Mountains for breakfast in Canada’s icy splendor
The piece invites travelers to escape heat by visiting Canada’s Rockies and coastal resorts. It praises glacial scenery, trout dinners, and guided climbs, offering hotels from Nova Scotia to Victoria and noting 2000 rooms in the Canadian Pacific Rockies. It connects tourism with wartime vigor and national spirit.
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Nova Scotia
New England
Boston
Victoria
Pacific
Old England
Nff
Lake Louise
Field and Glacier
Canadian Pacific Rockies
Canada
Main Street Addresses Noted in Local Listings
A fragment lists three street addresses: 299 Main St, 188 Main St, and 652 Main St, with no further context or details provided.
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Main St
Mt Higby Weather and World War Headlines
Weather report from Mt Higby recorded at noon shows 67 degrees high 38 low, 46 average with clear wind from the north and a 29.86 barometer. Nearby notes debate German cabinet moves, armistice sentiments, Liberty bonds, and push toward peace terms as Germany seeks guidance on surrender steps.
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Mt. Higby
Staat
The Miracle Continues in New York Sun Report
The New York Sun notes the steady return of American troops from France with 1 6 million sailors and soldiers sailing safely. It reflects on German expectations, the high survival rate, and the perceived miracle of safe passage across all seasons. It highlights the collective virtue of the nation and the surprising resilience of troop movements.
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New York Sun
Berlin
New York
Folm
France
A Peace Question From The Manchester Guardian
A London style editorial asks whether central powers would revise treaties to Russian freedom and allow Poland Ukraine Finland and others to decide their destinies. The piece frames a query to allied governments about entering confidential negotiations.
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Springfield Republican
Brest-Litovsk
Poland
Iania
Finland
Ukraine
Ashford Woods and Camouflage War Verses Collected
A varied clipping combines Nineteenth Century Ashford Woods poetry praising nature near Ashford Connecticut with wartime verse about camouflage and patriotic verses. It includes The Stars and Stripes poem sections, the Battle Cries Of Freedom, and a World War I era battlefield recollection. The pieces reference Ashford, Windham County, Col. Knowlton, Gen. Israel Putnam, and poet Findlay Sackett.
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Ashford Woods
New York Sun
Windham County
Connecticut
Ashford
Thomas Knowlton
Pomfret
Israel Putnam
Ashford’s
The Clock Staying Wrong
The Statesville Landmark and the Charlotte Observer agree the new time law runs too long into fall. Both papers argue lawmakers misjudged sunset to sunrise hours and call for amendments to end the change around September 1.
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Charlotte Observer
Statesville
Observer
Sever
Congress
Shall We Hate Germans. A Manufacturing RecordReflection
The piece argues definitions of hate in wartime framing Germany as embodying tiger like bloodlust rattlesnake cruelty and murderous brutality. It questions whether killing becomes defense or cleansing, portraying Germany as a distorted force driving a science prostituted to vile ends.
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Germany
To Hell with the Kaiser show in River town hall
An advertised event at River town hall promises a screening or stage show titled To Hell with the Kaiser presented by a fleet of American aeroplanes, described in a terse notice for Tuesday and Wednesday night.
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Adv
An Old Law Discarded Sparks New World Progress
The author contrasts the old survival ethics with democratic collaboration, noting rich and poor uniting to labor for shared welfare. He praises quiet progress over the past year toward a new, more cooperative society where every person acts as his brother's keeper.
Do You Remember Five Cent Things From the Past
A nostalgic piece recalling prices and small pleasures from earlier times. Mentions include beer, sugar, bread, movies, meat for dogs, and a five cent beer lunch, inviting readers to reminisce about a bygone era in Florida.
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Florida Times-Union
One Flag is Enough War Flag Theory and Personal Pride
A Berkshire Eagle excerpt praises the plain star service flag as uniquely fitting the war effort and rejects creating new classes of soldiers. Poems and vignettes follow, reflecting on sacrifice, family pride, and the call to duty as civilians imagine the nation’s war needs.
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America
Street Car Company Crippled by Sick Transport Staff
Sixteen Middleée town electric line workers are ill crippling service. Management says the schedule may slip but they are doing their best with the remaining staff.
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Middleéetown Electric Lines
Twenty-year-old finds relief with Lydia E Pinkham’s remedy
Miss Kate Lawrence of Spring Valley Illinois shares she suffered monthly pains for months and only after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did she improve after six bottles. The advertisement urges schoolgirls and home workers to seek relief through the remedy, offering Mrs. Pinkham's guidance from 40 years of experience.
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Miss Lawrence
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dreaming of the Sea and War in a New York Sun Note
A 1918 style verse by May D. Hatca from the New York Sun mixes longing for sea and homeland with patriotic wartime sentiment. It contrasts poplar trees and roads with dreams of cornfields and mountains, praising brown-eyed maidens while mocking Hun foes, framed by an aeroplane and a call to arms.
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Hans
May D. Hatca
New York Sun
First of a Long Line Soldier Senator From West Virginia
The next United States senator from West Virginia will be a soldier, with Major Davis Elkins and Colonel C W Watson as Republican and Democratic nominees. Both have or will go to France for service, drafted by their parties to serve. The piece argues war is the training ground for future leaders and urges continued service as a path to Washington. It ends with a note that all women are fit subjects for dressmakers.
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Boston Evening Transcript
United States
West Virginia
Davis Elkins
C. W. Watson
France
Quartermaster Corps
Washington
California Syrup of Figs Promises Quick Child Relief
Classic pediatric laxative ad claims to cure stomach liver and bowel disorders in children and adults. It warns against counterfeits and urges asking for California Fig Syrup Company product with clearly printed directions on the bottle.
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California
California Fig Grup Company
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Bent On
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Hartman Drug Co
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Jackson Co
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