medical officers in France. The preliminary findings, signed by Maj. Gen. Sir John Rose Bradford Captain Dashford and Captain Wilson, appear in the British Medical Journal. Investigations indicate progress toward identifying disease causes.
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London
Army Medical Service
France
John Rose Bradford
Dashford
Wilson
British Medical Journal
Isolation of Germs for Mumps Measles and Typhus
The article notes the isolation of germs for mumps measles and typhus whose causes had previously remained obscure.
Cranberries Reach Highest Price in a Century
Chatham Massachusetts cranberry growers report berries selling at 20 dollars a barrel, the highest price in a hundred years. Demand outpaces supply as bogs struggle to fill orders while the market also bears fruit.
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Chatham
Mass
Iowa farmer pays Quaker Oats executive for large corn delivery
H O Halloran a Quaker Oats buyer from Cylinder issued a 16871 80 dollar check to Dennis McTigue for 14888 bushels of corn raised on McTigue's Cylinder farm. The item notes large wartime transport plans from Perry toward Minnesota and mentions local patriotic groups urging a county memorial in Marshalltown.
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Perry
Minnesota
Tracy
Walnut Grove
Minn
Patriotic Societies
Marshalltown
Board of Supervisors
John R. Hoskins
Prescott
Hoskins
Chris Colome
Colome
Carlisle
Minnie Woodhead
Pine City
Near
Jefferson
Red ‘Cross
Iowa
Red Cross
Paris
Caddock
New York
Walnut
Gondrecourt
States
George L. Dobson
China
Redmond Core
Dobson
Des Moines
Oregon
Guy
Polk County
Hang Chow
Knoxville
Great Western Front
France
Mildred Gilson
Western Front
Wilson Signs War Tax Bill and Bone Dry District
President Wilson signed a $6 billion war revenue bill aboard his train, attaching a bone dry rider for the District of Columbia. The plan envisions about $1.2 billion in annual taxes with new levies on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol, autos, and more, while income and excess profits taxes phase in.
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Washington
Wilson
Boston
George Washington
Mrs. Wilson
White House
District of Columbia
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Demand for Western Canada farm lands surges in 1919
The column notes record demand for farm lands in Western Canada in early 1919 with prices rising but still affordable. It cites brisk sales from Regina to Moose Jaw, with prices from 20 to 40 dollars per acre and recent lots trading near 100 dollars per acre. It highlights strong buying as corn and other crops gain feasibility and wartime food needs recede.
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Western
Canada
Western Canada
North Dakota
Italy
France
Belgium
Great Britain
United States
Frulion
Regina
Moosejaw District
J. 8. Cameron
Victoria
B. C
Lett
John Logan
Thompson Renominated for Chicago Mayor in Tight Race
Chicago Republicans renominated William Wale Thompson as mayor by a plurality of 40 000 to 45 000. Democrat Robert M. Sweitzer won a landslide over Thomas Carey, with Judge Harry Olson in second and Capt. Charles I. Merriam a distant third.
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Chicago
Republicnans
William Wale ‘Thompson
Robert M. Sweitzer
Thomas Carey
Harry Olson
Harmony
Charles I. Merriam
Call for Doctor Pranks Ends With Carpenter Visit
In South Bend a nurse on a party line overhears a trick where a treble voice asks to call the doctor but young friends use the phone to talk to a carpenter. Frustrated, the matron finally tells the caller to have the doctor stop by to repair her kitchen table legs.
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South Bend
Indianapolis
Investigation into Palmer's Alien Property Custodian Office
In Washington a senate resolution demands a searching investigation into how A. Mitchell Palmer has conducted the office of alien property custodian. The move questions his handling of assets and duties of the office.
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Palmer
Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
Senate
Russ Refugees Flock Home
Warsaw reports a rush of Russian refugees and Austro German POWs moving north as Bolsheviks open the road from Turkestan to Moscow.
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Warsaw
Turkestan
Moscow
Greece seeks U S troops to oversee Epirus plebiscite
Premier Venizelos told the council of ten that Greece is willing to accept a plebiscite in Epirus if American troops occupy the region to insure fair voting. The Paris report cites Greece's readiness as part of a broader postwar settlement.
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Greece
U. S
Paris
Venizelos
Council of Ten
Odd Career Switch After Marriage
Peck, once married, reportedly took up dentistry to gain a part of the day for speaking. Tellum notes he sought a position allowing him to do most of the talking himself.
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Ascum
Peck
Tellum
United Kingdom Sets Daylight Saving From March 30
London reports that Britain will move clocks ahead to daylight saving on March 30, with standard time resuming on September 28. The plan applies nationwide to all regulated clocks.
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London
Great Britain
One Exception in Quote on Character and Cooking
A brief quotation notes that nothing is rarer than a thoroughly good man while a remark about a cook broiling steak adds a humorous aside. The lines juxtapose moral praise with a casual kitchen comparison.
Freezone promise to remove corns and calluses
An advertisement claims Freezone dissolves corns and hard skin on feet with a few drops. It asserts the skin beneath heals pink and healthy, not sore, after treatment.
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Freezone
Wonderful Instinct At Market Reveals Cabbage Butterfly
Two city fathers stood in the marketplace near sacks. A naturalist noted a Pieris butterfly resting on the alderman’s hut and joked the insect brings luck. The naturalist then explains the butterfly is a cabbage butterfly, showcasing nature’s instinct.
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Weland
Nateralist
St Jacobs Liniment advertised for lumbago and backache
An old ad promotes St Jacobs Liniment for lumbago neuritis and back pain. A small trial bottle is urged with four drops rubbed in and a fifty count claim. The copy emphasizes it stops soreness quickly without skin burning or staining.
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St. Jacobs
Actor balks at repeating scene. film debut falters
A famed tragedian balks at reshooting a scene while on a film set. The director dismisses him as unsuitable for screen work. The comic Fat Bill Walrus slips into a tub of water seven times trying to avoid damage to his reputation.
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Walrus
Birmingham
Lerald
Swamp Root Venerated Medicine for Kidney Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as the premier remedy for kidneys liver and bladder with claims of broad healing power. It urges immediate use as a gentle vegetable treatment and offers a sample bottle for ten cents via Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Dicky’s Wish at School Touches Homesick First Day
Dick breaks down on his first day of school. The teacher consoles him and grants permission to go home, but Dick replies he does not want to go home yet wishes he were there. The story centers on a child’s homesickness and the teacher’s gentle counsel.
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Dicky
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offer in Toledo Ad
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The oath dated December 6, 1886. shows product taken internally and claims blood borne action. includes notary A. W. Gleason and testimonial note from J Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Chio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
J. Cheney & Co
Ohio
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Frederick A. Smith
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Swelitzer
Democrats
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