Disjointed 1914 Era Notes on War and Politics
A fragmented collection of quotes and musings touching naval disarmament Anglo German tensions and U S economic policy. Mentions Kansas fort naval concentration near Yap Queen Mary travel to America and Melon nickname Theda Bara references and general commentary on taxes debt and reform amid wartime discourse.
Kansan rhetoric and a comet forecast in Haskin's letter
A miscellany column discusses profiteering, rent strikes in New York, and the Kansas reform mood. It critiques wartime policy, praises the League of Nations, and reflects on biblical reverence and athletic ideals. It also surveys Winnecke's comet and the odds of a celestial impact, noting scientific perspectives on comets versus everyday risks.
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New York
Answers to Questions from The Daily Mali Bureau
Reader questions cover population center from 1920 census in Owen County Indiana, major oil producers United States Mexico Russia and Dutch East Indies, vocational training for war widows, history of cotton discovery, prewar U S Germany sugar trade, jewels in watches, Arctic blindness, airship lifting gas, and attribution of Two Noble Kinsmen.
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United States
Owen County
Indiana
Spencer
D. Mso
Mexico
Russia
Dutch East Indies
British Borneo
Q. Tam
Germany
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Three Democratic candidates praised for City Council
A reader from Hagerstown endorses Edgar Flory Harry Schueler and Dudley Brewer as Council candidates and urges Democrats to elect them. The letter, signed H B Howard, requests support and notes confidence in the candidates for the First Third and Fifth Wards.
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the Mail
Edgar Flory
Harry Schueler
Dudley Brewer
Hagerstown
H. B. Howard
S. Potomac Street
The Swept House and Moral Reform Through Strengthened Character
The speaker argues that laws alone cannot fix social ills from drink and vice. True reform requires strengthening moral nature and creating a righteous standard. Legislation can deter, but education and positive life must fill the human experience to prevent relapse.
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Hammurabi
Moses
Fletcher and Shakespeare Collaboration in 17th Century Comedy
The note suggests a Massinger and Fletcher collaboration with Rowley possibly authored the work. It asks which was the first electric driven battleship, and credits the distinction to the United States ship New Mexico.
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Fletcher
Shakespeare
Massinger
Rowley
U.S. S. New Mexico
McKees Rocks chief uses snakes to reform drinkers
Pittsburgh march 21 McKees Rocks earns its notoriety as chief Street confronts the town’s drinkers by placing arrested boozers in a jail cell with six foot long snakes. The terror cell aims to shock alcoholics into reform while reformers and sociologists weigh the unorthodox plan. A signed pledge from former inmates hangs on cell doors.
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Pittsburgh
McKees
Police
McKees Rocks
McKee Rocks Bastile
Chief Street
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns on Genuine Packages
An advertisement warns buyers to look for the Bayer name on aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure authenticity. It notes aspirin’s use for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism toothache and general pain, with small twelve tablet tins priced at a few cents and larger packages sold by druggists, all under the Bayer trademark.
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Bayer
Nervous Breakdown Case Prompts Compound Endorsement
In Warsaw Missouri a woman describes a five year struggle with nerves and a nervous breakdown. After taking seven bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports improved health, strength, and well being and recommends publication to help others.
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Warsaw
Missouri
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jean
Fuoyo
Ine
Land, R
Lydia Eginkham
Lydia BE
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