Woman’s Kidney Health Promised By Dean’s Pills
Bristol resident Mrs. George Luther credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with curing back and kidney pains after a cold settled in. She says the pills relieved dull heaviness, frequent urination, and twinges. Price 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y., markets the remedy.
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Bristol
George Luther
Byfield St
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Luther
Foster Milburn Co
Migrs
Buffalo
N.Y
Sheepdogs Guard Crofters Busied With Books and Children
The sheepdog of Scotland serves as a homebound librarian and guardian for crofter children. They escort students on long moor journeys to school and back, carry books slung over their backs, and help distribute Carnegie library books to distant crofts. The dogs are trusted, loyal helpers in rural book access.
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Scotland
Aly
Carnegie Trust
Eloquent Tribute to Trees from Clarence Ousley
A poetic meditation extols trees as life giving arms of Mother Earth. They shelter, shade, and inspire love, play, and memory, while serving as wealth for the poor and essential infrastructure from ships to wires, bridges to furnishings.
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Clarence Ousley
Life Without Sustenance Prolonged Fasting Limits
The text states that a healthy person can survive a week to ten days without food and water unless exposed to extreme temperatures. It presents a general medical observation on human endurance and appetite deprivation.
Pepto-Manganati Iron Supplement Promises Vitality
An ad claims Pepto-Manganati of Iron purifies and enriches blood, revitalizing tired, run-down people. It asserts no bowel disturbance unlike other iron preparations.
Oil fuel makes ships and sailors fatten faster
Shipping experts debate oil fuel versus coal as shipboard fattening raises medical questions. Some say fumes from dormant oil cause weight gain. others blame reduced work. Coaling ships is strenuous and burns fat, while all fuel ships cut cleaning time to hours. Tanker hands gain weight after a few voyages.
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London
Nfival
Sebenico’s Roman past and famed maraschino origin
The article discusses Sebenico in Dalmatia once claimed as a Roman colony Sicum and notes its pirate lore and medieval royal ties. It highlights the city as a noted producer of maraschino liqueur and mentions its unique stone and metal cathedral and the Orsini house.
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Sebenico
Sicum
Clodius
Salona
Manchester Guardian
Maraschino
The Wrong Saint and a Ritcomb Riley Incident
A mother explains a boy with St Vitus dance to her son, who then recounts seeing a different boy jerking around and calling him Ritcomb Riley. The tale humorously mixes names and misstatements from a Sunday morning.
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Little Richard
Richard
St. Vitus
Riley
Fat Girls in His Office Draws Criticism of Hiring Bias
A New York Sun excerpt quotes a woman complaining about an editor who, she says, refuses to hire anyone pale or delicate. She claims the boss favors overweight, healthy-looking workers and fears being seen as stingy or biased.
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Rhode Island
Frank A.rounds
New York Sun
Ondon
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Mra Baines
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Khartra
Pyramids
Gizehys
Baines
Rupert Hughes to Chronicle History of Local American Legion Post
Rupert Hughes will chronicle the history of the Robert Stowe Gill post of the American Legion in New York. The post comprises Lambs Club writers and actors, with Hughes noting his long, idle, but notable military career and his wartime roles despite deafness.
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Rupert Hughes
the Legion
New York
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Legion
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Le Sueur Editor Praised for Legion Service
M W Grimes editor of the Le Sueur News ranks high on Minnesota American Legion honor roll for wartime service as a self appointed correspondent. He wrote 3236 personal letters to 230 men and seven women serving, mailed weekly hometown papers, and helped form a Legion post after veterans returned.
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le Sueur
Minn
Minnesota Department of the American Legion
Vicinity
Colors
Grimes
Jim
American Legion
Veterans in Congress Face November Return
Washington ponders how many ex service members will win seats in November amid the World War bonus controversy. A Legion canvass shows 31 veterans in the House and two in the Senate, with New York leading by four former servicemen and 21 states represented.
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Washington
Congress
House
American Legion
Senate
Newberry
Michigan
Elkins
West Virginia
New York
Massachusetts
Tennessee
A Day Dream
A banker dream sequence within a Birmingham Age Herald piece where Mr Duth waite imagines depositing a large sum, visiting a tailor, and arranging a motorist meeting before waking in the office. The vignette humorously contrasts grand plans with the ordinary office reality.
