Take This Paper For The New Year’s Spirit
A 1918 column urges readers to take comfort, health, effort, politeness, and restraint in the new year. It includes admonitions about work, travel, family, and moral conduct, with a stray note on a Chicago will fragment and a legalistic aside about a supposed inmate. The piece blends guidance for personal improvement with a humorous, if disjointed, posthumous document snippet.
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Tony
Tome
Yao
Cook County
Dunning
Chicago
Cookounty
Charles Lounsoury
Burns
Shakespeare
The Man Who Walked Away From a Church Plate
A reader recounts attending a sermon and pledging ten dollars to support gospel work, then resisting further gifts and admitting to stealing fifteen cents from the collection plate when awakened by an usher.
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Arrow
Rumors of Police Strike Over Salary Raise in Warren
Unconfirmed reports say Warren police may strike if the council does not grant a salary raise during the ongoing war effort. The rumor mentions a potential action by the War ren police force as a response to pay disputes.
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Warren
Bequeathal Amid Snowy Crowns of Old Age Love
A brief, heartfelt testament expresses love for loved ones with snowy crowns. It grants happiness in old age and the gratitude of their children, vowing remembrance until they fall asleep.
Kaiser's 1896 speech calls for unity with German abroad
The document quotes the Kaiser urging Germans worldwide to strengthen ties with the homeland. He emphasizes guardianship of sea power, science, and industry and says unity is needed to protect countrymen abroad and fulfill duty to Germany. He speaks of vast overseas German interests and a global empire.
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Germany
Kaiser
Fur Prices Surge at October London Sales
London reports strong demand for fur with marked price increases at October sales. Chinese Australian and Russian supplies remain scarce while American furs are in short supply. prices advanced 15 to 100 percent from prior sales.
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London
All Britons urged to conserve and mobilize for war effort
England launches a national service drive led by Sir Auckland Geddes as 5 million men in uniform and millions more women are called to minimize waste and work in essential roles. The plan targets domestic service reform, cloth and food economy, and broader employment to fund war needs and sustain military production.
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London
England
Sir Auckland Geddes
National Service
Sir Auckland
Issary
France
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American Press Ass
New York
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Mare Twain
New York Journal of Commerce
A. W. Eaton
Warren, Pa
DR .Charles
Charles
Ami Frained
DR Charles Flesh Food CO
Fulton ST
Brooklyn, N
KE Setok
Pulverman
Ball
Market Street
Good Groceress
Kopf
Henry
L. C. Eddy
Pennsylvania Avenue
West General Law
D. G. Blackman
Justice of the Peace
Second St
BELL
Remingtons
Eempire Type Foundry
Buffalo, N. Y
Fashion _ Authority
Cronen Yaar
Lan Éuve
Acopj
McCalls
WM. Knabb
Price
W. F. Frederick
Piano Company
West
J. Carolus Bieckarck
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