Right Send Off to the Fifth in National War Farewell
In a wartime exhortation the article urges civic support for the Fifth through women’s admonitions on dress and morale. It promises comfort, life insurance, artillery support, base and field hospitals, aviation scouts, convoy protection, allied companionship, nursing, and recreation. It notes American forces head to Europe, backed by a vast home front. It mentions Uncle Sam relying on inanimate contrivances, including a new liberty motor, to aid troops toward Berlin.
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War Department
Quincy
John
France
Houston
Europe
Beomer
New York
Sam
Berlin
Our Enormous Coal Waste Prompts American Action
The piece argues that 150,660,000 tons, a quarter of output, are wasted annually due to inefficient boilers and engines. It urges replacing engines burning over two pounds of coal per horsepower hour, overhauling home furnaces, and boosting industrial efficiency. It ties coal efficiency to wartime outcomes, noting Germany’s labor shortages and American labor and ships for coal, urging no waste.
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Italy
Austria
France
Germany
Eyes Right Forward in War We Stand United
A wartime call to action urges sacrifice of dissent as nations face imminent danger. The piece frames war as stern business requiring unity, citizen mobilization, and readiness to forego reform debates until victory. It emphasizes duty, defense of civilization, and collective resolve against Germany, ending with a chant of Eyes right and forward march.
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Lista
Germany
U.S. A
Free Russia's Fate in Provisional Government Struggle
A snapshot of editorials from multiple papers debating Russia's post‑Kerensky future. Observers note deep internal division, demoralization, and uncertain policy as Korniloff emerges as a power broker, with some papers backing Kerensky while others predict instability and continued wartime strain.
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Indianapolis
Kerensky
Nho
Russia
Korniloff
Unien
Houston Chronicle
Petrograd
FOR WAR GARDENS Muskmelons Ripen on the Vines
The piece urges patience in harvesting muskmelons for home gardens. Ripe melons crack at the stems and detach easily, ensuring peak flavor. It warns amateurs who pick too early produce inferior fruit and advocates leaving melons on vines until dead ripe.
Streator Chosen for Central Conference
Macomb Illinois September 14 Streator Illinois was chosen by the Central Illinois conference of the Methodist Episcopal church as the place of holding the next session and committees were named to shorten the conference program in the future The list of appointments will be announced probably Saturday The conference will end Monday.
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Macomb
Ill
Car Wrecked by Cow Claims Clinton Youth's Life
Bloomington Ill Sept 14 Harley Swisher a prominent young man of Clinton Ill died after an automobile accident near Hallville when a cow ran into the road and was struck Four other young men in the car escaped with minor injuries The tragedy underscores rural road hazards as investigators sort details and cattle controls in the area were not immediately cited as factors in the crash
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Bloomington
Ill
Harley Swisher
Clinton, Ill
Hallville
Big Tom's Jealousy From Burgess Animal Tales
Peter Rabbit notices Big Tom the turkey is jealous of Mrs Gobbler and her nest eggs. Big Tom suspects the eggs belong to him and frets over being ignored by Mrs Gobbler. Peter concludes the jealousy is misplaced and quietly departs, puzzled by the odd claim.
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Big Tom
Thornton W. Burgess
Peter Rabbit
Mrs. Gobbler
Peter
Our School Thursday A Curious Classroom Chronicle
In this fragment a school group recalls a wild Thursday with rattan sounds and dressing room mischief. Rumors of Germure visitations are dismissed as cinema fiction while students discuss a town hall film, arrests, custard pies, and mock bravado from local adults. Notes mention gunpowder ambitions and an aviation interest.
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Palmer
Milliken
Blinky Hammond
Resess
Aprise
Sweden Resents Entente Charge Over Luxburg Affair
Stockholm cabled that Dagblad and Svenska Dagbladet condemn Allied press interference in Sweden’s neutrality and warn that attempts to label a criminal government versus a deceived people will fail. The editors argue the Luxburg affair fuels propaganda for a native Swede party.
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Stockholm
Dagblad
New York
London
Sweden
Svenska Dagbladet
Mayo Foundation Becomes Univ of Minnesota Property
The Minnesota board of regents voted unanimously to make the Mayo foundation at Rochester the universitys permanent property for higher medical education research and investigation to be used perpetually.
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Minneapolis
Board of Regents of
The
University of Minnesota
Mayo Foundation At
Rochester
Senate Ends Short Session As Adjournment Talks Begin
Washington on September 14 reports Congress moved toward adjournment after a brief Senate session. Leaders opened discussions on a schedule for wrapping up business and adjourning in the coming weeks.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Why Are You Gray Why Look Older Than You Feel
Thousands use Q ban Trair Color Restorer to refresh gray or faded hair with a uniform dark shade. Ready to use harmless guaranteed. Large bottle 50 cents. money back if not satisfied. Sold by Brown Mays Drug Co and all good drug stores. Also Q ban Hair Tonic Liquid Shampoo Soap Q ban Depilatory for superfluous hair.
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Q-ban Trair
Brown & Mays Drug Co
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