Influenza Victims Mentioned Amid Holiday Notes
The column recalls influenza casualties and public concern as winter arrivals and holiday visits unfold. Families like the Greens and Tristmans travel to spend Christmas, while letters praise remedies from Chamberlains Tablets for stomach disorders and laxative relief. President Wilson's Paris speech is cited reacting to wartime issues.
Stomach Tablets Prove Helpful Says Mrs Drinkard
Mrs L A Drinkard of Jefferson City Missouri reports Chamberlains Tablets eased stomach trouble and nervous fatigue within a week. The rest of the column notes farm ice, Volney Raymond moving to Fairbury, a blizzard, and Harry Gregory's return from naval service to Reynolds.
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Chamberlain
L. A. Drinkard
Jefferson City, Mo
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Proves Worth in Colds
Many families rely on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy during winter for coughs and colds. The ad asserts the remedy's value, urging readers to follow bottle directions to recover quickly without serious illness.
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Chamberlain
Mrs Minnie Boxwell Returns Home From Illness
Mre Boxwell who? Wdd spent two or three weeks here 'am car ing for her wee Mrs Minnie Boxwell, who is recovering es slowly, returned Sunday to be home at Pawnee City.
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Boxwell
Minnie Boxwell
Pawnee City
Court terms set for 1919 in Gage and Jefferson counties
Judge Pemberton orders annual court terms for 1919 in Gage county with four terms from February to October and Jefferson county with three terms from February to October. Reports are due on specified dates. No jury at the second terms in either county and no grand jury unless ordered.
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Pemberton
Gage County
Jefferson County
Marriage schemes and young couples in old times
The piece mocks rapid marriages by young men and women. It ridicules precocious courtships and hasty unions, arguing safe ages and prudent restraint would prevent unhappy marriages and later difficulties.
Advertising brings modern comforts to the common people
A Philadelphia Evening Telegraph piece contrasts historic figures with modern life, arguing advertising enabled Shakespearean comforts and public access to movies, books, travel, fashion, and goods, framing advertising as the driver of everyday abundance.
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Girard
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Shakespeare
Napoleon
Lincoln
St. Peter's Cathedral
Michael Angelo
Raphael
Madonna
Cleopatra
Helen of Troy
George Elliot
Epitaph Line on British Tombstones in France
A war epitaph on British graves in France states that nothing greater has come from the war than the line For your tomorrow they gave their today. The quote reflects solemn remembrance of fallen soldiers and the sacrifice commemorated on battlefield memorials.
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France
Pay Your War Savings Pledges Now
Citizens are urged to honor war savings pledges and cash in war savings stamps. The message emphasizes duty, responsibility, and the contrast between those who fulfill promises and those who do not, urging prompt payment of commitments from last June.
State Quarantine Influenza Declared by Health Dept
State health officials at a recent conference decided two main points. First, counties cities and villages are organized enough to aid health departments in stopping the epidemic. Second, if influenza is declared absolutely quarantinable, local governments will enforce the quarantine and prosecute violations. Representatives from almost every county supported the proposals.
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State Department of Health
Diller Public Schools Update from Eldora Cole Week
Eldora Cole returns to school this week as staff Miss Raymond Mrs Clark Miss Adams and Miss Bailey were out over the weekend with many substitutions in the classrooms Florence Mann Isabel Fouts covered Miss Raymond's room Mr Domer hosts family visits over the holidays No girls basketball practice due to cold weather Students finish sewing aprons in Domestic Science and class rings noted as best yet Mary Richardson lost her class ring Victrola concert in the grammar rooms Normal trainers finish grammar review and begin composition Model school plans for trainer training Miss Miller's room makes movable figures for charity items sent to Mothers Jewels Home at York
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Eldora Cole
Miss Raymond
Mrs Clark
Miss Adams
Miss Bailey
Clark
Florence Mann
Isabel Fouts
Domer
Diller High
Mary
Richardson
Miss Miller
York
Croup Remedy Endorsed By New York Reporter
Edward Hassett of New York reports rapid relief for children with croup using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The remedy contains no opium or narcotic and is safe to give to children, according to Hassett's endorsement in a periodical.
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Edward ‘Hassett
N. Y
Home Made Hominy Making Guide
Detailed home method for processing corn into hominy. Steps include soaking in hot water overnight, boiling hulls off, washing until clear, and slipping hulls by hand. Alternative lye can be used with one teaspoon per two quarts. A small amount of corn yields substantial human food.
Advantages of the silo in American agriculture
R M Washburn of the University of Minnesota explains silo benefits for farming. Silage keeps young stock thrifty and growing, reduces beef costs versus dry hay, and helps cows milk and butter more economically. It prepays for spring by shedding winter coats and gaining, preserves corn stalks as 40 to 60 percent of feed value, supports more animals per feed, and offers economical summer feed when pasture runs short. A dairy or livestock farm is not efficiently equipped without a silo.
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R. M.washburn
University of Minnesota
No Time to Let Up on War Bonds and Stamps
Statement reminds the public that millions of American troops abroad still need clothing and support, and urges continued purchase of War Savings and Thrift Stamps and Liberty Bonds despite wartime fatigue. Citizens are urged to keep payments steady as soldiers return home.
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Fe Doar
Home Guards to be no More Governor
Governor Neville announced that Nebraska home guards will be mustered out by year’s start. The state funded their organization. now war over, he says no police need within Nebraska. Without new legislation or a state police, armed forces in Nebraska may disappear.
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Neville
The
State Journal
Nebraska
National Guard
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