Vicks VapoRub crisis prompts wholesale distribution push
An urgent Vicks Chemical Co plea to druggists declares VapoRub oversold due to Spanish influenza. Big shipments head to jobbers, but stock is scarce. retailers urged to buy in small lots and ship direct to customers. Orders are being pared to three dozen per shipment and nationwide distribution is stretched.
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Vick
Vice Chemical
VapoRule
Uncle Sam
The
Public Health Service
Stiles
VapoRub
His Correspondent
A brief droll exchange about writing and correspondence references a son who writes for a living. The dialogue contrasts a hairpin's might with a pen and sword, framed as a playful characterization.
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Jackoo Lantern
Maid Recovers Toys In Home Cleaning Incident
Reciprocal, the maid, tidies a cluttered apartment after collecting a woolly sheep a soldier boy a Teddy bear and other treasures. Mother returns pleased and the maid and Della share light hearted pride about cleaning and dirtying up in a playful exchange.
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Anna
Mother
Della
Muvver
Soldier on furlough recounts hand to hand fight
An officer on furlough recalls meeting a large German in close combat. He says his ammunition ran out, then he freed his arm and knocked the German unconscious with the butt of his revolver. A girl nearby exclaims how stunning the scene appeared.
Getting Ready for Marriage in a Funny Dialect Scene
A dialogue shows Mandy and Dinah planning a wedding with chores like buying a trousseau renting a house and securing a job for the husband. The piece blends humor and regional speech to illustrate practical worries before the big day.
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Mandy
Dinah
People's Home Journal
New Jersey Briefs Highlight Post Office Move and Local Affairs
Federal agents sign a 10 year lease for the Marsh store building in Broad Street and Second Avenue to house a new post office with Postmaster D S Pan coast aiming for occupancy by year end. Other items report summer colonists leaving cottages, Red Cross outreach in Woodstown, and civic actions across Millville Paulsboro Vineland Pleasantville and Newark.
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Pitman
Federal
Marsh
Broadway
Second Avenue
Pancoast
Pliman
James Earl Whitesell
Dorsey
City
Wildwood
Paulsboro
Charles N. Marshall
Vineland
Cumberland County
Pleasantville
Albert E. James
Maurice River
John Brineshults
Loder
William R. Potts
Phillipsburg Council
Smith
Philadelphia
Clarence Murray
Henry Owens
Millville
Frederick Blaser
Y. M. CG
Camp Merritt
Linden Baptist Church
Camden
Rey
Irving Maxwell
Meadow Brook
New York
Westminster
Newark
Elizabeth
Bernard Kob
Ikob
Co. T. Davis
Ner Chew
Pine Tree Hunting Club
Deer Woods
Welsbach’ Company
Gloucester
Thomas Lancaster
Board of Health
Red Cross
South Jersey
Phildelphia
Salem
Robert Morris
Morris
New Jersey
Supreme Cout
Representative Van Dyke Denounces War Profiteer
The representative condemns a war profiteer noting profits rising from 20 to 750 percent since the war began. He asserts the man has misled many about profiteering while his books reveal escalating gains.
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van Dyke
Rascal
California Syrup of Figs Ad Promotes Gentle Laxative Effect
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for sick children with symptoms like feverishness or upset stomach. It claims the product cleanses the bowels in hours without griping and touts its tasty flavor. The notice warns buyers to request the genuine California Fig Syrup Company bottle to avoid counterfeits.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Adv
First American Soldiers Resting in French Graves
An American press visit recalls the November 3 1917 German raid that killed Corporal Gresham and Privates Hay and Enright. Graves mark the sites with fresh mounds and octagonal name plates bearing unit numbers and death dates. The cross tops and intertwined flags honor the fallen with a French inscription on a nearby sign.
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Gresham
Hay
Enright
Thomas Enright
Merle D. Hay
James B. Gresham
United States
Lberty
No Bar There At Liberty Loan HQ In Toledo Tale
Toledo correspondent reports a man entered the Liberty loan headquarters in the Spitzer building basement once a cafe. He whispered to bystanders asking if there is a bar here, then hurried out as workers, surprised, did not sell him a Thrift stamp.
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Millville
Carney’s Point Stag Club
Pitman Mothers’ Club
Abdill
Paulshore
South Jersey
France
Gloucester
Wolves
Robe
Carney’s Point
Albert Slocum
Dupont Y. M. C. A
Pleasantville
Eva Tiffany
Phillipsburg High School
Lida Lavers
A. E. Wells
Philadelphia
M. P
Harold H. Smith
Elsinboro
Salem County Board of Freeholders
Salem Council
Pennsgrove
Bridgeton
Public Utilities Commission
Salem County
James Newell
Clinton Black
Swedesboro
West Jersey Association
Woodstown
Garis
Phillipsburg
Jersey City
Willian Leen
Isaac Bannon
Richard Doherty
Lannon
Anthony Janell
Janelli
Thomas Brown
Trenton
Newark
Rutherford Field Club
H. Harry Obert
Townsend Showell
Absecon
Showell
Virginia
Paulsboro
Public Utility Commission
Atlantic County Water Company
Harry A. Hill
New Brunswick
Wright Martin Airplane Company
111
Wrizkte. Martin ‘Company
Liberty Loan
Toledo
Spitzer
Securing the Estate
A six year old, Althea, overheard talk of a will and plans to bequeath valuables. Later she proposed a swap of treasured items between us, then asked who would die first, revealing a child's curious grasp of inheritance.
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Althea
Unclear Free-for-all Fight Costs Per Head
A fragment notes a free-for-all fight costing about 11 dollars per participant unless fighters have unusually agile running gear and use it freely. The text is fragmentary with no additional names, places, or actions readable.
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Fen
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Ssth St
Hoxsie
Kells Co
Newburgh
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Indy
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Chicago
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