Circus Evacuation by River Crossing Ends in Sunrise Scene
A circus wagon train crosses a flooded stream after an elephant damages a bridge. Billy and Betty Whiskers lead the way while lions and hyenas react to the water. Swedish family awakes as dawn approaches and church bells call worshippers to services. Tomorrow reveals what happened at the church.
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Billy Whiskers
Betty
Gabriel
Billy
The
Saalfield Publishing
Akron, O
Katie and Athena Debate Class and Marriage Boundaries
The narrator recalls Athena and Katie planning a wedding while Katie shifts from housemaid to fiancé. Katie buys finery from her savings and a Fifth Avenue gift, while Athena defends equal worth beyond wealth. They anticipate social tensions as Katie moves toward marriage with Gerald.
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Athena
Katie
Trousseau
Gerald
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Advice on trust and love in two early 20th century letters
In letters to Mrs. Thompson, Blue Eyes questions a partner’s secrecy about taking her younger sister to a show and the implications for trust in love. Dew Drop advises forgiveness but condemns deception, and urges the writer to prioritize true love and trust over engagement to someone she does not love, predicting eventual happiness with the one she truly loves.
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Mrs. Thompson
France
Protect children from diphtheria with Tonsiline
An old advertisement urges early tonsil treatment to prevent diphtheria. It explains sore throats as breeding grounds and promotes Tonsiline for immediate use at home, priced 50 cents and 1 dollar, claiming it blocks disease spread by contacting diseased surfaces.
Pepto Mangan Promoted as Health Booster for Flu Prevention
An advertisement urges readers to improve physical condition to resist influenza and to use Pepto Mangan Gude's as a blood builder. It claims the tonic prevents illness and aids recovery, noting a 25 year proven record and offering liquid or tablet forms with the genuine full name on the package.
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Gude
Man purchases suit after hog sale in Dayton Ohio
A resident named O. R. A. Jackson from Tippecanoe City kept 55 fancy Duroc hogs to sell. He netted more than 25 thousand dollars from the sale with an average price of 485 dollars per hog and a standout hog selling for 3200 dollars. He used the proceeds to buy a spring suit pair of shoes and coal.
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Dayton
Tippecanoe City
Dreco Eases Backache and Boosts Health, Athens Man Says
John Call of Route 6 Athens Ohio, road superintendent for Athens County, credits Dreco with relieving backache constipation gas and nervous tension. He reports improved kidney function digestion sleep appetite and energy after using the herbal tonic and praises the remedy. Dreco expert Mr Stout will be at Cline Pharmacy to explain the medicine’s merits.
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Dreco
Akron
John Call
Route 6
Athens
Stout
Cline Pharmacy
Pocahontas Lodge Honors Grandma Hoy With slippers
Hocking Council No. 59 of the Degree of Pocahontas met February 20 in Murray City. Clara Cuncliffe presented Grandma Hoy with slippers for her 75th anniversary. Members enjoyed a picnic, dancing, and pledged support for Ohio Pocahontas reaching 2000 members by April 1.
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Ohio Pocahontas
Akron Move and Local Illnesses Noted
Mr. Ralph Walters moved his family to Akron. Mrs. Mamie Moster, a Barberton schoolteacher, is ill with the flu and her mother has gone to care for her. Mrs. Clara Cunliffe had been very ill but is improving at this writing.
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Ralph Walters
Akron
Mamie Moster
Barberton
Clara Cunliffe
Concrete Arch to Span Scotch Coal Mine Entrance
A massive structure planned to cover the mouth of a Scotch coal mine will be built entirely of reinforced concrete rather than steel and timber. The change aims to improve durability and safety for the mine site and workers.
A Smart Gown Pattern 3107 Offered in Six Sizes
A 6 size gown pattern 34 26 38 40 42 44 bust measures with notes on fabric needs for size 38 and edge width. Describes color options gray taffeta with white soutache and alternatives in brown serge satin velvet duvetyn and embroidery. Pattern mailed to any address for 10 cents in silver or stamps.
One Size Pattern for Dress Petticoat Barrie-coat and Slipper
A single pattern includes a dress petticoat a Barrie coat and a slipper. Materials suggested include muslin lawn cambric batiste nainsook and silk for the dress with specific yardage for dress petticoat Barrie coat band and skirt. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 20 cents.
Jad Salts Promoted For Clear Skin And Kidney Aid
An old health column urges Jad Salts as a remedy to cleanse the bowels and blood, claim it prevents toxin buildup, stimulates kidneys, and clears pimples. It describes Jad Salts as grape and lemon juice acid with lithia, inexpensive and harmless, to be taken daily for a week.
Week Weather Forecast for Ohio Valley and Tennessee
Forecast for February 23 to 28 calls for rain likely Wednesday and again at week end with generally fair conditions otherwise. Temperatures rise early in the week and then remain near normal.
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Washington
Dpd. C
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Vola-Tonic praised by Cincinnati woman in ad claim
Mrs. C. D. Thorpe of 657 Laurel Street Cincinnati says Vola-Tonic eased years of stomach trouble indigestion and constipation. She reports improved digestion less gas and bloating and greater strength after two bottles while her husband plans to continue purchases. The ad notes the tonic is being introduced at Cline's Pharmacy in Athens.
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Athens
Cline
Balmwort Tablets touted for kidney and bladder relief
A testimonial advertises Balmwort Tablets as an effective extract of corn silk with simple drugs. It claims rapid soothing of inflammation and improved kidney and bladder function, noting back and hip pains and nightly distress ease with daily use. A Passaic New Jersey writer cites beneficial results and urges purchase for1.00.
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Alexander T. Matya
Elm Street
Passaic
N. J
Flu Fight Methods Highlighted At Medical Meeting
New scientific methods to combat influenza and germ diseases were presented at the African College of Physicians fourth annual meeting in Chicago. More than 500 leading physicians from the United States and Canada attended the session.
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Chicago
African College of Physicians
United States
Canada
House Cleaning Time At Hand and Mother Akron is Wielding the Broom
In Akron a historic police raid sweep nets one gambler shot, many arrested, three bartenders seized for prohibition violations, three stills and raisin whiskey seized, and twenty people taken for keeping disorderly houses.
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Akron
American Freed After Kidnapping by Mexican Bandits
W. W. Adams, an American citizen, was kidnapped by Mexican bandits on February 13 and has been released, with the State Department notified on Friday.
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Washington
W. W. Adams
State Department
Peary Interred at Arlington After Naval Honor Guard
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary Arctic explorer dies Friday in Washington. services led by Navy Chaplain Wright with honorary pallbearers including President Marshall and Secretary Daniels. The casket draped with Peary’s flag, wagon procession to Arlington, Mayflower sailors provide firing squad and color guard.
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Washington
Blue Jackets
United States Naval
Peary
Marshall
Daniels
Vilhjalmur Steffansson
Robert A. Bartlett
Roosevelt
White
United States Supreme Court
David Brainard
Gillett
Jusserand
France
Lindsey
Arlington Cemeter
Fort Meyerard
World crude oil output tops billion metric tons in 62 years
The article notes crude petroleum production exceeding one billion metric tons over 62 years, with the United States contributing more than 61 percent of that total.
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United States
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