Red Cross Salvage Shops Target Million-Dollar Year
San Francisco reports the Red Cross salvage program expanding to salvage stores nationwide. Junk dealers are turning discarded items into profits, with Placerville and Red Bluff averaging 60 to 70 dollars weekly for war fund, Sacramento shops earning about 200 dollars daily, and Los Angeles and San Francisco posting substantial monthly returns. The effort relies on public daily small contributions of rubbish.
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San Francisco
Red Cross
United States
George B. Ewing
United Steel Products Company
Mr. Ewing
Placerville
Red Bluff
Merced
Coast Range
Sierras
Sheffield
Sacramento Salvage Shop
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Corns Lift Off Free Zone Miracle Remedy
A wartime style ad touts Free Zone for corns and calluses promising instant relief. Apply a few drops to the affected area, with immediate soreness disappearing and the corn loosening and lifting away. The bottle is cheap and dries instantly without damaging surrounding skin.
Changed Hands at White House Barber Shop
The White House Barber Shop has changed ownership. Haircuts cost 85 cents, with services for children as well. Adv. jy17 Book Store Pharmacy advertises talcum powder in glass jars for 17 cents.
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White House
Boys Keepin g Up for Rough Work at Camp Lewis
Camp Lewis Washington June 25 soldiers and engineers wear fatigue blue denim uniforms for trench practice and field maneuvers. Privates wear drab while officers retain distinctive hat and rifle and black and gold cords. The phrase the boys in blue still applies to the American army.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
Phosphate Treatment Promises Flesh for Thin People
An advertisement touts nitro-phosphate as a remedy for extreme thinness claiming it feeds nerves and body cells to rapidly add weight and improve health. It promises to reduce nervousness sleeplessness and fatigue while warning only those desiring weight gain should use it.
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Halliwell
Hay contracting notice for July hay ready in Idaho
Contract to put up hay for cash with Meyers Cohn & Sons of Arimo Idaho. Hay ready about July 4. Apply to P 10E Office 148 Main Ady for cloaned and pressed plain 60e% pleated Regal Cleanera. Tribune Want Ads.
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Meyers Cohn & Sons
Arimo
Idaho
Regal
Wool Consumption Heavy in May Across States
May wool usage reached 74.6 million pounds, the highest monthly total this year, with Massachusetts leading states at 26.93 million and Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and New York following. The Bureau notes prompt reporting by 522 of 576 manufacturers, with 47 reporting no wool used in May.
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Washington
Bureau of Markets
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Ohio
Maine
War Time Real Estate Offers Bargains in Pocatello
War time conditions create buying opportunities as Gray & McGowan advertise five room homes near jitney service in Pocatello. A modern 5 room house on two lots with new finishes is listed at 2400 with 1100 cash and 1300 due in three years at 8 percent. Another 5 room two lot property with shade trees and garden is priced at 1200 with 300 down and 20 monthly payments.
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Pocatello
Gray & McGowan
N. Main
Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Domestic Remedies Ad
Catarrh notice explains internal treatment via blood action and cites Cheney & Co as producers. Advertises testimonials and Toledo origin. Also promotes Plain's Colic and Diarrhoea remedy for stomach issues and emergencies with call to keep in home.
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Hall
Cheney,& CO
Toledo
Lame Back Relieved Ady Advice
An old advertisement suggests applying Chamberlain's Liniment twice daily and massaging the back muscles thoroughly at each application to relieve a lame back.
Unborn Child Thesis Provokes Pueblo Stage Praise
A Pueblo reviewer lauds How ard McKent Barnes's Her Unborn Child as a lively, morally pointed drama with flesh and blood characters not a movie. The cast led by Mrs Ethel Martelle delivers convincing motherhood and strong performances from Melba Palmer Joseph Clancy and others.
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Howard McKent Barnes
Pueblo
Colo
Miss Alden
Ethel Martelle
Melba Palmer
Joseph Clancy
Catherine Brown
Warren Millias
Elie Wegner
Murry Klien
The Secret of the Storm Country at Orpheum
The sequel to Tess of the Storm Country stars Norma Talmadge and plays out a clash between wifehood and motherhood. Tonight and tomorrow the film appears with news pictures as part of the Orpheum program.
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Orpheum
Mary Pickford
Norma Talmadge
Tess
News Pictures
Wild Youth at Princess Theatre Features Theodore Roberts
A film at the Princess tonight and tomorrow stars Theodore Roberts as a crusty old neighbor and husband in Wild Youth about youth’s pull and a murder plot. The program also includes The Tale of a Cat, a new comedy.
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Princess Theatre
Theodore Roberts
Princess
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