California Fig Syrup Advertisement For Children
An old advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a remedy to relieve constipation in children. It claims a teaspoonful can prevent illness tomorrow and urges mothers to ask their druggist for the genuine product with directions on the bottle. It warns against imitations.
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California
What is a cubist A whatist in ad copy
The passage presents a playful ad style line about a housewife admiring white clothes and thanking Red Cross Ball Blue. It imitates consumer copy from a past era. The tone conveys everyday domestic life and advertising shorthand.
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Red Cross
U S to Train 227000 Men This Summer in Army Expansion
The War department plans intensive training for 227000 men from the regular army National Guard organized reserves and the ROTC in nine corps areas. About 160000 National Guardsmen will be in the field with 30000 reserve officers and specialists and 27000 civilian reserves. Training will occur mainly in states or nearby encampments with federal cantonments offered under revocable contracts. Applications for citizens training camps open April 1 at corps headquarters in Boston Governors Island Fort Howard Fort McPherson Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Sheridan Fort Crook Fort Sam Houston and the Presidio San Francisco.
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U. S
Army
National Guard
Department
Citizens
Corps
Boston
Governor's Island
Labor Unions to Live Up to National Board Decisions
National board of jurisdictional awards, after a Washington quarterly meeting, calls for local councils to suspend unions that refuse board decisions. Contractors must include compliance provisions in labor agreements and architects must insert clauses in contracts. Action aims to curb jurisdictional disputes and related strikes.
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National
Associated General Contractors of America
American Institute of Architects
The
Engineering Council
National Building Trades and Employers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
National Board of Jurisdictional Awards
Washington
Building Trades Councils of Union Labor
National Board
General Contractors
Inbor
Conusea
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Three Per Cent Immigration Till 1923
The House immigration committee recommends extending the 3 percent immigration act for another year beyond June 30, 1922. It cites reduced actual immigration and argues the temporary law best serves national welfare while noting potential Senate changes. A minority report from Sabath Siegel and Box denounces the quota act as inhumane and opposed to American ideals.
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House‘ Immigration Committee
Senate Immigration Committee
Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Sabath
Illinois
Siegel
New York
Box
Texas
Five U S Incomes of 5,000,000 and Over in 1919
Tax records for calendar year 1919 show five personal income returns of 6 million or more, with six in the 3 to 4 million range and a wide distribution of higher incomes. The two million plus group yields total net income around 19.8 million and substantial normal and surtaxes, reflecting high earners and confidential returns.
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Wiinels
Tanlac advertised as digestive tonic and body builder
The ad promotes Tanlac as a powerful aid to digestion and energy, claiming it revitalizes the digestive tract, prevents putrefaction, and boosts overall health. It urges underweight or ailing readers to try Tanlac, promising dramatic results and urging purchase today.
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Alimentary Canal
Aunt Dinah’s Fourth Marriage Confounds Expectations
In dialect filled quotation Mrs Worth reports Aunt Dinah at seventy has married again, her seventh marriage line implied by a smiling reply. The exchange suggests a tolerant rural outlook and humor about aging and marriage.
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Worth
Dinah
Yassuin
Jesus
The Truth About Women In Everyday Conversation
A fragment quotes lines about women and reasoning, noting blunt gender stereotypes. The exchange contrasts doubt in a woman’s mind with the ease of altering appearance. The tone reflects opinionated social commentary on gender.
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