Bendix hits bankruptcy amid real estate woes and tech fame
Vincent Bendix, famed for wheels and aviation devices, faces voluntary bankruptcy in Chicago with holdings reported over 5 million dollars including the Potter Palmer Lake Shore Drive residence. The article notes his rise from a Chicago telegraph messenger to a pioneering inventor and businessman.
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New York
Vincent’ Bendix
Chicago
Potter Palmer Lake Shore Drive
Federal District Court
Lackawanna Railroad
Lackawanna
Adventurous Americans Adventurous Americans
A historical sketch recounts Thomas Paine’s international role in liberty and survival from revolutionary turmoil. It follows Ellis Bean's decade of captivity and escape in Mexico, and profiles Jefferson Randolph Smith known as Soapy Smith, kingpin of Alaska’s Klondike era who was killed in Skagway.
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Thomas Paine
Washington
Nathanael Greene
Congressional Committee of Foreign Affairs
France
Holland
England
National Convention
Louis XVI
Jacobins
Convention
Robespierre
Paine
James Monroe
United States
Jefferson Randolph Smith
Georgia
Alaska
Smith
Leadville
Colo
Denver
Creede
Bob Ford
Jesse James
Skagway
Citizens’ Committee
Klondike
Soapy” Smith
Western Newspaper Union
Charming Patterns For Smart Fashions
Spring pattern brochure offers Barbara Bell designs No. 1755 and 1756 for dresses and outfits with versatile options. Details include sizes, yardage, fabrics and accessories with mailing address in Chicago for pattern requests.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Culinary Complaints Span Forty Years of Marriage
A lighthearted exchange features a puzzled wife complaining her husband is hard to please with meals while the cook retorts that all dishes are alike and suggests no one has managed to satisfy him in their forty years of marriage.
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Oscanini
Malcolm D. Whitman
Lucilla Mara de Vescovi
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Noel Coward
Andy Robilant
Whitman
Europe
Council of Ten
Tintoretto
Consolidated Features
WNU Service
The Secret Josias Ends Fifteen Years of Harmony
Ferdinand and Josias reflect on a fifteen year marriage with no arguments and a pact to let the other have their way, a quirky Pathfinder style remark highlighting harmony over dispute.
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Josias
Ferdinand
Pathfinder
Judge-He Struck Her on the Sly In Courtroom Gossip
A courtroom whisper recalls a judge allegedly striking a woman during a prior incident. The witness report uses dialect to describe the claim and its impact on the case against the judge.
The Better Way to Correct Constipation Ad
An article promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a preventive remedy for constipation. It urges daily intake with ample water, claiming it provides needed bulk to keep regular. The cereal is produced by Kellogg’s in Battle Creek and sold by grocers nationwide.
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Kelloge’s
Battle Creek
Life in the Right For Forms of Faith Rally
Quote from Pope about faith and zealots preserved as a brief reflective card noting moral stance. No events, persons, or places beyond the literary citation.
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Pope
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