Local Ads and Notices Echo Atlantic Page Listings
A jumble of old notices includes taxi services J B Thomasson and A W Stevens with contact numbers in Atlantic Iowa, G A R meeting details for Sam Rice Post No 6, home guard screening at the Opera House with showings of My Own United States and Innocent, farm equipment from Hansen and Lowe, and an Eagles Eye German Spy series ad.
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Sam Rice
Dept. of Iowa
G. A. R. Priday
Hall In
Court House
H. M. Brown
F. M. Nutter
Opera House Tonight
Red Cross Tip Plan Proposed in Cleveland Hotels
A proposal to place Red Cross girls in charge of hat and coat rooms at hotels aims to raise hundreds of thousands annually for Red Cross and war causes. The plan argues that tips would flow without complaint if Red Cross representatives staff the rooms, though adoption is undecided. Influential ministers are reportedly favorable to the idea.
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Red Cross
Cleveland
Aged Eggs Case Stirs Philadelphia Proceeds
Fifty year old eggs are challenged in Philadelphia as improper fruit for bakers. Mr Simmers notes fifty cases of aged eggs were seized after a speedy inventory of about fifty seconds. Cans were sealed and set for cold storage at the Reading terminal plant pending use for cake.
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Philadelphia
Simmers
Reading Terminal
Foe Persecutes Americans In Germany After Wilson Speech
Miss Bonventura Spiinik of Indianapolis reports in German papers of bitter persecution of Americans in Germany since Wilson’s Baltimore speech. She recently returned from Berlin aboard a Danish liner after six years with an opera company. She says children are starving to feed soldiers.
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Germany
Wilson
Baltimore
Bonventura Spiinik
Indianapolis
Berlin
Indian Coat of Elk Teeth At Steubenville
A curio dealer in Steubenville Ohio describes a coat sewn with 3800 elk teeth made by an Indian in Manitoba. Weighing eight pounds, the coat is worn by the owner who belongs to the Elks and attends conventions. The owner also wears a large elk tooth necklace.
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Steubenville
Manitoba
Canada
Order of Elks
Private Taylor’s Seven Week Shell-Hole Ordeal On the Western Front
Private J Taylor survived seven weeks in a German shell hole under heavy bombardment after a thigh fracture. He foraged for bully beef from dead bodies and water from a cap, evaded German patrols by feigning death, and crawled roughly 900 yards back to Allied lines. He later described the brutal siege and his rescue by fellow soldiers in a London hospital.
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Bubslata
Tina
Felyna
Huna
Succeeda
Hla
Linea
J. Taylor
London Gazette
Taylor
London
Hindenburg Hne
Mégo
German Eagle Lookalikes Removed From Utah Capitol
Governor Bamberger ordered removal of four Teutonic eagle ornaments at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City after officials noted resemblance to the Nazi era symbol. Substitution with real American eagle figures followed the finding. A related Massachusetts ruling bans certain “Combination sales” under the food administration.
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Sal Lake City
Prugstaniam
Bamberger
Massachuse Petts
Os brincones and jumping beans in Mexican gambling
The piece describes Mexican laborers playing a circle game with native seeds called brincones that seem to jump in the sun. betting on which bean will first jump, with a later scientific note that a larva inside causes the motion.
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Rio Grande
Providence
Eskimos Use Song to Settle Quarrels in Northland
A northern custom has quarrels settled through song. The grievance bearer composes a song detailing the wrongs, invites the rival and villagers, and performs as drums pound. If the crowd approves, the singer wins and has a just cause. if not, the punishment is the response. Then everyone dances and the village party ends happily.
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Northland
Encouraging Youth Adventure in Education
Arthur W. Morgan argues in the Atlantic that youth spirit of adventure is nearly universal but often thwarted. Schools should nurture this energy through high aims, exploration of new fields, and the hard strenuous tasks that temper character and sporting instinct.
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Arthur WH. Morgan
Cause of Cat Sickness and Motion Illusion
The text explains cat sickness and motion dizziness affecting 80 common among children. It describes the semicircular canals in the inner ear setting a motion that persists after movement ends, and notes travelers may need re-education when returning to land after sea travel.
Communication mix up at a party invite shown in Yonkers Statesman
In a humorous excerpt Mr Dilatbush asks Mrs Bensonhurst if she replied to her invitation. Mrs Flatbush confirms she said yes and explains she used the telephone instead of writing. The dialogue mocks etiquette and modern manners.
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Dilatbush
South Omaha Stock Market Report and Birth Notices
South Omaha stock receipts for hogs cattle and sheep show prices and ranges with hogs opening strong and closing weak. Cattle and calves move within steady to mixed ranges. Births announced Otto Karas Massena May 23 a son Elvin Charles Erwin E. Wolenhaupt Massena township June 22 a daughter Arlene Ruth. My Own United States is a recommended picture at the Opera House tonight.
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South Omaha
Otto Karas
Massena
Elvin Charles
Erwin E. Wolenhaupt
Massena Township
Arlene Ruth
United States
Opera House
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