Dodson's Liver Tone Replaces Calomel The Guaranteed Remedy
Dodson's Liver Tone promises a safe alternative to calomel, claiming it purges the liver and bowels by morning without causing sickness. The ad touts a money back guarantee, appeals to both adults and children, and urges druggists to stock the product with a personal guarantee. It contrasts the alleged dangers of calomel with the pleasant taste and gentle effect of Liver Tone.
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Dodson
Tom
Ady
Michigan’s 1919 push to build permanent highways
Edward N. Hines of the Detroit Automobile Club asserts Michigan will enter a great era of road building in 1919, replacing narrow, nonpermanent designs with durable concrete roads. He cites wartime freight gains, planned projects in Wayne County, and programs to widen main routes, while noting public need and cost as justified for national economic strength.
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Michigan
Edward N. Hines
Detroi Automobile Club
Mr. Hines
Wayne County
United States
Detroit
Wayne
Michigan Avenue
Wayne Road
Belleville Romulus
Huron River Drive
Warren Road
Washtenaw County
Bedford
Oakland Line
Oakland County
Boy Scouts Praised for WWI Public Opinion Work
George Creel the chair of the Committee on Public Information writes to the Boy Scouts of America praising their service as dispatch bearers. He notes Scouts delivered the president's message to over five million homes and helped the committee supply nearly two million pamphlets on wartime issues.
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George Creel
Committee On Public Information
Boy Scouts of America
Mr. West
Boy Scouts
Transport Work Scouts Serve on Army Docks
A letter from Lieut. Col. F. P. Jackson to national headquarters notes two boy scouts employed in the suppression division of the army transport service as messengers. It states their duties include carrying confidential official documents from government offices and piers, praising scouts for reliable execution of instructions.
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United States Army Transport Service
France
National
F. P. Jackson
Suppres Division
Army Transport Service
Advantage of rapid hog growth and poultry yard drainage
The article notes that marketing hogs at seven to nine months saves labor and reduces disease losses compared with keeping them longer. It also advises improving poultry yards by draining damp cold areas so the yard remains suitable for fowls during heavy rains.
Made a Townful of Scouts
A Scranton scout executive visited a boy in a neighboring town hospitalized for a major bone operation. On the boy’s twelfth birthday he gave him the tenderfoot test, and back home the boy organized a troop. The town’s enthusiasm for scouting grew as a result, showing how a kind act can inspire many.
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Scranton
Doings of the Scouts Across Several Cities
Boy scouts in Butte distribute literature on Ce M A work and ask assistance. In Waterbury Rotary club provides 60 auto tracks while 240 scouts collect books for army camps. In McKeesport scouts buy a used six cylinder auto to teach repair. Wolsey scouts aid an invalid woman with fuel and chores and wheel her to church. Twenty four scouts travel to Washington from Turtle Creek delivering a message to President Wilson. A fathers banquet full of scout cooking is noted. In Pittsburgh an Orange Texas troop clears a warehouse site.
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Waterbury
President Wilson
Pittsburgh
Boschee's Syrup Promises Restful Nights For Coughs
Advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup as a fifty one year proven remedy for coughs bronchitis and throat settled conditions. It claims quick sleep free from coughing and easy morning expec toration while aiding natural healing. Made in America and sold for decades. Fish shipments to Nashville Louisville and Indianapolis show Gulf of Mexico supply to inland markets. Transportation by a USDA agent working with rail admin distributes fish under federal guidance. Plans to expand service to more cities are underway.
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Boschee
United States
Nature
America
Adv
Gulf
Corl
Gulf of Mexico
Nashville
Louisville
Indianapolis
United States Department of Agricultural
States
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Ad Yet Drug Ad Patch
An old advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine claiming internal action to cure catarrh by treating constitutional conditions. It guarantees $100 reward if it fails, with the firm Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio cited for testimonials and a customer dispute excerpt included from the Birmingham Age-Herald.
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Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Recipe for Gray Hair and Idle Moment Advice
A vintage note describes mixing Bay Rum Barbo Compound with water glycerine to darken gray or faded hair without staining the scalp, advising it’s inexpensive and available from druggists. It adds a humorous dialogue about a “league of nations” and “freedom of the seas,” ending with a quip about a retiring husband.
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Chorley
Mra
Torking
Towlah
League of Nations
Silence the Way to Wisdom
A quotation notes that a period of silence can be more filling than speech, suggesting restraint as a path to insight. The saying equates quietude with wisdom, implying reflection may replace hurried commentary in understanding.
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Henpeck
Cmetimes
Mrs. Winslow
Anglo-.american Drug CO
Fulton Street
N.Y
Camenal
Warvid F. Ritchie & Co., Inc
New York
Terenta, Camda
Chicago
Swift & Company
U.S.A
Corn Exchange National Bank of Philadelphia
apoYe
Scouts
Boy Scouts of
Butte, Mont
Ata
Boschee’s Syrup
Faldl
Jienwen
Birmingham Age-Herald
Wrigleys
Goody-f
Julia
Christ
Tapier
Ric Sleera
Hill
Ail Drug
Absorbime
W.f.young
Springfield
Jervey
Charleston
Wakefield
Bue- Geanion
Fiat Dutch
Express
D. F. Jamison
Summerville
S. C
Royster
F. S. Royster
F. S. Royster Guano CO
Norfolk, Va
Baltimore
Tarboro
N.C
Charlotte
Columbia
S.C
Spartanburg
Atlanta
Macon
Columbus
Montgomery
Ala
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