Have You A Sweetheart Have You A Sweetheart Campaign Ad
This wartime style appeal promotes Allen's Foot-Rose antiseptic powder to ease foot friction for soldiers at the Mexican Border. It urges readers to buy a 260 box and mail via a 2 cent stamp, linking home comfort with support for troops.
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Foreigners Dominate Trade in Argentina Amid Tension
In Argentina the 7,895,000 population includes about 2,868,000 foreigners mainly Italians Spaniards British French and Germans with many from other regions. Half of Buenos Aires’s 1,875,000 residents are foreigners. Foreigners allegedly control much of commerce yet avoid politics. Smuggling pepper for nomps puzzles authorities as Belgian and Dutch smugglers redirect pepper at the frontier, some sold at about 4 dollars per pound, aiding bombs and tear gas production.
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Dooley and Nelson Shine on Empress Stage
In Butte the Empress program features Dooley and Nelson, billed as distinctly different comediana who excel in comedy singing dancing acrobatics and chatter. Audiences roared as they delivered finishing acts and crowds called for encore as the program ends Tuesday moving to new features including Pathe’s The Grip of a master plot in 14 episodes on Wednesdays through Saturdays and Who Gully on Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays.
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Nelson
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Long Tack Sam in Broadway tour charms with Chinese performance
Long Tack Sam’s troupe, a diverse act of contortionists and magicians, tours the Pantages circuit and Broadway theater. The performer himself stands out as a charming, smiling presence amid a historically solemn stereotype of Chinese audiences.
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Louis Wills
Bessi Ol
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Sam
Bret Harte
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War's Women Coming to the American Next Friday
A local theater previews the film War's Women at the American venue with dramatic scenes including Balkania and Emir characters debating defiance. The review notes convincing performances and a tense plot about a one hour deadline to raise defense funds under threat of soldiers attacking women. Also reported: motorcar stolen from Broadway Wyoming, IA salesman Ira R Cochran notes a Ford roadster with license 15 383 and an unpainted steel box on the rear.
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Ira R. Cochran
Spokane
Broadway
Wyoming Street
Minnesota to Exhibit Grains and Fruits in Northwest Tent
A tent exhibit of grasses grains fruits vegetables and corn from Minnesota North Dakota Oregon and Washington will tour Ohio Indiana Illinois as part of the Northwest territorial fair efforts. The Minnesota state immigration department and the Great Northern railway co operate with commissioner Fred Sherman to display both Grey Northern materials and an individual Minnesota exhibit. Leedy Great Northern agent coordinates displays of northwestern state products for the tent exhibit.
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North Dakota
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Northwest
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Longevity of Steel Frame Buildings Extended by 20th Century
A Chicago example from 1898 shows a 16 story steel frame Champlain building still solid after 26 years. Experts infer properly built steel structures may endure for centuries, with the frame bearing weight and outer walls functioning as a shell.
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State and
Madison Streets
Chicago
Straus’ Investors
Grace Church Finds Ancient Vase From Rome Past
In New York Grace church on Tenth street displays a neon worn vase described as a 3000 year old antique “doltola” once used to hold grand tied to a gate post by the Tiber. Workmen uncovered it in the yard of old St Paul’s in Rome before it was given by Rev. Dr. Nevin to Grace church.
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Tenth Street
New York
Rome
St Paul's
Via Nationale
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Choosing Officers in the Russian Army
A historical note recalls that under the Russian army every officer was noble, blocking middle class access. It contrasts Napoleon’s system favoring officers of plain origin, claiming such a background spurred greater ambition.
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