Central war drive committee urged in Uma tilla county
A local call favors forming a permanent central committee to supervise World War I drives in Uma tilla county. The plan aims to standardize campaigns, prevent duplication, and protect the community from exploitation while recording all contributions for posterity. The piece contrasts charity with social privilege via Miss Lolita Armour and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt traveling in private cars, arguing for democratic equality in wartime logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla County
Central Committee
Lolita Armour
Chicago
San Francisco
McAdoo
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Camp Wadsworth
McAdno
America
Fragmentary prose with unclear imagery and names
A highly garbled OCR passage describes movements among crowds and abstract figures across a setting that hints at paths through a city or landscape. Specific persons, places, or events are not identifiable, leaving only distorted phrases and scattered images.
Washington’s refusal of kingship and the republic’s hope
The article recalls George Washington turning down a kingship and upholding representative government as the just and honest form of rule. It frames the moment as foundational to America and its allies in a struggle for democracy, highlighting the enduring truth of governance by consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
America
Thrift shown as high officials dine for $1.50
Washington reports thrift in wartime leadership as top officials dine modestly on a $1.50 meal. Treasury Secretary McAdoo and Postmaster General Barlow are noted among those at the table, with other officials listed in a brief wartime transfer of duties and discussions on financing the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McOadoo
Geend Barlowen
Robert FL. Herrick
Ramil
Kidney Health Advice From a Distant Column
Fragmented text argues about kidney issues and salt intake, mixing garbled terms with references to backache air coolers and weather effects. It mentions kidneys failing, relieving bowels, and a supposed remedy of water and pills guiding consumption, all in a disjointed style with unclear sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erik Redlef
Bern
Eben
Swindlers Charged In War Material Fraud Case
SEW YORK February 22. Eleven Hundredtyrores Lid handl ers of clatt Here were Indicted by the federal court charged with defrauding the government of uniform cloth worth five million. The alleged scheme involved precards, stealing cloth and selling it. Germany seeks a firm world peace after Victor Hugo era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Federdil Kroit
The Sunbeam Fairy Arrives for Expectant Mothers
A vintage advertisement promotes the sunbeam fairy as a happy aid for pregnant women. It touts regular use of the anfo external preparation Mothers Friend to support natural changes, ease morning sickness, and relax abdominal muscles during pregnancy.
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Four Monte
Wail
Republic
Willie Weston
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Weiman
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ST. Louis
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Main Street
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Perubberda
Ory Preorders
Reepery
Chieee Tein
Alpe
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Simpson
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