Tanlac Restores Woman and Infant After Illness
Mrs. Dollie Hawkins of Birmingham Alabama credits Tanlac with lifting her from a bedridden state after rheumatism and indigestion. She says within weeks she regained strength, appetite, and now weighs more than in eighteen years, with her previously frail infant thriving as well. There is a Tanlac dealer in Ady.
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Taniac
Tanlac
Dollie Hawkins
Second Avenue, South
Birmingham
Ala
Ady
Mantell's Ghost Story in the West Stage Shuttle
Robert Mantell recounts a barnstorming Western company that attempted Shakespeare. Readers recall a critic’s line about the Hamlet ghost actor who “does Suggest the natural super,” contrasting supernatural suggestion with natural trickery.
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Mantell
Robert Mantell
West
Loen
Everybody's Magazine
Allen's Foot Ease advertised as relief for aching feet
An old ad copy touts Allen's Foot Ease powder to shake into shoes and foot baths to relieve painful swollen feet and bunions. It claims British and French troops used it and promotes nationwide sale. A second teaser notes officers enlistment talks and wartime themes.
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Allen
Katherine Declares Self as Nicest and Fairest
Six year old Katherine tells her mother she is the nicest and prettiest girl in her class, insisting she discovered this herself rather than being told by the teacher. The remark closes with a humorous twist on motivation and a pointed old proverb.
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Katherine
Western Canada offers vast grain and farming opportunities
An advertisement extols Western Canada's grain districts as finished spring sowing, rapid crop growth, and high wheat prices ahead. It urges settlers, both in Canada and the United States, to buy affordable land from 15 to 25 per acre, claim rich pastures for cattle, and respond to government food production appeals to secure profits and avoid famine.
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Canada
United States
Western Canada
Marital Consideration at the Station During Summer Departure
A considerate husband should appear sorrowful as his wife departs for the summer. She bears a heavy heart if he seems bratty and bitter, and the scene recalls the Houston Dust. As the weather turns bad, the good will guide the lesson with practical pointers.
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Houston
Strike the German through the air new war slogan
Washington hosts a conference of the aircraft production board and Aero Club of America to promote a nationwide air campaign. The plan calls for boosting aviator numbers to 10,000 and expanding aircraft production, training facilities, and facilities to conduct large scale air raids. Six colleges will run cadet aviation schools to feed the camps, with Britain and Canada cited as models.
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Washington
Germany
Aircraft Production Board of the
United States
Board of Governors
The
Aero Club of America
Alan R. Hawley
Howard B. Coffin
Aircraft Production Board
Club
Air Board
Mr. Hawley
James A. Blair, Jr
W. Redmond Cross
Charles Edwards
Max H. Fleischmann
John Hays Hammond
Mine sweeper clears North Sea mines in WWII effort
One menace removed from the war as British sweepers continue to destroy German minefields in the North Sea. The image shows a mine being taken aboard a sweeper, illustrating the effectiveness of Britain's mine-clearing fleet in safeguarding merchant ships and naval operations against hidden underwater threats.
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Great Britain
North Sea
Barley Could Substitute Wheat in Wisconsin Foods
Madison scientists explore barley as a wheat substitute to ease shortages. The War Research Committee at the University of Wisconsin home economics department studies barley muf fins bread breakfast foods and cakes as potential staples. Wisconsin accounts for about one eighth of the U.S. barley crop.
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Madison
Wis
War Research Committee
Home Economics Department
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
United States
Aircraft training and fields planned for wartime needs
The text outlines hangars for 72 airplanes and field complexes costing about one million dollars each, including buildings, dormitories, workshops and hangars. Four months to ready students for army service, with the Aircraft Production Board coordinating training machines and facilities. Second year production could double, aided by the Aircraft Manufacturers' Association. A British general cites aircraft and aviators as America's key war contribution.
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Great Britain
United States
Controller of Aeronautic Supplies
Directorate of Aeronautic Supplies
House of Commons
England
France
Committee On
Pubiic
Royal Flying Corps
Borden
Ont
Canada
Toronto
California
Texas
Ilinois
Ohio
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cornell University
General Squier
Hiram Bingham
Yale
Aircraft Production Board
Aircraft Manufacturers’ Association
America
Hotel Men Plan National Training School for Cooks
Indוע Munele hotel men and American chefs join to create a large training school for cooks and hotel staff at the Monche National Institute, previously in financial trouble. Leaders pledge nationwide support from hotel owners senators and governors in a patriotic effort to replace foreign chefs.
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Munele
Ind
Monche National Intitute
Ity
United States
Esse
British Scientists Find Mahua Blossom Rich in Acetone
British and Indian researchers in Hyderabad identified that the mahula or mhowra blossom contains large quantities of acetone, a key cordite ingredient. The discovery, hailed by officials as a superior acetone source, supports a wartime shift to plant-based production boosting British munitions for Mesopotamia.
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India
Britain
Scientific American
Admiralty
Hyderabad
Ordnance For India
Two Kinds of Talk In A Barbershop Duel
A barbershop quarrel sparks a joke about staff conversations. One man asks if all employees discuss base ball horse racing and prize fighting. The other replies that some talk trimming hairdressing and dancing.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
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Roosevelts
Kermit
J. A. Roosevelt
Skinner Mfg. CO
Omaha
U.S.A
Koveralls
Leitar
Levinse & Co
San Francisco
P.p.le
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber CO
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Masa
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