Disarming German Poison and the Dye Industry Threat
The piece notes Germany’s wartime monopoly in dyes and chemicals affecting textiles, leather, paints, inks, and drugs. It explains Britain and France excluding German products, the US building its own dye capacity, and Germany’s $500 million chemical investment to maintain control. It argues tariffs alone can’t stop the undercutting. The Minneapolis Journal is cited.
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Germany
America
United States
Britain
France
Minneapolis Journal
Rouged Ankles Stir Los Angeles Fashion Fad
The Los Angeles Express notes a new fad as milady ankles are tinted pink with spider web hose. An elite passerby at Second Street and Broadway displays rouged ankles, drawing gasps from onlookers. The piece predicts thousands will adopt the trend.
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Los Angeles Express
Milady
Streeet
T Broadway
Los Angeles
Modistes
Campaign urges cleanup to curb deadly pests
Brookfield Missouri Budget argues for the National Clean-up and Paint-up drive as the best health campaign, noting flies and malaria mosquitoes kill many and urging citizens to destroy breeding grounds and join the effort to protect homes and lives.
Work Like Devil and the Rabbi on Modern Morality
Rabbi Aaron Eiseman argues 365 day church work to counter moral laxity. He says religion must mingle with people on common ground, preach everyday life, and endorse wholesome recreation under church supervision. He cites democratic deficits and past era insulation, urging reform to curb divorce scandals.
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Aaron Elseman
New York
Rabbi Eiseman
Morality Clash Over Immoral Dancing and Vampires
State Journal quotes Heisman criticizing modern decadence in society describing immoral dancing cinema and fashion as signs of decay. He urges action and worker solidarity, praising Salvation Army and Billy Sunday for results and urging bold, undignified effort to fight vice.
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Hiseman
Billy Sunday
State Journal
Foxy Hiawatha Solves Wartime Poultry Price Crisis
In a grim winter with fodder prices high villagers suffer as Hiawatha devises a plan. He lights the chicken tepee at night to flood coops with glow allowing hens to lay extra eggs daily. He tells a chant of the method and hints at patenting the idea for sale.
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Hiawatha
Theo
Unwelcome Home Guests
Prudent husbands and wives guard their homes against visitors likely to bring scandal and immorality. The family sanctuary should bar entirely reputable visitors to keep thoughts and deeds clean. Parents seek guests with respectable character and conversations free of immoral tales or sensational crime.
Signs of Spring and Public Health Blitz
Three unfailing signs of spring are the circus the ball game and the mobilization of soap and brushes in a house cleaning campaign. We are not responsible for the first two though we enjoy them to the full. The third we are responsible for and as years go by we are learning that municipal cleanliness campaigns are a big factor in public health.
Bake Sale and floral orders advertised by local groups
The Frances Willard Union hosts a bake sale on Saturday afternoon May 21 at the Cash Grocery Store. North Platte Floral Co. offers geraniums and vines for hanging baskets and porch boxes. Subscribe for The Telegraph.
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Frances Willard
North Platte Floral Co
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Brookfield
Foxy Hiawatha
Goodyear
Goodyear Tires
Goopyyear Tire & Rubber Company of
California
Bake Sale
Sidney—Sterling Truck Line
Crowley
Griswold & Shulz
M. W. Osborn Motor Co
Martin
Drissever
Cote Guinen
Stanzin Vannatl
Nielsen Paint CO
Oddfellow Bldg
Sidney, Nebraska
College Savings Bond Company
Cheyenne
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