Expert in Talk on Advertising Says U S Must Improve
Ray Davis of Boston University told the Pilgrim Publicity Association luncheon that the United States is the greatest advertiser of the world but the science of advertising has not yet come into its own here. He urged ethical advertising for long term gains and cited examples of current advertising failures, including college advertising via news columns.
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United States
Ray Davis
Boston University
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Davis
Nervous Prostration Ad Promotes Pinkham’s Remedy
West Philadelphia woman credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring health after years of nervous prostration and multiple attacks. She urges other women to try the treatment, claiming it returns vitality enough to perform housework. Widespread letters are cited to support the remedy’s merit.
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West Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frank Fitzgerald
N. 41St Street
West
Philadelphia
City of Birmingham and Howick Hall Race to Boston
Two British liners racing 10000 miles from Calcutta to Boston with East Indian cargoes worth 2 5 million. City of Birmingham and Howick Hall started August 11, passed Gibraltar September 2 and are due October 3. Both ships similar in size and speed, finish expected close.
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Boston
Calcutta
India
City of
Birmingham
Howick Hall
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Pioneer Friend of Roosevelt Dies in South Dakota
Seth Bullock, lifelong friend of Theodore Roosevelt and Black Hills pioneer, died at his Deadwood home after several weeks of illness. He was 62 years old.
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Deadwood
S. D
Seth Bullock
Theodore Roosevelt
Black Hills
Will contest over Maud Howricon fortune claims burial fear
In Grand Isle County Court tomorrow a suit to break Maud Howricon of North Hero’s 1902 will seeks $10,000 bequest to Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington. Her brother John Howricon alleges possible insanity after her July suicide to avoid burial alive. Judge Frank L. Fish to preside.
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Burlington
Maud Howricon
North Hero
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Grand Isle County
Tomorow
John Howricon
Howricon
Mise Howricon
Frank L. Fish
Vergennes
Ford Family Seizes Full Control of Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford and son Edsel have secured control of all Ford Motor Company stock by purchasing the minority holdings of James Couzens, the Detroit mayor and former company VP. Couzens owned over 2000 shares, with other minority holders bought earlier in July for about 100 million dollars.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Edsel
James Couzens
Couzens
Henry
Edsel Ford
Tech Alumni Plans to Raise 11 Million for Endowment
Massachusetts Tech alumni nationwide gather at the Engineers' Club on September 2 for the kickoff of an 11 million dollar endowment drive. The gift requires matching funds, with a $1 million donation from the mysterious Mr Smith already pledged. General Coleman Du Pont will preside as President Macaurin and other notable Tech figures speak.
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Massachusetts Technology
Engineers’ Club
Mr. Smith
Coleman du Pont
Tech
Macaurin
Klein-Ross Wedding in Brookline Tonight
Mrs. Hugh E. Ross of Chestnut Hill announces the wedding of their daughter Marie Ross to Grover Klein of the class of 1916 at a Brookline ceremony this evening at 8 o clock. Miss Marie Dalley of Boston serves as bridesmaid.
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Hugh E. Ross
Chestnut Hill
Miss Marie Ross
Grover
Grover Klein
Annapolis
Navy couple plans New Orleans wedding trip and study
Edmund Brady will be best man and ushers include Lieutenant Arthur Miles, Lieutenant Daniel Collins, and Lieutenant Aldrich. After the wedding trip the couple will go to New Orleans where the bridegroom will be stationed for a year before continuing naval studies at Tech.
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Edmund Brady
Arthur Miles
Daniel Collins
Aldrich
New Orleans
Tech
Milford to Give Service Men Final Welcome
Milford welcome home committee, after four prior welcomes, has 700 dollars left and plans a final welcome for service members arriving since June 9. A committee will meet with Sergeant J. W. Powers Post officers to consider pairing the event with Armistice Day observance on November 11.
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Milford
Treasury
J. W. Powers Post
A. L
Textile workers strike seven Rockville mills for wage demands
Textile workers in seven Rockville mills left work today after voting at a meeting last night to strike over unpaid wage demands. Five mills belong to the Hockanum Company and two to the James J. Regan Manufacturing Company, all producing woolen goods.
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Rockville
Conn
Hockanum Company
James J. Regan Manufacturing Company
Harvard alumni form drive to fund 15.25 million endowment
Sixty Harvard graduates from teaching, library, and research fields met at the Harvard Club to launch a campaign among alumni to raise subscriptions for a 15.25 million permanent endowment fund. Professor Henry W. Holmes chairs the canvassing committee with C. Gallagher, Frank V. Thompson, and Willard Reed among its members.
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Harvard
Harvard Club
Henry W. Holmes
Department of Education
Bessides
Holmes
C. Gallagher
West Roxbury
Brookline Public Schools
Frank v. Thompson
Boston Public Schools
Willard Reed
Browne & Nichols School
Cantbridge
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Wen
Chambray
Oxford
New England
Dept
Beacon Street
Houghton
Tion
Crompton Corduroy
Crompton
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Yarity
Japan
Nainsook
Hamburg
Let
Ow Watu
Aty
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Lators
Roosevelt
Wetherill
Geo. D. Wetherill & Co., Inc
Cor
Portland & Sudbury
Sts
Houghton & Dutton CO
FORD
Henry and Son
Eid
Rockville, Conn
Homer
Ovr
Windsor
WM. S. Shaffer
Andrew J. Lloyd Co
Winter Street
Park St
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