Military Registration Instructions for Men Aged 21 to 30
A 1917 notice details June 5 as the registration day for all men aged twenty one to thirty. It explains full name, address, birth date, citizenship, birthplace, employment, dependents, marital status, race, and prior military service. It warns of prison for nonregistration and outlines the twelve questions to be answered on the registration card with guidance on how to respond.
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Main Street
Chicago
Cook County
Ilinois
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Naturalization Court
Columbus
Vienna
Austria
Paris
France
Sofia
Bulgaria
Custom House
Marine
Navy
National Guard
Regular Army
War Department
Lesson on Gethsemane and Peter’s Denial
A study of John 18 and Isaiah 53 focusing on Jesus in the garden, Judas’s greed, and Peter’s retreat. The adult focus contrasts Christ’s steadfastness with his followers’ neglect, noting the sequence from retreat to denial and the staging of his arrest.
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Garden
Gethsemane
Peter
Christ
Judas
Jesus
John
Kedron
Father
Mary
Jesus of Nazareth
Augustine
Mark
Judgment Hall
Annas
Tammany Hall
New York
Robert FE. Speer
Caiaphas
Farming Now A Business
A nation wide cry calls for more economy and production as grain prices soar. The piece argues farming should adopt advanced business methods to maximize profits, citing Canadian wheat yields and several farmers in Alberta and Iowa demonstrating high returns and efficient costs.
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America
United States
Canada
C. A. Wright
Milo
Iowa
Messrs. Smith & Sons of
Vulcan
Alberta
Western Canada
Smith
Newell J. Noble
Nobleford
Niewisll J. Nobld
Nancy Coe
Woman Chooses Pipe Over Cigars for Birthday Gift
In downtown Cleveland a woman enters a cigar shop and, after the clerk offers a cigar, asks to see a pipe instead. She asks for a pipe suited to a man about forty two, five feet nine inches tall, stout with dark hair and a moustache, noting she has read jokes about women buying cigars.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Farmers Work Harder Use Feet More With Foot Ease Ad
Farmers are described as working harder and using their feet, with Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder touted to ease friction, refresh feet, and prevent tiredness. The ad claims wide use by women and urges purchasers to buy locally for 25 cents.
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Allen
Allen's
At the Club and False Pretense Dialogs
A collection of humor sketches and social quips. Jokes play on subway seating, elevator etiquette, and a wife varnishing chairs. The humor turns on misread signals and social petites. A BIW note hints at enlistment and dental woes for comedic effect.
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Ward Luck
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International Sunday School
E. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Joseph
Champion
Biw
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