Destruction Policy Drives Years of French Rebuilding
Special correspondent Lloyd Allen describes France's vast postwar reconstruction amid 13 billion dollars in damage. Red Cross aid will cover essentials like stoves and medicines while German willful destruction left 6,000 square miles of ruined farmland and 500000 wrecked homes, with Malancourt and Montfucoun among the hardest hit.
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Lloyd Allen
Union
ARIS
France
Becaause
America
Red Cross
Malancourt
Forest of the Argonne
No Man’s Land
Montfucoun
Germany
North Sea
Switzerland
Varennes
Louis XVI
Paris
Verdun
Marne
Meaux
Sezanne
Vitry-le-Francois
Revigny
Somme
Aisne
Omaha Council Bans Firemen Organization Ordinance
A summary of council actions notes an ordinance prohibiting organization among city firemen. Also mentioned are innovations such as steel truss poles for electric lights, the South African Geographical Society formation, and varied commercial and cultural notes from the era.
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Omaha
Neb
South African Geographical Society
GOLD Haarlem Oil advertised for aging kidneys and digestion
An old time remedy promotes GOLD Haarlem Oil capsules as a tonic to relieve weaknesses from aging. It claims kidney and digestive benefits, urges buyers to consult a druggist and request the original D MEDAL brand, with money back if unsatisfied.
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Pete
Auomer
Bright
Seleuve
Haarlem
Curiosities and Remedies from a Historic Page
The excerpt blends humorous quips about shoes and callings with old time patent medicine claims. It features a supply sergeant remark, a pun about soles, a brag for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, a mower style moral about work, a marriage note on letting a wife attend a dull play, and a CATARRH MEDICINE advertisement praising Hall's Catarrh Medicine by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
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