Live Stock Trends Show Horses Grow on Farms Despite Motors
The United States Department of Agriculture reports horses remain numerous on farms despite rising motor vehicle use and the shift to autos and trucks. Horse numbers increased yearly since 1900, aided by farm machinery, with 1918 prices averaging $104.28 after peaking in 1914. War demand boosted horse exports but did not curb domestic breeding.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
American sealskin fashion drives Atlantic fur trade reshaping trends
The piece argues that U S government backing will push native sealskin as a fashion staple, replacing long haired furs. Paris and England influence grow with sealskin capes skirts and coats, while designs embrace medieval coat of mail inspired silhouettes and leather coats for rain and cold. The trend spans New York Chicago San Francisco and London fashion channels.
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Georgia
London
English
France
Atlantic
Alabama
New England
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Paris
Saratoga
England
Smart Women
Every-Day-Is-Nice Club Hosts Warm Swimming Party
Peter Gnome forms the Every-Day-Is-Nice club and invites Billie Brownie, Mr Giant, Bennie Brownie, and Witty Witch to a hot day lake celebration. The party features swimming races, water fights, boat races, and a spectacular backward dive by Witty Witch. The group, including Mr Giant and Mr Grant, enjoys cooling breezes and a carefree afternoon at the lake.
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Daddy
Peter Gnome
Bille Brownie
Billie Brownie
Bennie Brownie
Billie
Mr. Giant
Mr. Grant
Bennie Brownlie
Decorative Embroidered Coats Feature Soft Pile Fabrics
Describes coats crafted from soft pile fabrics and accented with silk or wool embroidery, noting their decorative appeal and textural richness. The piece highlights the luxurious look and potential fashion impact of these materials.
Keep Your Temper Quote From Anon
A brief quotation advises maintaining temper when right and avoiding loss when wrong, attributed to Anon.
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Anon
Freezone promises painless corn removal in tiny bottle
A drugstore bottle of Freezone is advertised as able to remove hard and soft corns and between the toes without soreness. The ad calls Freezone a sensational Cincinnati discovery. An Austrian travel bureau with $300,000 capital is noted as organized for postwar activity.
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Cincinnati
Castoria—The Famous Baby Remedy Long Trusted
Advertising urging mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the proper signature and noting it has been in use for over 80 years. It emphasizes it as a remedy for infants and children and encourages children to cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Familiar Name. A French phrase tale from a soldier in France
An American soldier in France notes that English speakers ask about the French word ici meaning here. He explains that dogs labeled ici prompt locals to cry here here, a cheeky linguistic quip reflecting daily wartime life.
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France
English Humorist Lardner Rails at Hun Bomb Tactics
Humorist King Lardner in Chicago denounces German air raids on London calling them fiends and noting their Gothas are camouflaged with jokes to mislead observers. He paces, cigarette burning, decrying the barbaric silence of the enemy and their supposed chivalry.
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King Lardner
Chicago
London
Hymn of Hate mocked as future national song
Maj. Eric Fisher Wood notes in The Notebook of an Intelligence Officer that the German Hymn of Hate could rival England's future national song status. He compares it to Yankee Doodle, once sung by British troops and later adopted by Americans after Yorktown, with the crowd chorus shouting England as the battalion answers.
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England
Maj
Eric Fisher Wood
Yorktown
America
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