Wilson Begins Speaking Trip on Nationwide Tour
President Wilson departs Washington on a cross country speaking tour to push ratification of the peace treaty and League of Nations. The “Mayflower” special carries the largest press corps and a battery of moving picture men, with eight secret service agents and extensive railroad staff aboard.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Union Station
Paris
Secret Service
Murphy
Railroad Administration
Tumulty
Middle West
Striking workers ate peace as militia withdrawal proceeds
Indiana state notes report Standard Steel Car strike near Hammond settling demands for higher pay and shorter hours. Four militia companies leave Gary Fort Wayne Elkhart Goshen while seven stay through Labor Day to guard against possible protests. No settlement yet in the 2000-workman dispute.
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Hammond
Standard Steel Car Company
Adjt
H. B. Smith
Gary
Muddled Reflections on Risk and Consequences
A fragment emphasizes youth taking risks with money in pursuit of youth and wild oats. It notes that opportunity rarely favors those who chase it in the last place and warns that harming nature can entail indirect guilt for murder of a forest.
Castoria Astoria Safe Remedy for Infants and Constipation
Promotes Castoria as a harmless substitute for castor oil paregoric and narcotics. Claims over 800 years of use and guarantees authentic Castoria with the signature of Chas H Fletcher. Warns against imitations and urges parental trust in the original formula.
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Astoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Gold Medal Kidney Capsules Promoted In Bogus Ad
An old advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Kidney Capsules as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims centuries of use in Holland, cites a 1696 charter, urges daily doses, warns of irreversible disease, and promises a money back guarantee via the druggist if unhappy with results.
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Holeland
Ment
Netherlands
Holland
People Claim Royal Descent From William the Conqueror
The article notes widespread claims of descent from William the Conqueror with descendants found in many generations. It explains genealogists suggest the lineage expands across generations, potentially yielding more descendants than the current British population. It concludes many such lines came to the United States.
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Milliona
William the Conqueror
British Isles
United States
Rebuking Daddy
A child pleads for a family outing as the father, an engineer, prioritizes work over pleasure. He insists he cannot go and brushes off the request with a curt remark about being too busy and modernly detached.
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Alice
Peat Exhibition Highlights Vast US Resource
The Commercial Museum of Philadelphia displays a large peat exhibit showing its potential as fuel and a source for yarn, paper, packing, and fertilizer fillers. Peat offers humic acid, preservatives, insulations, soundproof boards, paving stones, and even alcohol production.
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Commercial Museum of
Philadelphia
United States
Scientific American
Banker recounts found money at banquet
A banker told of a merchant who dropped a quarter during a banquet speech. He searched on hands and knees after the speech and, to the astonishment of onlookers, recovered a half dollar. The tale highlighted the merchant’s successful enterprise.
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Esid
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