Shoemaker Evades Fire After Nighttime Car Dilemma
A shoemaker left his car running in the shop overnight. He arrived to find the place ablaze but escaped unharmed, remarking that he got out just in time as flames spread through the shop.
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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1924
Page
3
Women Dye Fade to New Look for Garments
An advertisement offering dyeing and tinting services for worn or shabby garments and draperies. The bold copy urges women to revive old fabrics by dyeing to restore color and appearance. Services promise refreshed attire and home textiles.
Early theater heckler ends with a wink
On opening night a front row patron rose during act two to leave. The actor-manager paused the scene and told him there is another act. The man replied cheerfully that that was why he was leaving, causing a light moment in the house.
Dandelion Butter Color Sold In Stores
Vendors offered bottles of Dandelion color labeled as harmless vegetable butter essence for 35 cents, advertised in drug and general stores. The item appears as a novelty or food coloring product without stated health claims.
Oil Spring Discovery in Indigenous Medicine Mentioned
A French priest Sagard notes in 1632 that Petroleum Spring moved south through western New York into northern Pennsylvania where locals found an oil spring valued by Indigenous peoples for medicinal use. The reference appears in History de Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennylvania
Sagard
Canada
Best Way to Relieve Pain by Allcock's Plaster Ad
Advertisement touts external relief with Allcock's Plaster as the original genuine remedy for pain. The copy presents a direct outside application solution as the preferred treatment.
Tailor praises business despite backsliding norms
In a discussion about Allison’s business, one speaker notes that it has not returned to normal and remains on a paying basis, while another mentions a tailor’s recent favorable remarks about him, suggesting mixed signals about recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Unearth Big Indian Mounds in Florida
Weeden's island mound near St. Petersburg yielded shell dippers celts ornaments and a grinding stone suggesting shell people practiced agriculture alongside fishing. Excavations reveal three types of Indians with ties to Caloosa and West Indian cultures and possible links to De Soto Narvaez landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeden’s Island
St. Petersburg
de Soto
Narvaez
Weeden
Elliott
Charlotte Harbor
Caxamba
Frank H. Cushing
Bureau of American Enthnology
Key Marco
Harr’s Island
Mr. Elliott
Florida
Porpoise Point
Gulf
Caloosa
Needle Suit Over Half Billion Marks In Kiel Court
In Kiel Germany a lawsuit on a single darning needle escalates from the Holstein District court to a higher tribunal due to law barring district judges from cases involving articles worth more than 500 million marks. The needle now costs 1 billion paper marks, and the woman disputing ownership seeks a ruling beyond the lower court to settle the neighborly dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiel
Germany
Holstein
Husbandly fraud case trials diver leader held in bail
Benjamin Franklin Leavitt a champion diver and head of Leavitt Lusitania Salvage, arrested in Philadelphia on fraud charges tied to selling stock to a widow. The firm claimed to pursue a Chile gold and copper expedition and a Lusitania wreck salvage of ten million dollars in specie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin Leavitt
Leavitt Lusitania Salvage Company
Philadelphia
Chile
Lusitania
Salmon Pack of 1923 Canned by Grays Harbor Firms
Hoquiam Washington report by Deputy Fisheries Inspector J H Stetson shows Grays Harbor county firms canned 54 708 cases in 1953. Chums led with 30 408 cases, Quinaults or bluebacks 19 983, cohoes or silversides 3 566, chinooks 751.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
Wash
Grays Harbor
J. H. Stetson
X Ray Pictures Are Taken of Mummies
X ray photographs reveal age sex and bone conditions of ancient Peruvians and Egyptians without damaging displays. D C Davies of the Field Museum and the Victor X ray corporation report finds include corn ears pottery shell vessels beads and bone objects. Further work will extend to Egyptian remains marble alabaster metal vessels crocodiles gazelles and hawks with plans for rock formations over 3 000 years old and moving pictures of the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
D. C. Davies
Field Museum of Natural History
Victor X-ray Corporation
Woman Buys Horse to Pension Him in Portland
A Portland woman agrees to buy feed and cover the horse Bruce’s care costs while seeking a farm home. Bruce has served in the street cleaning bureau and will be pensioned to a new owner once a suitable residence is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Bruce
