Encouraging Farm Boys to Stay: Value of Farm Life
Farmers should persuade sons showing restlessness that farm life offers stronger purpose and rewards than city toil. Cities tempt with leisure yet erode character. on the farm, youths gain responsibility, land, and the chance to earn by work, shaping a stable future with direct rewards.
Farm parents should keep sons on the land for mutual gain
The writer argues that a farmer father who limits his sons to farm work and denies them opportunities elsewhere drives them to leave for city jobs. Encouragement and incentives at home can retain the best youth, benefiting families, communities, and the nation as sons grow into independent, content farmers.
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Western Canada
Appalling condition warns against corn salves claims
A quirky claim suggests men accusing themselves of being wars would persuade acquaintances. The ad promotes Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a cure for corns and warts, touting fifty years of reliability and selling for 2 shillings.
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Putnam's
Suburban Worker Misses Day At Office In Early Morning
Johnson returns to his northern suburban home in the small hours and wires the office that he will not be at work, stating he is not home yesterday yet. The note signals a behind schedule day following the strike and evening walk home.
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Johnson
Keep Minard's Liniment in the house
The New York Nation denounces recent bomb outrages as counterproductive. It argues governments' uniform reliance on force harms reform, urges nonviolent debate, and warns terrorists will prompt harsher immigration limits and stricter federal legislation in Washington.
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America
Washington
New York Nation
Monument to William Tyndale Unharmed by Occupation Forces
In Vilverde near Brussels a monument to William Tyndale stands with inscriptions in English French and Flemish. Despite four years of German occupation the monument shows no material damage though inscriptions are faint due to no protective fence. It recalls Tyndale native of Gloucester who translated parts of the Bible and lived in Hamburg and Cologne before linking with the continent.
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London
England
Vilverde
Brussels
William Tyndale
Belgium
Tyndale
Germany
Gloucester
Hamburg
Cologne
Continent
Rhine
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure and Reward
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood driven treatment for catarrh with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. It cites Druggists selling at 75 cents and Free Testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. The piece also notes a 1919 budget report from the Russian Soviet Government proposing a large deficit covered by new paper money.
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Hall
Nature
Seall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Copenhagen
Denmark
Helsingfors
King George Urges Unselfish Cooperation For Peace Victory
The King and Queen visited Leicester and urged a new order for common life based on unity and unselfish effort. He stated that after five years of strain, only collective action can secure peace and liberty, promising to join the people in peacetime rebuilding. The speech ends with a plug for Holloway's Corn Cure.
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George
Leicester
England
Plan to Benefit Fishermen in London Proposed by Admiralty
The Admiralty contemplates forming a commercial fishermen’s company with war service veterans as shareholders. The Treasury would finance start up, and 400 wartime mine sweeping and patrol vessels would be transferred to the fishermen. The plan aims to avoid competition or profits for the Admiralty.
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London
England
Admiralty
The
Treasury
Kansas Alives To Danger In Hutchinson Meeting
Kansas City-County attorneys plan a Hutchinson meeting to counter LW.W. agitators active in the wheat belt. U S Attorney Robertson notes mobilizing efforts as agitators avoid cities and meet in woods. no violence reported yet. Attorney General Hopkins issues instructions for local handling of agitators amid broader unrest.
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Kansas City
Kansas Wheat Belt
Hutchinson
Kansas
Lw.w
U.S
Robertson
Hopkins
China Rich Yet Helpless Seeks Wealth From Mines
A fragment from a historical report notes vast Chinese mineral wealth including coal in Shansi, iron, copper in Crechwan and Yunnan, antimony output, and potential gold and silver in North China and Eastern Tibet. It highlights rich agriculture and long irrigation history, portraying China as resource rich yet economically powerless.
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Shansi
China
Crechwan
Yuannan
Thibet
London liquor board reports sharp drop in drunkenness convictions
The liquor control board announces England and Wales show fewer convictions for drunkenness over four years. Men and boys decreased from 35,457 in 1915 to 6,990 in 1918 while women fell from 15,915 to 3,211 in the same period.
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London
England
Wales
Liquor Control Board
New coins fail to match old value in gentle note
A brief report notes that new coins do not appear to buy as much as older coins, reflecting concern over reduced purchasing power and value comparison between coin issues. The piece emphasizes cautious use and public attention to monetary changes.
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