Native Born Chinaman Civil War Vet Hopes Diamonds in South Dakota
Edward Day Dakota, 85, native born Chinese member of the Civil War era, lives at Battle Mountain Sanitarium in Hot Springs. He hunts “South Dakota diamonds” topaz stones in the hills, says he once sailed with Captain Edward Day Cahota who adopted him in San Francisco after leaving China.
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HUNTS
S. D. Diamonds
International News Service
Hot Springs
S. D
Edward Day Dakota
Battle Mountain National Sanitarium
Dakota
Edward Day
China
Cahota
Africa
States
Captain Day
Edward Day Cahota
Oriental
San Francisco
Hia
South Dakota
U. S
Cooperation over Conflict in Labor Markets Gains Ground
A long view in labor notes shows unions and employers increasingly favor peace and cooperation over strife. Mutual benefits, cost of strikes, and joint industry welfare spur better relations and practical outcomes across sectors.
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Organized
War department approves Rio Grande bridge near Del Rio
A National Broadcasting Company statement notes War Department approval for constructing a bridge across the Rio Grande near Del Rio. The piece also references a nationwide banking network and various disparate excerpts on daily life, fashion, and city demographics, including New York City census figures and a note about Miss Rue Barb arriving from Choccolocco Alabama.
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The
War Department
Rio Grande River
del Rio
Radio Schedule Fragments with GOP Parties and Concerts Listed
A jumble of radio station codes and times lists GOP committee events and music programs. It shows venues like Milwaukee New York Newark Dallas and more with orchestras, dances, studio talks, and party nights among various hours.
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WCCO
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Republican National Committee
Republican State Committee
General Motors Party
Hamline University
Minnesota
Omaha
KSD
St. Louis
Democratic National Committee
KDKA
Pittsburgh
WGY
WRCO
Washington
Men Spend 750 Million on Good Looks
Chicago reports that U S men spend over 750 million annually in 75000 barber shops to look better. Joseph Byrne, NY head of the Beauty and Barbers Supply Dealers Association, cites hair marceling, permanent waves, facial massages, wrinkle treatments and facelifts as growing male grooming trends. Public manicures are increasingly common among men.
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Squibb
Star Navy
International News Service
Chicago
United States
Joseph Byrne
New York
Byrne
National Beauty and Barbers Supply Dealers Association
Young Rexford Sells Silver Threads For Three Dollars
The verses of the song Silver Threads Among the Gold were written by Ebon E. Rexford who was eighteen when he penned the lines. He later sold the rights for three dollars to the music publisher.
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Ebon E. Rexford
Rexford
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Michigan
National Safety Congress
Congress
Presidency
Wink
Winkler County
Texas
Texas Rangers
Odessa
Ector County
Fd Tull
Mexico
Harris
Bureau of Mines
Squibb’s Dental Cream
National Broadcasting Company
New York City
Rue Barb
Choccolocco
Alabama
al Falfa
Nothing
Ee Radio
Roxy
Viola Philo
KWK
WJR
W5m
WSL
WREN
WDAF
KWOO
WFAA
KPRC
WOAL
WHAS
WSM
WMC
WSB
WIJAX
Dance Music
WOR
WADC
WAIU
WKRC
WGHP
WMAQ
WOWO
KMOX
WSPD
WHK
Associated Press
Uncle Bob
Uptown Ass'n
Insomnia Club
WGN
Almanak
WLS
Angelus
Water Witches
WLS Hippodrome
Turvy
Couriers
Columbia
Amos-Andy
WLW
Cincinnati
Norine Gibbons
WSAI
Boss Herbert
Gypsies Ligecchiewerel Motors Party
WTAM
Cleveland
Republican
Gypsies
Orchestra
WOC
Davenport
Des Moines
Little Symphony
Detroit
Olsen
Kansas City
School of the Air
General Motors
WTMJ
Milwaukee
Jack Turner
WEAF
Smith
Newark
Atlanta
Roxy and His Gang
KRLD
Dallas
Louisville
KTHS
Hot
Houston
Jacksonville
Memphis
Nashville
His “O
Family Party
WSMB
New Orleans
San Antonio
TERN
KGO Oakland
RCA
G. BE
Portland
RCA Hous ‘Ao
Bayer
Firestone
Louis H.smitth
Firestone Coon Ton
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