tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post354285584191904210..comments2024-02-09T14:11:55.826-08:00Comments on Whatever It Is, I’m Against It: Today -100: June 19, 1915: Of peace prayers, well-educated white men under negro control, u-boats, and tractorsWIIIAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267949487358907637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post-2084207237672302832015-06-19T08:17:31.872-07:002015-06-19T08:17:31.872-07:00Turns out that Cleveland company is the Cleveland ...Turns out that Cleveland company is the Cleveland Automatic Machine Co and the ad was for a machine that would manufacture high shrapnel shells from which the shrapnel would be covered with acid that quickly caused death if not immediately treated. Of course, the management claims the ad was a mixup with an article written by one of the company officials (wink wink). The Washington times has a much longer article about it on the front page here. <br />http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1915-06-19/ed-1/seq-1/seedyjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353797905167318100noreply@blogger.com