Dr Fort Newton remarks stir temperance debate in Iowa
The Waterloo Courier reports battles over Dr Joseph Fort Newton’s London sermon misquotation. It defends Newton as defending American soldiers and condemns misinterpretation while urging support for free textbooks and war savings stamps campaigns amid wartime shortages and public notices.
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London
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Britain
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Courier
Mayo brothers of Rochester show small towns can birth giants
Iowa editors highlight the Mayo brothers of Rochester Minnesota as proof ambitious youths from small towns can rise. They built a hospital and clinic with modest beginnings, attracting national medical attention and proving opportunity exists beyond great cities.
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Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
Venus
Heehester
Charlie
Uni
Disorder and strikes threaten German discipline and politics
The column surveys rising unrest in Germany with reports of clashes between soldiers and airmen, fears the Prussian autocracy may falter, and notes intensifying strikes across the country. It contrasts Germany’s total control with Russia’s doomed autocracy and comments on broader labor and political tensions abroad.
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Mintenpolis
Germany
Barele
Russia
Petroprad
HEALTH NOTES DISCUSS SLEEP REMEDIES AND WARNINGS
In this health column Dr Currier explains insomnia causes from worry overwork and diet, warns against risky drugs, suggests safe aids like warm baths reading light, and urges trying multiple methods. Readers can send questions. Dr Currier answers general inquiries, not individual diagnoses, beginning February 11.
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Quay
Currier
Perline of gowns by fashionable women spurs social shift
A considered critique of the growing practice where wealthy and upper middle class women sell or barter used gowns and furs. The piece notes fashion magazines, agents, and charity links, with examples from New York society. It weighs charity, pride, and social pressure against the allure of elaborate attire and rapid fashion turnover.
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New York
Jones
Chari
Little Red Hen Egg In The Playroom Tale
The Red Hen toys in the playroom discover a bright egg after years of waiting. Little Red Hen cackles and clucks as a glossy egg appears but is soon taken away by the little mistress and her mother.
Little Red Hen Brings Brood To Master Time Play
A big mother invites all litter chickens to join Little Red Hen around her nest. The hen announces she has hatched two broods, and at night she clucks to her ten chicks while ignoring the toys. The scene centers on the hen’s pride and growing brood as a clock strikes.
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Terenmaark
Red Sen
Rei
Rae
Schumann-Heink Sings for Soldiers at Camp Funston
Madame Schumann-Heink speaks of four sons in the U.S. armed forces and a German submarine father, vows to do her part for the war effort. She plans a May concert to lift morale and will perform for troops at Camp Funston after a Shubert appearance.
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Kansas City
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Cal
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140Th Field Artillery
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Punston
Arigepa
Tam
August
Germany
California
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France
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the Shubert
Camp Funston
There is a little church in France today
A poem by Theodoksia Garrison of The Vigilantes venerates Jeanne d Arc Sainte Jeanne and Domremy. It speaks of two banners entwined as one and calls Americans to pray for those who died. The text blends devotion to Joan of Arc with a plea for courage and grace.
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Waterino
United State Bureau of Education
Annie Samtin
Merechai
Lucrehy
Domremy
France
Sainte Ivenne
Lights and Shadows of Pneumonia in New York American
Dr Woods Mutchinson argues pneumonia is not caused by cold and often worsens indoors. He notes outbreaks vary with weather, stresses open air treatment, ventilation, and regular exercise. He warns against overheating yet urges warmth, proper footwear, and extra fat intake to protect against lung troubles this winter.
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Woods Mutchinson
New York
Cultivate a holy discontent and progress always
The piece argues contentment breeds stagnation. Great achievers resist monotony, pursue the unattainable, and drive progress. Quotes from Forbes, Paschal, Herschel, Browning, and Schubert frame the idea that desire fuels advancement and that only the discontented strive beyond the present. Kansas City Star adds a modern jab about Joan of Arc.
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William Davenport
Forbes
Paschal
Nash
Herschel
Columbus
Browning
Iwan
Diesera
Schubert
Kansas City
Hall's Catarrh Medicine legal affidavit ad
Frank J. Cheney sworn affidavit as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio promising one hundred dollars for each unhealed catarrh case. Date December 6 1886. Notary A. W. Gleason confirms. Advertisement claims internal email medicine acts on mucous surfaces and offers testimonials and cheap pills.
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State of Ohio
Teledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W._GLEASON
Sealy. Wotary
Toledo
Hal
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