Faith Crusade Leader Promises Russian Christian Revival
Pastor Fetler presides in Iowa after banishment from Russia. He seeks funds to evangelize Russians in Petrograd Riga and Moscow and in German and Austrian prison camps. He plans a school for evangelical preachers and aims to generalize Christian civilization across Russia. He faces threats and opposition from state church authorities while advancing his mission amid wartime limits.
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China
India
Pastor Fetler
Russia
Siberia
America
Fetler
Germany
Austria
Petrograd
Riga
Moscow
Fetter
Pella
Marshalltown
Iowa
Mother Coon Tries For Food In Nighttime Heist
A black and white coated mother raccoon plans a supper for her kits. She slips into a woodshed near midnight, targets a pail of scraps, but a sudden trap injures her leg as the plan is foiled. The scene ends with a startled cry and a limp retreat.
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Mother Coon
Abbie Farwell Brown
Pedder
Heten
What Catarrh Is in Medical Emulsion Pitch
Catarrh often signals general body weakness. Local snuffs and vapors rarely help. Treat the cause by enriching blood with Scott's Emulsion, a medicinal food and building tonic free from alcohol or harmful drugs. Try it. Scott and Bowne Bloomfield NJ.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N.J
Cousins quarrel over imaginary peanuts on birthday visit
Ina comes from the country to visit her Cousin May for May's fifth birthday. An hour after bedtime Ina sobs that May won’t share her peanuts. May has no peanuts, but Ina believes she would withhold even if she had them. VanderPol advertises baby supplies in his window.
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Ina
May
Court of Last Resort overrules all other courts
Across the country the Court of Last Resort sits at every cross roads grocery, where Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has long been tried and favorable verdicts recorded. The ad promotes the medicine as delivering full value for money and claims widespread availability.
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Cross Roads
Chamberlain
The Value of Dental Health in Child Development
A historical health column urges early dental care starting in childhood to ensure proper chewing, digestion, and nutrition. It links mouth health to overall health, urges mouth breathing and thumb sucking correction, and recommends schoolroom instruction, clean-mouth slogans, and preventive practices.
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Charles Mayo
Rochester
Minnesota
Battle Creek Sanatorium
Miller
Berlin
Prophylaxis Guidance by Dr Edmand Dentist
Fragmentary note mentions children and instruction in oral hygiene. Names dentist D. P. A. Edmand appear in disjointed quotation. Context implies a dental education or hygiene guidance without complete details.
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D.P
A. Edmand
Old Hickory Chips and World War Echoes
A jumbled column of political quips and headlines from the era. It riffs on Woodrow Wilson, Germany, Mexico, and the navy, notes Republican hopes for Sherman, and jokes about currency, coins, and public probity. It also ponders Filipinos gaining freedom, groundhog pensions, and pork being voted out by constituents.
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Woodrow ‘Wilson
Kaiser
Crown Prince
America
Sherman
Illinois
Germany
Mexico
Republican Exchange
Wilson
Arkansas
South Carolina
James
Ollie
Moses
Canaan
Promise
Texas
Davis
Valentine
Congress
Billy Sunday
John D
Grandmother Arranges Swap of Girl and Boy Chores
Bobby and Beth argue about gender roles in grandmother’s room. Beth laments dusting and stockings while Bobby wishes to be a girl. Grandmother suggests swapping chores but Bobby declines, deciding to feed the hens himself, while Beth still resents the wood box task.
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Bobby
Grandmother
Grandmother Stone
Beth
Sunday Afternoon Laughs End Grumbling Onlookers
They both laughed and stopped grumbling for the day as Our Sunday Afternoon notes a light moment.
A Truthful Boy Says It Once
A Burdette quote extols a truthful boy who answers with a simple yes or no. It praises trust and the ease of knowing he will come home with clear plans and no repeated promises.
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Bess Gearhart Morrison
VanderPol
Bobby and
Rogers Bros
J. Blommers & Co
Pella, Iowa
Keeps
Toom
Vander
Linden’s Bazar
P, Dingeman
Banke
D. Swift
Lawye
Seventh St
Washington, D.C
Lula’ Skéltom
Churchville
N. Y
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