Lille Under German Occupation A Glimpse Of Ruin And Suffering
The piece recalls Lille as a major French city evacuated after four years of German occupation, detailing destruction of landmarks, heavy war damages, and punitive German rule. It reports seized stores, forced fines, and a mass deportation of 26 000 Lille inhabitants including young girls to agricultural labor in 1916.
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Martin Green
New York Evening World
Lille
Department of the Nord
France
Armentieres
Hotel de Ville
Ger- Pats
Germany
United States
Spain
Paris
Ardennes
Smother
Mademoiselle
6Th Corps
Rupprecht
Bavaria
America
Treweli
Vaouban
Liege
Namur
Belgium
Joffre
Attle
Quick Home Syrup Sends Cough Packing In Hours
A home made pinex syrup blends 21 ounces Pinex with sugar syrup to form a pint supply claimed to stop ordinary coughs or chest colds within 24 hours. The remedy targets throat and nasal membranes, offering rapid relief for bronchitis croup whooping cough and asthma with a guaranteed satisfaction offer from Pinex Co.
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J Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
French Refugees Are Raising Crops in France
American committee for devastated France plans to boost farm productivity and near self sufficiency by placing farm owners and hired laborers on existing cultivated land. The Eure-et-Loir refugee population numbers 29,000, with about 1200 acres under the committee's care. Wages are ten francs daily for men and eight for women.
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France
American Committee For
Department of Tabor
Eure-et-Loir
American Canteen Girls Aid French Harvest Drive
Paris report notes Miss Anne Morgan led American volunteers aiding refugees and harvesters in northern France. Canteen squads fed two hundred workers daily, delivered food and supplies by Ford cannions, and set up field kitchens to serve hot meals. Rose Dolan and other young women risked shellfire to bring aid to villagers and soldiers alike.
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Miss Morgan
Little Ford Cannions
Miss Morgan’sa
Chateau-Thierry
Cannions
Miss Rose Dolan
Philadelphia
Miss Dolan
Gertrude Folks
Homer Folks
Red Cross
Paris
Joan Wickler
Stamford
Conn
Muriel Valentine
New York
Guelle Atcherprog
Nashatryong
jSble
Ike
The Other Fellow and The Case for Apples
A humorous meditation on health fads and medical testing by using others as test subjects. The piece recalls old quips about apples keeping doctors away and shares a memory of a medical student offering a dangerous “operation” test, ending with a rural invitation to help with a war garden.
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Pourth ‘Street
Minneapolis Journal
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Aid Bad Breath Relief
A vintage ad claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets ease bad breath by gently stimulating the bowels and liver. The copy asserts the formula of seventeen years of practice and recommends taking one or two tablets to relieve bowel and liver complaints and the accompanying bad breath.
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Edwards
Ate
Irda
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American Canteen
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Preen Publishing Co
Marne
Battle Line
Rhema
Peroup
Warner
Bcotes
Louleville Courier-Journal
San Antonio Co-operative Association
Council of National Defense
Stevens & Sons
Sunset
Steves & Sons
I. & G. N. Hillyer-Deutsch-Jerratt Co
Beitel Lemacher Co
Petrich-Saul Lumber Co
West End Lumber Co
Potchernick-Haak Typewriter Co
St. Mary’s Street
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