Dorothy Dix: Do Your Bit in the War at Home
Dorothy Dix argues the war effort begins at home with women doing daily domestic tasks. She urges every housekeeper to adopt the motto I am doing my bit, framing chores as civic duty that supports families, reduces crime, and strengthens society. The piece extols women’s labor, contrasts it with men’s, and stresses practical patriotism through care, thrift, and fostering good citizens.
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Vyaln
Obs
Aelarien
Eanter
Women Sufferer Ends Pain After Treatment in Oklahoma
A short plea from a reader in Oklahoma describes chronic female illness with backache and side pain. After using a tonic for two years the writer reports relief, steadier nerves, and improved strength, claiming the remedy cured her symptoms and restored vitality.
Color Affinities Hint At Personality Traits
The piece offers a playful survey linking color likes to traits and social appeal. It mentions dark blue associations and other hues, suggesting connections between color preference and perceived character, ending with a general note on sympathy and social perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sole
Women Win War At Home Through Patriot Food Honors
The Camp Fire movement promotes home front efforts led by women to aid the war, detailing a program of patriotic food tests and decorative honors. Women are urged to prepare corn bread, limit potatoes and eggs, preserve produce, garden, and manage family meals to support wartime goals with milestone rewards and recognitions.
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Luther MH. Gulick
Camp Fire Oldts
Fan
Lee Hee
Apasebetti
Plata
Etiquette Q A on Salt Use and Handling Disability
A etiquette column answers: avoid salting the table cloth. Use plate salt or a personal shaker to season celery. Also guidance on how to act around deformed or disabled people, urging discreet glances and treating them as normal.
Liberty Bond Drive Passes Halfway Mark With Big Pledges
Large subscriptions from corporations push Liberty Bond totals past $950,000 with expectations to exceed $1.5 million by Friday noon. Banks report major pledges including Amalgamated Sugar, Portland Cement, Lion Coal, Wyoming Coal, Empire Copper and others, while smaller subscriptions from numerous firms loom ahead.
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Bamuel
Bub
Amalgamated Rugar Company
W. H. Wattle
David Bolelea Company
John Scowcroft & Bonn Company
A. T. Hey Vod
Orden Portland Cement Company
Eo, Wate
Lion Coal Company
Wyoming Coal Company
Empire Copper Company
Excursions North Offer Low Fares to Utah and France
City Council bans picketing in El Paso. Women make nearly 20 percent of ammunition factory workforce in France. For details call City Ticket Office or visit Orephesm Block.
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Oregna
Utah
Debo Pointe
Ac City Ticket Office
Orephesm
el Paso
France
Election of officers for union carpenters tonight
A fragmented notice urges union carpenters to attend an officer election hosted by Paul Struppck and R. A. Sos the winter. It reads as a chaotic list of household tips and an odd “elective Patriotic Honor” for cities whose families perform certain acts for three months, with several garbled lines about food waste.
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Paul Struppeck
R. A
Merape
Henry George Theor Presented At The Chautauqua
Henry George Lybarger lectured yesterday on The Land Question to a packed Chautauqua audience. He argued land monopoly shapes wealth and misery, illustrated with an Indian river fish story, and urged private land ownership is wrong. He proposed heavy land value taxation and an income tax to fund reforms.
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Les Francis Lybarer
Lybarger
Hobson
Bea
John Jacob Astor
Astore
Lybar
Brigham Young
Henry Otorge
California
John D
Micka
Buddy
Inter
Entity
Japanese Age Audience Enjoys Chautauqua Double Bill
A chautauqua program drew a capacity crowd with two acts. The first part, Along the Road to Tokio, featured Mr and Mrs Ongawa performing Japanese fairy tale theater with graceful Butterfly Dance and mezzo soprano narration. The second act showcased Langdon impersonations including Victor Hugo Edgar Allan Poe and Henry George, delivering a lively, varied lecture with dramatic transformations and humorous routines.
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Chautauqua Assembly
Tokio
Ongawa
Ahill
Snesae
Ogden
Fairyland
Japan
Yogawa
Mra
Ongans
Tomaue Bidney Lando
Langdon
France
Victor Rago
Edgar Allan Por
Jenius
America
Infantile paralysis signs and early diagnosis advised
The text outlines three illness patterns of infantile paralysis, stressing signs such as neck stiffness, resistance to being held, and limb weakness. It urges early lumbar puncture to assess spinal invasion, enabling prompt immune serum treatment and clarifying diagnosis.
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Brady
William
Worieg , Jr
York
Core
Whimsical Chautauqua Notes and Local Voter Remarks
The crowd of about 1700 attended a chautauqua program featuring a Rileyesque act and a chromatic finish by an aging philosopher. Dr. Mila solicited voter opinions on the season, while interest surged as tickets and season passes were distributed. Ticket sales reached 648 adults 145 children and 9 student season tickets with rising demand for special performances.
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Ars
BP. Mila
Canta
Good View. Ng
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Linicks
Clara Kimball Young
David Graham Phillips
Henry George Theor
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Jamen Whitcomb Riley
Nolan
Beotland
New, York
Tarantor
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Wooten
Stantford
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Jaqveralls
Francisca
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