Billy Whiskers Leaves Farm for Short Vacation
Billy Whiskers announces a temporary departure to seek adventure for several weeks. He plans to follow the river road to four crossroads while his wife Nannie fears for his safety. Daisy and Billy Jr. react with surprise and the animals offer mixed blessings as he prepares to leave.
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Billy Whiskers
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Billy Jr
Daisy
Billy
The
Saalfield Publishing Co
Akron
Waking Cherry Receives Gossip From Callers
After a lengthy talk with Jane Cherry exits and greets visitors in her living room. Miss Iallie Werry sits with Mrs Randall, then Nellie Arthur mentions a Chicago letter about a sweetheart and Ned seen with Miss, stirring whispers.
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Bates
Miss Lutie
Cherry
Ned
Atline
Chicago
Arline
Randall
Wellsburg
Jane
Iallie Werry
Mrs. Randall
Nellie Arthur
Patterned Woman's Coat and Skirt Set in Multiple Sizes
Menspattern text describes a coat pattern 2690 and skirt pattern 3696. Coat offered in six bust sizes 34 to 44 inches. Skirt sizes listed as 24 to 34 inches with remaining size unspecified.
Skirt Width and Pattern Sale Notice for Mail Order
The item notes a 36 inch waist, a skirt width of 2 percent yards at the hem, and a medium size suit requiring 6 percent inch material. It offers two separate patterns mailed to any address on receipt of 12 cents in stamps for each pattern.
Golf the Game
Washington preview on golf as a political and social cross between nations. The piece compares U S and British golfing culture, noting presidents and premiers who play, and humor about caddies and accents, including a colorful remark from a Washington links caddie.
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David L. Blumenfield
United Press
Washington
England
Harding
King George
Sandringham
Lloyd George
Heath
Scotland
Darkie
Gawd
Land
Hole
Ohio utility customer totals reported by state commission
Figures compiled from state public utilities reports show Ohio has 933,011 natural gas customers, 785,755 telephone subscribers, 602,618 electric light and power customers, and 9,250 artificial gas users. The data outlines the scope of utilities across the state.
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Columbus
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
How to Make Childbirth Easier With Mother's Friend
A traditional guide describes pregnancy nerves needing soothing to reduce strain before delivery. It promotes Mother's Friend as an external massage to relax muscles and skin, claims it aids natural expansion and reduces discomfort, and notes doctors and nurses recommend it. It includes a testimonial and states the product contains no narcotics and is harmless, available at drug stores.
Ohio public utilities carry over a billion passengers in 1920
Ohio public service firms show wide use of electric light and power gas telephone and transport. Interurban railways carried 245 330 709 passengers in 1920 and city street railways 778 542 383 totaling 1 023 873 092. Subscribers rose by 20 537 to 765 218 in December 1919. Total investment to provide services nears 996 198 597 dollars as capital needs grow.
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Ohio
State Commission
City Street
Dewey Was Wrong After Car Fire near Lancaster
Dewey Blosser struck a match to check a gas tank on his light car in Lancaster Ohio. The tank was empty and the fire department cleared away the wreck. Mr Blosser escaped unharmed.
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Dewey
Lancaster, O
Dewey Blosser
Mr. Blosser
General Electric Cuts Pay in Schenectady
General Electric announced a 10 percent salary reduction for all officers and employees at its Schenectady plant on Monday. The move affects the entire workforce as the company adjusts compensation amid business conditions.
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General Electric
Schenectady
N. Y
Boy Is Fatally Burned by Torch in Farm Accident
In Newark Ohio on September 28 Beal Baro, 12, was fatally burned while using a torch to disinfect a hen house on a nearby farm. His mother attempted to rescue him by throwing him into a water trough and was severely burned on the arms.
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Newark
Beal Baro
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