MERRIWIDH AND AUSTERE FASHION TLAUNCH
Mrs Merriwid and Aunt Jane discuss fashion and personality of Mr Spickan while admiring tailors dummies and pistache candy in a witty social vignette. The piece shifts to a separate report on Illinois road law creating a state highway department, county superintendents, and state aid roads with funding and governance details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Merriwid
Jane
Aunt Jane
Melissa
Mrs. Merriwidh
Spickan
Edwardsville
Ill
Nelson L. Ryder
Illinois
State Department
Senate
State Commission
County Board
State Highway Department
State Road and Bridge Fund
State Highway Commission
Telephone Ear Malady Described By Aural Surgeon
An aural surgeon explains a new ear ailment called telephone ear a form of ear strain from constant telephone use. Fatigued auditory nerves can cause buzzing and temporary deafness and other cases stem from reactions to bell sounds and poor voices. Rest from the telephone for a few days is the advised treatment.
Goethals Plans Panama Coal and Supply Docks
The Panama project proposes Balboa piers 1000 feet long with a 1000 foot drydock and coal plant for 100000 tons plus repair shops. Cristobal on the Atlantic will get several 1000 foot piers and a coal storage plant able to handle 200000 to 300000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Col. Goethals
Balboa
Pacific
Cristobal
Atlantic
Systematic Illinois farm yields aid from rock phosphate
In Tazewell county Ralph Allen uses 1500 pounds per acre of raw rock phosphate on forty acres and follows a fixed rotation of corn oats wheat and clover. Wheat on treated land promises 33 to 40 bushels per acre versus 22 to 30 on untreated fields. The Turley Red wheat matures earlier and equipment is maintained in a rigorously organized workshop with precise tool inventory and assigned responsibility for returns.
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H. A. M’keene
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Illinois
Ralph Allen
Delavan
Tazewell County
Allen
Ralph
Parcel Post Amendment Expands Liquid Mailing Rules
An amendment to parcel post regulations allows mailing liquids oils pastes salves or other easily liquefiable articles when properly packed in padded absorbent containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parcel Post
Weird Work Piece Describes Cubist Pie as Still Life
A quirky caption describes a still life cubist painting of a slice of huckleberry pie labeled as odd art. The dialogue questions a volcano or town fire, but the piece remains a calm, abstract work.
Nipissing Mines report shows $10,440,000 in dividends
Jones & Baker offices in Chicago and New York issue a comprehensive Nipissing Mines Company report for the Cobalt Ontario district. The document shows the company has paid out ten million four hundred forty thousand dollars in dividends. Free copies available at nearby offices.
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Jones & Baker
South la Salle Street
Chicago
Broad Street
New York
Nipissing Mines Company
Cobalt District
Ontario
Adv
Family Dinner Tale About Banana Watermelon Wishes
In a bustling kitchen a family jokes about eating habits. Paxton admits he likes bananas but passes. Jean, five, declares love for watermelon yet cannot eat it because no one buys it. Papa questions why. Mamma notes she loves it but the food disagrees with her.
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Papa
Mamma
Paxton
Jean
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for health gain
Mrs Willard A Graham of Bovina Center New York recounts years of poor health after childbirth and back pains. She says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her condition allowing her to care for her two children and perform more of her own work. She urges other women with similar troubles to try the remedy and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bovina Center
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Identified Himself and the Parabola of a Joy Ride
A motor car strikes a stump and a rear seat passenger, described as embowpoint, vaults from the vehicle landing by the roadside. The constable threatens arrest, Judge Plant notes the incident, while a separate feature explains the aquatic plant obladderwort using air bladders and a trap door to trap prey.
Tinplate output growth since 1899 in the United States
The United States produced 1.75 billion pounds of tinplate last year, a tenfold increase from 1899, reflecting a major expansion in the metal’s manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Picnic Draws Record Crowd Amid Close Calls
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports the picnic was a great success with many attendees. The event featured ample social time but near drowning incidents marked the day, described as more severe than any other similar occasion.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
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Henry Merriwich
Henry
Christopher Columbus
George Washington
Mrs. Merriwich
W. G. Chapman
Laun Maclaren
J. Mulhall
6Th Street
Siouxty
Iowa
Nelson
L. Ryder
London
Allen Farm
the Centaur Company
Bears
Castoria
Winchester
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