Germany's Peace Aims Defined by Berlin This Moment
The piece discusses whether Germany will declare its terms for peace and what it will concede for lasting European stability. It weighs Vatican notes, Vatican neutrality, and the call for a public world peace statement, contrasting diplomatic secrecy with Entente demands that peace be by peoples, not diplomats.
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Germany
Europe
Vatican
Wilson
Vienna
Rome
Berlin
Labor Unrest and Its Pressure on Prices Across States
A状kers explain labor strife from the northwest I W W threats to idle harvests to Kentucky miners refusing coal and fifty mines in our state idle due to strikes. The Capital City sees fragile union accords, while a national union head is summoned to overrule locals. Prices must fall gradually to avert panic.
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Northwest
Kentucky
Springfield
Russia
Grand Jury Report on East St. Louis Riot Shocks Officials
The report, led by Attorney General Edward Brundage, notes the difficulty of securing convictions against rioters after the East St. Louis massacre. It criticizes public officials, white workers, and employers for intolerance, while condemning the city’s social failures. The piece laments the lack of reform and mocks officials for not adopting mental tests for leadership.
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East St. Louis
Edward Brundage
St. Clair County
What If Ten Dollar Gold Pieces Flood the Pocket
A porch conversation among men imagines finding ten dollar gold pieces in every pocket. They jokingly plan lavish spending from silk shirts to meals, hotels, and banks across Chicago and New York, with one lazy man proposing others fetch the cash for him.
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Asmokin
Ty Slick
Sam Grubb
Sam
Emmet Perry
Johnny Benedict
Emmet
Johnny
Charley Haneman
Charley
Ed Hopkins
Hy Haines
Chicago
New York
Tom Shfert
Tom
Lazin
Luxin
Peter Asks a Personal Question in Fable
Thornton W. Burgess adapts a moral tale where Peter Rabbit presses Ol Mistah Buzzard about being shiftless. Buzzard refutes the personal inquiry, insisting it is rude to pry into others affairs. The scene ends with Peter realizing the boundary between curiosity and propriety.
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Peter
ANIMA
Syoriss Furtmm Children
Thornton W. Burgess
Peter Rabbit
Sammy Jay
Ol’ Mistah
Mrs. Buzzard
Sammy
Ol’ Mistah Buzzard
Ol Mistah Buzzard
Green Forest
Mistah Buzzard
Brer Rabbit
OY Mistah Buzzard
Illinois forms anti tuberculosis army county committees
Springfield Ill Aug 17 Illinois formed its first line of defense against tuberculosis in the army with Dr C St Clair Drake appointing county anti tuberculosis chairmen. Dr George T Palmer will lead the program as assistant health director and county committees organize hospital facilities sanatorium camps and free dispensaries for consumptives returning from war. J Will Wall is named chairman for Adams county.
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Springfield
Illinois
C. St. Clair Drake
Department of Health
Health Department
State Council of Defense
Ilinois Tuberculosis Association
George T. Palmer
Drake
Palmer
United States
Ately
Canada
England
France
Russia
Mlinois Coun
J. Will Wall
Adams County
Mysterious Stockholm Murder Reveals Hidden Motive
In Stockholm a high ranking fortification officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Hjalmar Smitts, is found murdered in his dining room. Five shots from an army revolver fired, with the killer still at large. A young fortification officer was briefly suspected but cleared. a 10,000 crown reward has been posted. Three theories of the crime are under discussion.
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Stockholm
Hjalmar Smitts
Sweden
Smitts
White
Fortification Department
Explosion of Theories Behind Smitts Murder Case
Debated explanations range from a burglar fleeing with loot to a quarrel between the lieutenant-colonel and an acquaintance ending in passion crime. A widely held third theory suggests the murder aimed to seize fortification plans Smitts guarded.
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Smitts
Wise Worm and Early Bird Breakfast Motif
A compact fable-like note contrasts the worm delaying its exit until after the early bird finishes breakfast, implying a cautious creature waits for an opportunity after others act. The line plays on traditional morning cues.
Cuticura Heals After $35 Worth of Remedies Fail
A mother recalls dermatological relief after trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment for a baby with swollen skin, pimples, and itching. Despite $35 in medicines, no relief came until the Cuticura regimen removed itching and rash, with follow up using the soap for daily care. A free sample offer and prices are noted.
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Gee. L. McClellan
Montpelier
Ohio
Cuticura
Dept. H
Boston
Vacation Follies at Griggsy Front Yard Drill Stop
In a humorous World War I era vignette, Lilac Grimes and Red Cross girls confront Ex Brigham over wartime duties while Bull Hickey receives bandages after a wire entanglement. General Balch warns Griggsy’s Farm Defenders, who offer pay to deter joining, prompting the odd clash of loyalty and common sense.
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Patty Faney
Jennior
Lilac Grimes
Red Cross
Ex Brigham
Lile
Red
Red Crossers
Bull Hickey
Griggsy
Thare
Seen Bull
Her
Maud Muldinkey
Pansy Cooke
Bull
Rite
Anny
Genevieve Hicks
Balch
Home Defenders
Amerikan
Promis
Stuffy
Treeson
Be Prepared Recipes Quince Honey and Jelly
Instructions for making quince honey jelly and marmalade. Pare and wash quinces, cook skins, grate pulp, and simmer juice with sugar. For jelly, core without peeling, extract juice, boil with sugar, and seal in glasses with brandy dipped paper. Marmalade uses softened quince juice strained then cooked with sugar until firm.
Takes Over Potato Crop in Germany
Copenhagen dispatch reports German food dictator Herr Von Waldow plans to seize this year's entire potato harvest. He stated the action aims to control supplies and stabilize prices amid shortages, signaling centralized grain and tuber management under Berlin authority.
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Copenhagen
Herr von Waldow
Berlin
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Ripley
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Paul Whit
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