Akron man offers 100000 marbles to eager kids
Fred Smith of Akron Ohio advertised a giveaway of 100000 marbles. In a single day so many children crowded into his office that only a few marbles remained.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1915
Page
6
Fred Smith of Akron Ohio advertised a giveaway of 100000 marbles. In a single day so many children crowded into his office that only a few marbles remained.
A Washington woman Miss Adelia Reed describes two years of persistent facial pimples and itching then credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with complete healing within four weeks after trying a free sample. The ad touts Cuticura as a protective skin remedy available by mail with a free 32 page Skin Book.
Spartanburg S C March 24 Lieutenant Montague Nicholls of the British royal artillery formerly of this city has been wounded at the front in France. A cablegram from the British War Office says he was wounded March 21 after training near London and commission as lieutenant. Nicholls resigned from the U S Naval Reserve before graduation in 1913 and was noted as the navy football team star during two seasons.
Chicago March 24 Mrs Leonora Dorning 50 was arrested in the mayor's city hall office after shouting she would kill the mayor She gave no reason for the threat and claimed he was once the husband of a banker Montgomery sentenced to prison Dorning became violent when taken by officers police say she had previous arrests for disturbances in public offices.
The Forsyth theater in Atlanta faced its first enforcement of a new child labor law as manager Hugh Cardoza and A Daly were arrested on charges of employing Baby Helen, a 12 year old vaudeville performer earning 250 dollars weekly.
Washington reports eight months ending February exports valued at $357,091,823 a rise from $215,215,881 year before. Wheat led gains rising to $229,205,142 from $67,604,608. February alone wheat exports reached $38,599,993 up from $2,895,895. Corn oats and cotton also climbed. cotton eight months still trails 1914 by over $200 million. Beef exports surged with fresh beef at $17,213,161 last month and canned beef at $7,264,720 abroad. overall food aid supports soldiers and civilians in belligerent Europe.
A federal grand jury in Gainesville Florida indicted the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company on ten counts for alleged rebating on timber shipments from Century Florida to Pensacola for export to Brazil. Each count covers a separate carload shipment.
Mary Anna Jackson widow of Confederate General Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson died in Charlotte after a long illness following pneumonia. Born 1831 near Charlotte, she was author of her husband's memoirs and survived by two daughters and a son. Funeral arrangements and burial will be in Lexington, Virginia.
Revival in Toomsboro led by Rev. Mr. McCord aims to place the local church as a half station at the next Methodist conference session. A local Toomsboro woman has offered a parsonage for the preacher.
An old ad touts French surgical magnets drawing shrapnel from six inches and steel-jacketed Pulleta from over two inches. It praises Dr. Pierce at the Invalids Hotel Buffalo for high frequency machines, X rays, and a range of remedies including Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. Also offers free 188 page book on women’s diseases and a Medical Adviser sent for three dimes.
In Albany, March 24, a court of appeals hearing sought a retrial for Charles Becker, condemned for the Rosenthal murder. Manton challenged the second trial testimony by James Marshall, calling him unreliable while defending Becker’s right to jury defense. The defense argued the crime could have occurred without Becker and that witnesses biased the case.
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