British and American telephone services clash in interviews
London Aug 26 Sir Joseph Duveen criticizes the British telephone system as rotten and inferior to the American service. He says Postmaster General Pike Pease overstated claims and suggests officials spend time in New York to learn how it is done. Duveen notes he spends most days in America and hardly uses the British system.
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London
Pike Pease
Sir Joseph Duveen
United States
Pall Mall Gazette
Joseph
New York
America
Korein weight loss system ad promises quick fat reduction
An advertisement touts Korein as a weight loss aid claiming 10 to 60 pounds loss under $100 with a money back guarantee. It appeals to removing fat from the abdomen double chin arms and hips without exercise or dieting, asserting quick visible results and urging purchase at drug stores.
Murdered Girl Found in Bush Near Grantwood NJ
A young woman about 19 was found murdered in Grantwood woods near Grant and Anderson avenues on the Palisades. She wore expensive apparel, and a Gimbel Bros. pump bears the clue. Alfred De Sinawa found the body. police traced no missing girl matching the victim. The body was later identified as Mrs Blanche Schultz of Manhattan by her husband Frank Schultz.
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New York
Grant
Anderson Avenues
Grantwood
N. J
Palisades
Gimbel Bros
Cliffside
Palisade
Lawton Avenues
Alfred de Sinawa
Grant Avenue
Gelms
Walter Denny
English anti-saloone rs rally against American prohibition
London reports growing English opposition to American prohibition campaigns. MPs and figures like Mrs Emma Pankhurst are drawn into the debate with posters and speeches. Labor party moves toward local option and public ownership clash with Snowden and Carlisle results amid a broader anti dry sentiment in England.
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London
M. P
America
Emmaline Pankhure
Lady Astor
Drys
Anti-Saloon League
Uncle Sam
England
Scotland
Phillip Snowden
Labor Party
Scarborough
Carlisle
Snowden
Mexican General Executed After Court Martial
Monterey Mexico Aug 26 General Jesus Guajardo once a double dealer who betrayed Zapata and later joined Obregon’s forces was executed after a court martial. Captured at Monterey he faced trial July 17 and died at dawn after a brief farewell to friends.
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Monterey
Mexico
Jesus Guajardo
Emiliano Zapata
Guajardo
Carranza
Zapata
Obregon
de la Huerta
Torreon
Villa
Grup
Ricardo Gonzales
Elmira Star-Gazetta
Guijardo
Nuevo Leon
Amaro
Antonio Cano
Cano
Mexico City
Eugenio Martinez
Plaza de Armas
American granary to be well filled this fall
The Buffalo Times notes strong harvests and continued prosperity in the agricultural sector with anticipated real wealth from a bountiful crop outlook. It criticizes efforts to hinder municipal or school administration and argues that harassing reforms do not build progress.
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Buffalo
Clearance Sale of Wash Dress Goods and Accessories
Wind-up of the August Sale offers plains prints ginghams poplins madras organdies and lengths from 114 to 344 yards. Whole assortment at cut prices on third floor with additional sale prices on blankets comfortables and imported kimonos. Also two new books Harriet and the Piper and The Island of Sheep on main and second floors respectively.
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Madras
China Store Last Days Sale on Delicate Dish Sets
A China Store advertises extra good values for a few days, offering short sets at 52 pes. service for six, and a daintily bordered collection with pale pink and pale blue festoons of flowers. Regular price $20.00.
Clearance Sale of Fine China and Decorative Glass
A local listing advertises Lowestoft plates at 95 cents each and many china pieces, fancy plates, tea pots, bouillon cups, and art glass at sale prices. It highlights etched and opalescent glass, cloths like scrim and marquisettes at 50 to 80 cents per yard, plus net marquise at 1.25 a yard.
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Warriage
G. W. Fairchild
British Columbia
Privy Council
Messrs
Lowden and Wood
Tulso J Tribune
Smart Norfolks
Cassimeres, Cheviots
Foster-Besse Co
Besse System
U. S
Aus
John Bull
God of Nature
Brooklyn
Trick
Bayer
Ify ‘Bayer
Silkeline
Harriet and the Piper
Kathleen Norris
Harriet
Cadmus
Harmonia
China
Lowestoft
Japan
Bouillon Cups
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