Prices Down in France as Cost of Living Falls
Paris reports living costs in France now well below 1926 levels and trending lower amid a stabilized franc. By July 1914 costs are set as 1, with 1925 at 4.5, 1926 at 5.71, 1927 at 5.59, and current around 5.40, while sardines fetch a penny apiece. Tourism surges in September, with British and American visitors, and French hotelkeepers foresee a strong winter.
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International
Paris
Minister of Labor
France
Vendee
Veteran Pilot Predicts Safe Voyage for Big German Dirigible
Captain Anton Heinen, veteran of European and U S dirigibles, forecasts a smooth safe flight for the LZ 127 Graft Zeppelin from Germany to the United States. Heinen cites meteorology stability and power as factors and notes the airship’s 80 mile per hour speed offers a wide margin against storms during the nine hour test flight and voyage.
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New York
Oct
Anton Heinen
Germany
United States
Hugo Eckener
Charles E. Rosendahl
Los Angeles
Friedrichshafen
Heinen
Atlantic
Lady Hay Drummond Hay
London
North Atlantic
Capudine Relief Advertises Quick Headache Help
An ad promotes Capudine for head ache and neuralgic pain claiming rapid action with two teaspoonfuls in water. It says the liquid soothes nerves rather than deadening them, won t upset the stomach and contains no habit forming drugs. Available at drug stores in 30c and 60c sizes.
U S Art Lovers Lead World Says Reinhardt
Paul Reinhardt of the famed New York galleries says the United States is becoming the greatest nation of art lovers, supplanting Europe. He notes rising American collecting from New York to San Francisco and predicts more European sales to satisfy demand.
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Gilbert White
Julian Academy
United States
Oklahoma City
Frank Phillips
Oklahoma
International News Service
London
Paul Reinhardt
New York
Reinhardt
England
Europe
Philadelphia
Middle West
Far West
San Francisco
Sentigo
Yale Observes Bunyan 300th Birthday With Exhibit
Yale University marked Bunyan birth anniversary by displaying Pilgrim's Progress and minor works. The exhibit included A Defense of the Doctrine of Justification Solomon's Temple and other facsimiles plus Bunyan portraits. Prof Chauncey Brewster Tinker donated a high quality copy of the Pilgrim's Progress ninth edition and a second part copy.
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International News Service
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
John Bunyan
Bunyan
Solomon's Temple
Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Aspironal advertised as quick cold relief in drug ads
An advertising boast promotes Aspironal as the fastest cure for colds and flu, claiming laboratory approval and nationwide endorsement. It urges readers to buy for 60 cents, test it at home, and request a refund if symptoms persist, promising safety for both adults and children.
Fourth edition copy from 1680 featured in Elizabethan Club
The Elizabethan Club supplied a copy from the 1680 fourth edition and a Noel Douglas face simile of the first edition, noting the rarity of the materials in Boston.
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Boston
Elizabethan Club
Noel Douglas
McCoy’s Tablets Promise Weight Gain and Visible Improvement
An advertisement touts McCoy’s Tablets promising at least five pounds gain and clearer skin after four sixty cent boxes or two dollar boxes. It claims guaranteed satisfaction or money back and lists Fox, Randal, and Post Office Drug Stores as points of sale with McCoy’s Laboratories, Inc. as distributor.
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McCoy
Fox, Randal
Post Office Drug Stores
McCoy's Laboratories, Inc
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