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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1922
Page
2
A Philadelphia North American report explains that electric refrigeration has become affordable for households. As the system has shrunk from large, expensive machinery to practical home units, hotels and ships have already adopted it for efficiency and sanitation.
The Wakefield Township Clerk opens registration at the Duluth South Shore & Atlantic depot Thomaston on March 18 and March 25 1922 from 8 a m to 8 p m for voters including women. Voters must reside in Michigan six months and in the township twenty days prior to election. Women must register if not already on the township book. Married and foreign born restrictions apply. Signed Arthur W. Anderson Township Clerk.
The guide recommends extending greenery through winter with indoor window boxes using begonias ferns and Chinese or common iris varieties. It notes arrangements like Boston fern and asparagus sprengeri over the edge, plus chrysanthemum and Shilas for late winter or early spring color.
A Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in England restored a five century old cottage at Deinkstone in Safols. Costs reached 8612 for the site and work while a new cottage would cost at least 4750, illustrating preservation as a frugal alternative to rebuilding.
An electric siren alarm was tested in a Toronto branch of the Bank of Hamilton. The interior is wired with hidden electric buttons and a wall mounted siren. In a robbery, officers would trigger the system and a warning would sound on the street. Four police rushed into the bank during the test.
The chief signal officer notes vast telephone infrastructure with 38 divisions and 45 field signal battalions fully equipped. Nearly 2,000 miles of pole lines and tens of thousands of wire miles supported exchanges in France and advance sections. The Bell system supplied 110,000 employees overseas and girl operators served in the signal corps. General Pershing could dial any lieutenant across the front.
The Philadelphia North American argues the nation tolerates rat plagues that threaten property and life and urges concerted efforts to eradicate rats. It notes the passenger pigeon once thrived but is now extinct and says rats outnumber people in some areas, urging action to reduce the rodent problem.
The Imperial War Museum in London seeks votes on slang terms used in the army with meanings and derivations. A tale is told of a recruit asking a veteran about French, who explains a simple mispronunciation where two years sounded like two eggs, leading to three.
An apartment fire in Brooklyn trapped a mother cat and her four kittens in a pasteboard box. Firefighter Manich rescued the cat and her brood from smoke while trying to evacuate the box downstairs without spilling its contents.
A garbled ad-like note warns against skin eruptions and irritation from a sulfur compound leading readers to seek Mentho Sulphur for relief. It mentions a netid specia st and cautions about applying the product and seeking advice from a druggist.
An old time remedy advertisement promotes pain relief for rheumatic aches. It touts topical applications like imagined compounds and domestic tonics promising quick easing without internal treatment and urges readers to seek a scanted health boost and remedy.
An old time remedy claims to darken gray hair naturally with Sage Tea and Sulphur. The ad touts Wyeths Lace and Sulphur Compound as a popular product that restores color, lustre, and a youthful appearance after several applications. It notes no disease cure.
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