How Farm Folks Help in the War Liberty Bonds Thrift
A rural appeal urges farmers to support the fourth Liberty Loan and thrift stamps. It tells of Jamie Buss, a five year old who gathers wool to buy War Savings stamps, and of a Wisconsin farmer family saving toward a $1,000 pledge. The piece links farm patriotism to national victory and urges simplifying, saving, and lending to Uncle Sam.
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Jamie Buss
Mamma
Papa
Eau Claire
Whs
Jamie
Mamma Bligs
Jame
Sam
Boches
Belgium
Poland
Ukraine
Lberty
Uncle Sam
Berlin
Middlesex
Liberty Bond Burned In Fireplace Incident
Mrs Charles Stoeckel of Georgetown, Delaware, started a wood fire with an old newspaper and burned two five dollar Liberty bonds saved for her daughter Nellie. The bonds were destroyed but bank officials recall the purchase and are helping replace them.
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Mrx
Charles Stoeckel
Georgetown
Det
Bed
Bank
Nellie
Stoeckel
GOES WOOING IN AN AIRSHIP
In a London suburb a knight errant in an airship flew low toward a terrace. A maiden on a garden lawn watched as a white letter streamer fluttered to the road. She retrieved the love letter as neighbors returned to quiet routine.
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London
Errant
California boards discard German tainted music books
San Francisco reports the state board of education has ordered discard of music books used in public schools due to songs of German origin amid concerns of propaganda. A new series, declared free from all German taint, has been prepared for pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
State Board of Education
Ship built in fifteen days by Belfast firm sets world record
Workman Clark & Co of Belfast Ireland completed an 8000 ton standard vessel in fifteen days after launch achieving a worlds record for fastest ship construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workman, Clark & Co
Belfast
Ireland
Smuggling Rubber Rails Swede’s Fortune From Rubles and Flours
A Swedish writer recalls Karlsson, a fortunemaker in Haparanda, who profited from rubles and rubber smuggling across the Tornea river. He tied Swedish and Finnish firms to ship rubber rings, tin, flour, and other goods while authorities wary of illicit trade and war disruptions.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Haparanda
Finland
Herbert Hricson
Tornea
Ericson
Karlssoo T
Tle
Norrland
Poland
Russia
Germany
Karlsson
Mattila
Haparanda-Over-Tornea
Tornen
America
Double of czar’s daughter in Tokyo hotel mixup
Mrs Ariadne Roomanov wife of Kerensky’s secretary arrived in Tokyo and was mistaken for Tatiana the czar’s daughter. She was offered an entire imperial palace wing for accommodation amid the belief she was indeed the czar’s daughter.
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Ariadne Roomanov
Kerensky
Tokyo
Tatiana
America
Bell Telephone bans non English use on calls in Brookfield
The Bell Telephone company of Brookfield acts on a council of defense request by barring any language other than English over its lines. The order targets all patrons and takes effect immediately.
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Brookfield
Alan County Council of Defense
Bell Telephone Company
Life saved by handkerchief during No Man's Land dive
Washington's Flight Sergeant James H. Baugham, now with Paris Air Defense, was reported a prisoner by unofficial notices. He described in a letter how he landed between German and French lines after an engine failure, waved a handkerchief to French troops, and then evaded fire to reach safety with 800 Germans dead and two French casualties noted by a divisional general.
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Washington
James H. Baugham
Lafayette Escadrille
Paris Air Defense Squadron
Mary A. Baugham
Dixie Agricultural Company
Baugham
No Man's Land
France
Germany
Aui
Uop
War against tuberculosis parallels world conflict says Farrand
Dr Farrand, head of the American Commission for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in France, warns civilian and military TB deaths rival war fatalities. He urges Americans to join a nationwide drive, noting rising civilian TB due to wartime hardships and outlining 1,500 local tuberculosis association chapters to combat the disease.
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New York
Tor
Livingstone Farrand
American Commission For the Prevention of
France
America
Doctor Farrand
Doctor Jarrand
Girl cuts curls to buy War Savings stamps
Dayton O Fuanita Dowell eleven cut off her chestnut curls to aid the war effort. She notified a National Security League officer that the hair be sold in Portland to fund War Savings stamps. Gertrude Atherton bid $1 on the tresses and the child’s letter will be sold with the hair to the highest bidder.
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Dayton
Fuanita
Dowell
National Security League
Portland
Ore
Gertrude Atherton
English Scientist Claims Novel Gas Mirrors Hydrogen
An English scientist asserts discovery of a new gas that he says bears the same relation to hydrogen as oxygen does. He outlines theoretical properties and potential applications, inviting verification by peers.
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Cluls
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Mother
Mrs Pearl Monyhan of Mitchell Indiana reports relief from neuralgia during late pregnancy after using three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She gained strength, cared for her house, and her seven month old baby weighed 19 pounds at birth. The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts notes many letters praising health restored during maternity through the product.
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Pearl Monyhan
Mitchell
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
May Restore Canals To Aid Transport In Empire
Ching authorities, pressed for transport facilities, study reviving the old cam system once counting sixty thousand miles within the empire. Ancient waterways diverted major rivers centuries before Christ to form these channels.
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Ching
Celestial’ Empire
Freckle and Tan Reducer from Lemon and Orchard White
An advertisement touts mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to create a cheap freckle sunburn and tan lotion. It claims quick whitening of the skin on face neck arms and hands and labels the product harmless. The grocer supplies lemons and drug stores sell Orchard White for a few cents.
Doing Their Bit The Camel and Meatless Days
A child asks which animal goes days without water and his mother answers camel. He smiles and calls it “The dear, dear things Doing their bit,” reflecting wartime patriotism and frugal observance.
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Graham
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Herbert Myrick
National Farm Power Group of Agricultral
Chicago
Potters’ Field
Pig Club
Liberty Bond
Maiden
Discard Hun Music Books
Czar
No Man’s Land
Livingstone Farr
The
National Tuberculosis Association
W.S. S
Wheat Hodgson-Davis Grain Company
Board of Trade
Peth
Kansas City
Civil Service
Chillicothe School of Civil Service
McNally
Chillicothe
Dept. E. Boston
Kilmer
Pamoker
Dr. Ilmer Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Blackleu
Cutter
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
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