500 Auto Drivers In Court Case Shocks New York
Nearly 500 motorists appeared in police courts seeking to avoid speeding penalties amid a city drive against reckless driving. Fines totalled 2500 dollars with over ten defendants jailed. Theodore Roosevelt Pell elected jail and promised to buy dinner for all prisoners. Fatalities rose in November with 38 killed and 115 injured, contributing to higher statewide deaths than in Chicago last year.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt Pell
Theodore Roosevelt
Pell
National Highways Protective Society
Chicago
Kidney Health Urged with Jad Salts Remedy
The article urges Americans to guard against kidney trouble from rich foods and uric acid. It recommends four ounces of Jad Salts, taken as a spoonful in water before breakfast, to flush and stimulate kidneys and end bladder discomfort.
Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion Promoted as Vital Nerve Builder
An advertisement touts Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion as a non stimulant nerve and body building medicine. It claims to strengthen nerves and tissues, uses four hypophosphites, contains no alcohol, and offers a money back guarantee if it does not help. Sold exclusively at the local Rexall Store among thousands of pharmacies.
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Rexall
United States
Canada
Old Granary Owl Captured and Placed in Franklin Park Aviary
The Granary burying ground owl, a familiar Tremont street resident, was captured in Woodward park South Boston by George Sulloway who knocked it from a tree with a half brick. He turned the bird over to the city and it now rests in the aviary at Franklin Park after delivery to the Franklin Park bird house.
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Tremont Street
George Sulloway
Southampton Street
Franklin Park
Broadway
E Street
Boston
Woodward Park
Sulloway
New Bird House
Granary
Paragraphs on Fads and Fashions in Evening Attire
The piece surveys 1920s style trends with glittering evening gowns and hats worn higher. It notes short and long skirts, vivid sweater colors, velvet streetwear, minimal ostrich plumes, sash-tulle blouses, fur trimmings, mole and chinchilla furs, lace lingerie, flower and fur hat combinations, fur trimmed slippers, matching petticoats, and bishop sleeve sheaths.
Floating barrooms must be licensed in harbor cities
The Supreme Court ruled that floating barrooms in navigable waters within harbor limits must comply with liquor regulations. In the case of William Rabb the court held New Orleans rules extend to an excursion steamer on interstate waters, overruling his contention.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Rabb
New Orleans
Sewing Circle Letters on Mothers Salaries in Boston Post
The Sewing Circle column invites readers to discuss home life, motherhood wages, and family care. Letters debate whether pay or pension fits mothers who raise children, with contrasting views from West Roxbury and Dedham readers.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily
Unday Post
Cme
New England
Aso
Boston Post
Elbert Hubbard
Mrs. Hubbard
West Roxbury
Dewar Sewing Circle
White House bride backs including obey in wedding vows
Letters discuss the idea that a wife should obey her husband, with responses from readers. Advice ranges from embracing old fashioned norms to challenging gender equality, recounting personal experiences about obedience and its consequences in marriage and work.
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White House
Sewing Circle
Young Mistress Seeks Home Making Wisdom
A reader argues it is wiser for newlyweds to establish their own home rather than live with parents to save money. The letter recounts initial friction when staying with the mother, then harmony once independent, and questions if mother-in-law feuds stem from staying under parental roof.
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Choates
Morses
Brandeises
Robert Chambers
Anthony Hope
Marie Corelli
Laura Jean Libbey
Dedham
Mother
Hubby
Letters to the Sewing Circle Featured in Sunday Post
A selection of notable letters to the Sewing Circle is published in the Sunday Post, highlighting reader opinions and community concerns. The page offers glimpse into local voices and social trends through editorials and responses.
Japanese Battleship Kirishima Launched at Nagasaki
The launching today of the new Japanese battleship cruiser Kirishima was marked by a brilliant ceremony in Nagasaki. The vessel laid down March 17, 1912, is a sister ship of the Kongo and part of a four-ship class with prominent navy officers attending.
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Nagasaki
Japan
Kirishima
Barrow-in-Furness
England
Girl Globetrotter Returns from World Tour
Dorothy Foster Gilman Radcliffe graduate and daughter of Reverend and Mrs Bradley Gilman returns to Canton after a world journey covering over 30 000 miles He began the trip more than four months ago and she says it added a rich fund of knowledge to her view of conditions and times.
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Canton
Dorothy Foster Gilman
Radcliffe
Bradley Gilman
Miss Gilman Warns of Japanese Expansion Motives
Miss Gilman toured missionary centres and institutions in eastern cities and towns, expressing alarm at Japanese plans to seize the Philippines. She argues the U S should win natives peacefully, though she admires American ideals. She left Boston in July and traveled east four months, returning via San Francisco.
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Miss Gilman
China
Japan
Philippines
United States
America
Boston
San Francisco
Papes Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief for Grippe
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound to break up colds in hours. Take every two hours for three doses to clear nasal passages, stop discharge, ease headaches feverishness and sore throat. Priced at 25 cents at drug stores, it supposedly acts without assistance and has pleasant taste. Do not substitute.
How To Save Your Eyes Eye Health Prescription Ad
An advertisement urges readers to stop relying on glasses and explains a free seeming remedy with Optona tablets dissolved in water. It claims the treatment can refresh eyes, reduce inflammation, and prevent blindness, urging immediate use at local stores.
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Back Pain Relief
An advertisement claims kidneys do not cause backache and promotes St Jacobs Oil as a fast, harmless rub on treatment for lumbago sciatica neuralgia rheumatism sprains and strains. It urges readers to obtain a trial bottle from a druggist and notes instant relief and no skin burning or discoloration.
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St. Jacobs
Glorial Wavolene Promise Curl and Wave for Days
An advertisement touts Glorial Wavolene as a harmless clear liquid that transforms straight stringy hair into curls or waves for days. It claims damp weather resistance, avoids hot curling irons, and urges weekly application with a 50 cent bottle from druggists.
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Marcel
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