Hot Lunches in Rural Schools Improve Child Meals
Demonstration agents from the Department of Agriculture work with teachers to plan easily prepared lunches and teach simple cooking. The program expands beyond cocoa and soup to fully involve families and communities, aiming to give rural children a nutritious noon meal and stronger citizen prospects.
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Department of Agriculture
Kitty
Tommy
Kamchatka
Igent
Igents
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin
Usc
Equal Suffrage Defeated in Senate by One Vote
In Washington the Susan B Anthony amendment fell short by one vote in a Senate roll call. Twenty four Democrats and thirty one Republicans voted for adoption, while eighteen Democrats and eleven Republicans opposed it. The defeat ends the session with no further action possible and promises renewed effort in the sixty sixth Congress.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ashurst
Culberson
Gerry
Gore
Henderson
Johnson
South Dakota
Jones
McCumber
McNary
Nelson
New
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Page
Poindexter
Sherman
Smith
Michigan
Smoot
Spencer
Sterling
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Townsend
Warren
Watson
Bankhead
Beckham
Fletcher
Gay
Hardwick
Hitchcock
Martin
Virginia
Overman
Pomerene
Paulsberry
Simmons
Georgia
South
Keeping Cloth Looking Like New Through Household Finishes
The department of agriculture notes care for colored fabrics to prevent fading and white fabrics from yellowing. Starch provides stiffness and stain absorption, while borax, paraffin, wax or turpentine, and alum add gloss and pliability. Bluing whitens, and finishing requires even application by dipping and rubbing. Tea remnants clean grained woodwork when cold.
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Department of Agriculture
Home Demonstration Plan Emphasizes Thrift and Nutrition
National leaders in 83 states urge immediate work by home demonstration agents. Priorities include thrift campaigns, home food production, improved conveniences, marketing home goods, nutrition education, infant care and sanitary conditions, home nursing, women's living standards, better housing, and aiding foreign women through Americanization efforts.
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Food Administration
Children's Bureau
Red Cross
Express Company Ordered to Accept Wet Shipments
Louisiana railroad commission compels American Express to accept wet whisky shipments from Morrow to Greenwood La. The line near the Texas & Pacific runs through Morrow and Greenwood, with officials citing heavy jug and bottle whisky traffic and thefts at the Greenwood station as reasons for the ruling.
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Express Company
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Railroad Commission
American Express Company
Morrow
Greenwood
Texas & Pacific
Alexandria
American Express
Railroad Commission
Seven Transports En Route to U S Ports
Seven transports and two warships depart France carrying about 12,000 home troops. They are due to reach New York and Newport News between February 16 and 20.
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Washington
France
War Department
New York
Newport News
Poles and Ukrainians Clash Near Lemberg
In the Lemberg region fighting continues between Polish forces and Ukrainian fighters. Reports indicate ongoing clashes with no clear outcome as of now.
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Warsaw
Lemberg
Vacher Balm Promoted For Quick Croup and Cold Relief
An advertisement touts Vacher Balm as offering faster relief for Croup Catarrh Colds and Sore Throat than a $25 prescription. It sells for 25 cents in jars or tubes and invites samples and agent prices. Also notes new antimony discoveries near Ko math river in Transvaal with a mining company smelting ore.
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W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Transvaal
Komath
Stenysdorp
Cuticura Soap Ad Promises Clean Skin And Efficient Shaving
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving and bathing claiming doubled razor efficiency, skin purity, comfort, health, and no irritation even with twice daily use. Claims no mug or slime, no germs, and one soap for shaving shampooing and bathing.
Home Front Gloom Eases With Simple Memory
In a Y hut the boys gather around a phonograph as Keep the Home Fires Burning plays. A fellow recalls carrying wood for the home fire, lifting spirits and dispelling the gloom.
Boschee's Syrup Promises Restful Nights for Coughs
An advertisement touts Boschee's Syrup as an effective remedy for coughs bronchitis and colds settled in the throat. It claims 51 years of use across the United States and notes the product is made in America and sold for more than half a century.
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Boschee
United States
Nature
America
Adv
Late After All at S A T C Camp Delays Soldier’s Weekend
A humorous World War II era note recounts Private B- being strict on discipline at a S A T C camp. He woke at 3:45 AM to wash, shave, and shine but still arrived late for reveille despite a week of good conduct, risking a loss of weekend leave.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad From F J Cheney Co
A notarized oath from Frank J. Cheney asserts his firm will pay one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure with Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The ad touts internal use and blood and mucous surface action and offers testimonials and free samples from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
A. W. Gleason
Hall
Ohio
Very Much So Snore Exchange Sparks Quiet Dinner Jest
A humorous exchange features a guest asking if they snored and the response affirming the guess with a playful tone. The remark reflects light social banter during a gathering.
Influenza Warning in a Vintage Ad and Odd Line
An old ad urges taking CAPACINE for colds to prevent influenza and mentions a trial bottle for 10 cents with two doses. A jumbled line about students receiving diplomas from an undertaker followed by a quirky remark on pole-lightness versus dollar under the wire appears, reflecting a collage of period ads and odd humor.
Dodson's Liver Tone Ad Promises Safe Liver Cleansing
An old fashioned advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable remedy to cleanse the liver without calomel. It claims quick relief from headache dizziness and constipation and urges readers to switch from mercury calomel to the product sold by druggists.
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Dodson
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Pollock
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Demonstraton
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Muncie
Boy Scouts Organization
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Buffalo
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