Viewing Mischief and Movie Obsessions
A playful catalog of cinema goers divided by habit and mood. It lists groups like lunch-bring ers and those who cry at the heroine’s trials, highlighting playful percentages and audience quirks from a Film Fun page.
Kidney Bladder Troubles Must Go 30 Day Treatment Claim
An advertisement for a 20th century Kidney Treatment promises rapid relief from kidney and bladder troubles including frequent urination and pain. It touts a three product, continuous 30 day plan priced at $2.00, with mail order delivery from The Mitchell Chemical Co. of Altoona Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Chemical Co
Altoona
Playground Movement Promotes Safe Play and Health in Cities
More than 4000 playgrounds across the United States teach swimming and athletics to girls and boys, reduce mischief and crime, and improve health. Police leaders and recreation officials cite fewer incidents and accidents, with success from Seattle to Kalamazoo. Pageants, singing, and factory programs boost community spirit and worker relations.
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New York
United States
Playground and Recreation Association
San Francisco
Community Service
Granville Lee
Portland
Wayground
Bay City
Mich
Girl Staged Holdup Ends When Fled Prey Escapes
A girl staged a holdup in Chicago to rob a man but forgot her lines causing the plan to fail. She carried a pistol and was with a male accomplice when Baumstein complied and fled the scene, reporting to police that he turned the nearest street corner in record time.
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Chicago
Metarry Baumstein
Baumstein
Bammstein
Bride in Dance of Death in Kalamazoo Party
Neva Fraser eighteen, newlywed, drank poison at a Kalamazoo party and began a fatal impromptu dance after choosing Till We Meet Again on the phonograph. She collapsed as guests watched, unable to learn her motive before death.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Neva Fraser
Many Germans Quit Bathing During Cold Fuel Shortage
Berlin reports that coal shortages and fuel regulation have made hot baths a luxury. Many people now skip bathing, some opt for a daily icy sponge, while houses remain cold. Public baths have closed or raised prices beyond workers' reach.
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Berlin
Germany
River Packet Days Recalled In Mississippi River Rivalries
Memories of old Mississippi river days revive with resumed traffic between Pittsburgh and New Orleans via the Ohio. Packets once carried 15 to 380 passenger vessels daily with famed races between Natchez and Robert E. Lee amid river rivalries.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Great River
Mark Twain
Natchez
Robert Sk. Lee
St. Louis
Robert E. Lee
Cannon
Leathers
Treasure of Peru church looted riches sought in Tahiti legend
A Tahiti based treasure hunt centers on a 60 year old tale of a Peruvian church looted for gold and gems. Four men supposedly buried the trove on Pinaki Island near Tahiti then returned to Peru and later headed toward Australia. A survivor’s 1918 1942 tale sparked renewed digging hopes as explorers gather in Tahiti.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Society Islands
Pinaki
Peru
Panama
Australia
Tanlac testimonial from Seattle salesman earns praise
T J Parker of Gatelys Clothing Store 4246 Juneau St Seattle recounts severe illness with gas indigestion bloating and fatigue. After trying Tanlac his appetite returned weight increased strength restored and health improved. He credits Tanlac with putting him back on his feet and recommends it to others. Adv. Tanlac sold by leading druggists everywhere.
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T. J. Parker
Gately’s
Juneau St
Seattle
Wash
Taniac
Tanlac
Adv
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Milwaukee
Tacoma
Mace
U. S. Navy
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Kilhain
Brown
Sidney
Thompson
Somme
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American Red Cross
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