Walker and Labor Shift Voters in Progressive Victory
The article recalls George H. Walker wins a board seat by defeating Triple Alliance foes. It notes Walker’s long ties with labor groups and progressives from 1910 onward, highlighting clashes over class and unity within the movement and warnings that class-based polarization could fragment the progressive majority.
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George H. Walker
Triple Alliance
Candia
Walker
Wyer
Star
No Commissions in Heaven over Dissent on Officer Privileged Graves
A hysterical local column denounces proposed military burial segregation by rank, arguing officers and enlisted men should share graves. The piece mocks the notion of separate resurrections and criticizes the idea as a return to caste, urging unity in death and in memory of those who fought together.
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Styx
War Department
Beed
States of Heaven
Germany
Flanders
Hidden germ life in ancient manuscripts
A French professor notes living microbes in centuries old papers and a pre printing Chinese manuscript may harbor germs capable of reproduction. The piece reflects on humanity’s evolving grasp of unseen life and the long struggle against microscopic enemies in the air.
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Trevel
Port Election Voters Rally Behind Lincoln Saturday
Port voters, after Tuesday’s show of class politics, must cast ballots again for Port Commissioner William A. Lincoln. He has served as port auditor since 1911, with a proven business knowledge, honesty, and strong Americanism guiding impartial port affairs.
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Triple N
William A.coln
Port Commission
Port Aict
From A To Izzard
Lincoln
Public Health Service Urges Warning Against Tuberculosis
A U S Public Health Service leaflet in its Keep Well Series warns TB is a home enemy, preventable by living right and curable if caught early. It lists symptoms and urges consulting a physician, plus guidance on healthy living and where to request the pamphlet.
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United States
United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
What to Do With the Alien
The Observer urges strict immigration or naturalization measures. It proposes universal tax payments and voter registration for all residents, with aliens required to become citizens and taxpayers within a year. It also suggests long waiting periods for voting eligibility and fines for Americans who patronize foreign groups.
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the Star
Hood's Pills In Small Doses Gentle Laxative
Advertising item promotes Hood's Pills as a gentle laxative in small doses and a thorough cathartic in larger doses. Produced by C. L. Hood Co. of Lowell Massachusetts.
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Hood
C. L. Hood Coy
Lowell
Mass
Christmas Shopping Fever Clippings and Local Glee
A breezy, humor filled clippings page notes seven days to finish Christmas shopping, jokes about tariffs and toy prices up 200 percent, a jailed bandit Carlisle, a train robbery take, and playful jabs at politics and fashion. It mentions President Wilson and rye and bourbon production shifts while sharing locals like Oneida Watchman and Maquoketa notes.
Diagnostic Education by H Addington Bruce
Diagnostic education means education grounded in recognizing individual qualities and trends. It argues no single system fits all children and cites examples from a backward student aided by medical and psychological assessment to fit him for manual work, improving life prospects and moral development.
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Lightner Witmer
Witmer
Bayer Aspirin Brand Mark Promotes Trusted Relief
Bayer introduced Aspirin to physicians decades ago and promotes genuine Bayer Tablets with the Bayer Cross. The advertisement touts aspirin for colds headaches toothache rheumatism neuritis and joint pains, sold in twelve tablet tins and larger packages by druggists.
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Bayer
December fortunes and defeats across centuries
A compact look at notable December events: Macbeth’s death in 1096 and 17 year reign. Columbus in 1492 landing on Hayti. 1567 expulsion order against gypsies in England. 1560 Francis II dies after 17 months reign. 1755 Americans before Quebec under Montgomery and Arnold. 1788 Admiral Greig dies. 1791 Jean Paul de St Etienne guillotined. 1782 Martin Van Buren born in Kinderhook. 1838 French leave Vera Cruz. Santa Ana wounded at battle. Vatican plans restoration of Catholicism in Asia Minor and Northern Africa.
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Macbeth
Beotland
MacDuff
Columbus
Hispaniola
Hayti
England
Francis
France
Mary Stuart
Montgomery
Arnold
Quebec
Greig
Russia
Jean Paul de St. Etienne
Louis XVII
Martin van Buren
United States
Kinderhook
N. Y
Democratic Party
Vera Cruz
Santa Ana
Divorce and Farm Earnings Suit in Franklin County
Mrs. Lucile M. Hadley sues J. A. Hadley in Franklin County Superior Court alleging cruel treatment and seeks $31,000 revenue from the last wheat crop, plus $10,490 advanced to him a decade ago and $19,000 in stock and farm implements. She accuses him of denying her access to newspapers. Also note: 1917 recorded 11,114 deaths from falls as the leading accidental cause.
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Franklin County
Lucile M. Hadley
Superior Court
J. A. Hadley
Hadley
Woman seeks divorce claiming fraudulent wedding in Canada
Edna J. Nicol, by attorney T D Well, filed in superior court Wednesday for divorce from Alexander Nicol. She says the Vancouver ceremony in December 1917 was fraudulent and that she has no memory of it. Nicol reportedly abandoned her fifteen months later and may be in Alaska.
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Edna J. Nicol
T. D. Well
Pioneer Building
Superior Court
Alexander Nicol
Vancouver
B. C
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