What Can I Do Uncle Sam Answers for Home Army
A wartime guide lists duties for wives mothers sisters and workers. It urges quiet support for soldiers, encourages baby care information from the children's bureau, advises employers to meet war demand, and stresses economical, productive labor with Liberty bonds and War Savings stamps.
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Home Army
Uncle Sam
France
Sam
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
War Mmdustries Board
United States Employment Bureau
The Contortionist of Berlin and the German Press Agent
Baron Von Wurst, press agent for Germany, reads deciphered enemy messages and drafts a weekly pro-German summary. He relishes shaping falsely optimistic reports of American troops, French mutinies, and grain shortages to sway public opinion at home.
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Baron von Wurst
Germany
France
Witter
Schmidt
America
CALL FROM OVER THERE By JAMES W. WISE Vigilantes
Poem and humorous sketches mix in a page featuring a World War I style call to support liberty and France. The piece includes a verses long plea to back the military effort and a quirk about Professor Pate in a cartoonish anecdote.
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James W. Wise
The
Vigilantes
Revival of Armor Craft Inspires Modern Soldier Protection
A historian notes how expert metalwork revives old mastery of armor from early helmets to cuirasses, tracing its evolution from the ninth century BC through medieval plates to modern lightweight defenses. The piece highlights lighter, deflective protection rather than full body coverage and the shift from metal to fabric defenses as firearms emerged.
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McTachaux
Louis XV
France
Richard Coeur de Lion
Reims
St. Louis
Charles VII
Fishing With a Shove Pising in Millwaukee City Saloon Dock
New sport arises in Millwaukee as Paul Ihrig finds fish near the Oneida street bridge. He uses a coal shovel to scoop six sunken suckers and a bullhead from the river near his saloon basement. Ostrich flesh gains fame though seen as tough to digest yet unregulated by food laws today.
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Millwaukee
Paul Ihrig
Oneida Street
Seine
Kidney patient urges Doan's pills after six month prognosis
T Clayton of 78 N Broad St Woodbury New Jersey recalls a severe kidney condition with sharp back pains and weakness that left him unable to work for two years. He was told he would not live six months but attributes his recovery to Doan's Kidney Pills saying they strengthened him and improved his health after several boxes. He endorses Doan's as worth their weight in gold and urges others with kidney troubles to try them.
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Atlantic
von Tirpitz
America
Schmidt
Baron
Baron von Wurst
Germany
N. H. McCloskey
New York Tribune
M. Daniel Tachaux
Tachaux
Bartel
Ordnance Department
Robinson
Metropolitan Museum
Department of Armor
Baker
Bashford Dean
United States
Iate
General Pershing
M. Tachaux
Dresdeni
Switzerland
Japan
London
M. Tachaus
T. Clayton
N. Broad St
Woodbury
N. J
Clayton
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Advising the Chaplain in a World War II Style Exchange
A British officer bluntly criticizes an ineffective chaplain. He calls him a rotten chaplain and says the men will not follow to heaven. The padre admits discomfort, then the officer adds he would make a fine company officer and the men would follow to hell.
Freezone Relief for Corns Promoted by Cincinnati Genius
An advertisement extols Freezone as a painless cure for hard and soft corns and calluses. It claims instant relief and easy removal by lifting with fingers. The note highlights a Cincinnati inventor and urges readers to buy a tiny bottle from their druggist.
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Cincinnati
Betty and Sisters Discover Baby Brother Soldier Start
A girl named Betty and two sisters learn she has a new baby brother. She exclaims with enthusiasm that their family now has the start of a real soldier. The passage reflects playful self-approval by Figotists who pride themselves on their own cleverness.
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Betty
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Pate
Kansas Cty
Tany
Metropolitan
New—York
Launcelot
Guinevere
Gasque
Lunettes
Anee
Stasque
David Roberts
Dept
Boston
Salt Lake City
Mayie
Chitaco
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