Canton Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham for Relief Before Surgery
Mrs. Marie Boyp of Canton Ohio recounts suffering from female trouble and two doctors recommending surgery. She says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her symptoms sufficiently to perform housework, urging other women to try it before operations and offering to seek advice from the Pinkham company.
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Canton
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
O.T
Lydia Ei
Pinkham
Marie Boyp
5Th St
N. E
Lydia E.abinkham
Lydia EE
Assured Packers Equip War Planes And Gas Defense Training
The article discusses ensuring materials and staff for war plane production and the removal of officers from the Medical Reserve Corps. It cites food administration sugar supplies for canners and households, Cuba sugar shipments, and holding production stocks for war needs. It also stresses civilian guard duties at home and emphasizes gas defense training to protect soldiers and teach proper mask use.
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Medical Reserve Corps
Europe
Western Front
Gas D-Fense
Air power strain and manpower for frontline aircraft
After three years of warfare the total number of airplanes able to take to the air on the western front has not exceeded 2,500. Each plane requires 46 aboard per air unit, two replacement planes on the ground, and one training plane per pilot, plus an extra engine. With American planes heading overseas the need for skilled mechanics, enginemen, and repair workers becomes a vital industrial link to air supremacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Front
France
Army Medical Reserve corps officer purge and promotions
From war declaration to Feb 22 the army surgeon general removed 1 050 Medical Reserve corps officers. The discharge reasons mix inaptitude and inefficiency with 411 physical disability 154 inaptitude 306 to join other branches 59 domestic difficulties 88 resignations 82 needed by communities hospitals schools. In the same period 2 265 promotions occurred with some officers promoted more than once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Medical Reserve Corps
Plans for Junior Four Minute Men in every school
The Four Minute Men division announces national school based program for the third Liberty Loan campaign. Bulletins for children will be distributed to superintendents who will arrange school speeches. Top speakers will compete publicly and the winner receives a government certificate as a Junior Four Minute Man.
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Committee of Pubic Information
Liberty Loan
United States
Free duty on packages for expeditionary force members
Packages containing dutiable gifts sent to members of the expeditionary forces temporarily serving in England will be delivered free of duty. The gifts must be bona fide, the quantity limited to personal needs, and the parcels addressed to the recipient's regimental address.
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England
Navy base hospital expands to war zone capacity
A 500 bed navy base hospital reaches the war zone. It will treat navy personnel ashore and afloat, and if space allows will also serve army and allied sick and wounded.
Fertilizer License Deadline for Importers and Distributors
All persons or firms engaged in importing manufacturing storing or distributing fertilizers must secure licenses by March 20. Applications must be made to the Law Department License Division United States Food Administration Washington D C.
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Law Department
United States Food Administration
Washington, D. C
German wood substitutes for rare materials in manufacture
Report from Germany notes widespread use of wood as a substitute for celluloid ivory and other substances in manufacturing. The statement highlights a shift in material choices amid shortages and evolving industrial practices. Further details and context are not provided in readable text.
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Germany
Special license allowed small personal shipments to U S military and Red Cross abroad
War trade bureau announces a special license permitting individuals in the United States to ship items for personal use to soldiers sailors and Red Cross workers overseas. The license excludes shipments to POWs and waives individual export licenses. Mail shipments must follow Post Office rules and future limits would be announced in the press.
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United States
United States Army
Navy
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Post Office Department
United States rifle 1947 tested in army service
The United States rifle model of 1947, known as the modified Enfield, has been tested in service and judged to justify its makers claims. It uses a 30 caliber rimless car tridge and requires uniform rim alignment in the magazine to avoid jams. The model 1917 details include an overall length of 46.3 inches and a weight of ten pounds five ounces with oiler bayonet.
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Secretary of War
New Rochester School Trains Photographers for Signal Corps
A new Rochester school will train photographers for the Signal Corps. Four weeks of highly specialized wartime developments, then a month of advanced training. Graduates will be organized into units and sent overseas, with top scorers eligible for commissions as photographic intelligence officers after further school and flight field experience.
