Foreign-born veterans in U S Army compensation records
A War Department tabulation of about 38 million names of veterans who filed adjusted compensation applications shows 340,533 foreign-born applicants among those who served in the United States army during World War I and whose records were passed before May 1 1928.
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United States Army
Onone
War Department
Walter Hagen shares a golf tale at Hollywood dinner
Hagen recounts a Scotland golf anecdote about two players Angus and Saunders. Tension at the seventeenth ends when Angus suffers a paralytic stroke and Saunders claims victory on the final hole. An advertisement for Cole’s Carbol salve promotes quick pain relief and scarless healing.
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Walter Hagen
Hollywood
Angus and
Saunders
Angus
Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford
Ice alternatives reshape harvests and seed recalls
Flake ice made by freezing thin sheets over metal plates is replacing crushed ice due to lower cost. The note implies harvest outcomes hinge on seed selection and warns that a bad harvest recalls seed choices.
Restoria Promises Cure for Blood Disorders
A dramatic ad claims more lives lost to pain than the Lusitania disaster and promotes Restoria as a remedy for rheumatism neuritis anemia and blood disorders. It touts a two month course for 5.00 and invites orders from Milwaukee Wisconsin with free literature offered.
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Lusitania
Atlantic
Restoria
van Buren St
Milwaukee
Wis
Office buildings rise without inside sills in Magog
A reader’s remark in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat questions Magog construction practices noting new office buildings lack interior window sills and humorously inquires where the mucilage bottle is placed.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Toto and Mr Smith Exchange Playful Banter
Toto questions Mr Smith while Mr Smith reassures him he is not dumb. Toto notes a big sister expected him to speak all winter in a light conversational exchange.
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Toto
Mr. Smith
Mother's Endorsement for California Fig Syrup
A mother from Omaha lauds California Fig Syrup as the trusted remedy for a child’s bilious, feverish symptoms and weak bowels. The ad cites decades of physician endorsement, claims gentle purging, and notes millions of bottles sold yearly.
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California
Joseph W. Hill
Bedford Ave
Omaha
Nebraska
If abuse makes a man whine in stead of rage
A quotable line notes that abuse appears to alter a man’s response, prompting whining rather than anger and suggesting a concern about emotional or psychological impacts.
Record Gain in Butter Profits
The largest creameries in the country report record profits by using Dandelion Butter Color to color cream. Ninety percent color with this vegetable, tasteless additive that doesn’t color the buttermilk and is approved by state and national food laws. Large bottles 85 cents. Wells and Richardson Co. offers a free sample bottle.
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Wells and Richardson Co., Inc
Burlington, VI
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