Mrs Edison Reveals Quirks of Thomas Edison at Home
In a February American Magazine piece, Mrs. Thomas Edison portrays the inventor as a devoted husband who kisses her daily, favors old-fashioned silk nightshirts, reads Victor Hugo, and dislikes holidays. She recalls his rubber fixation, dislike of medicine, love for certain music, and habit of keeping a sacred armchair and morning paper undisturbed.
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New York
Thomas Edison
Carly
Mrs. Edison
Mr. Edison
Harvey Firestone
Firestone
Henry Ford
Man Reads Peaceful Love Tale as Independence Theme
A reader chooses a love themed book amid India’s independence era. He favors poems Evangeline and Enoch Arden at the door. He suddenly flings the door open to find a pack of wolves and the scene ends as police arrive to find the wolves gone.
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Enoch Arden
India
Lahore
Indian National Congress
Mahatma Gandhi
Wolf Pack at Door Stirs Racine Resident
Jacob Maiers reports a mysterious scratching at his Racine home on January 20. Police arrive to find no visible danger as the source of the noise remains unclear and the incident ends without further events.
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Racine, Wis
Jacob Maiers
Maiers
Stop That Itching Relief Ointment Ad Card
A vintage advertisement urges use of Blue Star Ointment to ease skin irritations itching and fungal conditions. It promotes application for eczema ringworm itching toes poison oak and as an antiseptic dressing for old sores with a note to ask your druggist for guidance.
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Rowles
Sheriff Held for Violation Liquor Law in Texas Raid
Galveston January 20 63 men held for arraignment before U S Commissioner Brantley Harris on charges of violating prohibition laws. Sheriff H Wyatt Collins of Fort Bend county among those held residents of Richmond Texas. Raids described as extensive along Mud Alley area with arrests in numerous houses linked to liquor traffic.
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United Press
Galveston
H. Wyatt Collins
Fort Bend County
U. S
Brantley Harris
Richmond
Texas
Mud Aley
Collins
Prohibition
Houston
Carl
Raid on Mud Alley Yields Massive Alcohol Seizure
Johnson led a 30 man force striking nearly every home on Mud Alley. Authorities seized over 6000 bottles of beer and several large distilleries in the operation.
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Johnson
Gypsy Fortune Tell-Tale Murder in Szolnok District
In Szolnok on January 20 a peasant following a gypsy fortune teller's advice bound his father and opened an artery on his arm then bathed in the blood to gain strength and appeal. He slept afterward until gendarmes, alerted by a neighbor, arrested him after discovering the father's death.
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Szolnok
Hungary
Emmerich Ceorba
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