State Fair Better Babies winners draw crowds at Nebraska show
The Better Babies contest at the Nebraska state fair drew contestants from nearly every county. Arthur Van Gorden of Gresham, 23 months old and weighing 26 3 4 pounds, was declared a perfect baby by judges and awarded a gold medal and 25 dollars. Howard Kidney of Lincoln, 24 months old, was named champion rural boy with a 99.5 score, receiving 25 dollars and a bronze medal.
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Nebraska
Arthur van Gorden
Gresham
Fred van Gorden
Howard Richard Kidney
Charles Kidney
Lincoln
Dorothy Grace Field
Otis Field
Denice Green
Elmwood
Ralph W. Green
Horrors of War Seen by Bell on Belgian Battlefield
Edward Price Bell reports from London on F A McKenzie’s vivid descriptions of Belgian towns burned and villages decimated by German troops. He recalls Belle and Termonde scenes of ruin, terror against civilians, and the lingering cold facing refugees as winter approaches.
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Edward Price Bell
Chicago News
London
Belgium
F. A. McKenzie
London Weekly Times
McKenzie
France
German Schoolboys at Front Reported by Telegraph Dispatch
Dispatch from Bordeaux via the Exchange Telegraph claims German youths under eighteen are fighting in front line regiments. The correspondent says one pupil who was wounded told him that all students over fifteen had been mobilized into various regiments.
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Termonde
Canaille
Canaillet
Front
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bordeaux
The king’s war plea and the people’s defiant chorus
From the Evening Post in New York, a fable about a king who proclaims national danger to rally patriots after a quarrel, only to find the people resist. The tale ends noting that universal peace remains far from reality.
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New York
Evening Post
Eczema Case Clears With Cuticura Treatment
Mrs. F Scofield reports her nephew suffered a severe eczema outbreak starting at two months old with itching and sections of skin raw from friction. After trying various remedies, use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment began at age three and resulted in a near yearlong cure with no recurrence. Samples and Skin Book offered by Cuticura, Boston.
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High St
Oshkosh
Wis
F. Scofield
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Compliment Turns Sour in Quirky Exchange
A playful remark by Uncle Flop Sole about dancing drew a witty retort from a wire-haired young man. He quips that a pro dancer would own the space and not interfere with others, turning the compliment into a humorous exchange.
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Uncle Flopsole
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Ad Criticized
A Vintage ad-style slogan touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a cure for stomach liver and bowels claiming gentle action with no griping. The quirky phrasing evokes early medical patent medicine marketing from the period.
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Dr. Pierce
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Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Mrs. Vance
May Beth Ryerson
Edwin
Mr. McKenzie
Germany
Holland
Belle
Ghent
Mary
Fletcher
Carrie Naptha
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Pepe
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