France War Work Talk Urges Oversubscription Drive
Mme. Pierre Bernard, Miss Hadow, and C. A. Gumme addressed Chamber of Commerce leaders as the United War Work Campaign forms its speakers’ bureau. Bernard urged immediate mobilization of relief work, noting 5,000,000 French troops in three weeks and women taking up duties at home. Miss Hadow highlighted wartime Britain’s shared labor and emotional strain, stressing recreation for troops abroad and the need to oversubscribe the campaign by 50 percent to sustain morale and welfare activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Pierre Bernard
Chamber of Commerce
France
Miss Hadow
Opiate
Ministry of War
Mme. Bernard
A. Gummere
United War Work Campaign
Mis
Bernard
Amy
From
Fran
England
Jugland
Hadow
Hamner
C. A. Guiame
Iiles
Jehu Ro Mott
Lemon juice whitening skin remedy advertised
An old advertisement claims squeezing two lemons into Drehard White and three ounces yields a cheap skin whitening lotion. It promotes Orchard White as a base from grocers and stores, advising daily facial massage for clearer, rosy white skin and to vanish tan redness and sunburn with harmless effects.
Prominent Guests Check In At San Antonio Hotels
Misa Winona VPetrine Mixes Tucille Young from St Louis join guests at the St Anthony while Gio I Duntan from Muskogee and Charles Corn from Ranch Tex stay at the Lanier and others like Mrs M Scott of Oklahoma City and Mary Shaw of New York are also listed among visitors at the Menger and Gunter in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Winona Vpetrine
Mixes Tucille Young
St. Louis
St. Anthony
Gio I Duntan
Muskogee
Te Lanier
Saitie Kate Logan
AusUn
Buest
Gunter
Lipps
Atchison, Kan
Menger, WY
G. Twn
Osaka
Japan
Charles Corn
Ranch
Tex
Lanier
Dallas
H. P Thompson
Louis G. Hubele
Galveston
Neila Holt
Menger
Aoal Jackson
Buena Vista
Gurkburnett
Wichita
Alts
Digestive aid promises quick relief
A promotional blurb touts a tablet for dyspepsia relief. It claims instant relief from indigestion when meals upset the stomach, with descriptions of acid, bloating, and discomfort. The ad emphasizes rapid results.
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Rapid Digestive Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin tablets as a quick remedy for indigestion and sour stomach. It claims relief follows a single tablet, with fast, pleasant results and wide availability at low cost.
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Pape
Seuz
Women Lose Property to Alien Custodian in Marriages to Germans
Washington reports millions of dollars in property held by American women who married German and Austrian subjects have been seized by the alien property custodian. The list includes prominent names such as Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi and Countess Marguerite de Stuers Obendorff, among others, with securities totaling near four million dollars in some cases and five million dollar trusts cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi
Dayoness
Augusta Louise von Allen
Budapest
Austria
Augusta 1. DeHaven
Sarah, von Camps
Hanover
Wolfel
Germany
Sarah K. DeHaven
Louisa G. Bigelow
Chicago
Lydia Ch van Hammer
Lydia Griswald
New York
Chava Frhart, von Ruehsesx
Dusseldorff
Clara Mhart
Gerthule
von Bocklin
Baden
Gertrude Berwind
Philadelphia
Olivia Louis von Rothkirch
Sehleisen
Olivia Louise Brown
William d. Brown
Mathieu
Ornemisana
Margaret von Wucherer
Anna von Dorg Johahazn
Steinmark
Jaimes Price
Alica Astor
Henry Astor
William Astor
von Francken
Sierstorpff “Yrowa
Lesbonitz
Prussia
Mary Knowlton
Edward ¥. Knowlton
Alice Grate
Schloss Virchentin
Mecklenberg
Alice von Bergen
Sa Ihony von Bergen
Gladys Vanderbilt Sziehen
Outdated mail-order medical pitch teems with remedies
A fragment from an old advertisement urges readers to cut out a slip and mail it to Foley & Co. for trial packages of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Poley Kidney Pills, and Poley Cathartic Tablets, detailing cures for coughs, colds, rheumatism, back pain, kidney issues, constipation, and biliousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toy Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
M. Fischer
Notable German Daughters Linked to Leavitt Family History
Daughters of David Leavitt, late of New York, and widowed Florence Wann of St Paul are linked to German lineages. Names include Helen H Stralehein of Dresden, Louise von Trutzschler Aum Ifal kenstein of Vogtland, Jo sephine von Armim of Dresden, and Katie von Kracker formerly Katy Elias of Mecklenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nich
Germany
Florence Wann
St. Paul
Mime
John Wann
Helen H. Stralehein
Dresden
Louise von Trutzschler
Gas Bailing Experiment at Keweenaw County Mine
An Almeck Mining Company mine in Keweenaw County Michigan uses a one mile cable a fifteen ton ore skid and even a drove of rats to bale gas from its workings as water is bailed from a well in an unusual extraction method. A fire at a 1200 foot level was reported a month ago.
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Associated Press
Calumet, Mich
Almeck Mining Company
Keweenaw + County
Michigan
Rats Used to Detect Gas in Mine Flooding
Report describes a mine flood where gas forced suspension after fans failed. A bailing method was tried and the ship traveled the shaft to reduce the gas. Experimental gas-detection rats were brought down with mice and rats used in trenches to sense gas presence.
Gas Detection in Michigan Copper Imine Study
A brief report notes investigations into detecting gas in Michigan copper imines. Researchers from local labs examine potential emissions, methodologies, and safety implications for industrial chemical processes, highlighting the need for improved sensing technologies and regulatory oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
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Department
Mme. Hernard
Harry Hertzberg
United War Work
Cerva
State of
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LEMP
St, Louis
United
E. A. Seidemann
South Medina
Crockett
San Antonio
Texas
Joske’s
Joske
Bolivia
Silvertone
Revere
Frederick Schaemer
Clara von Gontard
Berlin
Adolphus Busch
Lilly Busch
Anheuser-Busch Growing Company
St. Lows
von Zeppelin
Mary Trowbridge von Zeppelin
Mary Wilkens
Detroit
Bremen
Anna Maria von Tose
Dres- Germany
William Kens
Baltimore
Burleigh von Ohnesarge
Uroving Posen
Sarah VB. Conkling
Fiorence Grafin von Sehwerm
SNES
Eckman Laboratory
NOA Spears CO
Losoya St
San Antonin
Edison
Atronyaf
Sgralph
Beyer, Prop
W. Cone
SAN Antonio Loan & Trust Company
West Commerce Street
Jefferson ST
the Fox ‘Co
Carl Newton
Alamo Plaza
Rees
Charles Rees
Exadina Linn Pree
Laonk
Oricinal Rees
Gonter Hotel
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