Four Years of Hell and the Call to Global Morale
Frank Comerford argues four years of war left Europe wrecked and asks the United States to mobilize industrially to save civilization. He contrasts American abundance with Europe’s devastation and urges widespread sacrifice to feed, clothe, and support the suffering across the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Comerford
Europe
America
United States
Call To
Call
House of
the Brotherhood of Man
Iabor
Replant Your Lost Teeth
A London dentist and Dr De Witt C Henry describe cases of knocked out front teeth reinserted with minimal treatment. In two Lan cet reported cases teeth were cleaned and replaced, one with salt water rinse and gum sutures, the other with cleaning while still attached. Teeth solidified for normal biting within months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Lavery
London
de Witt C. Henry
New York
Our Arts Echoes Like Music By The Lake
A reflective line likens the arts to a musician by a lake whose unseen melody resonates softly. The speaker compares creative joy to a traveler hearing a mountain echo return his own words in romantic thunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
New Skirt Styles Arrive For Southern Sport Fashion
The arrival of new skirts in December and January introduces bold woolen plaids and black and white options. Inverted plaits, varied pockets, and two toned colors pair with voile or batiste blouses and sweaters for a lean sport ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voile
Batiste
New Blouse Styles Show Diversity and Craft
Fashion notes highlight blouses rising in importance across seasons with designs ranging from simple tailored models to ornate evening wear. French needlework influences appear in sheer voile and batiste fabrics, with eyelet embroidery, hemstitching, and yarn decorations. Novel touches include crochet buttons, georgette crepe panels, and tiny flower motifs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Batiste
Bedroom suits ad and hall’s catarrh medicine pitch
An advertisement features bedroom furniture in oak and satin walnut with a quip about pajama pliability. It shifts to a medical pitch for Hall’s Catarrh Medicine claiming internal action through the blood and promising cures for catarrh with testimonials and drugstore availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Nut Bearing Native Trees in Indiana History
The article notes North American nut bearing hickories, with 14 species including a Mexican and 18 east of the Rockies. Indiana has six species led by shagbark, whose nuts and bark are famed. Pecan thrives in southern Indiana river bottoms. black walnut ranges from western Massachusetts to Minnesota with strong, spreading branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountains
Indiana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
His Table Manners and Paper Napkins Clash
A light exchange from Flatbush and Bensonhurst features a quarrel over paper napkins. One man dislikes the napkins while another defends their sanitation, joking that the napkins scratch his neck when tucked into his collar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Thankful He Didn’t Stop The Mirthful Return Of A Courageous Gentleman
A narrator recalls years of visits to an Iowa town and a troublesome millinery department attendant. After a long absence he learns she married the proprietor who nonchalantly admits the wedding. The tale ends with his boast that he never apologized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Chinese Steel Needles Reach Europe via Moors
The Chinese first used steel needles and their craft spread westward until the Moors brought the technology to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
When a Man Becomes His Own Worst Enemy
A concise aphorism notes that self-sabotage invites external help, warning that personal flaws invite problems and hinder success, urging self-control and discipline to avoid aiding one’s own downfall.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Western Newspaper Union
Our Arts
Spohn
Spohn Medical Company
Goshen, Ind
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!