Shanghai Memories and Far East Wanderings
Miss Carrier Dams Allen shares travel notes from Shanghai and Manila bound trip with Margaret Gould Weed. They describe Li Hung Chang memorial, Bubbling Well Road, Chinese and Japanese architecture, harbor life with sampans and junks, and Japanese espionage talk amid plans toward Hong Kong and Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciarrier Dams Anal
Anbusa
Margaret Gould Weed
Bishop Weed
Florida
San Francisco
New York
Sarge Plunkett Recalls 1822 De Kalb Tale With Mr Morris
Sarge Plunkett spends an hour with 90 year old Mr G W Morris father of the sheriff as they tour Fork Creek in DeKalb County recalling life from 1822 when Henry County spanned Fulton and DeKalb. The piece paints old settlers, Jackson and Sherman, homesteads, prices, and pride in rural abundance amid changing times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
G. W. Morris
Forest of
DeKalb
Fork Creek
County of
Henry County
Fulton and
McDonough
Hamburgh
Augusta
Rockefeller
Georgia
Mr. Morris
Jackson
Sherman
Atlanta
Ola
Bigeon Charles
Sheriffs Office
Ben
Dick Floyed
Redan
Movement for Morality in English schools
London May 14 Moral instruction in schools grows as parents and educators seek a defined moral aim in education. Harold Johnson, secretary of the Moral Instruction League, notes teacher personality as the strongest influence and direct lessons as valuable for minor morals. About 60 local authorities in England and Wales have moral instruction provisions, with 40 giving time and 50 offering detailed syllabi. A donor in the United States provided a large anonymous gift to bolster finances for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moral Instruction League
America
Welix Adler
Harold Johnson
Johnson
Hingland
Wales
United States
League
Descriptions From Puck Descriptions From Puck
A distraught husband called police at 2 30 a m claiming his wife missing since 8 p m The officer asked for a description He offered scant details and the caller described a brindle bull terrier with a long list of odd features The operator interrupted to assure they would locate both wife and dog The exchange shows the humor and misunderstandings in early police broadcasting
Memory Lane of Uncle Ike and Atlanta’s presses
A fragment recalls Uncle Ike Pilgrim near Atlanta, his life at the old Washington hand press, and nights by candlelight as printing evolved from lamps to electricity. It notes printers pressed during Sherman’s raid, the strike, and the idea editors and proprietors faced conscription alongside printers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy
Georgia
Ike Pilgrim
Washington
Atlanta
Confederacy
Gherman
Ika
Orrine advertised as cure for drunkenness across city
An Orrine promotion claims salvation from drunkenness with a money back guarantee. A Grand Rapids sales rep cites a mechanic’s cure and a home purchase as proof. The ad touts two forms, price one dollar, and urges readers to request a free booklet mailed in a plain envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrine
Orrina
Walter K. Schmidt, Co
Canal Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
Orrine Co
Washington
Ilkin. Watson Drug Co
Marietta
Regular Joy Ride with K. K. K. Flour
The ad promotes K. K. K. flour as an ideal baking staple for cooks and housewives. It claims bread biscuits cake and pastry turn out well and encourages buying K. K. K. instead of imitators for better family meals and kitchen temper.
A Printer Turns to Country Life After a Printing Era
The text recalls a veteran printer from Georgia whose family threaded through the craft from the Washington hand press to the modern Constitution presses. He witnessed vast southern printing growth, then chose quiet life on a fine farm, after decades in the trade. SARGH PLUNKETT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Tennessee
Virginia
Carolinas
South
Sargh Plunkett
No Treasures Debunk Aztec Gold Legends in Mexico
San Antonio May 14 Special Mexican journalist Jose Ramon Palafox says there are no hidden Moctezuma treasures in Mexico. He argues legends arose from exaggerated Spanish histories and that Aztec wealth was limited, dispersed, and used mainly for tribute. He warns against codex scams and warns Americans investing in treasure schemes. The piece also notes New Jersey passes a night work ban for under 16 in glass factories, aiding broader child labor reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Jose Ramon Palafox
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Spain
Tnor Palafox
Imperial
Cortez
Hernando Cortez
Euphrates Valley
India
Egypt
Rameses
Moctezuma
T. A. Kenyon
Patafox
Mr. Palafox
Idextec
Rio Grande
New Jersey
National Child Labor Committee
Uttla
South Jersey
Friends of the
bHy
Senate’ Committee
Iyil
Child Labour Committee
Pennsylvania
Indiana
West Virginia
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Can You Tell What Ails This Man
A folk remedy ad describes a malaised man with appetite loss, back pains, coated tongue, dizzy spells, irregular bowels, and bilious secretions. It promotes Smith's Pine apple and Butternut Pills as an infallible liver remedy that quickens digestion, steadies sleep, and restores appetite, claiming physician endorsement and habit prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie
Pineapple and Butternut Pills and Buchu Lithia Kidney Pills Ad
An advertisement claims to cure constipation biliousness and headache overnight. It urges purchase from a wholesale druggist or mail order, promising safe prepaid delivery and nationwide supply. Address appears as Boston, Massachusetts, with promotional codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Boston
Wess
Smith’s
Lithia Case
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Nagasaki
Japan
Siberian
Li Hung Chang Ymemorial
Hks
Madge
China
Li Hung Chanz Memorial
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Panama Canal
Manila Bay
Manila
Formosa
Hong Kong
Asia
Germany
Cavite
Philippine
England
Australia
Canton
Sampane
Hongong
Harri
Adams Ganahl
Chicago
St.Louis
Chilhowee and Smoky Mountains
Clinch River
Knoxville
Great Cumberland
Blue Ridge Mountains
Coal District
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Rockies
Peachtree Street
Sarge Plunkett
Edward
West
St Lincoln
Puck
Logistra
Muller
WM. H. Muller
University Place
Frahe Hfc.co
ATLAN
Oakland
Ike
Mexican Republic
Republic
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