Dry Agents Locate Two Whiskey Curbs Near White Plains and NJ Coast
Prohibition agents report seizure of a rum-running plane from Canada near White Plains and a Bahamas smuggling sloop off the New Jersey coast. The plane crashed last night but the pilot escaped in a waiting car. Crew of the Grace and Edna aboard the captured sloop reportedly took cargo from another craft planning a dash to the West Indies for more stimulants.
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Canada
Bahamas
Prohibition
White Plaine
New Jersey
White Plains
Grace
Edna
West Indies
Dandruff Cure Promoted With Arvon Solution
A newspaper notice touts four ounces of plain liquid arvon as a nightly scalp treatment to dissolve and destroy dandruff. It claims total clearance after three or four applications, stopping itching and leaving hair fluffy, lustrous, and softer.
Radio Corp to Link Continents With New Wireless Stations
High power wireless stations of the Radio Corporation will link the continents. They will be completed in months at Bogota Bay Colombia and at Cuba, with another station at Buenos Ayres to be in operation next year according to E. J. Nally president after European conferences.
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Colombia
Cuba
The
Radio Corporation
Bogota Bay
Buenos Ayres
E. J. Nally
Europe
L. W. Austin
United States Radio Research Laboratory
Imperial Committee
Henry Norman
World wireless links to span continents with new stations
Nations including England France Germany and America agree on a shared wireless network. By next summer Buenos Aires will relay with Port Jefferson and Cuba Bogota and New York. Bathurst Gamb ia links Britain Empire route. Saint Assise Paris area prepares for long range links to Saigon Indo China and Buenos Aires.
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France
Germany
America
United States
Buenos Aires
South Africa
Java
Calcutta
Melbourne
Radio
Ste. Assise
Paris
Empire
Argentina
Bathurst
Gambia
Africa
South America
Cuba
Colombia
Mr. Nally
Port Jefferson
New York
Bogota
Saint Assise
Fontainbleau
Saigon
Indo- China
Buenos Ayres
How the term radio came to be used
In early wireless telegraphy the lack of wires defined the system leading to the name wireless. As attention shifted to high frequencies of alternating currents the phrase radio frequencies emerged and the method became known as radio telegraphy, abbreviated as radio.
Military Honors for Sergeant Twamsley in West Roxbury
The late Sergeant Neil A. Twamsley of Roxbury was buried with military honors in St. Joseph's Cemetery West Roxbury yesterday. The cortege left his mother's home at 32 Kempton Street escorted by Mission Hill Post of the American Legion. A high mass of requiem was held at Mission Church by Rev. Joseph P. Leddy. Twamsley served eight years in the U S Army and after initial discharge sought reenlistment but was rejected for health reasons. he joined the Canadian Dragoons and served in Siberia before transferring to American forces in France.
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Roxbury
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
West Roxbury
Kempton Street
Mission Hill
American Legion
Mission Church
Joseph P. Leddy
C. SS. R
Twamsley
Newsboy Asks Scholarship Drive For Boston Vendors
A Boston newsboy appeals to The Post editor for a scholarship fund to help newsboys continue schooling. He notes most sellers are students or supporting college via selling papers and urges the paper to sponsor or promote financial aid, criticizing current pay and lack of funding.
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Bay
The Golden Flaw by P G Wodehouse in Boston Post
A Boston Sunday Post Magazine feature previews P G Wodehouse’s The Golden Flaw centered on a barber’s romantic entanglements and comic misadventures unpacked in a light humorous tone.
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P. G. Wodehouse
Boston Sunday Post
A Father of Eight Urges Gentle Child Training
A letter argues against corporal punishment and for thoughtful training of children. The author, a father of eight, shares his experience with about 100000 youths, urging parents to keep children engaged, study each child’s individuality, and train with love rather than anger.
Birth of Son of Great Note in Whiting Family
In Winsted Connecticut a son born to Mr and Mrs I M Whiting of Lakeville marks the first son of the present generation. A Mayflower pewter platter is given to Mrs Whiting as heritage for the baby. The infant’s seventh great grandfather was Samuel Whiting a preacher in the old North Church of Boston before the Revolution. The lineage spans 20 generations in England and nine in America totaling 29 since the Norman conquest.
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England
America
Lead Plant Burned at Perth Amboy in Major Fire
A fire destroyed the white lead department of the United Lead Company plant in Perth Amboy New Jersey causing an estimated damage of 1.5 million dollars officials reported the blaze started early today and details were not immediately released by authorities
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Perth Amboy
N. J
United Lead Company
Change for a real summer: Southern California beckons
A physician urges a true change of scene and prescribes Southern California to beat the heat. The piece extols unbeatable summer climate and diverse attractions from missions to deserts, urging travel by road, rail, or trolley and inviting readers to mail in for information.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Europe
Southern California
Sec
Chamber of Commerce Bldg
Los Angeles
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