Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Instant Pain Relief
Advert promises painless corn treatment with Freezone a few cents at drug stores. Claims it removes hard and soft corns and corn between toes with no soreness. Credits discovery to a Cincinnati genius and notes availability by mail or at druggists. Also mentions Cuticura for baby skin and a temper-advantage closing line.
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Cincinnati
Dept. X
Boston
Boon
Thomas E. Green Benk
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Malaria Cure Claim
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as destroying malaria germs carried by the malaria mosquito and notes a price in TLC currency.
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Grove
Price Tlc
Little Maiden’s Definition Of Wife Sparks Classroom Debate
A schoolroom moment from the burgh Chronicle Telegraph shows a pretty teacher prompting students to define wife. Replies vary from rib and guiding star to helper and money spender, ending with the teacher calling that last line the best definition.
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Ittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Gossip as Smoke from Dirty Tobacco Pipes
An opinion posits gossip as mere smoke from dirty pipes, signaling poor taste of the diffuser and offering no real proof or value.
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George Clot
Draft resisters rounded up by Rangers in Texas hunt
In Austin Captain Aldrich reported that the San Augustine county draft resisters were largely captured with few sympathizers remaining. Three deserters and eight harboring them were brought to Beaumont and jailed after surrender following a lengthy pursuit that followed Ranger White’s death and Ranger Rowe’s wounding.
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Austin
Tex
Aldrich
San Augustine
Harley
Beaumont
United States
Ric
Clay Williams
Sam Williams
Dave Evans
Ranger White
Ranger Rowe
Santa Fe
Dudley White
C. B. Collins
Lufkin
Rangers
White
Rowe
White City
Rangers Shot Near Broaddus in Draft Evasion Incident
Texas Ranger Dudley White was killed and fellow Ranger W Rowe was seriously wounded near Broaddus on Friday morning. The shooting is believed to have been carried out by draft evaders.
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Broaddus
Tex
Texas
Dudley White
W. Rowe
Highway department adopts war oriented road policy
The Texas State Highway Department outlines a wartime policy focusing spending on roads of prime military and economic importance. It urges avoiding nonurgent bond issues, maintaining vital highways, and prioritizing roads used by the military, war industries, and food distribution, while favoring local materials to ease rail transport.
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Austin
Tex
State Highway Department
Forty six thousand men in call issued
Washington announced a general call for forty six thousand white registrants to enter military service. Entrainment to camps will occur August five and six with 300,000 men planned for August, including 19,941 already assigned in special calls. State quotas list Camp Shelby Jefferson Barracks Fort Riley Camp Fremont Cody and more for Arkansas Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri North Dakota Oklahoma Tennessee Texas Wisconsin with final assignments pending.
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Washington
States
District of Columbia
Crowder
Iowa
Jefferson Barracks
Kansas
Fort Riley
Kan
Louisiana
Camp Shelby
Minnesota
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Camp Fremont
Tennessee
Texas
Camp Cody
Wisconsin
Oil field gains boost Texas Louisiana yields in weekly report
Goose Creek and North Louisiana show weekly gains with several new wells coming in. Goose Creek average output climbs to about 37 000 barrels daily, while North Louisiana adds roughly 2 400 barrels per day. Humble steady with few notable completions.
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Houston
Tex
Goose Creek
North Louisiana
Humble
Gulf Production Company
C. Gaillard
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Ashbel Smith
Gaillard Peninsula
Edgerly
Gulf Refining Company
Saratoga
Austin Oil Company
Ohio Oil Company
Petty
Rio Bravo Oil Company
West Columbia
Brazoria
John O'Neil
Brown Tract
Texas Company
McClain Oil Company
Choate
Batson
Gulf Coast Oil Corporation
Huntington
Texas Gulf Coast
Louisiana
National Petroleum War Service Committee
Gulf Coast
Oil Administration
Federal Land Bank loans total 34205 to Texas borrowers
Loans totaling 34205 were issued Tuesday by the Federal Land Bank of Houston to members of loan associations at Banes Corsicana Dilainview Stephenville Shamrock Plainview Newton Mexia Dimmit Citizens Brownfield Colorado New Waverly Trespalacios and farmers, with individual amounts listed for each location.
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Houston
Tex
lLoans
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Banes
Corsicana
Dilainview
Stephenville
Shamrock
Plainview
Newton
Mexia
Dimmit
Citizens
Brownfield
Colorado
New Waverly
Trespalacios
German propose new offensive leadership after Piave disaster
Rome reports deny Von Below as commander in chief of Austrian forces. The Vienna crisis followed stern German reproaches after the Piave defeat. Emperor Charles suggested Germany take charge of the new Italian offensive if Berlin would provide 12 additional German divisions.
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Rome
von Below
Piave
Vienna
Charles
Germany
Italy
Four hundred fifty American battle planes sent abroad
Washington reports four hundred and fifty American built battle planes delivered at ports for shipment on July 5, as the latest official war department tally. Secretary Baker also disclosed Liberty motors of all classes totaling two thousand five hundred fourteen delivered by the same date.
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Washington
War Department
Baker
Liberty Motors
German Aviators Bomb Prison Camp Killing Soldiers
Ninety four Germans died and seventy four were wounded as five German aviators bombed a prisoner camp near Troyes thirty miles behind the French front. The attack lasted an hour and wounded two French guards.
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Paris
Troyes
Insurance receipts in Texas 1917 policy totals
Deputy Commissioner Johnson reports Old line life companies collected 13,489,939 in 1917 from Texas policyholders. Of this amount 7,233,411 went to out of state companies leaving 6,256,528 to Texas Life companies. Texas had 204,150 life policies in force with 221,754 ordinary and 221,754 industrial. In 1917 there were 126,057 industrial and 58,183 ordinary life policies in Sud.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Old Line Life Companies
Texas
Texas Lfe
American First Field Army Formed as 1.1 Million Sailors Set
Washington announces three full army corps have been organized by General Pershing and the number of U S troops ready for service in France exceeds 1,100,000. General March, chief of staff, said the half of the time estimate to deploy overseas has been cut.
