Reform movements challenge tobacco use across states
The survey notes scattered anti tobacco drives led by groups like the anti cigarette league and the W C T U with varying success. It cites laws in Kansas North Dakota Iowa and Oregon and plans by Connecticut valley growers and the Tobacco League of America to counter rising reform push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Cigarette League
Anti-Saloon League
League
William H. Andersen
New York
West
National Temperance Organizations
Kansas
North Dakota
Iowa
Oregon
Montana
South Carolina
Indiana
Anticigarette League of America
Lucy Page Gaston
Will Lockett Confesses Several Murders Ahead of Execution
From his death cell in the state penitentiary Will Lockett, 32, says his real name is Petrie Kimbrough and that he killed four women besides Geneva Hardman, a 10 year old girl. He awaits the electric chair on March 11 and claims to have killed victims in Kentucky Illinois Indiana and at Camp Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddyville
Mar
State Penitentiary
Geneva Hardman
South Elkhorn
Will Lockett
Lockett
Petrie Kimbrough
R. T. Chilton
D. E. Dawson
Todd County
Kentucky
Ben Miller
D. E. Donner
Carmi
Ilinois
L. and
Kinney Announces Change of Marriage Plans in Bridgeport
Miss Elizabeth Francis Kinney appears on two marriage license stubs in Bridgeport town clerk records. Engaged to Albert Lee Cowles she later wed traveling salesman William C. Pugsley after Cowles left to arrange the ceremony. Cowles accepted the desertion stoically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altar Road
Slippery
Bridgeport
Conn
Elizabeth Francis Kinney
Albert Lee Cowles
William C. Pugsley
William
Cowles
Clothing patterns and yardage for 19th century infant garments
A list of fabric options and pattern names with required yardages for garments such as cloak cap kimono sack slip diaper drawers Barrie coat bootee and bib. Materials include cambric flannel cashmere silk lawn nainsook and wool flannel with prices noted as 20 cents per pattern.
Life saved by cough as boy coughs up hay head
Sullivan Indiana report of a four year old child, son of Robert Pugh, who after a twenty minute coughing spell, expelled a two inch timothy hay head from his left lung after it had been lodged there for almost two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Hay
Sullivan
Ind
Robert Pugh
Frenchman claims spinach stem makes writing paper
A Frenchman asserts he has produced writing paper from spinach stems that contain 46 percent cellulose. The claim highlights an eco friendly material source, claiming high cellulose content and potential for new paper production methods.
Careful Shampooing with Cocoanut Oil Suggestion
The article advises avoiding alkali in soaps as it dries the scalp and harms hair. It recommends plain cocoanut oil as a greaseless cleanser, using one to two teaspoonfuls with water to produce a rich lather that rinses easily and leaves hair soft, shiny, and easy to manage. It notes cocoanut oil is cheap and available at pharmacies for family use.
Corn and Wheat on U S Farms March first 1919
The department of agriculture reports 37.4 percent of the 1919 corn crop on farms March 1 totaling 1,092,095,000 bushels, up from 855,269,000 last year. Wheat on farms March 1 is 165,539,000 bushels, or 17.6 percent of the 1919 crop, versus 128,703,000 last year at 14 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Mar
Department of Agriculture
Swamp Root Kidney Liver and Bladder Remedy Ad
Promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant vegetable herb medicine for kidney liver and bladder troubles. Claims bottle purity standard and sample offer by mail with a newspaper mention. Available in two sizes at stores nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
Ares
Dr. Ilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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Brown Bros
Hocking Valley
Logan
E. Main ST
Logan, Ohio
Cash Or Credit Jganson Furniture Co
Nelsonville
Athens
N. Court
Harry ‘Kokonougher
Ohio
Henderson
THE
Athens Book & News CO
Cline
Oliver
Kerr Hardware Co
Nicotine
United Press
Messenger Pattern Dept
Korein
Korein Company
New Y N.Y
Wile Korein
East
N.Y Ve
Mick
Vicks
North Carolina
Vicks VapoRub
Japan
Island
Formosa
Australia
Mediterranean
South
Pennsylvania
Lynchburg
Chicago
Baltimore
San Francisco
N.Y
St. Louis
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