Bakers urged to refuse bread returns in war economy
City bakers urged to join a nationwide effort to stop unsold bread returns as a wartime measure to conserve grain. Aimed for elimination by July 10, an organized campaign features local meetings, sales staff reporting five week state returns, and a 50 percent sales cut for the following week.
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A. W. Andrews
Mahoning Valley Bread Company
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Mr. Andrews
Frank R. Shepard
War Emergency Committee
Food Administration
Freckles Vanish With Othine Prescription Guarantee
An advertisement touts the Othine prescription by a noted physician for freckle removal. It promises clear skin with early results, notes lighter freckles may disappear, and urges asking for double strength ethine sold with a money-back guarantee.
Judge offers man poison in crowded Kansas City court
In a Kansas City courtroom Judge Joseph F Kiernan handed William Hall a bottle of carbolic acid and urged him to drink it. Hall refused. His wife Mary Hall asked for a divorce, and the judge fined Hall $100 and paroled him to the welfare board.
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Kansas City, Mo
Joseph F. Kiernan
Southside Court Room
William Hall
Kiernan
Hall
Mary Hall
Welfare Board
Starts Mule By Fire And Lands In Cell
Pleasantville New Jersey June 22 Percy Cline saw a bulky Missouri mule leaning against a lamp post in a busy street. He offered to light a fire under the mule claiming it would move. A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals agent warned of cruelty. The mule moved toward San Francisco while the fire department put out the blaze and Percy was jailed.
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Pleasantville
N. J
Percy Cline
Missouri
Percy
Fire Department
Society
San Francisco
Beaver County physicians enlist in medical reserve corps
BEAVER, Pa., June 22. One hundred Beaver county physicians attended a meeting this afternoon addressed by Major Charles A. E. Codman of the United States medical reserve corps. Nine physicians enlisted in the reserve corps. They are Drs. Charles E. Gibson Rochester Frederick B. Wilson Beaver John H. Boal Freedom Andrew B. Cloak Freedom Leroy S. Townsend Beaver Falls William S. Grim New Brighton E. H. Douds Beaver Falls Walter A. Cass New Brighton and Francis McCaskey Freedom.
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Beaver
Beaver County
Charles A. E. Codman
United States Medical Reserve Corps
Reserve Corps
Charles E. Gibson
Rochester
Frederick B. Wilson
John H. Boal
Freedom
Andrew B. Cloak
Leroy S. Townsend
Beaver Falls
William S. Grim
New Brighton
E. H. Douds
Walter A. Cass
Francis McCaskey
Freezone lifts corns with drops on the skin
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a harmless method to remove all corn and callus by applying a few drops directly to the corn. The product, costing a small amount for a quarter-ounce, dries on contact, causes no pain, inflammation, or infection, and is said to help many women troubled by high heels.
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Cincinnati
Poor In Germany Are Hungering
The diminished ration has benefited the wealthy and harmed the poor in Germany. Wealthier Germans show less disease while poorer citizens struggle with scarce food, leading to growing hardship and worsening health among those lacking money and time for securing provisions.
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Germany
Berlin
Innes Convict Returns to Scene of Courtship
Victor F. E. Innes a former Assistant U S District Attorney and New York lawyer, visits the scene of his courtship of Mrs Eloise Nelms Dennis in Atlanta while imprisoned. He is among convicts repairing a roadway in front of the East Point post office, shackled in stripes and carrying a county shovel. He avoids crowds and keeps his head down as he passes.
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Atlanta
Victor FE. Innes
United States District
Carson City
New York
Eloise Nelms Dennis
Innes
East Point Post
British Army's Kid Officer On Duty Here
In New York on June 22 19 year old Lieutenant Cyril White aids his father General W A White in British recruiting. White enlisted at sixteen after fleeing Wellington College and earned a junior officer post in the Field Artillery before frontline combat in the Somme. He survived a gas attack.
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New York
W. A. White
Cyril White
Young White
Wellington College
British Field Artillery
Somme
Girl's Sworn Promise To Wed Shown In Suit
In Chicago on June 22 a sworn promise to wed witnessed before a notary is used as Exhibit A in a civil suit filed by I. K. The document binds the parties to marriage terms and stands as a key evidentiary piece in the dispute. The case centers on the enforceability of a promise to marry under the circumstances described.
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Chicago
I. K
Insurance broker seeks repayment after betrothal contract
Werwinski, an insurance broker, asks Mrs Antoinette Perlowski to return 1020 dollars in cash, a diamond ring and a pearl lavalliere from Antoinette Zebrowski who became Mrs Perlowski in the recent past. The 1912 contract bound her to wed within two years on Werwinski’s request. The girl says she was 15 when she signed, and that he advanced violin lessons in Europe, calling the agreement a joke.
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Werwinski
Lavalliere
Antoinette Perlowski
Antionette Zebrowski
Standard Sized Bread Loaves Urged For Fair Weight
Bakers across the state push for standard sized loaves amid claims of several ounce variances between cities. Advocates say wrapped loaves should show weight while unwrapped loaves lack guidance for consumers.
Love Intoxicating Driver Proposal in Auto
A Boston Transcript item notes a romance moment where Jack proposed inside a car and the narrator accepted while in hospital, capturing a quirky, intimate public record.
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Jack
Boston Transcript
Mayor Van Lear Admits Limited Duties In War Time
In Minneapolis on June 22, Mayor Van Lear, elected on the Socialist ticket, concedes little independent power as a city safety commission extends its war time authority. The commission’s broader reach leaves the mayor mainly to enforce orders. A new patent introduces a belt worn tobacco can holder.
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Minneapolis
van Lear
A Wonderful Old Remedy For Corns And Warts
A corn and wart remedy touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a quick neat solution. The ad claims it removes pain and soreness, lifts the corn from the core, and finishes with a clean removal, priced at 25 cents and sold by druggists.
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Putnam's
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