Grand Opera by Wireless at DeKalb stores draws crowds
In DeKalb the wireless Grand Opera from Chicago reaches nearby towns via tapping. A local store owner has installed a horn to amplify the music and invites curious shoppers to listen in. Several DeKalb stations entertain nightly, inspiring locals to improve their own setups. Meanwhile residents travel to Chicago for funerals and Thanksgiving visits, with several locals visiting relatives and returning home after the holiday.
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DeKalb
Chicago
Local residents and visitors noted in brief regional notes
Joe Campbell of Earlville visited Mrs. W. E. Scott at her home Wednesday. C. D. P. Thornton of DeKalb Trust & Savings Bank was in Chicago on business. Miss Ruth Taylor and Mrs. John Kuntz visited Rockford to see the Snow home for aged ladies. John Scullin plans a few days in Champaign and will return Saturday morning. Martha Asselager returned to Dixon after visiting her sister nearby. Joy N Gilbert of the Teachers college returned from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs Bentell spent yesterday in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Jacek Grahl visited Mrs Grahl's parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Haller in Kirkland. David Anderson of Lombard visited his parents yesterday. Mrs and Mrs H. L. Burden of Battle Creek Mich attended Mrs George England's funeral and have returned home.
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Joe Campbell
Earlville
W. E. Scott
C. DP. Thornton
DeKalb Trust & Savings Bank
Chicago
Ruth Taylor
John Kuntz
Rockford
John Scullin
Champaign
Martha Asselager
Dixon
George England
Quarreled Since Wedding My Stomach Ailments Improve
A testimony notes marital strife after a wedding due to stomach and liver trouble. The speaker credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for relief, claiming it clears catarrhal mucus and reduces inflammation in the digestive tract. One dose convinces or money back at druggists.
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Mayr
The White Elephant Gift and Odd Facts Then and Now
A study of the white elephant tale explains a gift ruinous to the recipient, while notes on cocoanuts and Belgium cock-crowing reveal quirky trivia. Also includes a medical pitch for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy promising quick cold relief and urging prompt treatment.
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Siam
Belgium
Chamberlain
Parley tensions and obscure world notes in a single column
The slice lists world tension hints at secret diplomacy and arms talks, mentions Hughes briefings, and notes scattered items including Uganda royal etiquette, Arabic carvy, a Paraguayan pod plant, Oxford Bible skins, a youth recipe, an English wedding by horseback, London coal limits, Sao Paulo theatre value, Rhodesia asbestos, white zinc from coal, a 1841 grain drill, 75th loom anniversary, iron in concrete, London soot, and Indian turpentine industry growth.
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Rhodesia
Early trivia and oddities from a bygone era
Newspaper notes recount advertising beginning in 1652, the first sulphur match in 1829, and quirky facts. Mentioned are the Siamese anthem’s many verses, wedding gift preferences of the Julians, the Maelstrom’s vast diameter, glow-worm brightness before storms, razor skill among self-shavers, Rossini’s laziness, and contrasts between the Speaker and Lord Chancellor. Also a novel liquid claimed by an English engineer that never freezes and may replace water for motors.
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Ee Ee
Rossini
House of Commons
House of Lords
Young Girl Finds Relief From Irregular Periods
Evansville Indiana eighteen year old Stella Linxwiler describes months of back pain cold fatigue and cramps. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports better periods and energy. She encourages others to try the remedy and shares her experience for similar ailments.
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Evansville
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Stella Linx- Wiler
Second St
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Julius Johnson
Edith
B. Anderson
Nettie Shipp
Boston
Cyril Smith
Rochelle
M. D. Clapper
South First Street
W. H. Hamilton
John Sutton
Mrs. Goodnough
Luella Custer
Taylor Street
Ralph Parker
Glen Halloran
Claude Middleton
South Bend
Mrs. Beacham
Plano
Gossmann Drug CO
Great Britain
United States
State Hughes
Far Eastern Committee
Uganda
Paraguay
London
Sao Paulo
Brazil
India
Kerber
Armour’s
Pimento Brick
Monarch Rocqueford Kraft
Swift
Lon Smith Market
Monarch
Jones’ Dairy Farm
Mastin
Cale Veindhees
Kirchner
Lincoln Highway Branch No
M. O. Kirk
X. L. Brand
Kirk’s Olive
Borden's Eagle Milk
B.C
California
Favormor
Bunter
Armour
Libby Rosedale
Corey & Evans
North Seventh Street
Hart Schatner & Maz
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Kraft Nelson Swanson
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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