Talks on beauty in business and scouts idea in Philadelphia
Actress Taulla Williams argues that beauty is an asset in business and advertising as shops use attractive models to attract customers. She notes the shift from mere price and quality to allure, citing Bertha the sewing machine girl and storefront temptations as clearest examples.
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Philadelphia
Bimutu
Taulla Williams
Sparkes
Roxick Theater
Paris
Mier
Ots
Rosso
Bertha
Phosphorescent Forests in Borneo Explained
An old account details English engineers mapping a swampy Borneo tract with natives aiding at night. They observed phosphorescent fungi on dead tree limbs lighting the forest and guiding a surveying party as the glow persisted for a long stretch, producing striking scenes and aiding illumination.
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Borneo
Agarlea
Forest Products Work Shifts to Madison and Chicago
Preparations are complete to move all U S forest products work to Madison Wisconsin and Chicago with a new Madison laboratory to cost about 50000 dollars and be ready by January 1. Temporary offices will be in Madison and Purdue Yale and Washington labs will be phased out as equipment ships to the new site.
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Washington
Madison
Wis
United States Forest Service Products Laboratory
Chicago
Office of Wood Utilization
University of Wisconsin
Adams Street
Yale Timber
Forest Service
Purdue
Ind
Producta
W. L. Hall
McGarvey Cline
Madison Laboratory
Tidal Wave Brings Fortune To Gulf Timber Wealth
A hurricane and tidal wave swept timber from Gulf shores into Tabasco Mexico, washing 650,000 tons valued at about 20 million dollars onto lands of both poor natives and plantation owners. The haul, spanning decades of growth, may be sold soon, while relief aid reaches storm victims. In Morocco Indiana, farmers distrust a corn salve advertised to uproot corns painlessly after it proved to be axle grease.
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Galveston
Tex
Gulf
Tabasco
Mexico
Morocco
Ind
Truant Giantess in Court in New York Tale
In New York Magistrate House oversees a case where Truant Officer Brasher challenges Maria a 14 year old girl who is said to be a constant truant. A towering woman claimed as Maria’s mother protests while Maria herself resists school, saying larger children would mock her. The magistrate threatens escalating fines if the case recurs.
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New York
Michael Bracher
Antonio Calabaro
Giliver Street
Maria
Mary R. Davis
Vandewater Street
Europe
Brasher
Magistrate House
Howse
Insane Treated with Cats at Pennsylvania Asylum
Mrs. Clinton Locke president of the Bere ford Cat club and vice-president of the American Cat association states animals especially cats calm the insane. She sent a white female cat to a Pennsylvania asylum to test pet therapy. She praises cats over dogs for cleanliness quietness and homebound companionship. Old Men’s Club Unique Lewes Del hosts 70 plus members who enjoy banquets songs speeches and dances.
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Chicago
Bereford
Pennsylvania
Old’ Men’s Club Unique
Lewes, del
Peach Chicken Like Wonder Peach At Delaware Hotel
Emil Werner assistant chef at the Park hotel reports a peach that resembles a young chicken. A basket of Delaware peaches yielded a fruit with a chicklike chirp sound observed by Werner. He exchanged baskets to test, noting a broken pink shell appearance and a head peeking out. Werner speculates a sitting hen in an orchard caused the anomaly.
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N. I
Emil Werner
Park Hotel
Werner
Delaware
Luther
Burbank
Obituary notes tragedy tied to cow loss in Oberlin grief
A report from Oberlin details grief over a cow’s death said to trigger a family crisis. J P Biddall, 80, ended his life by drowning in a cistern after his wife Mig Siddall described the husband’s mourning as severe. The family acted to watch him as distress grew.
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Himaclt
Oberlin
Wri J
P. Biddall
Mig. Siddall
Ang
Betzville's Bear Wrestle Ends In Cleopatra's Victory
In Betzville Cousin Crone and Cleopatra the flea trained by Orone McDoodle star in a crowd event. An Italian bear owner bets on his animal, but Cleopatra seizes control, bites, and disarms the bear in a lively street-side match ending with applause for Cleopatra.
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Oyone McDoodle
Betzville
Cousin Crone
Cleopatra
Orang McDoodle
Orone Hind
Orone
Ashdod Cloots
Grone
Orope
Ashdod
Croney
Jacka
Cronse McDoodle
Crone
Cleo Patra
Haald
Cleopard
Cleo ‘Patra
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Queen Alexandra
Copenhagen
King
Denmark
Russia
Prince Gustav
Thyra
Alexandra
Aage
Prince Axel
Wisconsin Town
Mllnois
Texas
Peach
Chaster
William J. Mack, Jr
Mack
Wounda
Ware
Cousin Crone and
Ellis Parker Butler
Pigs Is Pigs
Peter. Newell
Pete Or
Mewell
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