Fruit-a-tives Restore Constipation Relief, Mrs Capozzi Says
Mrs Capozzi of Ashford New York testifies that Fruit-a-tives relieved her chronic constipation and piles after years of nightly physic. She reports no after effects and no need for further laxatives, encourages friends to try the product. Boxed six for 2 50 with trial size 250, from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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Join Capozzi
Ashford
New York
John Capozzi
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Tobacco Mind Tests Veiled by College Girls Study
Twenty four college girls at Wicconesia will be paid to smoke and chew for a habit test under Professor M F O Shea in Madison. The study compares mental effects with male subjects and mirrors similar research at Johns Hopkins Michigan Stanford Harvard and Cornell. The research aims to scientific truth, not propaganda, with controlled conditions and secrecy to avoid bias.
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Wicconesia
M. F. O'Shea
O'Shea
Tobagco
Profesor O'Shea
Profesor Shea
Madison
Meral
Dmhia
Busness
Philadelphia
Watermelon in a boiling pot joke excerpt
A Boston Transcript quip has Mrs Gotham puzzled by a watermelon blithely boiling on the stove while Norah, a new domestic, wrongly believes water makes it turn red like lobsters. A Detroit Motor News line jokes about a father labeled as the minority party amid family chatter.
Argentina Opposes Prohibition Bill In Chamber Debate
Buenos Ayres July 12 President Irigoyen's Administration will oppose the prohibition bill in the Chamber of Deputies. A reciprocal treaty with the United States also favors a single federal license for American salesmen in Argentina but excludes alcoholic beverages. Mendoza wine growers protest the reform and organize a Junket to Congress to stress the industry’s importance.
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Irigoyen
Salaberry
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Stimson
Washington
Argentina
Mendoza
Congress
Trigoyen
Political humor on Harding Cox and Coolidge from Detroit memo
A Detroit memo mocks Harding and Cox as engineering candidates and weighs league of nations stance with a wry view of campaign funds. It notes Ford Motor educational institute plans for 75,000 employees and warns readers to guard personal health as capital.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Ford Technical Institute
Dezrees
Ford Company
New England Salvation Army NAMES NEW OFFICER PAIR
Col William A McIntyre and Mrs Irene McIntyre take command of the New England Salvation Army. They succeed Lieut Commissioner and Mrs Adam Gifford, who depart for San Francisco as western territorial commanders. Changes shift staff across Boston Hartford Portland and Birmingham with many minor reassignments.
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Boston
Aus
William A. McIntyre
New York
New England
Salvation Army
Adam Gifford
San Francisco
William Crawford
Philadelphia
Joseph P. Atkinson
John Sprake
Cincinnat
Albert E. Widgey
Portland
David Main
Birmingham
Ala
William Andrews
Hartford
Conn
McIntyre
New York City
Gol. McIntyre
Irene McIntyre
Boston Common
General Edwards
Claims Central Europe soon to be in upheaval
Budapest reports Victor Dvorcak, former Slovakian republic president, predicts major war and political storms across Central Europe. He foresees fragmentation of Germany, Polish Czech hostilities, Hungary seeking Transylvania, and Serb tensions. Widespread unemployment and famine amid frontiers clash fuel crisis, with Slovakia under Czech rule and peasants barred from Hungary.
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Budapest
Germany
Victor Dvorcak
Slovakia
United States
Mr. Dvoreak
Moscow
Hungary
Bessarabia
Transylvania
Italy
Austria
Charles
Serbia
Kaschau
Mickolcs
Sugar From Pumpkin And Palm Sugar
An article argues pumpkins can yield a crystallizable sugar with six percent or more of sugar per acre, surpassing sugar beets, and notes white sugar from pumpkins and even watermelons. It discusses palm sugar from the phoenix palm in Bengal, yielding about 24 pounds of gur per tree under crude methods, with potential gains from improved refining and modern cultivation.
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Tropics
Bengal
Legion Seeks Details On War Missing Heroes
The American Legion teams with publishers to locate information about soldiers and nurses still listed as missing in action or presumed dead from World War I. Mothers and families request clearer accounts of sons and husbands deaths or disappearances, with letters from doctors, buddies, and comrades shared publicly to aid their search. Local and national efforts invite any former service members or welfare workers with knowledge to come forward.
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New York
American Legion
Army
Navy
Legion
Catherine Holbeck
Allentown
Joseph Holbeck
109Th Machine Gun
Joseph Lintz
Lola Mason
MecRas
F. Mason, Jr
83Rd Company
Sixth Marines
Prioute
France
Portable Vacuum Cleaner Aims at Dust Free Auto Interiors
Business conditions note prices in wholesale markets drifting toward silver levels with some retail effects. Ideal late fortnight weather boosts vegetable markets and crop conditions, suggesting a broader price recession. A portable vacuum cleaner designed for cars uses exhaust to create suction, weighs under five pounds, and includes a bowl, hose, and two attachments for floors and upholstery.
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Guaranty Trust Co
Europe
Auto Tire Records and High Mileage Claims
Motorists claim large mileage from tires as manufacturers note records. A pneumatic truck tire reportedly ran 60,000 miles and many car owners report 10,000 to 40,000 miles per casing. Fred J Morzan credits inner tube improvements for better mileage, warning that a poorly built tube causes casing blowouts.
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Fred J. Morzan
Pecans Promising Record Crop Across United States
The American Forestry Magazine reports the latest pecan outlook shows the finest crop of record for the United States, with a promise of 9 percent of a full crop. Last year reached 27 percent. This year prospects range from good to excellent across nearly all regions, and nut quality is compared to 78 percent of last year.
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United States
American Forestry Magazine
Definition of Bolshevism by William English Walling
A review outlines Walling's argument that Bolshevism rules by force of arms a minority, not democracy, and hates democracy. It claims peasants are the real majority yet cowed by a fanatic elite, denies national Russian origin, and aims to destroy democracy and spread revolution worldwide.
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William English Wailing
Fr. Walling
Frank Crane
Russia
Erman
Raisins as a Fresno Monopoly Dominates Market
The Federal Trade Commission notes home grown raisins are largely controlled by a single Fresno company. Nine thousand growers funnel crop output to this firm, which currently has a $5 million capital base. The company contracts 80 to 90 percent of production with packers and pays a dividend, then surplus is shared among growers based on their grape contributions. Voting trustees hold control until 1925.
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Fresno
California
Federal Trade Commission
Cow Skin Utility Quip Sparks Classroom Banter
A teacher asks who can tell the use of a cow's skin and a student answers. The exchange hints at meat preservation but is delivered with playful mispronunciation. The moment captures a simple, rural classroom interaction.
Franklin Bequest Grows Vast Through 5 Per Cent Plan
The 1791 bequest of 1,060 pounds to Massachusetts and Boston was to be invested at 5 percent for 100 years then reinvested for another century. By 1891 the fund reached 481,383.62 dollars, with portions for Public Work and continued interest. By 1918 the amount stood at 267,805.15 dollars, with projected growth to six million or more by the end of the second period, per World's Work.
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Cox
Harding
Betes Penrose
Congress
White House
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
T. R
Coolidge
League of Nations
Bill Borah
Naeng
bin Taft
Wilson
Paris
Newberry
Wood
Lowden
Benjamin Franklin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston
England
Franklin
State
Iil
Cow Milking Machines Sparked Fateful Farm Debate
A rural note recalls why farmers stopped using milkers as they caused chaos in cows and sparked a lasting memory of an experiment gone wrong. The tale reflects practical farming concerns and the quirky, enduring humor of farm life.
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