Stores Close One Day a Week to Harvest Crops
Bailey Brothers general merchants announce closing every Thursday so staff can harvest fall crops including apples and corn. Chapman Auto Supply did likewise, hoping other businesses will follow. The county faces a labor shortage as men women and youths work in fields and orchards to save Frederick's crops.
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Bailey Brothe General
Hitching’ Yard
Chapman Auto Supply Company
Ono
Ibis
Jing
Frederick
Lemon Juice Tan Lotion Claim For Harmless Complexion
Recipe promotes lemon juice mixed with three ounces of orchard white to make a bleaching lotion for sunburned tanned or freckled skin. It instructs squeezing juice from two lemons into a bottle, shaking, and using daily on face neck and hands claiming blemishes disappear and skin becomes soft and white at very low cost.
Lozarnes Victory Prompts German War Savings Drive
The note references Lozarnes and a victorious stance, urging Germany to save and buy war bonds as part of a wartime mobilization effort.
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Germany
California Syrup of Figs claim for child health
This 19th or early 20th century advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a universal remedy for sick children. It describes signs of illness, promises quick cleansing of stomach and bowels, and touts the product as a safe fruit laxative made by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California
California Fig Syrup Co
Old Swift Specific remedy for eczema and skin eruptions
Advertisement touts Swift Specific as a cleansing blood purifier for eczema and skin eruptions. Claims nationwide success in hundreds of cases and notes the product has been sold by druggists for fifty years. Encourages writing for complete treatment advice from the Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Dept. H
Atlanta
Georgia
Danville Woman Praises Dreco For Health Relief
Mrs. W. A. Hogan of 74 Patton Street Danville describes years of indigestion constipation dizziness back pain and neuralgia before Dreco relieved her symptoms. She urges others with similar troubles to try the medicine which is sold widely including Miller Drug Store in Winchester.
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W. A. Hogan
Patton Street
Danville
Dreco
Winchester
Miller’ Drug Store
Civil Service Examination for Clerk Open Here
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for clerk for men and women on October 5. Vacancies in Washington at entrance salaries from 1000 to 1200 dollars yearly will be filled from this examination. Apply to the local civil service commission at the Winchester post office for full information.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
Winchester
Liberty Bond Meeting Practices At Empire Theater
Mrs. W A Baker who oversees the music for a Liberty loan rally asks all capable singers to gather at her Washington street home at 8 tonight to practice. The effort supports the government drive to sell Liberty bonds and viewing singing as essential to the program.
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W. A. Baker
Empire Theater
Washington Street
Calotabs Calomel Reform Delights Doctors and Public
New Calotabs marketed as a safer calomel reform. One tab at bedtime cleanses the liver and purges the system, leaving you feeling fine by morning with hearty appetite. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents, money back if not delighted.
Allied and German Positions Deepen World War Front
The report details Allied progress from Verdun to the Meuse with American and French forces advancing along a forty mile front toward the Suippe and Meuse rivers while German lines face pressure along rail hubs from Laon to Metz. It notes British and French maneuvers in Bulgaria and Palestine, and Foch’s south drive threatening German lines from Laon to Verdun.
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Champegne
Rheims
Armonne
Meuse
Verdun
London
Bulgaria
Dofrati
Macedonia
Istrumitza
Sofia Seres
Serbia
Palestine
St. Quentin
Jordan
Charfte
Marshal Foch
Laon
Vangiers
Metz
Servon
Gerecourt
Sedan
al Varennes
Avre
Vonciers
North Sea
Siwiss
Funeral for Harry D. Parkins Held in Mount Hebron Cemetery
The funeral for Harry D. Parkins, who died ten days ago in Kansas City after tuberculosis, was held at noon. Services were at Stave by Rev. B. D. Chambers, with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery Parking lot. A Frederick County native born on the Opequon Mil—36 years ago—he was the son of the late Alfred Parkins and left behind two brothers.
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Harry D. Parkins
Kansas City
B. D. Chambers
Protestant Episcopal Church
Millwood
Mount Hebron
Parkins
Frederick County
Opequon
Mil
Alfred Parkins
Simco
Parking
Parkins Family Funeral Details Highlight Washington DC Attendance
The text notes two individuals reside in different locations and mentions three sisters named Sie Amy and Bina Parkins with Washington DC as a key location. it states the latter attended the funeral today.
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New York
Sie
Amy
Bina Parkins
Washington, D.C
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertises Relief
Pottersville Pa Mrs Chubbuck described long side pain weakness and inability to lift. The notice claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored health and invites other women to consult its remedies for displacement irregularities backache and nervous symptoms.
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Potterville
Lyte E. Pinkham
Miss Haze
Chubbuck
Penn
Gay Tostey
Chu
Royal Arcanum to Support Fourth Liberty Loan Drive
The Royal Arcanum plans an elaborate nation wide effort to back the Fourth Liberty Loan bond issue. Grand regents will serve as state chairs and the entire order is organized into a unit to push the drive. The drive aims to mobilize resources and enlist members in a coordinated national campaign.
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Royal Arcanum
Arcana
Order
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