April Fools Day origins and pranks through history
A survey of April Fools Day origins from Persia and India to Rome and France. It notes French poisson d Avril legends, English gowk hunts, and Swift and Addison satire, ending with a Dublin telegram hoax that sparked an international furor.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Julius Caesar
Lyon
Mr. Wolf
Miss Ella Phant
Beut
Fish
Aquarium
Snow
Weather Bureau
Coffin
Asia
Persia
India
Hull
Pearce
Orient
Europe
Romulus
Rome
Neptune
Napoleon
Maria Louisa
Austria
Duke of Lorraine
Great Britain
Eve
England
Scotland
Malvollo
Olivia
Joseph Addison
Jonathan Swift
Swift
Eiella
Soviet attack on US cited in all union congress
Molotov, addressing the All-Union Soviet congress, denounced U.S. charges of dumping and forced labor and warned that American imports rely on Soviet exports. Washington officials signaled no shift in policy, with no plan to create a separate Russia division in the State Department.
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UCH
Russa
Moscow
United States
Vatican
Russia
Poland
Hamilton Fish, Jr
America
Socialist Soviet Republica
U.S
S. R
Washington
Henry Stimson
Hoover
William R. Castle
Stimson
Castle
State Department
Istrict
Thomas C. T. Crain
New York County
City Club
Crain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Samuel Seabury
Seabury
Iit
New York City
Samuel McGowan
War Policies Commission
Johnson
House Veterans’ Committee
Delafield
War Department Board of Contract Adjustments
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Gentle Bowel Help
A numerous patient success claim endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative for constipation. The ad touts 47 years of practice, safe for children, and a pleasant taste, claiming quick relief and lasting well being after use.
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Dr. Caldwell
American talking pictures in 17 foreign languages
Collier's Weekly notes that popular American talking pictures are being produced today in seventeen foreign languages including Czechoslovakian Dutch Esperanto French Finnish German Hebrew Hungarian Italian Japanese Yugoslavian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish and Swedish.
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Collier’s Weekly
Mind Your Blushes Honeymoon Couple Plot Twist
A Denver Post snippet shows a nervous bride whispering to George about concealing their identity during a planned reveal. George acts quickly by taking the bag to deflect suspicion and proceed with their ruse.
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George
Denver Post
Brazil Plans Parasite Attack on Coffee Insects
Brazil intends releasing thousands of parasites to combat an insect plague that infests four coffee plantations, aiming to curb damage and protect production. The plan targets the pests without broad chemical use, reflecting a biological control approach.
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Brazil
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Ntee
Cincinnati
Calibaris
Ireland
Dublin
Michael Collins
Arthur Griffith
Morning Post of
London
Kildare Street
Germany
Downing Street
Dublio
Clarke
Flanders
State Stimson
Edward W. Pickard
T. C. T. Crain
France
Senate
Japan
Arthur Henderson
Geneva
Joseph Potter Cotton
Baltimore
Cotton
Rhodesland
Liver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Hughes
Justice Holmes
Holmes
Harding
Supreme Court
Republican National Committee
Advisory Council For Agriculture
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Robert G. Simmons
Nebraska
Fred 8. Parnell
Indiana
Senator Cutting
Costigan
Colorado
Employment Service
Mpress
Nagako
Hirohito
Chichibu
Balkans
Jugvelayia
Bulgaria
Greece
Alexander
Jugoslavia
Boria
Algaria
Dilatricta
Red Cross
Mauritius
David Samanez Ocampo
Lima
Arequipa
Ocampo
W. H. Wattis
Ecretary ‘of the Interior
Companies
Inc
San Francisco
Hoover Dam
Boulder Canyon
William H. Wattis
Congress
NAV? Department
United’ Btaten
Esprees Nagako
Caldwell
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