Chick feud ends in miner's death in Lafferty
A neighborhood dispute over chickens in Lafferty, Ohio escalated to violence. Michael Kindemi, a miner, was killed after a fight involving Guy Adeto and Dominic Spanish. Adeto allegedly inflicted the fatal wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafferty
Michael Kindemi
Guy Adeto
Dominic Spanish
Adeto
Run Over by Train Leaves Teen Alive in Kentucky
In Greenup Kentucky two fifteen year old girls Ruth Craycraft and Leona Thompson faced a freight train while walking on tracks to a prayer meeting. Craycraft was dragged under the train and injured with a severe scalp wound and body cuts while Thompson was only slightly hurt. The engineer unaware of the accident halted miles away. Craycraft survived after hours on the operating table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenup
Ruth Craycraft
Miss Craycraft
Leona Thompson
Miss Thompson
Rural Industries Bureau Aims Modern Machinery Revival
A rural industries intelligence bureau has been formed to revive old English trades like blacksmithing saddlery and wheelwrighting. It proposes installing modern machinery and developing these industries to adapt to new conditions caused by scientific and industrial changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rural Industries Intelligence Bureau
Koicheny Ascabinetist Mottos and Rhetoric Echoes
A fragmentary line reads “You must either soar or stoop, Fail or triumph, stand or droop.” The odd phrasing suggests a historical motto or political crib about power, control, and autocratic choice. The source hints at rhetoric urging dominance or submission without clear provenance or context.
Food in figs and dates and more
Dry figs and dates highlighted for nutrition and value as substitutes for costly foods. The text gives calorie notes and describes two recipes: Fig Salad and Favorite Fig Cookies, with steps for soaking figs, making a gelatin mold with pimentos, and a spiced fig cookie dough including parched oats and milk.
No talent will enable us to do any work without drudgery
No talent will enable us to do any work without drudgery, but no childishness must tempt us to give up because it is hard. No work can be well done by anyone who is unwilling to sacrifice ease to its accomplishment.
Household tips and stain remedies in a 19th century guide
This aged snippet offers practical home care advice on cooking and fabric cleaning. It covers simmering fish to soften fiber, adding ginger cookies for gravy flavor and thickening, removing grease stains with lard, using boiling water to fade fruit stains, and cleaning metal cookware by heating, plus cautions on wood tubs, aluminum ware, peroxide and iodine use, and a Norwegian goose stuffing method with tart apples and stewed favorites.
Not Dangerous An Englishman in Scotland Visit
An English visitor asks a town porter about a provost’s insignia and chain. The porter explains with humor that the local official “ganzs loose” but is harmless, highlighting the cultural misunderstanding in a Scottish town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Demand Bayer Aspirin Warning Spreads
Warns consumers to check packaging for the Bayer name on tablets or boxes. Advises not to use substitutes if the Bayer mark is missing and urges verification before consumption. The notice emphasizes brand responsibility and safety in over-the-counter pain relief products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Man confronts restaurant manager over bad order
A downtown diner threatens the manager after an unsatisfactory meal. He vows a fiery response and suggests flowers as a gesture, joking about sending wreaths. The scene ends with bystanders leaving as tension rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Youth and Age Find Hidden Note Across Repeated Listening
A brief note on how youth grasp a new tune after two hearings while older listeners require twenty. The observation points to differing learning curves and memory recall in age groups. The piece underscores patience and repeated exposure as keys to recognition.
Brandreth Pills Adette Promotes Sleep Remedy
An old ad touts Brandreth Pills claiming only the best are used for constipation and sleep aid. It advises taking one or two at bedtime and uses a sing song slogan Gone ae Goal.
Pa and Son Ponder Political Dark Horse
A brief exchange with a father explaining that a political dark horse is a candidate willing to pony up, conveying a folksy definition through a father and son dialogue. The line captures a quiet, humorous take on political ambition and funding.
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Ment
Illinois
Finois
Golden State
Illinois Fruit Exchange
Centralia
Girl
Train
Koicheny Ascabineth
Mrs
Clifford Starkweather
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