War Prisoner Life Not All Bad Says Hope at Lions Lunch
J W Hope accountant told Stratfield Lions Club he spent six months as a German prisoner of war with the French army in 1918. He described German- American interactions, driving ambulances, and surviving on scarce rations before being moved to Strassburg and Rastatt where the Red Cross supplied food.
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J. W. Hope
Lions Club
Stratfield Hotel
Mr. Hope
Hope
Charles Jatho
Charlie
Sacco
Vanzetti
Thim
Strassburg
Rastatt
Baden
Red Cross
An Optimist Reaches For Hat At One More Word
A lighthearted quip notes an optimist as a man who reaches for his hat when the speaker warns just one more word and I’ll close. The line plays on optimism and humor in casual speech.
Protect Little Children With Fly Tox
A safety notice warns that flies spread over thirty diseases and can be fatal to children. It promotes a Mel fon Institute Rex Fellowship product called Fy Lox as a safe, insect-killing household solution and urges complete elimination of flies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melfon Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Fellowship
Hoover Would Label Cities as Air Guides
Secretary Hoyer urged all states to help label every city as an air guide for aviators. He proposed painting the city name on the highest buildings to aid military and commercial pilots, and called on chambers of commerce and business groups to join the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Hoyer
Chambers of Commerce
Bryn Mawr Art Student Found Dead in New York Rooming House
Misa Mildred Barber twenty a Bryn Mawr art student who had been missing since Monday was discovered dead in a 57th street rooming house. Police deem death by her own hand. motive undetermined though letters show requests for no publicity. Her family learned of the finding after she left Bryn Mawr in 1926 to work in Philadelphia summer job.
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New York
Associated Press
Misa Mildred Alice Barber
Bryn Mawr
Philadelphia
West 57Th Street
George F Barber
Lenty
Marion
Katherine Sheldon
Island Heights
N. J
Katherine Morse
Rural Free Delivery
Owasco
Aubury, N. J
Mildred Alice Barber
Bryn Mawrart
Wiss Barber
Bryn Mawr College
School of Design For
Berkeley Institute
Brooklyn
Phoee Fond Thomas School
Liquor thieves strike drug store flee from police
In Providence Mount Pleasant a liquor robbery at Frank P Kayatte’s drug store ended with police fire and a fleeing auto. The same gang is blamed for 13 or more drug storebreaks over 16 months, with three breaks since Sunday in the vicinity.
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Providence
R. L
Associated Press
Frank P Kayatte
Mount Pleasant
Pawtuctet
Junkers Firm Denies Abandoning Transatlantic Aim
Junkers officials deny abandoning the transatlantic project and refuse to undertake another rushed attempt. They challenge German press reports that Sundey’s flight faced adverse weather, noting Hamburg’s forecast favored the northern route via the Orkneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dessau
Germany
Associated Press
Junkers
Unti
Sundey
Hamburg Weather Bureau
Orkneys
Nortiy Ara
Judge Gary’s death reshapes view of steel trust
Washington Aug 17 analysis notes that public sentiment never tied Judge Gary’s death to politics. the steel combine formed in 1901 altered expectations about wealth, power, and regulation, yet its leader promoted wages above union scales, fair pricing, and competition that limited monopoly, shaping 20th century business policy.
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HY Mark Sullivan
Washington
United Stated Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Gary
Sie
Morgan
Yale University
Arthur T. Hadley
Boston Herald
New Orleans Picayune
Cosmopolital Magazine
Atlantic Monthly
Markham
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Emerald Oil promises relief with money back guarantee
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Ointment as a penetrating oil for corns and bunions, claiming rapid pain relief and return of funds if not effective. It cites widespread use and suggests it helps with varicose veins and related issues, urging readers to try freely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moone
Ioone
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Nex
Fairchild & Sons, Inc
Canada
Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Incorporated
West 44Rd Street
New York City
J.J. McLaughlin Limited
Toronto
Edmonton
Parer Haghive
Hoover
Air Guide
Providence Gang
Sullivan
Mfe
Roosevelt
Wilson
Bryan
Pate
Wall Street
Judge Gary
Morey Beck
Smith=Murray Co
Airfield Ave
Bridgeports
Tussah Pongee
Wiss
Madras
Pou
Rder
Chambray
Ajamas
Crystal Lavallieres
Face P Dyer Kiss
Melba
Peter Pan
Lar Deea
The
Smith-Murray Co
Simert
Telegram- Post
Telegram- Post Sunday Post
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