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D is for DANGER DAYS!
From the Children's Health Department! (of Ralston Purina Co., 1927)
Just the first paragraph is a gem:
Inside that room there are whispers -- tiptoes -- tear-stained cheeks. ... Danger Days have come.



Just the first paragraph is a gem:
Inside that room there are whispers -- tiptoes -- tear-stained cheeks. ... Danger Days have come.



This must be a result of the influenza epidemic of 1918.
I wonder what the "Magic Blackboard" was, or if the 32-page brochure is around...