The Pepper Bomb and a Presidential Proposal Gone Wrong
In Rossville, Joel Bryson vows not to shave until his party wins. After a lab explosion destroys his beard, Edith Harper returns with a new ultimatum. Joel recovers, the Regulars win, and Edith promises marriage if his hair grows to the waist.
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Edith
Joel
Rossville
Otic
Bryson
War Department
Washington
Joel Bryson
tardéHawitkon
Americans Rush Over Top After War Declaration
In France Canadian and American troops celebrate U S declaration of war on Germany. Private Scotty Anderson spearheads a night overrun of the German trench, with about 100 Americans entering No Man’s Land and taking prisoners before returning to their lines as heroes.
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France
No Man’s Land
Henry James Buxton
United States
Canada
Scotty” Anderson
Boston
Frisco
Scotty
Jack Murdock
Murdock
Germany
No Man's Land
Uncle Sam
Logging In the Northwest by Snow Cat Powered Trains
The article describes high altitude logging in the Northwest using a cog wheel style caterpillar steam engine. Front sleigh runners steerable by a mounted operator pull broad log sleighs and drag eight or more loads per trip with the engine handling steam and the engineer managing duties.
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Northwest
Why He Quit
A new confectionery store in the north part of the city faced chaos as a skilled candy maker ran a spree depleting stock. The owner chased him down and rehired him, but a sugar famine followed. After multiple absences and continued shortages, the proprietor auctioned off the remaining stock and fixtures and retired from candy making.
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Indianapolis News
Mean Thing
Patience asks how to beautify hands. Patrice suggests soap and water for better appearance.
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Patrice
Humiliated Emperor Henry IV Stands in the Cold Before Pope
The article recounts Henry IV of Germany facing excommunication by Pope Gregory VII during the eleventh century. After a bitter clash over papal authority, Henry endured a winter ordeal at Canossa, forced to enter the pope's presence in a coarse tunic and stand outside in freezing weather for three days before terms for lifting the ban were agreed. The episode sparked ongoing conflict and renewed resistance.
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Henry IV
Germany
Gregory VII
Henry
Gregory
Pope
Canossa
Apennines
Alps
Ileary
Slenry
I Henry
Ki P ring mix up at aviation field ends in secret tale
A young aviator told his mother he had joined Ki P as she buys a K of P ring. The mother’s gift pleases him until he reveals he is only in kitchen police duty at the aviation grounds. He explains the misunderstanding and keeps the story quiet for a time.
Old-Time Remedy at New York Store
A portly man barters for stockings for his sore throat in a department store hosiery counter. The salesgirls tease him about buying for his lady, but he reveals he needs stockin gs long enough to reach around his neck, claiming a belief in old-fashioned remedies and earning their sympathy.
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Elaine
New York
A Woman's War Time Duty and Home Remedies
An appeal urges all women to aid with bandages socks and kits for soldiers on the firing line and promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as strength builders and cures for womanly complaints. Testimonies praise relief from nervousness back pain and prostration after using the remedies and credit life-saving benefits to the medicines.
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W. M. Pierce
Buffalo
Councty Buurrs
Iowa
Tuaway Giluwas
Mrs. Owens
Fourth Street
A Woman's Answer to the Soap-Box Rhetoric
A woman in the crowd responds to a soap-box speaker on money scarcity. She challenges men to quit explaining the problem and start acting to fix it, saying too many waste time debating instead of hustling to prevent scarcity.
Swamp Root touted as remedy for kidney ailments
An advertisement promotes Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as the premier medicine for kidney liver and bladder problems. It claims rapid mild effects and broad relief, urging readers to start treatment and offering a sample for ten cents by writing to Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton NC.
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Kalmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. C
Winter Wardrobe Worries Prompt Frugal Joke
Mrs Brown Jones laments the rising costs of clothing this winter. The family quips about an affordable, quirky appeal suggesting interpretive dancing and a pretend Cetrobe of sards of cheeseloth as a humorous solution.
Garfield Tea and Nlorb Laxative Adverts
A disorder remedy promotion invites readers to take Garfield Tea for a diseased liver and names Nlorb laxative with druggists listed. The ad ends with advertisement style credits.
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Ady
Observer quotes on prudent tithes during high food costs
An unnamed observer notes people rethink wasteful giving as prices for food soar. The remark frames frugality and cautious spending amid rising costs.
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Western Newspaper Union
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Joel Bryok
Miss Harper
Miss Marper
K. P
Gray
Olmsted
LE Roy
N.Y
Bulentifiangoing
Broadway
N. Y
Womam
Murine Eve Rremede CO
Chicago
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