Tanine touted by Red Men treasurer in Iowa praise
W J Day of Red Men Lodge No 28 Des Moines praises Tanine a new tonic, saying it relieved indigestion and nerves. He urges friends to try it and notes druggists can order Tanine if not in stock from a wholesaler in Iowa.
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Iowa
W. J. Day
Red Men Lodge
Sth Street
Des Moines
Mr. Day
Tanine
Adv
Canada
United States
Western Canada
Gee
U. S. Employment Service
Department OF Labor
Not Built To Stand Strain
In a Philadelphia Telegraph anecdote Congressman Venable recalls a foundry incident. A worker named Casey dies after a big electric hammer falls on his chest while workers discuss his condition, highlighting a fatal accident at the foundry.
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Washington Hotel
William W. Venable
Mississippi
Mike
Thomas Casey
Shure
Casey
Philadelphia Telegraph
Liberty Butter Merger promises profits from small inventions
A magnetic pitch touts a device that turns one pint of milk into one pound of butter in three minutes. By using a common jar and the Liberty Butter Merger, a maker saves butter and earns profit. available for $1.50 from Liberty Manufacturing Company in Washington, D. C. Patent advisers Chandlee & Chandlee offer invention help and free patentability reports.
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Liberty
Uncle Sam
Liberty Manufacturing Company
Jenifer
Washington, D. C
United States
Messrs
Chandlee & Chandlee
Seventh Street
Adv
In Safe Keeping
A portly picnic patron consoles Tommy who bursts into sobs. The woman asks if he has a headache or wants more candy, and Tommy insists he wants his frog. He explains the frog is missing because he is sitting on it.
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Tommy
New Mine Props by Cardiff Architect Edward Seward
Edward Seward of Cardiff unveils a substitute for mine props praised for simplicity and indestructibility. The prop uses colliery cinders stone and crushed clinker and, when washed and strengthened, yields a light finished weight enabling single handling.
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Edward Seward
Cardiff
Farm Labor Shortage and U S Food Production Pressures
Robert G. Skerrett discusses allied dependence on American food output during World War I, urging a reliable farm labor supply. He cites soaring costs, reduced help, and the need for trained farmhands over untrained youths or city workers, and weighs importing Chinese labor or using National Guard skilled workers as possible solutions.
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Robert G. Skerrett
New York Sun
United States
David Lubin
Aniecrean
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Seil
Paul T. Brady
America
Dutchess County
Brady
Wilson
Army
Navy
France
China
National Guard
Miscellaneous Notes and Inventions From Early 20th Century
A jumble of oddities and human-interest items includes O B Woodhead of San Francisco who eats one meal daily for 45 years a Civil War veteran David Ry Burkey of Philadelphia who hikes 20 miles for daily exercise Mrs Ralph Erdia of Bartlesville knit 15 sweaters in 12 days Bigly the Denmark Russia trade span post 1015 butter exports a foldable canvas hamper with steel frame a portable motion picture show for Dutch army and a single wire book holder that sits on a lap.
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O. B. Woodhead
San Francisco
David Ry ‘Burkey
Denmark
Russia
Reval
Viadostol
Biglly
Netherlands
German Admiral Smuggles Shimose Powder in Tokyo Port
A German naval squadron visited a Japanese port and inspected the arsenal. The admiral discreetly pocketed shimose powder, later ruining his gala trousers with powder stains. Berlin analyzed the powder and found it to be harmless mustard colored substance substituted by the Japanese to fool the guests.
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Berlin
Japan Times
Tokyo
Lemon Skin Beautifier and Car Scene
A vintage ad promotes a lemon and orchard white skin lotion made from three ounces of orchard white and two lemons, claiming long shelf life and skin brightening benefits. The following fiction fragment shows a couple driving to a secluded lane where dialogue reveals tension over trust and control as the woman takes the reins.
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Gertrude
Inine
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure kidney liver and bladder remedy made from vegetable herbs. It promises no stimulant, offers sample bottle requests, and notes availability in drug stores in medium and large sizes with a sworn purity statement.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
His Idea. Waters He Was Stranged On A Hid Den Bar
Fragmentary text hints at a sensational tale with murky bars and an unnamed speaker. No clear persons, places, or events are legible to establish a concrete news item.
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Waters
March to Victory Blood Tonic and Uric Acid Remedy Ad
An old herbal spring tonic and Dr. Pierce products are advertised as cures for thin blood weak nerves and uric acid issues. The message urges dietary changes and offers trial packages by mail from Dr. Pierce's Buffalo institutions.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffaloy N
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