Soldier pugilist has some capacity
By Bert Ford. A fragment from Verdun reports Bugler Smith of Sumter County and Private Arthur and Private George V. Hope are among French and American soldiers in a cafe near the front. Smith boasts he could perform feats of resilience, while companions exchange memories and reflections on the war game and life at the edge of battle.
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Sumter
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Rudyard Kipling
Sweet Nut Margarine Debuts Under Benefit Brand Name
A new margarine called Sweet Nut from Benefit Brand is introduced blending pasteurized milk and white meat derivatives. The product promises a nutritious option and is described as a table spread similar to fudge in texture, aiming to appeal to health conscious shoppers.
Potato Portrayed As Nation Maker In Wartime Prattle
In a rambling Yakima report the potato is hailed as democratic and vital to democracy as America and allies fight autocracy. Prices set at 40 dollars per ton as growers claim fair profits, while poetry and satire frame the tuber as royal and defining of a nation amid wartime scarcity and patriotic rhetoric.
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America
Yakima
Northwest
Condemned Man Blames Drink Before Execution
A Richmond Times Dispatch report notes the sheriff confronting the condemned man at the gallows. The inmate, in his final moment, concedes his troubles stemmed from drink and quips that he is about to take a drop too much as the trap is sprung.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Essex reflects a Sunday visitor and town notes
Essex October notes list Miss Ella visiting Seena with friends, Miss Elsie Helmstrand at business college in New Haven, Miss Mary Sullivan from Hartford at Mrs. Murphy’s Grove street home, Melvin Knowles visiting Seymour, and Mortimer Johns at his home. Local items mention influenza cases, a high southeast wind and high tide, Norman Griggs in serious condition, Robert Rackett ill at Armour Institute, and several Essex boys traveling to Deep River for physical exams.
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Ella of
Seena
Aaron Perkins
Tephir Tree
Main Street
Lillian Knowles
O. G. Bartlett
Harford
Elsie Helmstrand
Business
New Haven
Harry Pierce
Claude Banta
Hartford
P. J. Murphy
Grove Street
Mortimer Johns
Deep River
Chester Exceeds Liberty Loan Target by Wide Margin
Chester's Fourth Liberty Loan quota of 88000 was met and surpassed, with a total of 218200 raised. Local citizens are praised for their public spirit and effort. Also noted are social visits, a rifle team win in New Haven, and entertainment news about Annette Keller washer and The Daughter of the Gods film at William Fox's theater.
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Chester
Nellie Wilcox
Hartford
E. K. Cone
E. W. Lewis
C. R. Brothwell
Irving Angersola
New Haven
Middlesex Avenue
Deep River
Robert Wilcox
New York
Arthur Pinelli
U. S. Navy
James H. Rockwell
Laura Rockwell
Ivoryton
Alfred Kellogg
J. B. Spencer
William Fox
Annette Kellerman
Caribbean
Cub Reporters to the Fore in Springfield
The city editor asks cub reporters to sacrifice for the government by not writing for a day to conserve paper. The response is enthusiastic though anxious, with one man reportedly deafened by the shout, as the paper muses on journalists as martyrs.
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Cub
Springfield
Resinol Ointment Promises Skin Relief for Irritation
Resinol ointment is promoted as a standard skin treatment for eczema ring worm itching and burning rashes and sores. It emphasizes gentleness and lack of irritants and notes Mosquito bites insect stings wind or sun burns and shaving relief.
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