Packard Singles Eight Draws Nationwide Praise and Orders
Packard Single-Eight tours sparked a flood of congratulatory letters and orders from across the country. Early showings drew many buyers, including women and men who quickly grasped the new crankshaft and vibration‑reducing design, while road tests highlighted comfort, acceleration, and braking. Boston wholesale manager I H Boles praised it as superior to prior Packards, predicting it will dominate its market and noting 13 mpg.
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Packard
I. H Boles
Packard Motor Car Company
Boston
Boles
Frank
Reed Baskets Care Tips and Cleaning Advice
Reed and willow baskets degrade with dust and should be cleaned often. Use a brush to clean and waxed baskets may be washed in soapy water, then rinsed and dried without damage.
Castle of Autocracy Opens Gates to Democracy Delegates
The International Federation of Working Women plans its third biennial congress August 14 at Schoenbrunn Palace Vienna. Nine American delegates led by Mrs Raymond Robins will join delegates from about twenty nations to map action promoting women trade unions and international policy on women and children.
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Representatives OF Democracy
Harry B. Hunt
Washington
Schoenbrunn Palace
Vienna
Europe
Trades Union Organization
International Federation of Working Women
International Labor Conference
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Elizabeth Christman
Agnes Johnson
Maud Swartz
New York
Rose Scheidermann
Freida Miller
Pauline Newman
Philadelphia
Mary Dreier
Bruhl Castle
Cologne
Germany
Imperial Summer Palace
Joseph
Cuba
Mile
Bozena Kubickova
Czechoslovakia
Heanne Bouvier
France
Signora Casartelli Gabrini
Italy
Betsy Kjelsberg
Norway
Sophie Dobrazanska
Poland
Mary FitzGerald
South Africa
Angele Monnier
Switzerland
Ymond Robins
Maud §Wartz
United States
Schoenbrunn Castle
Only two African elephants in the United States
Naturalist Martin Johnson says only two African elephants exist in the U S The photoplay Trailing African Wild Animals released by Metro screens at the Colonial Theatre The piece notes the African elephant differs from circus elephants and highlights its fierce temper and acute senses in a hunt scene.
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United States
Martin Johnson
Metro
Colonial Theatre
New York Hippodrome
Mrs. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Reservoir Plan in Southern Idaho Promises Massive Water Storage
American Falls Idaho is set to relocate as negotiations authorize a huge dam and reservoir project. The system would flood 83,000 acres and could reach 3,000,000 acre feet with 25 more feet in height, costing about 12 million dollars and benefiting South Idaho agriculture and regional development.
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American Falls
Idaho
United States
Euphrates
Nile
Gatun
Panama
Fashionable Berlin Street Becomes German Dog Market
Berlin reports Unter den Linden has become a major dog market with ex soldiers and others offering police dogs to foreigners in the tourist heart of the city. Muzzles restrict wolf strain police dogs but fights occur as large dogs clash with forays by roaming canines. Blind patrols led by police dogs risk encounters with stray dogs. An estimate cites 1 298 600 American drug addicts.
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Berlin
Unter den Linden
Freckles vanish with Othine double strength treatment
Advertises Othine double strength to remove freckles. Apply nightly and morning with a money back guarantee if results are not achieved. Claims most users need only one ounce to clear skin, with lighter freckles disappearing completely.
City Hall Notes on Garbage and Rubbish Collection
Garbage and rubbish are collected twice weekly citywide. Requests to the Health and Welfare Department are needed for garbage pickup. Put garbage in regulated metal cans, wrapped. Rubbish in boxes or barrels at curb or alley for pickup without a request. Do not place rubbish on private property. Builders must remove work-site rubbish.
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Health and Welfare Department
Engineering crews repair East End school grounds then Henry Street
A gang is repairing apparatus and grounds at the East End school property and will move to Henry Street for similar work today. A sewer gang is extending sanitary sewers on Essex Street to serve six properties now and five or six vacant lots later.
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East End
Henry Street
Essex Street
Every Boy Invited to Bluefield Boys Club Camp
A Bluefield boys camp hosts forty six attendees with all cots filled and tents occupied. Sid Doane and Red Cross lifesaving staff conduct first aid and swimming training as students pursue American Red Cross awards. The camp, funded by the Bluefield Elks, welcomes any Bluefield boy and promises a week of beach, food, and varied sports under Boys Club supervision.
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Dan
Ben
Sid Doane
American Red Cross Life Saving Crew
New England
Russell Lay
Boys’ Club
Bluefield Order of Elks
Boys
All Boys of Bluefild
Bols
Bluefield
Scorched Egg Shells Said to Repel Pantry Bugs
A pantry tip claims scorching eggshells and sprinkling them on shelves will deter pantry pests. The advice cites a simple, low cost method using common kitchen scraps to keep food stored items free from insects.
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Institute
J. W. Waters Co
the Reliable Jewelers
Federal St. L. & C. Bldg
Marion Phillips
Harrison Bell
Great Britain
Helene Burniaux
Belgium
Kathleen Derry
Canada
Mme
Laura de Kayas Bazan
U. S
Aaron’s
City Hall
Our
van Raalte
Lenox
Raleigh Street
Bland and
Federal Streets
Bluefield Merchants’ Association
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