Bolshevik Propaganda and German Revolution Viewpoint
An American observer recounts Bolshevik offices in Petrograd, noting department chiefs and multilingual propaganda efforts aimed at Germany and Austria. She recalls spy harassment, prison camps, and a tense meeting with German POW delegates where a German officer’s fear faded as revolutionaries aligned with Bolshevik aims.
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Foreign Office
Svetzars
Trotzky
Smolny
Zalkin
Department of War
Mentsikovski
Burgeau
Department of International
Boris Rheinstein
Germany
Austria
Radeck
Die’. Fackel
Nemzetkazi
Socialista
Rou‘manian
Inaiite
Die
Fackel
Pve
Trotzky Street
Novia Jisa
Tauride
Peter and Paul
Winter Palace Square
You can't Brush Or Wash Out Dandruff
An advertisement claims four ounces of ordinary liquid argon dissolves dandruff overnight. Apply at night to moisten the scalp, rub in, and repeat for three or four days to completely dissolve and destroy dandruff and itching. Argon is available at drug stores and is inexpensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dandraff
Durham
American Tobacco Company
United Land
Perils of the common cold warn of serious diseases
The text warns that the common cold can lead to serious illnesses such as consumption and diphtheria. It emphasizes germ diseases are more likely during a cold and urges swift remedy, citing Chamberlain's advertisement as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bearlette
Chamberlain
Revolutionary appeal for German and Austrian troops to join Russian effort
A wartime text urges German and Austrian soldiers to sabotage their governments and switch to the Russian revolutionary cause. It calls for mass action in Germany and Austria-Hungary, self-determination referendums, removal of officials, and arming prisoners, while noting Brest-Litovsk communications and limits on arming prisoners. It signals continuation tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria-Hungary
Pointblank
Germany
Thad
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Carl
Wilhelm
Saal Selves
Brest-Litovsk
Trotzky
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Disease
A historic ad asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine treats catarrh as a constitutional issue and offers a reward for any case it cannot cure. The pitch notes internal use, blood action on mucous surfaces, and lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as manufacturers, with druggists selling the product and a reference to Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Orange township wins cattle judging test in rural Iowa
The Orange township consolidated school cow judging team topped Jesup consolidated in a Saturday contest. Orange team averaged 90 percent to Jesup’s 88. Judges evaluated Molntein, Jersey, and Guernsey herds at three local farms, with Jay Trent and others leading for Orange and Jos Lambert for Jesup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange School
Orange Township Consolidated School
Jesup Consolidated School
Ailver Cip
Orange Township
Kimball Printing Com
Judge in Competition Visits Mimball Printing Club
The judge noted that on Saturday the boys were guests of Mimball Printing Company at the Gullowny Club, engaging in a competition event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mimball Printing Company
Scientist Gives Pigs to Tenants on Basex Estates
London reports Lord Reylefeh, a brother-in-law to Arthur Balfour, celebrated Easter by presenting a pig to hundreds of tenants on his Basex estates. Also mentions unrest in Galicia and a coloratura soprano Ellen Beach Yaw scheduled to sing at First Methodist Church on May 3.
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London
Lord Reylefeh
Basex
Arthur Balfour
Ellen Beach Yaw
First Methodist Church
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Russia
Lanice
Kerensky
Micholas II
U. S
America
ParMum
Pense
Wucre Um
Getit
Seardrug
The
Taite
Natigg End
Mother Gray
Mochete
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
NERY
Waterloo
Covell Hardware Co
Iowa
Standard Glass and Paint Co. Distributors
Sycamore Street
Galicia
Berlin
Glasgow Tailors
Palace Theatre
Your Order
Bull Durham
Cette Ee
President Tobacco Company
York
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