Eighty Cents a Week Sufficient for Maine Man
Augusta Maine December 12 Stillman M Kenney a cotton mill worker living at Union Street solves rising living costs by spending eighty cents weekly. He earns ten dollars weekly and saves nine dollars twenty each Saturday. He avoids butter eggs meat tea coffee sugar and uses kerosene three cents a week for cooking, borrows water and has no phone or utilities. He walks a mile to work and back and claims Chicago dietitians overstate daily costs.
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Augusta
Stillman al. Kenney
Union Street
Chicago
United States
Stillman
M. Kenney
Mr. Kenney
Stillman M. Kenney
Kenney
Inmates Frugal Routine At Capitol Driving Park Residence
A brief look at the stark life of Mr. Kenney housed at Capitol Driving Park. He occupies a one room ground floor residence near the grounds and uses a double burner oil stove. Meals are simple with stale bread bought cheap, three cent cans of salmon, molasses on pudding, and evaporated milk on hand.
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Capitol
Kenney
St Luke's Workers Extend Campaign Across East Side
The St. Luke's mission church canvass extends final report deadline to Saturday after two stormy days. Captains and workers voted to push pledges and complete reports by 9 p.m. Thursday. East Side parish needs the church and parish hall, with attendance urging fervent support amid weather delays.
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St. Luke’s Mission Church
East Side
Woman Slasher Placed On Probation After Guilty Plea
Filomena Villega faced Judge Burpee in criminal court for slashing Louisa Novi with a razor amid lingering hostility after a civil suit won by Novi against Villega. Villega pleaded guilty to simple assault, received six months in jail and a 150 dollar fine, but judgment was suspended and she was placed on six months probation.
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Filomena Villega
Burpee
Criminal Superior Court
Louisa Novi
Ows
Villega
Dogs and Cats Aid In Charity of War
London December 13 War charity sees pets donated by owners to help wounded soldiers. Dogs and cats are auctioned to raise funds while many unsaleable animals burden animal protection societies.
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London
Premier Jockey of Germany Joins Army
Berlin dated report says Rastenberger, leading German jockey with almost 50 firsts this year for the Royal Graditz Stable and earning nearly half a million marks, has been drafted into the army. He trains as an artilleryman at Frankfurt on the Oder.
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Berlin
Rastenberger
Royal Graditz
Frankfort-on-the-Oder
Home Doctor Remedies for Rheumatism and Cough Relief
Home crafted remedies claim relief after meals and at night with syrups and tonics including Syrup of Sarsaparilla Toris Compound and whiskey based elixirs. Also quick cough remedy with glycerine and whiskey and a Pine compound. Foot care with Calocide for frost bite and corns. Advertised by Medical Formula Laboratories Dayton Ohio. One cent a word farmer classifieds.
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United States
Bucharest Seen as Paris of the East Under Teuton Rule
A vivid portrait of Bucharest as the Paris of the East under wartime German occupation. It describes the city’s grand boulevards, parks, and monumental buildings, the diverse population and social life centered around French influence, the gypsy bands, Russian cabmen, and the cosmopolitan ambiance that made Bucharest a magnet for travelers before the war.
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Bucharest
Romulus
Remus
Rome
Tiber
Trajan
Dacia
Danube
Carpathians
Black Sea
Rumania
Danubian
Romania
Paris
Europe
Vienna
Plegna
Lipscani
Vacaresci
Elizabeth Boulevard
Calea Victorie
Lfe
Monte Carlo
Milady
Skopti
Russia
National Bank
Athenaeum
National Library
University of Bucharest
Queen Elizabeth
Carmen Sylvia
Treasury
Post Office
Foreign Ministry
Bubur
Motor Trucks to Draw Monster Circus on New Tour
The United States Million Dollar Circus Corporation forms a new entertainment venture using 130 motor trucks and many autos to tour from New York City this spring and summer. Railroads are to be abandoned, and all circus property including the advance department will be transported by specialized motor vehicles.
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United States
Million Dollar Circus Corporation
Circus
New York City
United States Circus Corporation
Advance Department
New Free Asthma Cure Trial Offered At No Cost
A notice promotes a new asthma treatment promising immediate relief from wheezing and breathing difficulties. It claims to cure both long standing and recent cases and invites all ages and occupations to request a free trial by mail without sending money. The offer targets those who failed with inhalers douches opium preparations fumes patent medicines and other remedies.
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Steinway
Steinert
Jewett
Woodbury
Steinert’s
M. Steinert & Sons CO
New England
Main Street
State Street
Boston
Bangor
Portland
Manchester
Lowell
New Bedford
Fall River
Breckton
Fitchburg
Worcester
Springfield
Providence
Pawtucket
New Haven
Maine
ST. Luke’s Workers
E. H. Dillon & Co
Adv
Anderson
Wilson
Germany
Home Doctor
Medical Formula Laboratories
Dayton
Ohio
East
Monster Circus
City Savings Bank
Oper
Main ST
Cor. Bank St
the Electric Shop
Irs
THE
United Illuminating CO
Telephone Barnum
Frontier Asthma CO
Niagara and Hudson Etc
Buffalo, N. Y
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