Enlistment Suspension Clears Way for Draft Law
The War Department and Navy announce a suspension of voluntary enlistments from civil life until the pending draft age bill is resolved. Authorities aim to prevent industrial disruption and ensure selective service under new law. Aims include careful individual classifications and broader industrial exemptions.
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Army
Navy
Secretares Baker and Daniels
War Department
Baker
Department
Daniels
Chief of Navigation
Marine Corps
W. Ss. S
E. G. Marshall
Carrollton Farmer Praises Vin Hepatica As Nerve Tonic
A Carrollton County farmer, A. T. Tandy of Highland Avenue Carrollton Ky, writes on February 2 praising Vin Hepatica as a fine medicine for nervousness and stomach trouble. The ad extols Vin Hepatica as an all vegetable stomach and nerve remedy that improves digestion liver kidney and blood and invites others to try it on the store recommendation.
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Carrollton County
A. T. Tandy
Highlands Avenue
Carrollton
Mr. Tandy
Where Does the Red Cross Nurse Go
The piece traces a Red Cross nurse’s roles across military camps hospitals overseas in Roumania and in Italy and France and in domestic cities to curb contagion and teach health practices. It emphasizes aiding wounded soldiers and preventing typhoid meningitis and other diseases.
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RED Cross
Army
Roumania
Italy
France
Nursing training urged to aid soldiers at the front
The piece urges conserving nursing activities and urging student nurses toward training schools. It warns that employing a trained nurse when not needed deprives soldiers at the front of imperative care and effectively aids the enemy.
Women report relief from kidney trouble with Doan's pills
Mt Sterling women urged to try Doan's Kidney Pills after Mrs. Jace Trimble of Jamison Street credits them with curing dull back pains headaches and weak kidneys. The ad notes price 60c and endorsement from Foster Miller Co Buffalo NY.
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Mt. Sterling
Jace Trimble
Jamison St
Dean
Doan
Trimble
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo, N. Y
Millersburg College Aims to Rebuild After Fire
A fragmented note cites Millersburg College facing a blaze and efforts to restore facilities. It mentions a Bluegrass event, a potential fundraiser, and local support for recovery.
Who Was Going to Be Boss Aboard a Merchant Ship
An American army captain and a naval reserve ensign argue over who commands a lifeboat aboard a merchant ship. A ship’s officer settles the dispute, noting passengers must await orders and remain quiet once the boat is launched.
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Naval Reserve
Nelson Collins
Century Magazine
Navy
Earth’s Ice Ages Were Multiple, Not One
Popular Science Monthly reports earth has undergone many glacial periods rather than a single ice age. Evidence shows subdivisions within the Pleistocene epoch and multiple glacial events across continents, with ancient ice sheets forming at various times dating back to the Proterozoic. Prof. W. W. Atwood of the US Geological Survey identified glacial deposits near Ridgway Colorado beneath tertiary lavas, atop Upper Cretaceous beds, likely from early Eocene times.
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Popular Science Monthly
Prof
W. W. Atwood
United States Geological Survey
Ridgway
Colorado
San Juan Mountains
Home fires and a paper boy's promise
A bright-eyed ten year old red-haired paper boy on Washington street draws polite attention. Asked if he always sells all his papers he replies that sometimes one or two remain. He then takes the leftovers to his mother to keep the home fires burning.
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Washington Street
Indianapolis News
Even the Kaiser
A German prisoner reports the Kaiser is patriotic, remarking that even his hair stands up when hearing the Star Spangled Banner as bands play in the United States. The Yonkers Statesman notes the surprising contrast in wartime sentiment.
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Sammie
Tommie
Yonkers
Fragmentary dialogue hints at family roots and travel
Brief, partial OCR shows two speakers discussing origins from England aboard the Mayflower and a question about return. Details are sparse and names appear truncated.
Corporations Debate Spirits at Dinner Night
A lively exchange occurs at a corporate dinner with quips about souls and belief in spirits. The banter touches on corporate culture and metaphysical humor among attendees.
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Becaus Corporations
Co operative delivery proposed to cut city costs
Shelbyville merchants convened to design a cooperative delivery system to reduce the high annual cost now paid for city delivery services. The plan would cut expenses by about 50 percent and free workers for war efforts, with a committee formed to flesh out details and report later.
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Shelbyville
Mt. Sterling
County Court Room
Business Men’s Association
Eugene J. Straus
Louisville
Kentucky Council of Defense
Concensus
L. G. Smith
R. A. Campbell
George N. Thompson
B. A. Logan
Eugene Cowles
Stanley Lawson
Imaginary sheep and belts at Waterloo parade
A folksy reflection on sleep myths and pride. The speaker jokes that Prosperity leads to overconfidence and a long celebration. He compares a Gibraltar belt to Napoleon's Waterloo belt size, then shifts to a humorous aside about Colonel Bob Murray and his own belt.
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Napoleon
Waterloo
Bob Murray
Bob
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