Early Americans Cosmetic Use Unearthed In Alabama Grave
In Birmingham on December 28 a Rockford Alabama museum curator described a grave of an Indian princess found intact with a glittering ornamented skeleton. The tomb contained beads, lace, silver threads, a pipe, and a silver earring. A local official notes the remote audience for radio signals now reaches distant rural regions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
John K. McEwen
Rockford
Mr. McEwen
Protect Yourself From Influenza With Vicks Remedies
Medical authorities urge early protective treatment for the flu season. Use Vicks VapoRub in the nostrils or inhaled from hot water, apply to chest and throat at night, and take a bedtime laxative if constipated. Avoid crowds and sneezeers. seek a physician if feverish.
Markets Today Cotton Markets in a Quiet Session
New Orleans price activity softened as London news and holiday conditions weighed. Demand was lackluster with volume low, exporters reporting steady to lower quotes while weekly figures show weaker activity and modest gains in futures amid quiet trading.
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T. W. Palmer & Company
New Orleans
Lee
London
Liverpool
Old Timer Claims Custer Connection At Arrowhead Springs
The article profiles William Barhtell an old cavalry veteran who says he rode with Custer and later left just before the battle. Born in Virginia he fought at Antietam and Gettysburg then searched for gold with figures from Grant era and Colis Huntington. He still visits Arrowhead hopeful for a lucky strike.
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Custer Arrowhead Springs
Cal
Custer
Saue
Bill” Barhtell
Antietam
Gettysburg
Buffalo
Ding? Cartoonist Recommends News Work as Training
Iowa City luncheon speaker J N Dave Wing known as Ding discusses journalism as a post graduate course for any profession. He cites two years in a newspaper as essential training and notes that initiative and self‑presentation grow with experience in journalism. Darling, a surgeon, says his 12 years in practice never required him to curb his convictions.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Dave Wing
Ding
Darling
Frog Electrocuted During High Tension Experiment
A worker in Bayeux, France, reportedly received an electric shock while attempting to torture a frog with a high tension circuit. Authorities are investigating the incident and the worker’s condition is not disclosed.
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Bayeux
Prance
Inborer
History of Liquor collection at Harvard Business School
A donor-funded collection titled The History of Liquor spans books pamphlets and drawings on liquor culture from Sir Walter Raleigh’s era to home brewing. Notable items include The Anatomy of Drunkenness by Robert Macnish detailing drunkenness stages and even spontaneous combustion with flaming and smothered heat descriptions.
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Cambiadce
Mass
Harvard Business School
Walter Raleigh
Pearce
Robert Macnish
Glasgow
Macnish
Unclear historical remark on alcohol and rail losses in Ireland
Fragmentary note cites Dr Macalsh on alcohol harm and references the Government of Northern Ireland and losses to the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railroad in that country. The passage provides no clear event or outcome.
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Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Lough Swilly
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