Ocean travel to fast returning ocean travel to fast returning
Ocean travel is returning to prewar speed as fares and routes reopen. Passengers sail New York to Liverpool in six to eight days with minimal wartime precautions. White Star Adriatic restores colors, eliminating camouflage and easing tensions, as voyages resume with revived deck games and social chatter. Three eastbound passenger types emerge: displaced war-era travelers, American businesspeople, and tourists, with some skeptics doubting the war’s reality aboard during Christmas aboard the Adriatic.
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London
Wmmet Crozier
Reciprocal News Service
New York
Liverpool
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Gulf Stream
United States
Canada
Red Cross
France
Siam
China
Broadway
Piccadilly
Dunnellen
War garden and food conservation urged by federal director
Miss Emma Conley, federal director of food demonstrators, visiting Sioux City, stressed that growing and conserving food remains vital. She urged local demonstrators to prepare a year long program combining gardens with an accounting and budgeting system to ease the high cost of living.
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Sioux City
Iti
Emma Conley
Miss Conley
Coldy Cause Headache and Fever Relief Ad
Feverish headaches and body pains from a cold are relieved by taking Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. The box shows EB. W. Grove's signature as the brand. Price listed as 20 cents.
Pioneer resident Robert B. Austin dies in Benton County
Vinton, Feb 12. Robert B. Austin, 75, Scottish born pioneer who settled in Illinois before moving to Benton County during the Civil War, died at home after weeks of illness. Survived by widow and six children all in town. Funeral Thursday at family residence with Rev. Cully and Cyprus Commandery. Burial Evergreen cemetery. Also notice: Sergt. Donald Palmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Palmer, returning from France for hospital treatment before rejoining duty in Des Moines.
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Vinton
Robert BR. Austin
Mr. Austin
Scotland
America
Ilnols
Lenton County
C Cully
Presbyterian Church and of
Cyprus Commandery
KTL
Boty
Evergreen Cameters
Beret
Donald Palmer
J. S. Palmer
Donald
France
Sergt
Palmer
Des Moines
Knights of Pything lodge entertains at Castle hall
Widellty lodge No 47 Knights of Pything held an enjoyable evening at Castle hall last evening with a 6:30 supper and regular meeting. Three candidates were examined in the rank of lenigne. The judge is reportedly in good health. Peter Haven Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for the late Peter Have. Haven, a pioneer resident, moved to Oregon years ago. Grundy Center notes report real estate transfers with 160 acre farm near Dinsdale sold for 285 dollars per acre to Claus Ehlers, possession set for March 1. T. A. Mason buys 40 acres.
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F. Hotge
Widellty Lodge
Knights of Pything
Castle Hall
Peter Maven
Peter Have
Mex Haven
Agene
Ore
Grundy
Grundy Center
Purify the Blood to Fight Rheumatism
An advertisement promotes SS S. S. as the cure for rheumatism, claiming the condition lies in the blood. It stresses cleansing the blood to remove poisons, warns against chronic disease, and notes a medical advisor at Swift Laboratories in Atlanta offering guidance.
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Atlanta
Hood's Sarsaparilla Restores Strength After Grips
An old advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier aiding recovery after influenza and the grip. It claims to expel poisons, cure pallor and anemia, and rebuild energy, calling it a standard blood remedy with a nearly fifty year record. It also touts Hood's Pills as easy to take and effective for all, from delicate women to robust men.
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Liner
Flacco
Robert B. Austin
Benton County
SS. S
Pennsylvania
Honest John i Wabash Avenue
Chi
Honest John
Oy Eeheatee Yinon
Miller
Will
Hansen & Hansen
C. Z. Miller
Nujol Laboratories Standard Cilco
New Jersey
Broadwer
U.S
Federal Block
Park Ave
DAL Davis
Aun
Tomy
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