Wild Cowboys and a Flying Baby Rescue at Hendon
Winifred McEvoy and her RAF veteran husband attend a 1924 Hendon aeronautical show. Amid planes and crowds their infant son wanders near an active propeller, but a rope sweep saves him as someone calmly restrains him to safety. The episode underscores the perils at the crowded event.
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United States
Winifred McEvoy
Winifred
Texas
England
Crystal Palace
London
McEvoy
Royal Air Force
Hendon
McEvoys
Michigan Jack Pine Does Not Mature for 80 Years
Albert Stoll Jr. argues in the Detroit News that state holdings contain little true mature jack pine. He notes trees reach full growth around eighty to ninety years, with much of early value in pulpwood and ties, and warns against harvests before genuine maturity.
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Michigan
Albert Stoll, Jr
Detroit News
Dr James W Barton on Dinitrophenol War Warnings
A historical note on Dr James W Barton discussing dinitrophenol’s wartime use among French workers and later warnings. It covers weight loss claims, controlled medical supervision, death risks, and contraindications for diabetes kidney liver and heart disease patients, with international cautions and a note on high blood pressure and calmness of spirit.
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Dre
W. GC. Cutting
H. G. Mehrtens
M. L. Tainter
Journal of the American Medical Association
Council of Pharmacy and Chemistry
American Medical Association
Journal of the
California
North America
Tainter
Germany
Canada
D. Ayman
WNU Service
Home Kitchen Tips From OldWNU Archive
Practical hints cover plant care pinch pruning and upward growth guidance for cacti fruit salad dressings with maraschino and orange juice prep tips for creosote wound care on trees and meat handling advice to prevent toughness plus baking guidance for chocolate cake and food chopper tips for saving bread nuts and flavors with cream of tartar in cinnamon sugar and apple sauce.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
France awards medals to mothers for large families
In France the government grants a bronze medal for five children a silver for eight and a gold for ten or more. The program honors mothers with large families and recognizes their contribution to the nation.
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France
Genuine Phillips Milk of Magnesia Adverts Prompt Benefit
Advertisement copy promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia for relief from stomach acid. It advises frequent sufferers to use the product 80 minutes after meals and promises forgetting about a stomach. It warns buyers to choose boxes clearly marked Genuine Phillips Milk of Magnesia.
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Select Products, Inc
23Rd St
Long Island City
N. Y
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the Man From the West
Floyd Gibbons
James W. Barton
Dr. Barton
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