Why men enlisted in war amid patriotism and adventure
Read a compilation of civilian replies from the trench and camp issue listing motives to enlist. Reasons span to serve country end Kaiser rule to seek excitement and personal duty, with patriotic and personal justifications mixed across many voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trench and Camp
Kentucky
Poland
France
Susan B. Anthony
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Chicago Tribune
United States
William Dudley Pelley
John Fleming
Laddie
Germany
America
Kaiser
Hindenburg
Hertling
Outdoor sleeping grows as health measure across homes
The weekly health letter from the State Public Health Laboratory discusses open air sleeping as a growing home practice linked to tuberculosis campaigns. It notes sleeping porches as affordable additions that may reduce doctor visits, and urges gradual adoption while highlighting rest, light diet, and caution against needless alarm or gossip about Red Cross efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Farringtons
Laddie
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Nature
Relief for stuffed nostrils with Fly's Cream Balm
An ad touts Fly's Cream Balm to clear clogged nostrils and soothe inflamed mucous membranes. It promises instant relief from a cold or catarrh, claiming open airways and a headache-free breath. Ely's Cream Burn is also recommended for dead colds and catarrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Inside Bathing and Clean Bowels Promise Health
An essay describes internal sanitation using limestone phosphate to cleanse the bowels and toxins. It claims daily breakfast, water, and a shot of real hot prayer with phosphate wash out poisons from the digestive tract and improve overall health. It urges people with headaches, biliousness, and bad breath to begin this routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bete
Also Mentioned on This Page
Official Paper
Williams County
Williston
N. C
Bureau OF Internal Reve
Bureau of Internal Revenue
G—R—A—P—H—I—C
Woman’s Home Companion
Toronto
Balkan Peninsula
Turkish Empire
Washington
Scott Bone
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ethelwyn Casebeer
Thomas Beers
Ada Rum
Lenora Sourwine
Francis Ale
Henry Vermouth
E. Elizabeth Boose
Charles Pickle
Carl Gusler
T. C. Stew
State Public Health Laboratory
University of North Dakota
Nuature
Red
Red Cross
Belgium
Saya
U.S. Marines
A. A. Wallgren
U. S. Marines
Bull Durham
Estion
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