Snakes Seen As Valuable Farm Allies In War Gardens
Gayne T. Kk Norton argues in the American Forestry Magazine that snakes help reduce crop pests and should be protected amid a broad wartime gardening effort. He warns that well intentioned gardeners may kill snakes next year, urging education to conserve this national asset valued at millions of dollars for crop protection.
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Gayne T. Kk. Norton
American Forestry Magazine
Mr. Norton
National Emergency Food Garden Commission
Baby Bowke Medicine Promoted as Safe Summer Remedy
A historical notice touts Baby Bowke Medicine as a safe and pure remedy for summer troubles and dysentery. It claims effectiveness for both adults and children and mentions digestive concerns and chills related to weather.
Lemons and Orchard White Beauty Lotion Ad
An advertisement urges girls to mix lemon juice with three ounces of Orchard White to create a cheap freckle sunburn and tan lotion. It promises quick fading of freckles and tanning and claims the mix is harmless. The copy targets grocers and drug stores as suppliers.
Disconcerting Moment During Early Ministry
Rev William E Barton recounts a memorable service when a derelict rose from a rear pew and proclaimed Nothing could be fairer in a solemn, humorous moment. The article also notes Cotックcura advertisements and a series of varied trivia about language and culture.
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William E. Barton
Doe
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Tablets Introduced
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic now available as tablets in addition to syrup. Tablets named GROVE'S chill TONIC TABLETS offer the same medicine and effects as the bottled syrup. Both forms priced at 60c.
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Grove
Price
Eatonic remedy ad promises relief from hot weather stomach woes
An old advertisementdeclares FATONIC tablets prevent and ease stomach and bowel troubles in hot weather. It claims quick, pleasant relief after meals and a sweet cool stomach. The copy guarantees satisfaction and offers a money back return and mail order option from Eatonic Remedy Co. Chicago IL.
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Eatonic
Druggista
Eatonic Remedy Co
Chicago
Ill
Head of Giant Business Teagle Named President of Standard Oil of New Jersey
Walter Clark Teagle, 39, chosen president of Standard Oil of New Jersey, the world’s largest refiner. Born in Cleveland May 1 1878, he trained at Cornell, joined his father’s oil firm, and rose on vast detail knowledge and cooperative leadership.
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Teagle
Walter Clark Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
Cleveland
Mr. Teagle
Walter Teagle
Cornell University
Naval officers honored for Florence H rescue bravery
Rear Admiral Wilson commends officers for risking lives to save 34 of 75 crew members from the Florence H munitions ship fire in French waters last April. Lieut. Howard R. Eccleston U S N L R L F is among those praised. born in Baltimore, former Patent Office examiner, Naval Academy graduate, with family ties in Baltimore including a railroad father.
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Florence H
Wilson
France
Navy Department
Howard R. Eccleston
U.S. NL
Patent Office
Naval Reserve Force
Washington
United States Naval Academy
Baltimore
Baltimore City College
Naval Academy
National Law School
Lieutenant Eccleston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Monash Promoted to Lieutenant General in British Army
Sir John Monash the Australian commander at Gallipoli has been promoted to lieutenant general and given command of a British army corps in France. He is the first Australian and first Jew to reach this rank in the British service, chosen for merit and skill. He was born in Melbourne on June 27 1865 and rose from Anzac leadership to high recognition.
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Monash Valley
Gallipoli Peninsula
John Monash
France
Monash
Melbourne
Gallipoli
Quinn
Pope
Order of the Bath
Plans for Atlantic air route to Europe
Major General W S Brancker of the British army visits Washington to organize an air link from the United States to Europe to mobilize American air power against Germany. Flights could begin in August with fleets crossing the Atlantic next summer using Liberty powered planes. The Aero Club of America supports the plan and seeks bids for capable aircraft. Caproni, designer of a giant Italian plane, may build the machine.
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W. S. Brancker
Washington
United States
Europe
Germany
General Brancker
Atlantic
British Air Council
Royal Artillery
Royal Flying Corps
Aero Club of America
Caproni
Freezone promises painless corn removal with drop-on formula
A Cincinnati inventor’s Freezone product claims to stop corn pain instantly with a drop on the corn, then lifting it out with fingers. The ad touts a small bottle costing a few cents at drug stores and promises removal of hard, soft, or toe corn and calluses without soreness.
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Cincinnati
W. F. Young
P.D. F
Temple St
Springfield
Mase
Not Equal to Three
A short quarrel between a newlyweds couple reveals the wife’s sarcasm about suitors and attention. She mocks her husband for not matching the previous number of admirers who paid visits each evening. The exchange highlights marital strain and humor.
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Malvina
Nightlight woes and courting fears in a dated quip
A lighthearted domestic quip notes daylight saving disrupts courting nerves and keeps shy suitors away before dark. It contrasts a fear of cemeteries after dark with a park of spirits. A joke about doctors diagnosing heart failure when opinions differ.
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Dept. X
Boston
Vic
Giant Business
Sumer
Ford
P. ST. Louis
Watson E.coleman
Washington,d.c
Daisy Fly Killer
Exec Press
Harold Somers
DE Kalb Ave
Brogalyn
Tual
H. B. Taylor
Grimes, VA
Indianapolis
Haynes-Langenberg Mfg. Co
Forest Park Blvd
St. Louis
BR. FD
ST. Louis, MO
Canada
U.S
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
J. M. MacLachlan
Traction Terminal Bldg
Ind
Ekte
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