Christmas Bakery Ad Promises Pies and Cakes
A local bakery touts a large assortment of Christmas pies and cakes during the yuleside festivities. It invites customers to stop in and view offerings and promises they will order a goodly supply.
31 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
1
A local bakery touts a large assortment of Christmas pies and cakes during the yuleside festivities. It invites customers to stop in and view offerings and promises they will order a goodly supply.
London reports a U S note protesting British seizure of cargoes on American vessels is under British foreign office review. Officials describe the exchange as amicable and hopeful of reconciliation, with Denmark Holland Norway and Sweden pivotal to preventing reshipment to Germany Austria Hungary. Italy’s contraband curb is cited as a model for easing searches.
A household remedy uses sugar syrup and Pinex to create a pint of cough syrup for 64 cents. It claims quick relief from coughs, bronchitis, and chest congestion, with memories of pine resin and alcohol in the formula. The ad urges asking the druggist for Pinex and its “2 Ldvalbes of Pinen” and offers a money back guarantee.
London reports slackening western front offensive with Franco British and Belgian efforts waning since mid December. France claims slight gains near Nieuport while Germans press St Georges bombardment and Meuse Vosges actions intensify with repulsed attacks and artillery exchanges along multiple fronts.
An official admits that a guaranteed government promise to ensure honesty of bills of consign ment and strict anti fraud regulations could ease punishment and might loosen the search for American cargoes. The remark suggests potential relaxation in cargo inspections if a satisfactory guarantee is found.
Washington reports British detentions of the Swedish steamer New Sweden with 730 tons of American copper for Stockholm at New Castle on December 28 and the Norwegian steamer Sorland with 00 tons for the same port at Leith on December 28. The American Smelting and Refining company says it has no word on the shipments’ disposition and the State Department has asked Britain for information.
Rome on December 31 reports King Victor Emmanuel decorated Premier Salandra with the Order of the Annonciade during the christening ceremony for Princess Maria. The king praised the premier for his service to the state and the act grants him the right to style himself a cousin of the king.
In Teaneck New Jersey a Ontario & Western train struck an automobile track. The crash killed Otto Garlisch and J. Cavanaugh both from New York. The engineman Henry Morey suffered a broken arm from debris.
Local ad touts gift purchases at Harner's Drug Store. Mention of Jamie earns Dave viven appears in the fragmented advertisement copy.
Vienna reports admit Austro Hungarian defeat in the Carpathians as Russian reinforcements compel withdrawal from the eastern front near Gorlice. Montenegrins attack Trebinje and Krewozlje fortifications are repulsed. Berlin cites east Prussia and Vistula fronts as fighting continues with German gains claimed. Casualty figures attributed to German troops in Poland run high in Petrograd dispatches.
Serb report from Nish says an Austrian detachment failed to land on Skelanska Island in the Save River north of Obrenovatch. After Belgrade’s occupation, Austrians attempted to land seven boatloads but were met with heavy fire. Fifty killed or wounded, one officer and twenty privates captured. Several dead found on abandoned boats.
A Lloyds policy bulletin from London describes a premium of fifteen guineas per cent for total loss coverage if war between Great Britain and the United States is declared within twelve months. It notes a seven guineas per cent premium for coverage against war between Norway and Great Britain within twelve months.
A dispatch reports Emperor William at German field headquarters in West Flanders on Christmas day when a French aviator dropped bombs overhead. One bomb landed within 200 yards of the Kaiser as he dived with his officers, narrowly missing him.
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