Terrifying Smyrna Fire Described by YMCA Leader
Edward M. Fisher of Reading, Pennsylvania, recounts the Smyrna disaster seen from American protection. He details Turkish arson on buildings and the waterfront, rescue efforts for Armenian orphans, and acts of courage by Mary Mills, Dr. Wilfred Post, Raymond Moreman, Charles Claflin Davis, and others aboard American destroyers during the burning city.
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Constantinople
Smyrna
Associated Press
Edward M. Fisher
Reading
Fisher
Mary Mills
American College
Wilfred Post
Washington
PD. C
Stars and Stripes
Wirona
Piraeus
Raymond Moreman
Pomona College
California
Why kerosene helps the hair
The article promotes Noonan’s Hair Petrole made from purified kerosene with added stimulants. It claims antiseptic effects, purifies the oil to remove odor, and that a few applications stop hair loss, remove dandruff, and leave hair soft. Sold by T Noonan & Sons Co Boston at fifteen cents per treatment or one dollar per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noonan
T. Noonan & Sons Co
Portland St
Boston
The Tenth Mrs Tulkington by Ellis Parker Butler
Ellis Parker Butler, author of Pigs Is Pigs, shares views on marriages in The Tenth Mrs Tulkington featured in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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Ellis Parker Butler
Bank Clerk to Wed Her Shooting Task
Miss Alice M. Weston a Malden Savings Bank paying teller and one of four local bank clerks famed as dead shots described her target heart as her best shot She claimed bullseyes seven times out of seven and even hit the bank insurance clerk G Arthur Small a former U S Army man on the heart with a revolver practice overseen by him at the Savings Bank range Weston son of H G Weston of Malden and Small son of Rev George L Small Mariners Home North Square Malden High School class of 1916 mates
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Alice M. Weston
Malden
G. Arthur Small
France
Boston University
Savings Bank
George L. Small
Mariners
North Square
Paul Revere
Miss Weston
H. G. Weston
Holmcourt
Holyoke Woman Injured in Genesee Turnpike Crash
Mrs. James F. Cleary of Holyoke Massachusetts 19 is in critical condition at Canastota City Hospital. Her husband and Mr and Mrs William B Bell of Springfield Massachusetts suffer cuts and bruises after a collision at Wampaville on the Genesee Turnpike when a lighter car cut in and struck the sedan causing it to veer into a pole and ditch.
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Syracuse
N. Y
James F. Cleary
Holyoke
Mass
Canastota City Hospital
William B. Bell
Springfield
Wampaville
Genesee Turnpike
Cleary
Edinburgh Town Council Bans Sunday Golf in 1592
The Edinburgh Town Council forbade golf on Sundays in 1592 and warned of severe punishments for violators. Local records note the ban aimed to promote Sabbath observance and order.
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Edinburgh
Exquisite Sheraton Telephone Cabinet and More Furniture
In a feature on refined interiors a Sheraton style telephone cabinet with integrated directory is showcased priced at 70.00. Also advertised are painted smoking tables for 8.75 and a Tip Top Table in mahogany for 45.00. The piece highlights Chippendale claw and ball feet and hints at Poiret’s interior decorating shop at 5 Rue La Paix.
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Paul Poiret
Rue la Paix
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Fira
Asia Minor
Boston Man
Mississippi River
Bank Range
Malden Savings Bank
Bank Pistol Range
Mr. Small
Vocalion Hall
Rua
Vocalion
Edison Shop
F. H. Thomas Co
Boylston St
Nice
Brunswicks
Edisons
Columbias
Furniture
Sheraton
Jordan Marsh Company
Society Brand
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