Freezone remedy touted for corns and court decree in Frederick
An old notice touts a Cincinnati remedy freezone to peel corns from feet. The Frederick County court decree refers a case involving Clementine M. Kiger and others to a Master Commissioner to determine real estate, liens, and priorities with a June 18 hearing in Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gireult
Frederick
Union Bank of
Clementine M. Kiger
Farmers and Merchants’ National Bank of Winchester
Tula May Anderson
Als
Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester
Lula May Anderson
Winchester
Virginia
John M. Steck
Circuit Court
Frederick County
New Food Controller Urged to Seek Emergency Measures
President Hoover outlines a plan for emergency food control to defend the nation without Prussianizing democracy. He calls for inquiry into stocks and costs, prevention of hoarding, licensing of milling practices, requisition of food for public use, and temporary price safeguards to protect farmers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hoover
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad Offer
An old advertisement urges readers to cut out a slip and mail it with five cents to Foley & Co at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago Illinois. They promise a trigl package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets for coughs colds and croup. Sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Trigl
Foley
US Begins Massive Aviation Training For War Effort
The War Department opens six new aviation schools at MIT Cornell Illinois Ohio Texas California to train 600 men each. Graduates move to flying schools in San Diego Mineola Chicago and Easton as nine more schools planned with 72 machines each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cornell University
University of Ilinois
University of Ohio
Texas State University
University of California
San Diego
Cal
Mineola
L. I
Chicago
Thl
Easington
War Department
Dayton
Ohio
Detroit
Mich
Champagne
Prices Paid Today In Grain Markets
Spot wheat quotes stood at 3.41 with conversion at 1.78 after Baltimore wholesale market close. Local dealers offered 2.80 for wheat following the market close this afternoon.
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Baltimore
Market Price Report With Mixed Range Of Commodities
Local market prices listed include winter and spring wheat flour retail at 15.00 and 16.00 per unit, cracked corn 1.90 per bushel, middlings 9.00, Timothy hay 16.00, mixed hay 14.00, potatoes around 3.00, creamery butter retail 40, butter fresh country unspecified, eggs utilities, and young chickens 50 cents. Records note quotation reliability disclaimer.
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PERS
Chad Kien
Eideas
Timothy
Pete
Roark
Mother’s Friend Promises Relief for Expectant Mothers
Advert says the preparation named Mother’s Friend reduces abdominal tension during childbirth and lowers pain and danger. It claims many women report no nausea and urges husbands to buy a bottle, offering a free booklet from Bradfield Regulator Company in Atlanta. The notice also lists market prices for dairy, poultry, hay, corn, sheep, cattle, and calves with weekly quotation updates.
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Eden
Bradfield Regulator’ Company
Dept. F
Atlanta
Long on Words. Professor Braney in Life quip
A humorous jab about excessive wording targets Professor Braney. The remark notes he uses twin-six words to explain simple ideas, reflecting a light magazine tease on speech style.
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Fred
Professor Braney
Heo
How to Acquire a Good Carriage Substitution
A garbled dialogue fragment hints at a booklet titled Seven Ways to Obtain an Automobile. The text resembles a theater or street scene with quoted interjections and anachronistic spellings. No clear event or person identified.
Big Excursion 10 Encampment Moves Through Ohio Rail Line
A pair of trains carried about 1 200 excursionists from Lexington to the Staunton Military Academy encampment at Island Park near Harpers Ferry. About 60 traveled from Winchester and many Virginia Valley residents visited relatives in Winchester. A woman reportedly fell from a train near the Opequon bridge at Wadesville, though officials said no such report was received.
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Move
Ohio Railroad
Lexingon
Harpers Ferry
Staunton Military Academy
Island Park
Winchester
Virginia Valley
Lexington
Staunton
Wadesville
President Wilson Opposes Several War Revenue Proposals
Washington May 21 President Wilson does not approve the proposed 10 percent general import tax increase and agrees with publishers that extra taxes on second class mail would harm or drive many publications from business as the $1.8 billion war revenue bill moves through the House.
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Washington
House
Wilson
Businss
Kentucky Judge Rules in Tie of Fate and Love
The Kentucky judge weighs a personal dispute involving Terrie Hix and a partner, addressing claims of shared life and the timing of their first meeting while assessing the case’s implications on their relationship.
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Feil
Kentucky
Terrie Hix
His Little Joke
A garbled exchange suggests two bachelors joke about marriage as they plan to review stock at a local shop or market. The fragment hints at casual talk and a light domestic joke between unnamed speakers.
Swiss to send mission to Washington to clear misunderstandings
Geneva May 21 The Wolff News Bureau reports Switzerland plans a government mission to Washington to resolve tensions with the United States. The Geneva Journal notes the move aims to clarify misunderstandings between the two nations.
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Geneva
Wolff News Bureau
Germany
Switzerland
United States
Geneva Journal Today
Washington
Cordial Greeting For New Minister In Petrograd
The army hails M. Kerensky as minister of war and urges his presence at the front. Officials promise a Russia war aim statement this week to rally soldiers and resist a separate peace.
Miss Grace Pine to Wed in June
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pine announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Grace Byrd Pine to Mr. James Wortle Hott of Pittsburgh Pa. The wedding will be in June. Miss Pine is an accomplished musician and graduate of Prof. Ide. Mr. Hott works for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh. Both families are long established in Frederick County.
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Albert Pine
Grace Byrd Pine
James Wortle Hott
Pittsburgh
Miss Pine
J. A. Ide
Hott
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. M. Hott
Frederick County
Probing the Git Action Sparks Uncertain Forecast
Fragmentary text shows talk of probing a git action and wondering what results will follow. Debate centers on whether any further steps exist after the probe. The language hints at unresolved plans and speculative outcomes.
Austro Italian fighting spreads on fronts in Italy
May 21 report says Austrians opened an attack along the Lrentino front against Italian offensives but had no effect. Fighting between Belluno and the Adriatic Sea continues, with Italians advancing northeast of Gorizia toward a commanding height.
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Lrentino
War Office
Belluno
Adriatic
Gorizia
Find It in Their Work Quote by John Ruskin
A Ruskin quotation notes that men are rightly occupied by their work and that amusement grows from their labor like color petals emerging from fruitful power. The line emphasizes productive focus and intrinsic satisfaction in craft.
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John Ruskin
Apt to Come
Ambiguous OCR fragment from Louisville Courier Journal notes an embargo on poetry with speculation about its arrival and white paper on high.
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Louisvill Courier-Journal
Beating Nature with Artificial Foliage Methods
An advertiser notes nature needs six weeks for a leaf while a clever clamp and bronze plaster molds let an imitator produce artificial foliage in seconds. It promotes spring godd advertisements.
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Dia
Wire
France
Market Report
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Houll
Han Cereed
Owitzerland
Wire To the Star
Grace Pine
Ryan & Orndoff
Vax
Tace
Dccor
John M. Miller
Ae People’ Ple
Bell Phone
Rae Et Siete
Ty Bale
Jamie Band
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