Standard of Living Rises As Prices Persistently Grow
The piece notes living standards have steadily climbed since prewar days with households spending more each year. It cites Marlboro Hudson and Maynard as places to observe the trend and attributes gains to American consumer habits attracting immigrants. It references the law of supply and demand as a long term driver of price increases.
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Marlboro
Hudson
Maynard
America
Supply & Demand
Paper Prices Continue to Rise Amid Tight Newsprint Supply
The piece notes paper costs remain high with prices at record levels and forecasts of further increases next year as newsprint makers warn of reduced supply. Smaller papers struggle to cover higher costs and some face closure while advertisers bear the impact of rising rates.
Milestones in Sports and Commerce Highlight Nation
America proves strength in sports and stern contests as milk drivers in Boston gain 40 dollars weekly, valued at 500, while consumers ask if more cream remains. Receivers in the Ponzi case face trouble recovering money, raising questions about who pays the freight as a larger issue unfolds.
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Boston
Dish of Chance Sparks Teacher to Quit Teaching
A schoolteacher, eager to marry a bashful restaurant owner, plans to leave her job after a playful cafe exchange. The owner hints at employment by displaying a dishwasher sign, prompting her to agree to wash dishes and take on cooking, cleaning, and housework as a new path.
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Indianapolis News
Cryoscope Detects Fraudulent Milk Dairies in Minutes
James Anderson describes a new cryoscope devised by Julius Harvet of the Minneapolis dairy and food commission. The device determines milk purity by freezing point differences, revealing watered milk or added water within minutes, protecting consumers in April showers.
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Julius Harvet
Minneapolis Dairy and Food Commission
James Anderson
Scientific American
Chlorine Gas May Prevent Flu During Epidemic
Popular Mechanics reports chlorine gas exposure as a flu preventive. In Arkansas, 184 volunteers received over 800 treatments in a five minute daily confinement in a chlorine room with air containing 43 to 273 parts per million. One new flu case occurred, likely from prior infection.
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University of Arkansas
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Acidity of the Stomach and Ulcer Claims Debunked
Dr. Frank Smithies, addressing the American Medical Association gastro enterology section, states that the belief that gastric juice acidity causes stomach ulcers is disproved. He notes ulcers occur without acidity and some heal despite high acid levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smithies
American Medical Association
Sun Do Move and Our Universe Expands Knowledge
The Kansas City Star discusses ancient beliefs of a flat earth and moving sun, noting centuries of discovery revealing sun rotation and space travel through galaxies. It explains Runaway stars, spiral universes, and the Milky Way as a possible revolving spiral, with space considered infinite and our ideas expanding.
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Babylonia
Egypt
Earth
Jasper
Groombridge
Lyra
Milky Way
Kansas City Star
Women War Workers in Waxworks at Whitechapel Gallery
London showcases a Waxworks record of women’s wartime labor. The Whitechapel art gallery displays figures of a womanship painter, a munition worker, a farmerette, an ashery and more. Included are images of women operating a 100 kilowatt engine and driving an electric crane.
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London
Whitechapel Art Gallery
Increase in Foreign Mail Volumes Across Two Fiscal Years
A comparative record shows United States mails to foreign lands by steamers for the first nine months of the last two fiscal years. In 1920 2,500,043 pounds of letters and post cards, 17,877,424 pounds of prints, and parcel post at 26,458,543 pounds were dispatched. In 1919 figures were 1,794,882, 16,043,543, and 12,883,722 pounds respectively, with substantial percentage increases noted.
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Malia
United States
A Fighting Fowl and the Parrot Heist Tale
A Louisville Courier-Journal item recalls a quarrel over a hen house with a parrot as centerpiece. The gag line notes a would-be thief grabbing the bird and getting a bite from the owner. No names, dates, or locations beyond Louisville Courier-Journal context.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Lessie Seeks Real Home Over Society’s Gilded Hopes
In a small town a social rivalries plot to marry Nate Dixon shifts as Lessie alters her image and disposition. She abandons showy fashion for simple dress and genuine emotion, convincing Dixon she can be the wife he seeks and a true home maker.
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Lessie
Wilby
Webster's Corners
Nate
Dixon
Mary
Ellen
Nate Dixon
Barnie
Cy Cummings
Miss Lessie
Bessie
Mrs. Cummings
Saunders
Miss Saunders
Local Register Notice For F M BSTY August September
Public notice in the register cites F M BSTY with dates August 25 and September 20. The entry appears to be a legal or administrative filing listed in the official notice section. No further context is provided in the fragment.
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