International Gambling Ring Uses Private Rooms For Elite Traps
A London feature details an international gambling network run like a company with agents in ports and resorts. Women decoys lure affluent victims through discreet Parisian styled rooms and riverfront clubs near Mayfair. A commander’s wife lost nearly $20,000 to a Knightsbridge trap, illustrating the high stakes and cross border reach of the operation.
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British Flying Corps
The
Stock Exchange
London
Colors
Knightsbridge
Park Lane
Battle Front
Benjamin Franklin Joins Marines on Immortal Tour
Kansas City reports Benjamin Franklin joins the Marines completing a tour of the Kansas City marine recruiting office. He hails from Dewey Oklahoma where he has been discovering oil wells and he aims to discover the way to Berlin alongside others named George Dewey William Jennings Bryan and John Hopkins.
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Kansas City
Benjamin Franklin
George Dewey
William Jennings Bryan
John Hopkins
Ben
Dewey, Okla
Berlin
Air Raids in London Show Calm Under Fire
Londoners endure air raids with practical calm as fog, trains, and buses keep operating. The article notes most stay home, only a small foreign worker group fears raids, and a seven and a half year old girl protects siblings during a Gotha attack.
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Broadway
London
Awning Saves Worker From High Fall
Harry Skoog, a caulking company employee in Tulsa, fell from a fourth floor window but landed on a newly lowered awning and rolled to the sidewalk. He injured his arm striking a flower pot in a lower window but survived with non fatal injuries.
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Tulsa
Okla
Harry Skoog
Lemon Juice For Freckles Beauty Lotion Ad
A home remedy article promotes making a freckle and sunburn lotion by mixing lemon juice with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. It claims the mixture whitens skin and fades freckles at little cost. The ad ends with a wartime flourish praising soldiers against the Kaiser.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertised for Itching
The Cuticura Soap cleanses and the Ointment soothes and heals itching burning skin and scalp affections. Ideal for toilet use. Free samples available by addressing Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 or 50 cents.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Briggins Compares Workload in Busy Moments
Briggins complains he is overworked. The remark suggests he is most active when defending that claim, highlighting a comic exchange about his workload.
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Briggins
Red Cross Bag Blue Boosts Laundress and Grocers Ad
Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress happy and clothes whiter than snow. Advertises for good grocers.
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Red Cross
All Good Grocers
His Training
A short exchange notes that the man’s refined manners contrast with his background as a former waiter, implying a personal growth or social ascent through experience. The dialogue highlights class perception and competence earned through service.
Freckle Removing Ad Claims Othine Double Strength
An advertisement urges readers to use Othine double strength to erase freckles. It promises rapid results with nightly and morning applications and money back guarantee if it fails, noting most users need little product. The mock quotes at the end add a light aside.
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London
Father
Adro
Kidney Trouble Tied to Serious Backache Reminder
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician’s remedy for kidney and bladder ailments. It urges purchases at local drugstores or requests a sample by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York. The note adds facts on Switzerland’s president salary and Georgia birthplace of the Girl Scouts of America.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
His Occupation
Quote from Detroit Free Press calls him an automatic hot air generator describing a public figure and asks what he does for the country.
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Detroit Free Press
Keep Your Stomach Cool This Summer With Eatonic
Heat wave warning urges careful diet and stomach care this summer. Eat light, avoid excess acids, and take Eatonic after meals to absorb gases, ease indigestion, and prevent heartburn. One big package costs 60 cents with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Eatonic
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