Social and Personal Notes From a Local Meeting
A fragmented social column records a gathering at the home of Mr John Steen with Mrs WL Al Paigewier of Met Neto Muknia in attendance. Notables include Mrs Frank Oldman and Mrs A W Kore White among others, with plans for future visits and a note that a weekly story hour for small children was canceled due to illness or conditions.
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John Steen
Met Neto
Muknia
Petigertyn
Sevite
Kesnath G
Jackson
Yeetentay
Str Warner
Frank Oldman
Eof Torney
Mra
A.W. Kore
John Holt
East Lake City
College Street
Hettie
Havel
Belgian families unable to locate homes in waste crisis
Report from Ypres on December 14 details a flood of Belgian families displaced by destruction. Authorities struggle to identify and assist the homeless as the war's toll intensifies and relief efforts lag behind the need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypres
Belgium
Willi
The Jidse: You were found under o bo with a bag of todla
The fragmentary OCR text reports a cryptic line about a person found under a body with a bag, followed by garbled phrases. It preserves no clear names, places, dates, or events to verify a specific incident or outcome.
Darken Your Hair At Home With Weelh’s Powder
A dated ad claims Sage Tee and Sulphur mix restores natural hair color at home. It touts simple application with a damp sponge to darken one strand at a time, promising a subtle, lasting deepened shade by morning with a healthy glow and no telltale roots.
Labor role in industry sparks German model debate
American and foreign observers discuss how worker input into management might not yield full control. Some see German labor influence as growing and potentially shifting power away from industrial captains, while business leaders resist surrender of influence despite legal changes.
Farm families face ruined Belgian battlefront homes
Desolate Belgian farmland aftermath leaves exiled Arcadians awaiting reclamation surveys. Land obliterated by shelling erases farm markers and wells, sowing disputes over plots as home seekers return from ruined trenches. C M Brotherton, 50, found dead in a Prescott area well. probable accidental fall while drawing water.
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Nome
Boundaes
Howe
Bern
Walla Walla
C. M. Brotherton
Prescott
Heatherton
Worrie
German capitalists plan to thwart workers voice in industry
Berlin reports say Germany's big capitalists aim to blunt the workers council law by doctored annual balances or forming holding companies to buy products cheaply and resell at normal rates. The plan would mask profits while the law gives workers book inspection and a right to examine corporate ledgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Groat
Berlin
Germany
Workers’ Council
Bia
OFCU
Ue Ae Piet Mentone
U S shifts from world leader to hermit stance
Sir Willoughby Dickinson, president of the ruling delegation at the convention, says the United States has abandoned its world leadership role and could get along without joining the League of Nations if America refuses. He adds South American nations would welcome entry to the league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Willoughby Dickinson
League of Nations
Arnesnela
Dickinson
America
Better Than Calomel Olive Tablets Offer Safe Stimulation
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets blend olive oil with a compound to stimulate the liver and bowels. Market copy claims they do the good of calomel with no bad after effects. Sold in bottles for 25 cents.
Neura lgic Pains Hamlin Wizard Oil Ad Claim
An old time advertisement promotes Hamlin s Wizard Oil as a safe treatment for headache neuralgia and sprains with antiseptic benefits. It promises quick relief when rubbed on pain and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Also touts Wizard Liver Whips pink pills at 30 cents with a similar guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin
Salts If Kidneys or Bladder Bother
An old remedy touts Jay Salts from a reliable pharmacy to cleanse kidneys and prevent bladder issues. The ad claims heavy meat intake clogs kidneys, causing aches, back pain, and urinary problems, and promotes lithia-water drinks for ongoing kidney health.
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Heter Venther
Chapmaan
Dennett
Ove Wang
Snail Srade
Tony
Che Veenthen
Bowin
Baltimore
Cymnasium
Jones Hopkins University
Umatilla
Grain Co
East Court Street
Ferare F.cd
Portland
Oregon
Aon
Reiger
Scott
Noteau
Foult & Downe
Meamfield
G. J
Kront
Chia
Helgium
U. S
Dr. Edwards
Pheh
Onos Khen
Thomas
Tha Paria
Philipino Hand
Mandel
PATHE
Stradivara
Il Heaters
W. C. Crawford
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