Plymouth County Grand Army Election Opens Convention
Plymouth October convention of the Plymouth County Association of Grand Army of the Republic and Women's Relief Corps drew about 500 attendees. State officials present. officers elected include Quincy Merritt Whitman commander and Alfred Litchfield S V C. Installation conducted by Department S V C Clark of Massachusetts.
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Plymouth County
Grand Army
Plymouth
Plymouth County Association of Grand Army Poets and Women’s Relief Corps
State Department
G. A. R. Association
Quincy A
Mierritt
Whitman
Francis Lee
Scituate
Alfred Litchfield
Assinippi
Obed H. Ellie
William H. Nash
Abington
Colin Baher
Department S. V
Are You Rundown Try Dr. Pierce Remedies
An Albany reader touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for relief in a rundown, overworked condition and debility. The letter claims weight gain and improved health, plus Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and liver sluggishness. It notes local druggists supply both remedies in tablet or liquid form.
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Albany
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
R. Pierce
Daniel Robertson
Livingston Ave
Golden Medical Discovery
Desire 10 Hold Open Meetings
Important developments in relation to the approaching disarmament conference were announced. A three hour American commission meeting discussed U S policy on Pacific problems followed by a White House dinner honoring Secretary Hughes and Senators Lodge Underwood and former Senator Root.
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Robert.l. Norton
Washington
American Commission
United States
Pacific
White House
Hughes
Lodge
Underwood
Root
Conference Adds Electrical Lines to Hughes Agenda
The conference adds the use of cables and wireless to its program to seek equal privileges for all nations, focusing on the Yap cable station held by Japan. No objections have been filed by member nations to Hughes's agenda. The American commission urges informing the public about developments, noting open sessions require foreign approval, with decisions awaiting conference procedures. President Harding, in a letter to Miss Elia L. Freed, says practical disarmament limits are preferable to universal disarmament, urging focus on realities.
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Pacific
Yap
Japan
Hughes
American Commission
United States
Elia L. Freed
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harding
Jiffy Jell Gift Offer Promises Molds With Trade Marks
The notice invites readers to buy six packs of Jiffy Jell this week and mail in the six trade marks from fronts. In return, they will receive three gifts, including an initial alphabetic dessert mold and two other surprises, all aluminum and embossed with the buyer's initial. The offer notes the set would cost 75 cents if sold.
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Real Fruit in Bottles Promotes Jiffy Jell Offer
The advertisement touts Jiffy Jell as containing real fruit flavors in bottles and condensed juice in every package. It invites readers to send six Jiffy Jell trademarks to receive three valuable gifts, urging acceptance of the seasonal offer.
Balfour Expected to Head British Delegation
Arthur J. Balfour probably will head Britain’s delegation to the Washington conference on armament limits and Far Eastern affairs. His tentative acceptance follows pressure to attend, with Lord Lee of Fareham sailing for America October 26 on the steamship Olympic.
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London
Associated Press
Arthur J. Balfour
Washington
Lord Lee of
Fareham
America
Olympic
Harding outlines cautious support for disarmament effort
The passage argues disarmament is unlikely now but urges a practical beginning. It notes world war weariness, heavy debts, and growing armament strains, while expressing cautious optimism that talks will yield progress. Basil Miles named secretary of the American delegation as plans continue.
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Basil Miles
Hegan
Harding
Noads Along Mohawk Trail Completed Highway Plan
Frank D. Kemp, chairman of the State Highway Commission, announced at the opening of a new concrete highway over Sherburne Mountain that all billboards would be abolished on the Mohawk Trail. He said a contract for a four mile stretch west to Shelburne Falls will be let in three months, completing a 39 mile Greenfield to North Adams span.
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Greenfield
Frank D. Kemp
State Highway Commission
Sherburne Mountain
Shelburne Falls
North Adams
Gem Hunting Great Sport in Sri Lanka Rivers
Ceylon’s gem hunting is a famed sport where seekers search dry riverbeds for precious jewels. With government permission, hunters may keep all finds, and experts distinguish valuable stones from common pebbles at a glance.
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Ceylon
Beating Gas or Electricity Lamp Offered for Free Trial
W. H. Hoffstat of 911 Factory Ridg Kansas City MO touts a lamp “the most powerful home light in the world” costing one cent per night. It supposedly outshines 800 candles and 18 lamps while being safe and portable, with a free trial offer and agents wanted for local referrals.
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W. H. Hoffstat
Ridg
Kansas City
Mr. Hoff&to
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