Folly of Feeding the Sick Warns Against Nourishing the Dying
A corrective piece argues against feeding sick patients during epidemics citing illness ideas from Surgeon Blue r and the British Medical Journal. It urges bed rest fresh air and minimal intake, recommending water and a little fruit juice, enemas for bowel relief, and avoiding doctors unless lucky. It stresses prevention and immune health through proper living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue R
British Medical Journal
Draft calls resumed as influenza epidemic wanes
Washington October 28 selective service calls resume next Sunday as evidence grows that the Spanish influenza epidemic has eased in army camps. Crowder's office indicated the intake would be sizable to honor October registrations that would have been drafted earlier. Those who registered on September 12 will be drafted for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gen Crowder
INO
Till I Come Back to You At Middlesex Tonight
Florence Vidor stars as Yvonne in Cecil B. De Mille's Artcraft drama Till I Come Back to You a WWI themed story. Jeanie Macpherson wrote the script and the Middlesex presents the attraction with showings this evening and Tuesday afternoon and evening.
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Florence Vidor
Yvonne
Cecil B. de Mille
New Artcraft
Jeanie Macpherson
the Middlesex
Cecil B De Milles Comeback and Grand Theatre Features
A long theater listing highlights Cecil B De Mille’s famed past work in a new offering alongside other Paramount and Fox titles. The Grand Theatre presents a double bill opening after an influenza shutdown, headlined by Arnold Daly in My Own United States and Virginia Person in Her Pride, plus an extra Battahatchee launch film and vaudeville by the Dill Dailey Brothers. It covers showings, sanitation notes, and surrounding acts through midweek into the weekend with additional film and travelogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Theatre
Arnold Daly
United States
Virginia Person
Fox
Gildersleeve
Adorno
Wilson to push clear election stance in coming week
President Wilson plans further political letters to clarify his view on elections and urge a congress aligned with his politics. Officials say he will issue communications detailing why this alignment is needed amid current international conditions. Meanwhile Hays will meet Republican leaders to counter the president nationwide. The Belgian government plans to move from Havre to Bruges later this week. Count Mickl, Austrian cabinet head, is reported to have killed himself.
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Wilson
Washington
White House
Congress
Will Hays
Senate
House
933 Casualties Announced Today From Army Lists
Washington reports 933 names across action, wounds, disease, accidents, and missing in action. Sections list New England adds with ranks and towns including Sergeants Robert Ryans and Seth Dickinson among others.
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New England
Washington
Sacco Oe
Ciee Ass Gees Cadecvscetann
Robert M. Ryans
Boston
Mass
Seth H. Dickinson
Windsor
Conn
Zeb Gooden
Chicopee Falls
Leon W. Josselyn
West Hanover
Robert L. Kellner
Bridgeport
Ralph J. Thibodeau
Waterbury
Herman H. Scheffer
Williamstown
Henry J. Belrose
Franklin
Earl Corey
Mars Hill
Maine
John W. Newkirk
Quincy
Arthur H. Pratt
Leominster
Coffee ad promotes caffeine free “KAFFEE HAG” product
A vintage ad touts a home made coffee substitute with 95 percent caffeine removed. It promises strong flavor without stomach upset or heart flutter and offers half pound packages for 25 cents or a quart. Buyers are urged to order now.
Allies boast gains of 126515 prisoners this month
London reports total captures this month of 126,515 prisoners and 2,065 on the western front. British forces announce 51,900 prisoners and 800 guns, French 38,000 and 865, Americans 24,415 and 200 guns, Belgians 12,200 and 200 guns. The front near Scarpe and Oise sees heavy German pressure as Allies press to outflank canal regions while Italian and Austrian fronts shift.
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London
Batte Front
Scarpe
Oise
Escaut
Dendre Canal
Canal du Conde
Mons
Trentino
Danube
Triangle feature and comedy at Saybrook Town Hall
Old Saybrook program lists Wednesday night events at Saybrook Town Hall featuring a Triangle theatrical act and a Triangle comedy show. Some men work overtime dodging labor or tough tasks mentioned in passing.
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Saybrook Town Hall
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Nebraska Reader
Mrs John Kopppelmann of McLean Nebraska endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women suffering from displacement inflammation ulceration irregularities backache headaches and nervousness The letter promotes the remedy as a trusted health aid used by American women for decades and invites others to try it through the Lydia E Pinkham Co. guidance and service.
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Pinkham
John Koppelmann
Ng No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Long Co
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Paramount Pictures
Sessue Hayakawa
Sennett
France
Middlesex
Polly
Paramount
Billie Burke
Middlesex Aecracy
Miss Burke
Lyons/Moran
Burton Holmes
Bruges
Paris
Havre
Belgium
Zurich
Count Mickl
Carl
Austria
Vienna
Harold R. Archer
Oakville
William J. Mitchell
Lowell
Walter C. Sussynski
Josiah M. Estes
West Sumner
Joseph Polosk
Lawrence
Mags
Harry F. Schmidt
Manchester
N. H
Armand Tellier
Charles Bibeau
Chisholm
Henry J. Ketchum
Penacock
Frank C. Merkle
Roxbury
Sarkis Pilibosian
Montello
Eugene P. Trueworthy
East Winn
Nelson F. Ward
Gorham
Gaetano Caiazzo
Portland
Charles Mehegan
Worchester
Ray P. Pratt
Rutland
James J. Richards
North Cambridge
Sis Phillippe Roy
Fall River
Peter Lady
Springfield
Henry Ambroise Ryan
West Quincy
Charles A. Woodbury
Salem
Lawrence G. Gormley
Athol
Charles T. Hunt
Eastport
Athan Nacholas Markos
Ipswich
Whenty Pietrennik
Newburyport
John J. McKenzie
North Cohasset, Mass
Kaffee Hag
Good Old New England
Dee-Licious
del Monte
Kelly
Gobel’s
Frankforts
Folke
Kelly Busy Corner Co
Peart St
Old Saybrook
The
Vinci
the Comfort Powder Co
Maso
Virginia Pearson
U. S. S. Battahatche
Gildersleeve Conn
Dailey Brothers
John F. Miller
Phoie
Murray St
Meriden
Early Bird
O. K
Barton Clothing Co. and Custom Tailors
Middletown
Jesse L. Lasky
Cecil B. Demille
Bryant Washburn
Mack Sennett Comedy
Adolph Zukor
F. Ziegfield, Jr
Polly” Lyons-Moran
Thos, H. Vnce
Enid Bennett
U. S
Bacon Bros
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Full Informa
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Jackson Co
Court St
Arthur B. Jenking
Golleiter
Foreign Patents
Mutual Building
Hartford, Conn
Louis M. Schmidt
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