Alaska The Land Of The Midnight Sun And Its Roaring North
A sprawling portrait of Alaska describing its ice bound coasts vast glaciers and short blooming summers. The piece contrasts desolate winter harshness with brief lush valleys teeming with grasses and trout as explorers note the allure and dangers of the frontier and reflect on how riveted minds endure the arctic hardships. It cites R W Service lines and notes rising tourism yet warns of ruin from gold rush era temptations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
América
Smiling Valley
Alaska
Arctic
Eldorado
Arctic Circle
R. W. Service
Hamlet in Japan and Italy warn of language erosion
The Kobe Herald notes a modern Tokyo Hamlet with a Silk Hat Denman and bicycle scenes, contrasting it with Shakespearean Hamlet. The London Chronicle cites Ophelia as a Tokyo University student and observes Japan’s theater trends dazzle London tastes. Italy’s football craze prompts Sig. Zuccoli to defend the mother tongue against English sports terms.
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Hamlet
Japan
London
Kobe Herald
Mosern
Prince of
Denmark
Venice
Ophelia
University of Tokyo
London Chronicle
Italy
France
Sig
Luciano Zuccoli
England
Milan
Sig Zucoli
Quest for 2 Million Buried Treasure Off Nova Scotia
A Wisconsin professor forms a company to dig for £2,000,000 believed buried over 200 years ago on Oak Island near Chester Nova Scotia. Captain John Welling leads the 1800s attempts that reached depths of 90 to 95 feet, ending when water filled the pit and a carved stone reading ten feet below buried funds. An earlier 1795 effort also failed after 30 feet. The piece notes a separate advance in microscope illumination using ultraviolet rays and an artificial eye with crystal glass lens and fluorescent retina, though UV light can injure the eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin College
Oak Island
Chester
Nova Scotia
Minneapolis Journal
John Welling
Changed Point of Reform Incident with Uncle Rastus
A colonel confronts Uncle Rastus about frequent drunken lapses. Rastus denies drinking, then admits to starting again while abandoning deceit, declaring he has given up lying. The exchange highlights tension over self control and behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Rastus
Darky
Rastus
Faithfuly
Darkey
Ringworm cure story from Cuticura ad in Campbell Virginia
A Miss Virginia Woodward reports ringworm on the right side of her face lasting six to eight years with itching burning and spreading. She describes temporary relief from home remedies and full curing after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for one month. Also includes unrelated old doctor exchange and misfit anecdotes.
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Campbell, Va
Virginia Woodward
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter A Stenstrum
Willoughby Ave
Dept
Resinol
Baltimore
Cardui Heralds Relief From Womanly Troubles in Kentucky
Mrs Hattie Cain of Carragille Kentucky touts Cardui the womanly tonic as a cure for years of suffering with convulsions and health decline after nine bottles she reports full recovery seven years ago and urges neighbors to try it as well with notices from the Chatta ri Ladies Advice Department promising further treatment guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardui
Cardus
N. B.W
YES, HE WANTED A SHAMPOO Barber’s twin brother locked up
A barber explains that Jim, his twin, is in a lunatic asylum after threatening a customer over shampoo prices. The brothers resembled each other, share years of hard times, and the barber laments the business downturn that led to Jim’s breakdown. A final plea repeats Shampoo, sir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Neighborly hints and vexed neighbors in verse and prose
A collage of comic quips and scraps from a railway car and terrace life. A No 17 and No 19 Acacia terrace exchange barbs over a cat, bulbs, straw beds, a hen house, and neighborly mischief ending with a wry note on March turbulence and a march of gags.
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Acacia Terrace
No. 19
Consoling Thought From Rev Dr Krautkopf on Failure
Rev Dr Joseph Krautkopf offers consolation by noting that failures lead to success. He emphasizes the value of staying on the right road and finding reassurance in progress, as reported by the Washington Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Krautkopf
Washington Post
Night plowing near Chico could plant 230000 acres
A vast field operation near Chico, California, uses huge caterpillar engines and night electric lights to plant 230,000 acres of rice and sugar beets this spring, promising continuous work beyond daylight hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chico
California
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King Frost
Yukon
Litvya Bay
G. A. Beaty
Gene Morgan
Jim Hill
India
James J
Yim
Universal Press Syndicate
Dean
Mr. Sweet
Connecticut
Conn
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold & Somers
DeKalbevs
Nancy Hall
Cy Zand
Tampa
Fla
Austell
C.O. D
Postice
James Cureton
Georgia
Novelty Card CO
P. O
St. Louis
Tutt
Tut's
Ailen S. Olmsted
le Roy
J. W. Henry Co
Clinton,Ky
Tony
Ontario Specialty Co
Charlotte, N
Capadine
Hicks
Arizona
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
Iowa
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Philippine Islands
South Dakota
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Colorado
District of Columbia
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Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
Fletcher
Pierre Gougenheim
William F. Marr
Elixir Babel
Kloczewski & Co
Washington, D. C
Hook & Took
Parcel Post
Paris’ Medicine Co
Pine St
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Paxton Toilet Co
Mass
Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
W. N
Atlanta
Grove
E. W. Grove
SPOHN
Tiengirthte
Canelad Tacamenteataeae
Spobu Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
U.S
Ego
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Maass
W. J. Dou
Ade
W. E. Douglas
Mrocktan
Mas
Noe
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