Washington in Flames and Policy Drift Amid Riots
Washington endures race riots as nerves fray after war. Edward B. Clark notes soldiers restore order, cites civilian harm, and links unrest to war weariness and policing limits. He forecasts a lengthy congressional session over the League covenant and foreign policy amid a capital transformed by growth and threats to skyline views.
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Edward B. Clark
Washington
United States
Mexico
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
League of Nations
You Know the Kind Said the facetious feller
A facetious speaker quips that many men resemble a dime savings bank never releasing money until it is fully gathered, illustrating frugality or greed as a character trait. The remark uses humor to judge financial restraint.
Ohio items show risky floods and rail costs in 1918 era
Ohio news notes a Delaware lawsuit against the Big Four for shop establishment payments, a lightning fire in Fairfield County, and a range of incidents from aviator records to drownings and thefts. The roundup mentions labor wage talks, municipal plans, and flood damage across multiple counties with numerous individual names and places.
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Big Four Railway
Delaware
John D. Miller and Son
Thurston
Fairfield County
Dayton Club
Consumers’ League
W. D. Rogers
Ohio
Dayton
R. W. Schroeder
Bucyrus
John C. Krauter
Walter Heaston
Barberton
Cleveland
Frank Williams
Jack Soll
Shelby
Port Stanley
Schreiber
Toledo
Clear Fork Creek
Bellville
Richland County
Lloyd Walker
Sandusky
John Rice
Beavertown
Montgomery County
Lawrence Ottley
Chillicothe
Mansfield Street Railway
Market Cruz
Napoleon
Union County
van Gorder
Warren Chronicle
Ohio Daily
C. H. Spencer
Newark Advocate
Will
Cyrus Supper
Lancaster
Mahoning Valley
Stanley Ostroski
Gypsum
Ottawa County
Thelma Vaughn
Alliance
John Hess
Frank Hess
Danville
Benjamin EB
Monroe
American Railway Express
Akron
William G. Smith
Railway Express
Portsmouth
Fred Billingsley
Toedo
Charles Clift
Detroit
NO PLACE FOR SCRUB BULLS
An Agriculture Department message denounces the scrub bull as harmful to dairy herds and urges a nationwide drive to eliminate scrub sires. It argues that registration cannot guarantee production and calls for scrub-free areas by state and county to improve future dairy herds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Stingy Feeder Cheats Self and Cow
The cow needs maintenance materials plus protein fat and carbohydrates to produce milk. Milk comprises water fat protein sugar and ash all derived from food. If the feed lacks protein fat and carbohydrates the cow uses her body, shrinking milk quantity or quality, and the stingy feeder harms both.
Feeding Schedule and Salt for Cows
Regular feeding times affect milk production as cows worry when feed is late. Water quality matters. tainted water impairs health and milk quality. A farmer who provides cow supplies should expect better milk flow in return.
A Silo and Silage Cutter for Efficient Dairy Work
The dairy notes emphasize year round harvest, silage quality, and milking help. It warns two cows doing the work of one leaks feed and suggests using 40 pounds per cubic foot of silage to estimate feed left. It also notes a cow that won’t let down milk may respond to a feed during milking.
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Praised by McLean Woman
A McLean Nebraska resident endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for conditions like displacements inflammation and backache. The ad cites the remedy’s forty years of use and invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
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McLean, Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Koppelmann
No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
America
Lydia E
Americans Making Good at Sixty-Five
An old age health ad urges readers to stay hale by keeping kidneys and bladder clean. It touts GO! as a remedy to drive poisonous wastes from the system and uric acid, claiming it will boost vitality and work for men.
Benignant Tumor Question Prompted in Conversation
A brief exchange asks what a benignant tumor is and affirms it is the kind you do not want to have. The tone suggests a lay discussion about medical terminology and its negative connotation.
Summer Cold Advice and Boschee's Syrup Endorsement
An old advertisement advises that a summer cold is hard to shed and recommends bed rest with Boschee's Syrup for better sleep and easy morning excretion. If not bedridden, avoid drafts, sudden changes, eat simple foods, and take occasional Boschee's Syrup, sold in stores, claiming decades of American production. A closing note observes not all birds are happy, citing the crow's cough as a joke about speech.
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Congress
House
Senate
Poindexter
Miles Poindexter
State of Washington
Leonard Wood
Hiram W. Johnson
Frank C. Lowden
Warren G. Harding
Philander C. Knox
Capital
Washington
Europe
America
London
James Bryce
United States
Ambassador Bryce
Capitol
Grant Monument
Washington Monument
Cathedral Heights
City of
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral
Potomac River
Virginia Hills
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World Peace
Gleanings J
Dominick Graham
Ohio Cooperative Milk Association
Levine
Pearce Tire and Rubber Company
Ashtabula
Ideal Tire and Rubber Company of
Ideal Tire and Rubber Company
Warren
James Schmeltzer
Farman
Bremen
Schmeltzer
Fleming
Ohio Workmen’s Compensation Fund
E. H. Downey
Pennylvania Insurance Department
Miles M. Dawson
New York
R. H. Norweb
Elyria
Hugh Wallace
France
Jennie P. Haney
Millersburg
Holmes County
Joel Pomerene
Youngstown
D. C. Kennon
Belmont County
Norwalk
Scioto County
H. A. Kelsey
First United Presbyterian Church
Cambridge
Muskingum College
Springfield
John Quincy Adams
Edward Cooper
George Fagan
Howard Richardson
Epworth League Institute
Lakeside
Mohican River
Knox County
Brinkhaven
Smith
Yeggs
Hocking Valley
Hocking Station
Vivian Dal Morran
Ier
Stingy Feeder
E. Pinkham
Daily Fly
Harold Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
Sata
Absorbine, JR
Liberal Trial House
W.F. Young
P.D. F
Temple St
Mass
Ean W.N. Y
Cincinnati
Tommy
Cartoons Magazine
Bea
Chicago
U.S
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