The Paris Aid Society Helps Stranded Americans Home
A Paris charity, The American Aid Society of Paris, supports destitute Americans abroad. Maj. W. V. Cotchett and Miss H. H. Meyer run the office, approving proof of citizenship and destitution before providing third class passage, Salvation Army shelter, and meals. Last year 1,390 applicants. 895 aided in some fashion. many seek funds for tuition, jewelry, or new clothes, while others seek refunds or letters home.
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Paris
Panama
United States
Europe
American Aid Society of Paris
Maj
W. V. Cotchett
H. H. Meyer
Paris Beach
Salvation Army
Monte Carlo
Montmartre
Penns Home to Become England Country Club
Stoke Court in Stoke Poges, ancestral home of William Penn, will be converted into England’s first country club. The plan aims to preserve the historic estate, which has faced threats from high death duties and taxation.
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Stoke Poges
England
Stoke Court
William Penn
Mute Regains Voice in Quarrel With Atheists
In Long Branch New Jersey a heated religion dispute involving Thomas Perry whose real name he hides, led to him regaining speech after a door slam during the clash with two atheists. Perry once sang professionally in New York and other cities but became mute and now works as a hotel toaster while planning a comeback.
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Long Branch
N. J
Thomas Perry
Perry
Hollywood
Cedar Avenue
West End
New York
Will leaves 10000 to cure the blues research
Southport, Eng. Fox Goulburn who died in May left a will proven now providing 10000 dollars to Victoria University in Manchester. The gift is for research into the cause of the megrims affecting humanity, reflecting the merchant's wish to aid the depressed as a flower fruit and fish trader in Market Place Lanchester.
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Southport
Eng
Fox Goulburn
Victoria University
Manchester
Market Place
Lanchester
Fish Had a History Boston Sighting in Maine Harbor
Sailor Joe Clukey pulled a sculpin from Rockland Harbor and found a rusty wire embedded in its tail with a water-soaked wooden piece bearing A. K. and the date June 19, 1919 from Northeast Harbor Me. The fish appears to have swum about 100 miles along the coast.
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Boston
Joe Clukey
Rockland
Maine
Rockland Harbor
A. K
Northeast Harbor
Perfect Attendance in First Session of Seventieth Congress
Only 13 of 435 House members answered every roll call in the first session of the Seventieth Congress. Among those with perfect attendance was Cochran of Missouri.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Cochran
Missouri
Food First Motto From Mrs Wilkins Quote 1928
In 1928 Mrs Wilkins states that people must be fed before they can think and must have enough turnips and cabbages to eat, so they can see beyond sustenance. The remark emphasizes basic needs before pursuing other concerns.
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Mrs. Wilkins
Bananas and Pudding Featured in Homestyle Desserts
A collection of kitchen tips covers banana based frostings and creams, a sparkling roast tongue dish with ginger and allspice, Milanese tongue with macaroni and tomato, and Date Nut Pudding with butter, sugar, eggs and walnuts. It also notes bananas as a safe child fruit, citing research by Dr. Pease, Dr. Rose, and Dr Hass, and ends with a Hermits cake recipe for punch occasions.
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Doctor Pease
Doctor Rose
New York
Hass
Gamblers Belief in Friday Jinxes Highlight City Folklore
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette notes gamblers treat Friday as a bad luck day. They avoid bets on garter color, shun Friday money, chase black cats, and donate to beggars, especially the blind. Card players avoid seated when a favored chair is taken and many hustlers carry rabbit feet and lucky coins.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Slogan King G L Palin Delivers Ad Banquet Tale
G L Palin known as the slogan king tells a story at a New York advertising men's banquet. A woman asks for soap face powder and cigarettes in a drug store, and when the salesman asks for brand names she replies that she does not remember but trusts the brands that advertisements praise.
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G. L. Palin
New York
Triumphs of endurance by Miss Lucy Blanchard in Vermont
Miss Lucy M. Blanchard of East Poultney, Vermont, survived a fall that left her unable to walk as a child. Now ninety one, she lives alone, manages meals, and travels by wheelchair, having not used crutches since 1856.
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Highty
Lucy M. Blanchard
East Poultney
Miss Blanchard
Soldiers Save Half Dollar Weekly Deposits Policy
The war ministry decrees all Peruvian soldiers must save a weekly 0.50 sol deposit, equal to 20 cents U.S. Also cadets owe half that amount. All saved funds are returned to the soldier when he leaves service.
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War Ministry
United States
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Mrs T A Miller of Denver Colorado reports using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a tonic during the Change of Life. She says it helped with sleepless nights and fear of going downtown and advises friends to try it after her positive results referencing her mother’s prior experience.
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Denver
Colo
Lydia E. Pinkham
T. A. Miller
Adams Street
Denver, Colorado
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