Right Goods and Prices at King's Five Years In Business
A local advert touts King's store claiming five years of successful trade with up-to-date bargain price goods. It promises a unique display method across separate apartments and emphasizes tasteful, quality selections, lower prices, and plainly marked figures to attract customers.
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King’s
M. Timerlin
Durant
Oklahoma
Hunt
Galve
Ruggiet
Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
Texas
Parlor Furniture Sale With Special War Bond Offer
Readable ad describes a mahogany parlor set priced at 175.00 with 10 percent cash discount and smaller suite at 93.50 plus 10 percent discount. Mentions leather upholstery and link springs, urging enlistment and wartime support.
Lawn Swing and Settee Offer in Limited Cash Sale
Four passenger lawn swing described as strong and weatherproof with limited stock. Price advertised at 8.50 with cash discount to 7.65. Also promotes a dandy day settee and bite tier at night for 8.00.
Slang Box Era Ends As Funds Go To Red Cross
A slang box started in a Great Barrington home collected nearly $2 during meals. Contributors agreed to donate the money to a Red Cross fund as the group anticipates a return to warmer days.
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Great Barrington
Red Cross
Coats Not Required Under War Department Regs at Camp Travis
Advance copies from the War Department publish changes in special regulations for cravats and shirts. Off duty in garri son or service uniform with olive drab shirt without coat may be authorized. A belt replaces suspenders and arm bands are not worn when the shirt is worn. Colonel Williams supports possible weather based wear without coat within his camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Camp Travis
Williams
Plan Liberty Wheat Harvest for Year Thirteen
National plan for a great liberty wheat harvest in 1919 announced by the U S Department of Agriculture. Farmers urged to sow winter wheat to 45 000 000 acres up 7 percent, with a possible 47 500 000 acres, up 12 percent, if conditions permit. Estimated yield 636 million bushels on smaller area, higher yields raise this to millions. reserves are nearly exhausted and larger exports expected to meet allied needs. Winters are urged where feasible. state quotas to be enforced via a national drive led by the department and agricultural colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Evo
Walter States
Europe
United States
Texas
Corns Remedy Advertisement Suggests At Home Cure
An ad promotes a home corn treatment called Cactus Corn Compound. It claims painless removal by applying to the corn, with a guaranteed refund if unsatisfied. The bottle supposedly costs only a few cents and yields many uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Hunts Cure
First American Aces Taught Air Fighting by French Instructors
Lieutenants Rickenbacher and Campbell, initially untested pilots, trained in France under French instructors. The pair progressed from a 23 meter Nieuport to advanced Spad fighters, undergoing rigorous acrobatics, gunnery, and cross country drills before entering frontline service. Campbell sustained a minor wound, and their training impressed French officers who valued American vigor in combat aviation.
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Rickenbacher
Campbell
France
Lieut
Doviglas Campbell
Eddie Rickenbacher
Raoul Turbery
William Thaw
Lafayette
Signal Corps
Con
Petissi
Similar
Third Aviation Instruction Center
Suce
Nieuport Field
Billiet
Vinmera
Pelissier
Pressy-Belleville
Rome
California
Lemon Juice Freckle Cream Promises Clear Skin
A home remedy suggests squeezing juice from two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint lotion that fights freckles sunburn wind burn and tan. It claims the mixture costs little at grocers and drug stores and promises clear soft skin with daily use.
Freezone promises quick corn relief and removal
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless remedy for hard and soft corns and corns between the toes. It claims instant numbness and easy removal with a small bottle sold by druggists for a few cents. It uses lively sales language to urge immediate purchase.
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Crockett
Davenett
Just
King Furniture Company
West
Commerce Street
Tia
Foulsville
Plan Liberty
Department of Agriculture
Geissler
Art
Fehard
San Antonio
Furniture Dealers’ Association
United States War Industries Board
Commerce
Alamo Furniture Company
Cut Rate Furniture Company
Max Karotkin
Schoenfield Brothers
Western Furniture Company
Higgenbotham Furniture Company
W. E. Brown. Furniture Company
Household Furniture Company
Dixie Furniture Company
G. A. Stowers Furniture Company
Eagle Furniture Company
Pershing
Army
Air Service
Exclu
Bacy
Pan School
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