Weather proverbs gain Weather Bureau approval
Washington reports that the Weather Bureau officially endorses weather proverbs as scientifically grounded. Proponents argue such verses rightly reflect natural patterns and help communities without forecasts, with examples linking frost years, snow years, and January signs to later outcomes in crops and grain storage.
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Hugh S. Miller
Washington
United States Weather Bureau
The
Weather Bureau
W. J. Humphreys
Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Real Storytellers Charm Atlanta Children at Piedmont Park
Tauntingly vivid scene as TARLETON COLLIER recounts Atlanta Story Tellers League efforts in Piedmont Park. Mrs. Charles Goodman explains aims to teach children through storytelling, linking local writers and librarians to schools, orphan homes, and the juvenile court, while Anna Dupree Choate and peers react with wonder.
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Carnegie Library
Charles Goodman
George B. Hinman
A. M. Calkins
Mary Barnwell
Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris
Kate Massey
Laura Wood
Madge A. Bingham
B. R. Stevens
Evangel R. Harrell
RS. Charles. Goodman
Story Tellers’ League
Remus
Piedmont Park
Ethel Hunter
Margaret Wade
Catherine King
Anne Dupree Choate
Anne
Anne Dupree
League
United States
Atlanta Story Tellers’ League
National
Richard T. Wyche
New York
Wyche
Mothers’ Congress
Heeches
University of Virginia
Story Teller
Knickerbocker Story Tellers’ League of
New York City
Atlanta League
Henriette Masseling
Ray Klein
W. A. Edwards
George Selden
Anna Bell Moore
Anna Bell
Elizabeth Scott
R. E. Weatherly
Feague
Mrs. Man
Sard
Thomas Daniel, Jr
Thomas Dante
Physician cures wife of consumption with home treatment
A physician in East Saugus Mass claims his wife recovered from consumption after using the Lloyd treatment. He says it kills the tubercle bacillus in blood and tissue and is both preventive and curative. The ad urges sending for a free booklet with sworn testimonies from physicians and sufferers across the United States.
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W. H. Knight
East Saugus
Mass
Lloyd
United States
Dewna
Klee
Dayton
Ohio
Had Husband 1 Day Cost Her $500
Milwaukee authorities bought Violet Morgan Adamson a ticket home after she was wooed and won by Wallace Henry Adanson who posed as a Milwaukee broker. He took her $500, vanished to his offices, and did not return.
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Violet Morgan Adamson
Stoneford, Ill
Milwaukee
Stoneford
Wallace Henry Adamson
Here
Adamson
Pie Hunters Lean Burleson Faces Postmaster Pressure
Washington reports Postmaster General Burleson is besieged daily by office-seekers from Senators and Representatives urging postmaster appointments. The ongoing pressure has left him weary and careworn as civil service rules threaten to flatten the field for many candidates.
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Washington
Burleson
Pencil Stub Left in Office Is Returned
A. L. Wechsler of Watertown New York sent a note with the lead pencil stub he found on a stand where a telegram was written. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt receives the message and a medal is promised for the most honest man. The telegram was sent from Watertown ten days earlier.
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Washington
Roosevelt
A. L. Wechsler
Watertown
N. Y
Diogenes
GETS IT for Corns Quickly and Surely
An advertorial style notice touts GETS-IT as a fast corn cure. It claims removal in about two seconds, no cutting or painful procedure, and safety for healthy skin. Sold by E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago and listed Atlanta pharmacists.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Atlanta
Jacobs’ Pharmacy Company
Elkin Drug Co
Coursey & Munn
Gunter-Watkins Drug Company
E. H. Cone, Inc
Tiptor & Co
Senator Smith Praises Navy Shipboard Schools
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia praises Secretary Daniels plan to turn battleships into public school houses. He says the program offers vast opportunities for youth to travel the world while receiving technical training in mechanical and electrical engineering and wireless telegraphy aboard ships. He argues it will speed up recruiting and provide officers with teaching roles, offering unmatched training.
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Washington
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Daniels
United States
Navy
Smith
Fat Off weight loss tonic promotion
An advertisement touts Fat Off as a safe at home fat reduction method with no exercise, no dieting, or medicines. It claims targets waist, chin, hips, and neck, promises smooth skin and firm flesh, and lists full size and special versions with prices. M. S. Borden Co. of New York urges readers to request a free booklet for details.
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ATOFF
Roe
Borden CO
Mfrs
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