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...Jumped on William Cooper & Nephews, Inc. of Chicago. FTC accepted its promise not to advertise that its Pulvex Flea Powder "kills fleas 100% faster," without saying faster than what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOVERNMENT: Curtain | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...bomb consisted of a soda bottle filled with gun-powder, buckshot, and newspaper. There was a fuse attached to the explosives, but the fuse was a piece of string which burned out before the fire reached the bottle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mystery Bomb Found on Stair Of Mass. Ave. Establishment | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

...Coventry, a concert hall was destroyed and several stores were damaged by fire. Police discovered that toy balloons filled with nitric acid and placed in envelopes containing magnesium flash powder were being slipped under goods counters of the stores just before closing time. When the acid ate through the balloon, the magnesium would ignite and set the store on fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: S-Plot | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...stand, blew out his candle, tiptoed from the stage. The second horn followed. One by one, other musicians got up and went out. Soon there were only two violinists left. Together they played the symphony's last note, then rose, doused their candles and departed. Silently the powder-haired Kapellmeister turned, bowed, blew out his candle, plunged the room into total darkness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Farewell Symphony | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

Skiing Snow in. Bartlett, N.H. Fair Good 21 Powder Brookline, N.H. N.H. Fair Good 14 Powder Cansan, N.H. Fair Good 19 14 over 5 unb. cr. Cannon Mt. (Tramway) N.H. Fair Good 67 5 inch new powder Conway, N.H. Fair Good 18 Powder Dartmouth Region, N.H. Cloudy Good 15 4 New Powder Franconia Notch, N.H. Fair Good 48 5 inch new powder Fryeburg, N.H. Fair Good 23 Dry Powder Greenfield, N.H. Fair Good 12 4 inch powder Intervale, N.H. Fair Good 19 Powder Jackson, N.H. Fair Good 20 Powder Laconia (Gilford) N.H. Fair Good 21 4 Dry over powder Lancaster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKIING CONDITIONS | 2/10/1939 | See Source »

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