Letter from Bill Moore from France 1918
A Bloomfield Democrat reader shares a World War I letter from Bill Moore in France dated April 22 1918. He notes spring weather planes anti aircraft guns and observation balloons front quiet moments that turn sudden and a bakeries scarce tobacco prices and memories of home. He closes with regards to Walt Effie and the force.
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Bloomfield Democrat
Chronicle
France
Bill
States
Fritzie
Walt
Effie
Force
Adlerika Instant Bowell Action Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement from Van der Linden's Drug Store touts Adlerika as an instant bowel cleanser. It claims one spoonful cleans the entire tract, relieving sour stomach gas and constipation and preventing appendicitis with pleasant fast action, marketed in Pella.
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Pella
Adlerika
Adler Ika
Vander Linden
Horrors Seen By Highlanders At Ploughestreert Wood
Sergeant A Good of the Seaforth Highlanders reports indescribable atrocities in France as his unit captured Ploughestreert Wood. A wall nailed female corpse and a child impaled on a hook were found in a hut. The Britons later retook the area but suffered slain and wounded left behind.
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San Francisco
France
Seaforth Highlanders
Ploughestreert Wood
A. Good
Highlanders
America
Gond
Mule Causes Lemon Pie Shortage in Greenwich
In Greenwich Connecticut a hungry mule halted a dairy wagon delivery causing a lemon pie shortage for many wealthy residents. The mule blocked the wagon at Greenwich avenue while the driver paused for breakfast, allowing the mule to sample the lemon pies and leaving only other flavors.
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Greenwich, Conn
Conkin's
Food Administration
Round Hill
Greenwich Avenue
Knit Two Socks at Once in Chicago
New method of knitting two socks at once gains attention in Chicago after Australia’s double knitting industry supplies British relief. Miss Brown introduced the technique in the United States and Chicago women adopted it. Directions are sold at Red Cross headquarters in Evanston to support Red Cross relief.
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Chicago
Australia
Miss Brown
United States
Red Cross
Evanston
Remedy for Whooping Cough Cited by St Louis Host
Mrs J B Roberts of St Louis Illinois praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for her child whooping cough. She says it kept the cough loose and eased severe coughing spells and remains the only cough medicine she keeps due to strong confidence in its effectiveness for colds and croup as well.
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Chamberlain
Yale unit convoy recounts submarine battle in war zone
In a letter from East Haven, Lauren Lyman relays a Yale unit member's vivid account of anti submarine action. The crew zigzagged under fire as destroyers and planes attacked subs, witnessing periscopes and near misses, with heavy detonations and casualties noted, ending after a fierce early morning fight.
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East Haven
Conn
Yale
Lauren Lyman
Bowies
Harvard
Conscripts Back Home From Sea For Family Support
Edwin Swelger, called back from a transport 100 miles out at sea en route to France, returned to Chicago to care for his disabled father and washing-working mother after registering without exemption. Though appealed for release, the government found him aboard a transport and he returned home.
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Chicago
Ill
France
Edwin Swelger
Swelger
Camp Grant
Sweiger
Women Push Voluntary Ration Plan For War Effort
In New York a voluntary ration plan is proposed by the Food Administration to supplement the Home Card. The plan mirrors England and aims to guide housewives with concrete weekly allowances for meat butter sugar and wheat, while allowing full milk for children and free use of fish poultry vegetables and cheese.
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America
Food Administration
England
United Kingdom
New York City
Potatoes in War Time Diet and Soup Recipe
Government experts note record potato crop growth with 700000 extra acres planted. Potatoes added to substitutable staples alongside wheat flour as United States Food Administration airs wartime recipes. Soup method uses potatoes milk onion butter substitute flour salt pepper cayenne parsley and barley garnish.
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United States and Administration
United States Food Administration
Put Money Into the Land and War Bonds
A patriotic message urges investing in Liberty bonds to sustain America’s farms and industry amid a looming war threat. It praises visible prosperity from railways bridges factories and schools and states money should be put into the land to keep it free and prosperous.
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America
Enyire
Childish Deductions In A Hotel Parlor
Mary and her little brother Billie stand in a grand hotel parlor awed by surroundings. Billie points to a Marie Antoinette portrait and asks who she is. Mary replies in a confidential tone that she is the one who owns the furniture.
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Mary
Billie
Marie Antoinette
Proper Food for Weak Stomachs and Diet Advice
The article advocates a personalized diet based on age and occupation, advising slow eating and thorough chewing for those with weak stomachs. It emphasizes keeping bowels regular and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets to strengthen the stomach and aid bowel movement when constipated or dull after meals.
Origin of Market Gardener from 1698 translation
The farm market gardener term traces to a marsh gardener in John Evelyn's English 1698 translation of De La Quintingne's Compleat Gard’ner. The work was dedicated by publishers Matthew Gillyflower and James Partridge to Lord Capell of Tewksbury.
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John Evelyn
de la Quintingne
Matthew Gillyflower
James Partridge
Lord Capell
Tewksbury
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Claims Vital Germ Fight
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as boosting liver action and blood purification to fight germs from diseases like grip and malaria. It includes testimonials from H Burns in Cormon, Iowa, and Mrs A B Windame in Clinton, Iowa, urging trial and recommending the medicine for rheumatic and cough ailments.
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Pierce
W. M. Plorco
Buffalo
N.Y
Clinton
Iowa
Cormon
Biurrs
Mas
Wndame
90D Avenue
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Mary E. Drury
Hher
Palace Hotel
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Idea
U. S. Food Administration
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