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Lmousines
Birmingham Age
Ex service men wanted for lumber yard work by Edward Hines
Edward Hines of Chicago seeks help for his lumber yards and instructs American Legion employment officers to hire only veterans of the war. Hines is a donor of a memorial hospital at Maywood Illinois.
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Edward Hines
Chicago
American Legion
Hines
Maywood
When Is Your Daughter Thinking Of Getting Married
A brief humor item from American Legion Weekly notes the question of when a daughter will wed gets a quick reply of constantly, reflecting light social commentary in a compact gag.
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American Legion Weekly
Farmers curb quail hunting with county notices
An article discusses Missouri farmers publishing legal notices in county papers to ban hunters from shooting quail on farm premises. The tactic aims to protect quail populations from chinch bug infestations and other pests, with lawyers drafting notices kept in papers through hunting season.
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Missouri College
Aiméa
Missouri
Opportunity Was Too Good
President John Quincy Adams and Harvard President Willard rose early and worked long hours. Justice Story lectured while a drowsy May afternoon settled in. Story quipped to the students about the consequences of temperate rising as both leaders nodded off.
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Harvard College
Justice Story
Supreme Court
Willard
Harvard
United States
Army Tests Predict College Grades at Penn State
The study compares army, Thurstone, and Binet Simon tests with academic ratings for Penn State freshmen over two years. It shows students with low psychology test scores tend to have poorer college performance. Among 67 dismissed for poor scholarship last year the army alpha average was 118 versus the overall college average of 181, indicating the army test best signals future grades.
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Army
Penn State College
Thurstone
Binet-Simon
Brazilian Senate Backing for Rio de Janeiro Porto Alegre Air Lines
Senators support a bill to establish two aviation routes linking Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre to begin before September 1922. One coastal route would use hydro planes under the marine ministry. the other inland route west of the coast range would use airplanes under the war ministry. Routes would serve major political, industrial and commercial centers where feasible.
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Rio de Janeiro
Porto Alegre
United States
Ministry of Marine
Ministry of War
The Brussels Station Coin Heist Reclaimed
In Brussels a traveler seeking Waterloo tickets dropped a 5 gold piece into her dress. A nearby Frenchman stepped on the coin, but the narrator swiftly seized the man’s trouser leg, lifting it to reclaim the coin. All present were surprised as the coin returned to their possession.
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Brussels
Belgium
Waterloo
Ohicago
Mrs Koltski Not To Blame In Courthouse Dog Tale
Judge Oscar Hallam recounted a light moment from a assault and battery case involving the Koltski family. The dog Caesar figured in as the stand inquiry drew a punch line when Mrs Koltski admitted she may have told the dog not to sic him.
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Oscar Hallam
South Dakota Bar Association
Koltski
Caesar
Modus operandi Hint Highlights Louise’s Insight
A Chicago Journal excerpt follows Louise a poised new graduate entering business. Her discretion and education stand out as Isabel, the chief’s stenographer, asks for the meaning of modus operandi and Louise correctly supplies the definition.
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Louise
Isabel
Chicago Journal
Hears Concert In Bed By Wireless Apparatus
Ronald Gurd of London Ontario achieves wireless concert listening in his bedroom. He uses bed springs as terminals with the mattress supports forming a ground and the other end for the receiving instrument and sound amplifier, eliminating outdoor aerial wires.
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Ronald Gurd
London
Ont
Gurd
Shrunken Peruvian Chief Becomes Tiny Mummy
A 25 inch high shrunken Indian chief from Peru, named Karruba, died in 1585 and was preserved by a secret pickling process. Jaan Kratiel, a Peruvian engineer, brought the mummy to the United States. beads found with the shrunk warrior accompanied the transfer.
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United States
Jaan Kratiel
Karruba
Senor Kratiel
Popular Science Monthly
Rare Flawless Emerald Sparks Royal Interest
A jeweler in West End London notes emeralds are rarely flawless. He cites Princess Mary’s ring as an exceptional specimen gem, a rare specimen cut in platinum.
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West End
London
Princess Mary's Ring
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