I don't know what the article had to state about "safe farming", but a kid with a straight razor sure isn't safe.
Safety razors had existed for some time by the time this cover was out, but they were slow to gain widespread acceptance. The turning point had been World War One, as the Army had issued them to troops and allowed them to keep them when they left the service, so the straight razor was in fact on its way out as the principal shaving tool by 1922.
Gillette's patent for their safety razor from early in the 20th Century.
The safety razor was a factor in the rise of women shaving, something that had not been at all common until the World War One era. The introduction of the safety razor coincided with women shaving their arm pits, the new tool obviously being much more suited to that task than a straight razor, which would be down right dangerous. Women also started shaving their legs, somewhat, in the 1920s, but the introduction of nylons limited that practice. With their shortage during World War Two, the practice greatly expanded.
KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah's first licensed radio station, when on the air.
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