Want Ad Rates and Classified Listings Summary
The notice outlines cheap want ad rates up to 25 words at 25 cents per insertion, with 1 cent for each extra word beyond 26, plus a $0.16 weekly handling charge for additional insertions. Cash terms with order, telephonic acceptance allowed, payment due end of month, 10 cent line billing after month end. Listings include For Sale items such as a De Laval cream separator and a Narge electric refrigerator, plus a Cable Midget piano, with contact details in Elgin and Tucson. Also a club offer on the Echo and Enterprise plus Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, price drop from 8 to 5 dollars per package, and various editorial notes on forestry, potatoes, and a Chinatown sage quote.
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Echo and Enterprise
Dubuque
Tuberculosis Deaths Spark Racial Immunity Debate
An early report notes that Filipinos show no racial immunity to tuberculosis and that deaths from the disease are rising among the Filipino population. The article cites a doctor’s observations about susceptibility and public health concerns in the community.
Bear bones dating from early Holocene found in Olsen cave
Remains of nearly 1000 bears and other animals unearthed in a prehistoric Olsen cave in Slovenia are estimated to be around ten thousand years old. Scientists say exercises a diverse fauna, including large carnivores, indicate a rich ecosystem of that era.
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Jne
Olsen
Slovenia
False Noses and Nails Win The New Woman Look
The Literary Digest reports a beauty boom promising dramatic transformations for women. Detachable nails, demountable eyelashes, removable lips, and gold plated nose shapers would let a woman change her appearance with ease, avoiding surgical work and long nails.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Hamlet
Ike
Canthita
Asin Silke
Julia
Ewain
Literary Digest
Quotable Wit and Warnings On Life and Society
A collection of pithy aphorisms on marriage optimism prudence pride and human nature. It surveys relationships ignorance patience taxation and the value of intellect while musing on honesty humility and social mores with sharp distillations and humor.
Symbolism of Women Dress Colors at a London Party
Guests compare frock hues to foods with Lady Stanley in soft green crepe and sunray pleats, Lady Bingham in lobster red chiffon with a matching feather, Lady Warrender in mackerel blue lace, and Misa Kay Norton in a fricassee like lace. Misa Angela Greenwood wore spinach green figured crepe, all reflecting sartorial symbolism.
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Lady Stanley
Lady Bingham
Warrender
Misa Kay Norton
Lady Alington
Misa Angela Greenwood
London Evening Standard
Fingerprints Reach Over Three Million at Justice Bureau
The bureau of identification has more than 3,500,000 fingerprints on file, including those of internationally known criminals. Prints arrive from across the United States and the world at over 2,200 daily. A rise in kidnap logs prompted a special consolidated file rather than separate ones for each crime class.
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Bureau of Identification
United States
Department of Justice
Beer Legalized Not Sold in Hillsboro Ohio
In Hillsboro Ohio beer was legalized but not sold as no local outlet was authorized. The city council failed to act leaving no establishment licensed to sell beer in the town.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Flippancy in Local Debate Cited in Papers
A clipped exchange highlights tensions over truth and judgment as Debbe urges an aging man to cheer up. The dialogue underscores contrasts in opinions about a wife’s admiration and the value of blunt honesty in public discourse.
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Hobbs
Debbe
Cear
Boston Transcript
Dan Turner Wins By 12 008 Majority
A fragmented election tally shows Dan Turner securing a large margin of victory across multiple offices. The report lists numerous candidates with varied vote counts including Knutson, Turner, Baldwin, Carter and Stout among others, indicating a wide political contest and final tallies.
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Dan Turner
Iowa County Editor Views Cont Incomplete Page Note
A fragmented column presents editor notes from Iowa County, listing local officials and candidates for 1935 1936 as well as social topics. It includes names like Gruver Leehy Dibble and Irene Crowe, discusses bicycle fad, electricity outages in the Capitol, and musings on adjournment timing and summer outings with mosquitoes and insects in northeastern Iowa. The piece blends political listings with lifestyle notes and weather reflections.
City Growth and Public Courtesy Viewpoints
A civic editorial urges self-improvement before criticizing others and calls on officials to be above reproach. It urges open-handed dealings on public questions, promotes newspaper advertising for business, and notes the community’s push toward progress. Pea harvest updates mention Mrs. Brackin and Mrs. Meyer reporting garden peas on recent days.
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Richard Brackin
Ida Meyer
Sing Sing Prison Rise From Mount Pleasant History Told
A historical note explains Sing Sing prison, originally Mount Pleasant, bought in 1825 to replace the old New York City facility. By mid 19th century the name shifted to Sing Sing, with the new institution built on a hill above the original riverfront site.
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Sting Sing
Siing Sing
Mount Pleasant
New York City
Sing Sing
Otison
Soot Costs Hit $15 Per Inhabitant Across U S
A historic report links high soot prices to poorly adjusted furnaces causing yearly damage of about 15 dollars per person in the United States. Authorities urge better maintenance and regulation to cut emissions and costs.
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United State
Meteors After Midnight Sightings Increase
After midnight observers report a rise in meteors, nearly doubling the numbers seen in the evening as activity continues into the early hours. The report notes a brisk pace of fireballs across the sky, with observers attributing the surge to prevailing atmospheric conditions.
Budapest civil servant jailed for violent kiss incident
Zoltan Viniss a civil servant in Budapest was sentenced to one month in prison after kissing a girl so violently her jaw broke in three places. The March incident led to police action and a court ruling in Hungary.
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Zoltan Viniss
Budapest
Hungary
Not too late to screen porch into summer living room
An advisory tone urges quick action to convert a porch into a comfortable outdoor living area. A lodge member observed a blond at a hotel and sought to meet her, but hesitated when learning her husband was a fellow lodge member. He later claimed romantic entanglement was due to unpaid dues, while unrelated fragments reference a garden, a mule, and a police line.
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Olga
Vee
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