New Year in the Trenches with the French Foreign Legion
Soldier reporter Paul Rader recalls New Year celebrations in the trenches as the German guns roared. The event featured sky lamps, heavy artillery, and a mis-timed Berlin Paris clock difference. Amid wild bursts, 12 men were killed minutes after midnight on the Kaiser’s birthday.
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The Joy Recipe Take Cascarets Ad
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets with claims to cleanse the liver and bowels. The copy promises relief from biliousness headaches coated tongue and gas and suggests the product is gentle and effective.
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Cascarets
Eat Less Meat And Protect Your Back And Kidneys
An advertisement asserts that meat increases uric acid, overworks kidneys, and causes back pain and other symptoms. It promotes Jad Salts as a remedy to flush kidneys, normalize urine, and prevent bladder irritations. The product is described as a lemony effervescent drink claimed to keep urinary organs healthy.
Seeing Seattle Clean-up Plan At 11th and Cherry
A Seattle civic feature urges cleaning up vacant lots starting Monday as part of a larger Clean-up week. Residents are invited to involve families and labor, while noting a corner lot at 11th and Cherry owned by J. T. Ducken of Port Orchard.
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Seattle
J. T. Ducken
Port Orchard
Co. M. Williams
Ducken
Carroll
John C. Slater
Chamber of Commerce
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Beautiful Woman Blamed For Making American Spy
Paris reports a beautiful actress Mme Freischler linked to Raymond Swoboda's case. Police say a villa photo shows Swoboda with three German officers and compromising documents suggesting he spied for bomb attacks aboard a liner. Friends defend Swoboda as innocent, denying gasoline or oils were in his baggage.
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Paris
Raymond Swoboda
San Francisco
Swoboda
Layence
Mme. Freischler
Paria
New York
Alaska Statehood Bid Nears Congress Introduction
Juneau April 1 Delegate James Wickersham said he will introduce a bill at the coming Congress session to grant statehood to Alaska. His move follows the territorial senate’s rejection of a statehood memorial, instead passing Senator Millard’s memorial for expanded territorial powers.
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Juneau
James Wickersham
Congress
Alaska
Wickersham
Territorial Senate
Millard
French steamer sunk by torpedo off Dover
A French steam ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine near Dover. The vessel's name is not yet learned and most of the crew are reported lost.
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Dover
Mrs Jessie Knowlton Strong Dies in Pasadena
Mrs Jessie Knowlton Strong wife of Rev Arthur B Strong long time pastor at Bellevue Congregational church has died in Pasadena California After six years as pastor she passed away in the California city
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Jessie Knowlton Strong
Arthur B. Strong
Bellevue Congregational Church
Pasadena
Cal
Aviators Drop 2 Bombs on Palace in Cetinje
April 1 report says Austrian hydroaeroplane dropped two bombs on the Monte Negrin royal palace in Cetinje. Both exploded but caused no damage. The attempt marks the third such attack on the royal family.
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Cettinje
Royal Palace
Abandonment of Bosphorus Attack Reported by Russians
Reports from Petrograd and Constantinople confirm the Russian fleet has abandoned bombardment of Bosphorus forts. The czar's ships withdrawn into the Black Sea after deciding that forcing the strait would require immense sacrifices and have moved to attack other Turkish ports.
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London
Bosphorus
Petrograd
Constantinople
Black Sea
Dutch Steamer Captured by British Near New Haven
The Dutch cargo boat Lodewijk van Nassau was seized by two British torpedo boats after ignoring signals to halt. A shot was fired across her bows as authorities suspected she was a supply vessel for German submarines.
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New Haven
Eng
Lodequisk van Nassau
Chief Orders Quiet Sunday Newsies
Chief Lang imposes Sunday morning quiet for newsies to avoid disturbing Sabbath sleepers. Newsboys must keep voices muffled until 8:30 a.m. Sundays and cease cries after 11:30 p.m. Saturdays to prevent disturbance.
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Lang
England Moves Toward Prohibition as King Urges Sobriety
London reports King George taking an active role in labor and liquor reform. A cabinet discussion will focus on parliamentary prohibition or restricted liquor traffic, with Germany tightening controls. Lord Kitchener has already banned alcohol at the war’s start, and cabinet pledges may follow.
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London
George
England
Amsterdam
Germany
German Federal Council
Britain
Vid Lloyd-George
Lord Kitchener
Hyomei Air Treatment Promises Fast Cold Relief
The ad claims Hyomei inhalers kill catarrh germs instantly and relieve head colds by delivering germicidal air via a mouthpiece inhaler. It asserts rapid relief from stuffed nose and throat congestion and promises full refund if not satisfied. Bartell Dry Stores are listed as a seller.
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Oea
J. BK
Cannaday
245
Ird National Bank
Bedalila
Centenary of Bismarck Honored Across Germany and America
Germans in America observe the birth centenary of Otto von Bismarck born April 1, 1815. New York plans a large fete as tributes spread in many cities. Biographical details note his intense study and nocturnal work ethic, his insomnia, and his fondness for dogs, especially mastiffs, before his death July 30, 1898.
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America
Bismarck
Schmidt brothers convert Olympia brewery to dairy plant
Olympia April 1. Adolph D. and Frederick W. Schmidt announce plans to convert one Olympia Brewing Co plant in Tumwater into Olympia Dairy Products Co on June 1. The firm will supply pasteurized milk cream butter and ice cream all from pasteurized milk.
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Olympia
Adolph D
Frederick W. Schmidt
Olympia Brewing Co
Tumwater
Schmidt
Olympia Dairy Products Co
Ex Vice President Entertained Here
A social banquet at a Washington hostelry Wednesday night drew notable guests, with Scott T. Bone hosting and seating for 19. Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, former vice president, attended the event as part of a gathering echoing Washington D. C. circles.
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Seattle
D. C
Kalamazoo
Mich
Newport
Red Gap
Scott T. Bone
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
A vintage patent medicine note promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, with E. W. Grove's signature on each box and a 25 cent price.
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Abneadts
E. W. Grove
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