Auto Ads Take Freak Shapes and Ambitious Ads
A collage of odd car advertising trends shows vehicles painted to advertise flour and cheese, while some cars mimic bottles or shoes with drivers hidden inside. The piece notes novelty vehicles, a house-on-wheels concept, and humorous lines about optimism and fortune. It cites a Chicago News quote about Monte Carlo owner Sir Basil Zaharoff and gambling rooms. It ends with a brief quip about a well-informed physician.
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York
New York Bun and Globe
Basil Zaharof
Blane
Monte Carlo
Englshman
Basil
Chicago News
Iowa Rural News Highlights Across State Events
Iowa reports show a 60 percent rise in corn exports versus global totals. E H Mallory limits noise near steers on his 640 acre Hampton farm. Premier poultry awards go to Iowa breeders at Waterloo. Fort Dodges presbytery seeks quarantine law changes. Simultaneous revival meetings start October 21 in Oskaloosa. Methodists debate cider under Prohibition. Large crowds attend Ogden barbecues. 6000 attendees. Iowa federation women oppose Winneshiek drainage plan. co operate with others.
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Town
Illinois
E. H. Mallory
Hampton
Macey
Ames Extension Service
Iowa
Daily Congress
Waterloo
Texas
India
American Poultry Congress
Dairy Cattle Congress
Presbytery
Fort Dodge
Humbold
State
Iowa State Teachers Association
Pa Mories
Oskaloosa
Elizabeth Reynolds
Red Croneeld
Des Moines
Red Cross
Muscatine
Irving B. Richman
Chronicle of America
Waynes. Baw
Upper Iowa
The
Methodist Church
Marion
Pape County Farm Bureau
Lowa
California
Mur
Ogden
Ogden Merchants
Mississippi
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Nurse Endorses Tanlac As Ideal Remedy
Mrs J A Borden of Seattle praises Tanlac, claiming seven years of use in charitable care aides stomach and liver function, noting two cases where three to six bottles restored health and appetite. She urges no substitutes and notes over 40 million bottles sold.
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J. A. Borden
Pontius Ave
Seattle
Wash
Worth It Doctor Exam Offer Prompted Patient Refusal
A terse exchange describes a doctor offering a $10 examination and a patient refusing, replying to go to a location or action while the doctor promises a halt. The fragment suggests a miscommunication about fees and treatment.
Swamp Root Kidney Ailment Remedy In Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Kilmer Swamp Root as a premier cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It promises gentle healing, quick relief, and urges testing a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Elmer Co in Binghamton New York, with paper mention.
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Kilmer
Dr. Elmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Retours Bring Customers and Signs Direct Traffic Clashes
A French fruit raider uses heat from a Pyrenean hot spring to force ripening ahead of the market. The New York Sun and Globe laments local signs that divert travelers and the owner’s homemade ginger ale stand, later removed by authorities, disrupting travel on a once busy street.
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New York Sun and Globe
Pyrenees
Light for Water Pictures Experiments at Lehigh Pool
Lehigh University researchers experiment with undersea motion pictures by spraying light producing chemicals in the university swimming pool to enable divers to film at varying depths. The approach aims to illuminate underwater scenes, though practical challenges remain.
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Lehigh University
Brothers from Aberdeen village plan coffin by train.
One brother died and the surviving sibling, still holding an active season ticket, seeks railway advice to have the coffin conveyed by train to the city, joking that the card would be valid.
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Aberdeen
Long-Lived Family From Skye Holds World Longevity Claim
The nine members of a Skye family in Inverness-shire Scotland, seven sisters and two brothers, are said to be the longest-lived family with combined ages over 550 years. All collect British old-age pensions as their ages are believed to surpass typical lifespans. The item notes their residence on the Isle of Skye.
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Great Britain
Skye
Hebrides
Inverness-shire
Scotland
Comedy Actor Confronts Heckler Over Public Remark
The cinema star confronted a man he knew after a public jab about the actor's humor. The actor warned that such comments undermine him in front of others, then the man faltered, and the scene turned into a tense exchange as the crowd watched.
Dig New Bed for Isar River in Bavaria Project
Bavaria aims to divert the Middle Isar to generate about 480 million watt hours annually, placing the plant among the world’s largest. The project is expected to save a substantial coal tonnage, with about 7,000 workers employed in creating the new river channel.
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Isar
Bavaria
Unemployment Insurance Funds Watch UK Total £105.2m
Employers workers and the state contributed a total of £105,200,000 under the British unemployment insurance acts between January 1919 and June 1928. The figures reflect a broad national program balancing employer and employee inputs with state support across the postwar period.
Does Madge approve of cosmetics in new phrase
In a light column titled Literally Speaking, the writer riffs on whether Madge approves of cosmetics with a witty aside that she seems to tend her countenance toward them. The brief item captures a playful cultural moment and the columnist tone.
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Madge
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Gotrox
Northwestern Yeast
North
Ashland Ave
Chicago
Hawkeye
State News
Portland Cement Association
West Washington Street
National Organization
New York
Avery
Easpirin
BAYER
Beyer Manufacture
Smith Brothers SB
St America’s
Dauber
Lamb
Coquette
Fis
Postum Cereal Company Inc
Battle Creek
Michigan
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