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Washington
America
France
March
Pershing
Government to Take Over Wires in War Power Move
Washington Congress granted President Wilson authority to take over and operate telegraph, telephone, cable and radio lines for the war. The Senate approved the House resolution by 46 to 16, with Republicans in the minority voting against.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Senate
House
Payment of Army Insurance in 20 Year Installments
The War Risk Insurance program will pay benefits over 20 years. Monthly payments are $5.75 for each $1000 of insurance for 240 installments, continuing after the insured's death.
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Washington
War Department
Spanish Minister Aboard Sunk Off Greece
A Spanish source says the steamship carrying Minister Lopez de Vega and his family was torpedoed by a German submarine near Athens Greece. The vessel flew the minister’s flag and all aboard were rescued. Germany had been informed of the minister’s departure a week earlier.
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Wessel
Athens
Greece
Lopez de Vega
Spain
Nitrate Plant Destroyed by Fire Near Jacksonville
Fire caused by a nitrate explosion destroyed the American Agricultural Company fertilizer plant near Jacksonville Florida. Loss estimated at 1 250 000.
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Jacksonville
Fla
The
American Agricultural Company
Overseas Casualties Report In World War II Lists
Washington reports casualties overseas rose by 647 this week versus 703 last week, totaling 11 733 with Sunday lists adding seventy two army names and fifty one marine corps names. Deaths total 4 673 including 291 lost at sea with 4 100 army 573 marines. Wounded total 6 476 5 431 army 1 045 marines. Missing 584 519 army 66 marines.
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Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Two Million British in France Reported
The British fighting forces in France now total 2,000,000 men matching the 1917 front line strength. The figure underscores sustained manpower in the war effort.
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France
Wilson Signs Wire Control Resolution For War Powers
President Wilson signed a wire control resolution on Tuesday granting authority to seize operate all telegraph telephone cable and radio lines for the duration of the war.
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Washington
Wilson
Haiti Declares War on Germany
Port au Prince Haiti the council of state acting under the new constitution unanimously votes a declaration of war on Germany at the request of the president of the republic.
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Haiti
Port Au Prince
Council of State
Brazil and Peru approve compulsory arbitration pact
Brazilia congress approves a compulsory arbitration treaty with Peru. The pact takes effect immediately, signaling binding dispute resolution between the two nations.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Per
Brazilia Congress
Mexican Editors To Offset German Propaganda
A group of 22 Mexican editors finished a five week U S tour as guests of the committee on public information and returned to the Mexican side. They praised American courtesies and wartime preparations and said they would present their observations at home to offset German propaganda. They planned to invite American journalists to tour Mexico in return.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico
United States
Committee On Public Information
Agricultural Bill Vetoed Over Price Fix at $2.40
The president vetoed the 28.9 million annual agricultural appropriation bill citing an amendment that sets a government guaranteed minimum wheat price at 2.40 a bushel. He said farmers do not rely on price boosts to serve the nation during this crisis.
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Washington
Congress
Farmers of America
Germans Revolt Fire Destroys Airdrome Near Nivelles
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports German revolutionaries within the army set fire to a new German airfield near Nivelles eleven miles south of Brussels. Twenty two airplanes were destroyed. Ten Belgians and two German noncommissioned officers were arrested.
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London
Nivelles
Amsterdam
Brussels
Army officers wives may vote under equal suffrage act
Austin informally reports that the attorney general believes wives of army officers may vote if they meet all qualifications. The question has not been officially referred to him, and he will not issue an authorized statement until it is.
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Austin
Tex
Looney
Turkish Troops Mutinied Near Smyrna in Asia Minor
An uncensored private letter dated June 18 smuggled from Smyrna reports a regiment of the Turkish vilayet of Aidin mutinied after being ordered to Mesopotamia and murdered its German officers. Several soldiers from a suppression unit joined the rebels.
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Athens
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Aidin
Mesopotamia
Sub Chaser Hits 45 Knots in Test Run
Detroit reports the Ford Ha ele submarine chaser reaches 45 knots during sea trials. The vessel features a discovery device aimed at locating submarines within a thirty mile radius.
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Detroit
Mich
Belgium Receives New U S Credit loan
Washington reports Belgium was granted a new credit of 1 680 000 bringing total U S loans to Belgium to 133 480 000 and overall Allied loans to 6 268 270 000.
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Belgium
Washington
United States
Grippe Spreads Across Switzerland Amid Army Cases
Swiss authorities report rapid grippe spread in Geneva and across the country. The military claims 6800 cases within the Swiss army and among interned troops, signaling wide impact on military and civilian populations.
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Switzerland
Geneva
Ies
Lemon Sunburn Remedy Ad Claim
A vintage advertises a lemon and Orchard White based lotion for freckles sunburn tan and skin whitening. It suggests mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to a quarter pint, claiming quick, harmless results and wide availability at little cost.
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Ady
Not Militarized Yet
A narrator recalls riding a wooded road with a fellow major. An intelligence officer studies the landscape, prompting the speaker to praise his potential as a soldier. The officer glances at mistletoe above and wistfully longs for Mary and an old fashioned country buggy.
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Mary
Doctor Urged An Operation In Baltimore Woman’s Recovery
A Baltimore woman describes four years of organic troubles and monthly bed rest before a doctor urged surgery. After five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports full recovery and recommends the remedy to others facing operation.
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Baltimore
Lydia E. Pinkham
NeLam B. Rittingham
Calverton Rd
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