what kerosene lamp oil was commonly used in America in 1914? I've read of Charles Oscar Frye and his medicinal uses of kerosene and he just referred to it as common kerosene lamp oil...
Secondly, which kerosene in Australia today would be the equivalent of that? It supposedly can be taken as a few drops in a sugar cube that heals sore throats etc. and I would only use the type Fry