Sailors Bid Farewell With Music On Newport Pier
In Newport Rhode Island a crowd of training station sailors aged around 190, bound for New York and then service, gathered on Long Wharf as a khaki clad officer led singing. They ended with The Star Spangled Banner, then cheers for their leader, who spoke of continuing song and duty.
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Fall River Line
Newport
R. I
Torpedo Station
New York
Long Wharf
Old Harbor
Suwanee River
Nancy Lee
Indiana
Teader
Inkhaki
Bed
War and Navy Department
Lee Fr. Hanmer
Sao Paulo Capital of Brazil's Wealthy Strong City
Sao Paulo, the capital of Brazil’s wealthiest state, sits as a major commercial hub with 2,000,000 acres of coffee land producing about 60 percent of world coffee. The city hosts 14 square miles of area, approaching 500,000 residents, undergoing rapid growth with diverse architecture and broad avenues.
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AO Paulo
St. Paul
Brazil
Great Southern Republic
Sao Paulo
Bulletin of the
Pan-American Union
New England
North America
Pennsylvania
Nature
Atlantic Ocean
Schern
Westwid
Serma Do Mar
Santos
Atlantic
Sao Paul
United States
Washington
Denver
Buffalo
Largo Do Palacio
Avenida Tiradentes
Avenida Ranges Pestana
Ruas Liberdade
Santo Amaro
Consolacao
Avenida Paulista
Salt works dominate national supply and labor notes
The article notes American salt works provide all domestic salt. It highlights Japan’s low pauper rate, implying independence, and mentions most people have some work. It describes an European life preserver for dry warm wear and a Marvhind tan device using compressed air to spray paint with rotating brushes. It also references chrysalis oil and mulberry cellulose in a Japanese invention.
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Almerican
Japan
Europe
Haly
Misread Letter Invented Thousand Cars for France
A French delegation thanked the American Red Cross for a thousand cars donated to France, but a French stenographer had mistranslated the letter. The mistake, traced to a faulty conversion, led to officials believing the gift had been made from the American army headquarters, not the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Bot Reneh
Transportation Bureau
Letster Oto
Minsportation
Academs
Elzabeth Prager
Busy With His Bugs Mild Professor Returns From Trip
A fragment depicts a professor returning from a week away while another character asks for a reminder to give her a kiss. The tone hints at a light domestic scene with playful dialogue.
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Maadean
Electrically Driven Machine Aims To Replace Edge In Shipyards
The item notes an invention an electrically driven machine to replace the edge work in shipyards. It cites oddly specific figures about bambona growth and property valuations held by Negroes in Georgia, noting a rise from 5.76 million in 1880 to 40.29 million in 1917, with an attribution to Lelia Hetkedik.
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Georgia
Writing Paper for Soldiers Ordered for Free Use
The Y M C A has ordered 200 million letterheads and a total of 300 million sheets of writing paper for free use by American soldiers at home and abroad. Distribution begins immediately to camps and stations nationwide.
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Ang Teeta
Woman Works 15 Hours a Day in Peru Ind
Mrs Anna Meterianod recounts severe backache and fatigue eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She rises at 4 AM for housework then a factory shift, returning to supper and strength. She urges other sufferers to try the remedy.
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Peru
Ind
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Meterianod
West 10Th St
What He Could Do
A Kansas City Star tasting of a tense cafe scene. A heated customer demands extra sugar while insulted by the waitress Hortense who warns him to leave or face a ketchup bottle as a threat. The exchange notes tension in a fast service setting.
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Hortense
Kansas City Star
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Blood Cure
A cure for catarrhal deafness via constitutional treatment with Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It explains deafness from inflamed Eustachian tubes and mucous membranes and notes a $100 reward for any case not cured by the medicine. Toledo, Ohio ad copy from F J Cheney & Co.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Don’t Judge Harshly Explanations Often Explain Unreasonable
A cautious reminder to wait for explanations before judging. The piece notes most judgments lack full context and urges patience in interpreting others’ actions. It emphasizes avoiding snap conclusions and seeking fuller facts before forming opinions.
Cole's Carbolinaire Heals Burns and Skin Diseases Quickly
The advertisement claims Cole's Carbolinaire instantly stops pain from wounds and skin diseases and heals without scars. It urges readers to ask a druggist or send 25 cents to The J. W. Cole Co. in Rockford Illinois for a package kit.
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W. F.young
Temple St
Springfield
Maes
Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, Il
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Wash. D.C
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Des Moines
Dean
Valieeta
Iowa
Bain
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