Italian Engineer Blasts Canal and Giant Seaplane Project
Don Gelasio Caetani led a 50 ton explosive effort to create a canal from Caprolace to the Mediterranean, aiming to boost fish cargo. In New York Gianni Caproni advances an 100 passenger seaplane, powered by eight Liberty engines and about 3000 horsepower, with trials planned on Lake Maggiore.
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Gelasio Caetani
Prince Caetani
Col di Lana
Lake
Caprolace
Mediterranean Sea
Log Hiano
Monaei
Viogliano
Mediterranean
Cretant
New York
Gianni Caproni
Lalian Constructor
Caproni
Lake Maggiore
Milan
Kenius
Atlantic
France to Control Oil Imports Under Tax Bill
France plans government control of oil imports with prices fixed by the cabinet under a tax bill provision. The state oil monopoly would be extended to next year. The chamber debated the war era fuel shortage and Clemenceau's appeals to Wilson. Criticism targeted Standard Oil and Shell for wartime profits.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Premitor Clemenceau
Wilson
Crocodile Eggs Spark Peppermint Rush in Neversile
In Neversile a panic over crocodile eggs from Vespt and Detmark caused a peppermint antidote rush. A crowd of people pressed a city drugstore seeking doses after reports of a peculiar effect.
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Wees
Detmark
Wives Wish to Return to Laundry Jobs
A few weeks after marriage many young wives yearn to ditch the stock in a matrimonial combine and relive their old laundry work, reflecting domestic role strain and unhappiness with new duties.
RAT SNAPP: old reliable rodent destroyer sold locally
Kills rats and mice with ready to use cakes. Three sizes fit pan, kitchen, cellar, chicken house, and farms. Money back if it fails. Sold and guaranteed by John Cook & Sons, J Sudranski & Co., and R P Mullins.
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John Cook & Sons
J. Sudranski
J. Sudranski & Co
R. P. Mullins
Subscibe for The Herald It Gets Real Mad Over Lost Set
An item describes a man angry after a set went missing then notes he bought RAT SNAP with six dead rats in a week. The ad lists vendors John Cook & Sons J Sudranski & Co and others selling RAT SNAP in three sizes 25c 50c and price per Mullins.
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John Cook & Sons
J. Sudranski & Co
Daay Pynoys Aijmod
Apoq
P. Mullins
Miss Bessie Agnes Dwyer Named Delegate to Democratic Convention
Miss Bessie Agnes Dwyer a librarian wed lecturer on the Philippines has been named as delegate to the national Democratic convention at San Francisco by the Democratic party of the Philippines. She spent 16 years in the Philippines in the service of the insular bureau.
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Bessie Agnes Dwyer
Hinger
Philippines
San Francisco
Democratic Party of the Philippines
Insular
X Rays Reveal Tampered Art Masterpieces
Kaye shows radiographs by Dick Masters of two Madonna and prayer scenes. One painting hides a non existent child painted over by a former owner. In the other, a man’s figure was painted out of a praying woman through radiographic examination.
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Kaye
Dick Masters
Manok
Trutona praised as blood and stomach remedy in Indiana
Clarence Cour of Fort Wayne reports long standing bad blood purified by Trutona. He describes skin eruptions itching and constipation improving after use, noting better appetite and sleep. The ad touts Trutona as a reconstructive purge and invigarant for stomach liver and bowels, with sale at Greencastle's R P Mullins Drug Store.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Clarence Cour
Eureka Street
Greencastle
R. P. Mullins
Rat Snap Cake Pivots Seaside Home Rodent Problem
An advertorial note describes using RAT SNAP in cake form to remove a rat infestation at a seaside home last May. The product offers convenient, no-mix application and is sold by John Cook & Sons and J. Sudranski & Co. with prices 25c 50c and $1.00.
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John Cook & Sons J
RAT SNAP Promoted as Superior Rodent Killer
Advertises RAT SNAP as a guaranteed rodent killer with no smell after use. Claims that rats are killed with no odor and that cats or dogs will not touch the bait. Mentions a 50e size package and references to Chicken & Sons and J. Sudranski & Co. R. P. Mullins.
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Miu
Woman Recovers After Mayr Remedy Testimonials
A housewife writes that after 16 weeks bedridden with severe stomach pains she recovered using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The patent cure claims to remove catarrhal mucus and reduce inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal issues including appendicitis. Money back guarantee and availability through R. P. Mullins and other druggists.
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Mayr
R. P. Mullins
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S. Main St
S. D. Early
Standard Oil Company
British Shell Corporation
Crocodile
Herald
Ting Hen
Mrs. Hannan
London
Trutona
Quality Tire & Rubber Company
Anderson
Indiana
Putnam County
Mediately
Indianapolis
Mrs. Perry
Electric Shop
Putnau Electric Company
Casiori
Samuel Pitel Prumphini
Gentram Gonpany
Castor
Infar
Centaur
New Y
Christ
H. Askew
Palmer Chiropractor
Washington and
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