Three Years More of War War Department Plans Long Conflict
The War Department prepares for a drawn out war likely to last years with the United States to supply the decisive factor. Officials foresee sending one to two million men to the front and note the need for vast supplies as the French and British efforts progress. A second army of 500,000 is planned after the first draft unit is trained.
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War Department
United States
General Staff
Germany
Liberty Bond Prize For Airman Who Bombs Berlin
A $1,000 Liberty Bond prize was offered to the first American aviator to bomb Berlin from the air. The offer was made by Sigmond Saxe of New York City in a letter to the Aero Club of America. His suggestion also called for a permanent fund for the purpose. Carranza is dismissed as an old figure in lighter sections.
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Berlin
London
Sigmond Saxe
New York City
Aero Club of America
Plans for Nation Wide Food Investigation
The President authorizes informal, cross‑agency plans for a nationwide food investigation led by the FTC with Agriculture and Food Administration officials. Agencies will co operate to avoid duplication, start at the farm and reach the table, and place FTC agents in cities with Agriculture branches. The probe avoids muckraking, focusing on supply, costs, distribution, and administration of findings.
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Federal Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture and Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Food Administration
Dean's Kidney Pills Boost Mt Sterling Back Health
Mrs. W. T. Atchison of 43 East High street Mt Sterling testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved dull backaches and kidney soreness with improved kidney function. The ad notes back ache arises from weak kidneys and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills at 60 cents from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Dean
Mt. Sterling
W. T. Atchison
East High Street
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
The cheapest man in town prays yet does nothing
A sharp jab at lazy leadership, claiming the man who asks the Lord to save the country never acts himself. The line targets public virtue and personal responsibility, using a folksy moral indictment to critique inaction.
Heart Keeps Beating After Death in Experiments
A Popular Science Monthly report explains heart muscles can beat after death if environmental conditions such as temperature are favorable. It notes incubator experiments where single heart cells beat, colonies synchronize, and cooling stops activity, implying cells die when cooled.
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Popular Science Monthly
The Cooks of Today and Ethical Dishes
The quote from Yuan Mei speaks on mixing various meats in one soup while noting animals have souls and may seek justice after life. It advocates using diverse dishes where each food retains its own character and a single dominant flavor to please the palate and reveal deeper values.
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Yuan Mei
Common Sense the Filly Backed by William Terriss
Arthur J. Smythe notes in his William Terriss biography that the English actor despised horse race betting. When asked which horse he would back he quipped he would back a filly named Common Sense ridden by Tommy Let It Alone, claiming he had neither won nor lost on it.
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Arthur J. Smythe
William Terriss
Common Sense
Tommy
Bagdad A Historically Noted Muslim Meeting City
Bagdad stands as a famed gathering place for Islam with over 100000 pilgrims yearly. The city sits among trees contrasting the surrounding desert yet its narrow crooked unpaved streets are dirty and garbag e strewn, scavenged by dogs. Many scenes from The Arabian Nights are set here.
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Bagdad
Comforting Aunt Anna Faces Well-Meaning But Tactless Remarks
Aunt Anna, recuperating from illness, endures tactless friends who insist she looks worse. Edward consoles her, insisting she does not appear any worse than usual and urging resilience against pity.
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Anna
Edward
Music in Japan Promotes Female Role in Arts
The article notes music in Japan has long been led by women who cultivate disciplines such as the samisen. It reflects on past views that male dignity conflicted with musical practice and how those attitudes are shifting.
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Japan
The Franchise Duty and Civic Duty in Town Politics
An editorial argues the ballot is the core of American government and urges full participation. It asserts the voice of ALL the people is correct and warns stay at home votes distort outcomes, calling elections periodic opportunities to express honest conviction and advance civic well being.
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Gerat
Earth
One Car for Every Thirty People Comment
In a satirical note The Advocate quips about the nation’s car abundance and suggests taking one thirtieth of an automobile in cash, highlighting a pointed critique of transportation distribution and value.
Ways of Using Cheese in Palatable Dishes
Cheese can be grated for soups and vegetables and features in macaroni and cheese Welsh rarebit tomato rabbit baked rice and cheese baked crackers and cheese vegetable and cheese rolls cheese omelet oatmeal and cheese and cheese mush Farmers Bulletins 487 Cheese and Its Economical Uses in the Diet offer more recipes and information, available free from the Department of Agriculture Washington DC.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Would Dad See Butter On This Bread
A three year old asks if her father can see everything. Her mother replies yes, then the child quips that her father surely cannot see the butter on the bread, revealing a humorous misunderstandings about sight.
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Nettie
East St. Louis trouble and Irish question note
Brief reference notes East St. Louis unrest and a prior admonition to Great Britain on settling the Irish question. The remarks link domestic unrest with imperial policy in a reflective, period voice.
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East St. Louis
Great Britain
Too much Denman too much Goethals too few ships
Industrial and naval leaders debate ship production priorities as the tug between shipyard capacity and wartime needs grows sharper. Officials, including Denman and Goethals, clash over resource allocation while funding compartments face pressure.
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Denman
Goethals
Confess Your Past Sins to Your Best Girl
A short note advises confessing past sins to the best girl if inclined. It warns that one lie is as bad as another and implies moral caution in personal relationships.
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N. E. Warner
Goons
Ian Corder
Liberty Bond
Carranza
Devil
Neys
Bozart
J. D
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Music In
Nobby
Usco
Pinney-Griggs Co
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Drugbie
Parcel Post
Stockton’s Electric Dry Cleaning Company
MT. Sterling, Kentucky
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