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Rochester
Signal Corps
Federal Land Banks payout totals and loan activity update
In January farmers received 87 517 dollars from federal land banks on long term first mortgage loans. By February 1 total payouts reached 50 782 432 dollars for 24 020 closed loans. Applications total 260 556 891 dollars across 112 146. Also notes malt liquor designation in the President's beer limits.
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United States
Federal Land Banks
Federal Farm Loan Board
Daughters of the Revolution Establish Garment Rooms
Massachusetts and Michigan chapters open mending rooms in cantonments for hospitals where hundreds of garments are mended weekly. The departments operate to supply clothing repairs for wounded and ill servicemembers.
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Massachusetts
Michigan
Daughters of the Revolution
Beezers Break Diners Rule In Reforming Tale Of Youth
A barber narrates a childhood memory of strict table customs and hunger in a tale where the Beezers, five siblings, endured wait times for meals. The speaker Duncan Beezer recalls a preacher’s last piece of chicken and vows his own children would not wait for company meals.
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Dune
Dane
Salaman
Clemenceau Enforces Quick Army Bureaucracy Reform
The Christian Science Monitor notes that Georges Clemenceau as war minister is forcing rapid decisions by cutting red tape. Departments must settle matters through quick conversations or calls, replacing lengthy reports. The reform aims to streamline operations with strict penalties for delays.
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Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Griffe du Tigre
Christian Science Monitor
How He Got His Uniform
A Texan aviation camp recruit faced lack of uniforms as shortages hit. One resourceful man hid in his tent with borrowed clothes and arranged express shipment to his friend’s home. The lieutenant hurried to find a proper uniform, and the recruit was finally issued one.
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Texas
Blank
Ant
Ban on Chocolate Candy Stirs Paris Industry Shift
The Paris Association of Chocolate Manufacturers votes to produce only tablet chocolate and end all other forms. It cites sugar shortages and a minister of food supply interview. The group also calls for a ban on importation of other chocolate products under these circumstances.
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Paris’ Association of Chocolate Manufacturers
Toasted cigarettes like Lucky Strike win wide support
The ad explains toasted cigarettes by the trade name Lucky Strike, noting millions produced by American Tobacco Company and bought through tobacco funds and Red Cross drives for soldiers in France. It claims toasted tobacco improves flavor and preserves freshness and mentions Red Cross nurses appreciating cigarettes for wounded soldiers.
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American Tobacco Company
Red Cross Society
France
You were very late in getting home from the speaking
The old codger and his niece recall a senator who spoke long with little content. The exchange, cited from the Kansas City Star, notes the senator had nothing to say yet kept speaking past seven.
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the Statesman
Greed
Kansas City Star
Gray Hair Remedy Mix From Bay Rum and Barbo Compound
An old recipe advises combining one ounce Bay Rum and 44 oz glycerine with a half pint water and a box of Barbo Compound to darken gray hair gradually. The product claims to avoid scalp staining and rubbing off, and can be prepared at home or by a druggist.
What a Doughnut Is Not A Ban From Food Ministry
The Twickenham food control committee has been told that a doughnut is not a ban. Local unrest has been nearly quelled by a prompt and fearless decision.
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Ministry of Food
Twickent
Food Control Committee
London Punch
Garfield Tea Promises Relief From Constipation
Health note promotes Garfield Tea as a remedy for constipation, asserting it helps restore regularity and improve wellbeing. Advertising language emphasizes digestive ease and improved health outcomes.
Everfing Things Up. Bertha and Loretta clash over fathers
In a quirky exchange Bertha proclaims her father has an income while Loretta counters with My father's got a boil. The Balearic Islands cover 1 936 square miles and host 335 860 inhabitants.
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Bertha
Loretta
Balearic Islands
Haarlem Oil Capsules a longstanding kidney remedy
The advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a 200 year standard household remedy for kidney and urinary tract issues. It claims to purify blood via kidneys and bladder, relieves backache and rheumatism, and promises renewed vigor with continued use. Refunds offered if not as represented and original imported product urged.
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Haarlem
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