Mystery Shirts Puzzle Baffles Chicago Police
Woodlawn detectives pursue a case after three woolen shirts were found on a sidewalk at Sixty third Street and Madison Avenue. Two shirts are size 15 and one is 16. Capt. McWeeney signs a message sent to all city stations. Investigators believe owners may be two people. No laundry marks and speculation ranges from burglary proceeds to lost clothing.
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Woodlawn
John McWeeney
Hogan
Sixty-third Street
Madison Avenue
McWeeney
Sullivan
Poiceman Hogan
Schuttler
Cement Age and Building Innovations Foreseen
An advisory piece by William A. Radford extols cement and concrete as transformative building materials. It traces their rise from obscurity to wide use after major disasters, notes cement’s versatility beyond masonry and carpentry, and predicts a future dominated by durable cement structures replacing flimsy wooden buildings.
Cement plaster houses rise with reinforced concrete appeal
A San Francisco style discussion extols cement plaster over wooden frames, praising reinforced concrete for lower upkeep and no paint, with a featured design a 22 by 30 foot house plan. It notes concrete’s growing prestige in universities and cites Port Chester New York as a pioneer concrete residence by William L. Ward.
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United States
Port Chester
N.Y
William L. Ward
Rooster Crowing Sparks City Hall Debate
Harry Wentworth’s trained Brahma rooster crows at dawn opposite Pearl Street police station No 2. Neighbors complain about morning racket after the bird’s return from a circus exhibit. Patrolman Conley to monitor. Wentworth plans a temporary livery stable boarding to test quieter mornings.
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Ulealo
Harry Wentworth
Police Station No. 2
Pearl Street
Tooster
Asbury M. E
Wentworth
Brahma
Gilligan
Board of Health
Conley
Harvard Dean Advocates Coed Social Freedom Within Study
Dean Lebaron Briggs of Harvard and Radcliffe says coeds should entertain callers if not hindering study. He argues a true gentleman departs at the right time, favors a necessary but limited chaperon, and stresses that social life aids, not harms, the college girl’s conduct and happiness.
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Gee Mass
Dean Lebaron R. Briggs
Harvard College
Harvard University
Dean Briggs
Harvard
Radcliffe
Mr. Briggs
Appetite Foresaw Cincinnati Bank Merger Sparks Big Consolidation
In Cincinnati a weary M. E. Ingalls discussed a bank at Fourth and Vine with W. S. Rowe of First National. The exchange led to a bold deal that formed a major financial institution in the Ohio valley with $6,000,000 capitalization and $26,000,000 deposits, creating one of the nation's largest banks.
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Incinnatil
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
United States
M. E. Ingalls
Big Four
Cincinnati & Ohio
Merchants National Bank
Queen City
Ing
W. S. Rowe
First National
Ingalls
President Rowe
Mr. Rowe
Fourth and Vine Streets
Rowe
Ingal
Honeymoon French Chats Spark Curious Question
A light exchange recalls quiet moments abroad as a spouse and traveler discuss language habits during their honeymoon. The husband recalls speaking French to keep conversations private, eliciting a witty prompt about traveling to France.
Ostrich Farming Trials in Australia 19th Century
The first Australian ostrich attempt started when Mr. Malcom brought 100 young birds from South Africa in 1880. In 1881 South Australia offered 2,400 acres to the first exhibitor of 250 ostriches over a year old. The South Australian Ostrich Company, formed in 1886 with $75,000 capital, received land near Port Augusta but has never paid a dividend and now holds 1,100 ostriches imported from South Africa.
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Australia
Malcom
South Africa
South Australia
Pariament of
South Australian Ostrich Company
Port Augusta
Spencer Bay
Scientific American
Soapstone Fibers As Superior Glasslike Textiles For Lab Use
The Leandry Magazine notes Prof. Boys discovered fused quartz fibers can be drawn to extreme fineness and outperform others for many lab tasks. Prof. Shenstone extends this with soapstone, which melts to a clear glass when heated and forms elastic, chemically resistant fibers like quartz.
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Boys
Shenstone
Leandry Magazine
Cure Rheumatism with Sarsaparilla Compound Whiskey
An advertisement promotes a home remedy stating one ounce syrup of sarsaparilla compound and one ounce Toris compound added to a half pint of whiskey, taken daily before meals and at bedtime. It claims rapid relief and overall vitality, with druggists able to supply ingredients. A humorous tale follows about a child misinterpreting a church as God having a party.
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Julia
Real Early Rising
A tale of two neighbor farmers Brown and Jones disputing who rose first. Brown visits Jones at about two o clock and finds Mrs. Jones hanging clothes in the garden. She quips that Jones was first part of the mornin but she does not know where he is now.
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Farmer Brown
Farmer Jones
A Real Catastrophe in Milk Shortage
Four year old Philip regularly visits a neighbor for milk. He returns with an empty bucket and says the cow has dried up. He adds the neighbor’s belief that the cow will thaw out only in spring, a remark that lands with weight in the household.
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Philip
Oddity Hat Curiosity Turns Couple's Banter
An uninformed man asks about a hat’s curious shape and his wife replies that it must be curious to avoid looking queer, highlighting a playful exchange on appearance and propriety.
Woman Credits Postum With Cure For Insomnia
A Topeka woman writes that coffee caused her insomnia nervousness and dyspepsia and that switching to Postum improved her sleep digestion and overall health within weeks. She cites five years of stability and urges others to try Postum and read The Road to Wellville.
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Topeka
Postum
Wellville
Oronogo Woman Credits Pinkham’s Remedy for Nerve Relief
Oronogo Missouri resident Mrs Mar McKnieout reports relief from nervous wrecking symptoms including fluttering heart and bearing down after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. In St Louis Mrs Herzog says backache and lower pains eased by the same remedy. Doctors failed to help some cases but many women report cures for inflammation ulcers displacements fibroid tumors irregularities and related discomforts.
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Oronogo
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mar McKnieout
St. Louis
Ydia E. Pinkham
An. Herzog
Prescott Ave
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Fifth Ave
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Scotland
Quaker Oats Company
Great ‘Britain
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ICL
Rooster
Ats
France
Carter
Western
Canada
Dolliver
Iowa
Canadas
Sup’t of Immigration
Ottawa, Con
Chas
Grand Forks
Baby Pia
Williams, Hoyt & Co
Rochester, N. Y
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