New US Rifle Far From Flintlock But Still No Cigarette Pick Up
Washington reports a new automatic rifle may replace the Garand in time. It weighs six and a half pounds, fires 22 rounds before reload, and is compared to early flintlocks from Washington's era. The piece notes the evolution from peppercorn to repeater rifles, praising the 1906 Springfield and Marine marksmen, while stressing that a gun is only as effective as the man using it.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
William Addleman Gance
US Army
Gance
Barcentreate Weight Loss Drink Ad Claims Quick Fat Loss
An advertisement promotes Barcentreate a weight loss drink claiming rapid fat loss with no pain. It asserts a 10 harmful drug free formula containing ingredients said to improve well being and energy. The copy urges daily use with a money back promise and bottle empties to prove results.
Garish press stunts and cinema name change tale
A survey of theatrical publicity stunts features Bill Pine training fifty parrots to chant It Ain t No Sin for a West film’s premiere locations only to see the title altered to I Am No Angel by Miss West. Also noted is William Glassforth selling an electric milking machine with a single cow on a down payment. The piece ends with a line on solar mass scales in tens of 25 followed by 20 zeros and stellar mass ranges from about one fifth to fifteen times.
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Hollywood
Bill Jpne
Bill Pine
Bill
West
William Glassforth
Giassforth
Daily Crossword Across Clues From A Fragmented Page
A damaged OCR crossword puzzle listing numerous clues and partial answers across and down. The readable items include hints like Dips out, Tar, Concerning, Wing- Shaped, Marvel, Impel, Negative vote, and others, with scattered numbers and stray letters in a newspaper puzzle section.
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Marvel
Mrs Floyd Siegfried Collects Early American Dolls
In Wilkes-Barre Pa Mrs Floyd Siegfried owns one of the first American patented dolls a Greiner patented in 3555 she acquired the piece while pursuing her hobby of doll collecting She also owns an early Jumeau French doll and notes a new washable model soon on the market promising little to no ironing and suitability with slacks shirts and blouses
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Wilkes-Barre
Floyd Siegfried
America
Reiner
Toll Gates Return To U S Highways In 1951
Washington reports 18 states favor toll gates as a means to fund new superhighways. By year’s end nearly 1000 miles of turnpikes, expressways, parkways, or freeways are to adopt tolls. The US Bureau of Public Roads estimates $60 billion needed over 15 years.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
US Bureau of Public Roads
Maine
Kittery
Portland
Canada
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Oklahoma
Colorado
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Daily Crossword
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Roman
Mother Pound
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Kill
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