Barnum and Bailey Circus to Visit City in July
Final arrangements announce Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth will perform twice on Saturday July 16. The show features a new 3.5 million dollar equipment parade, 400 world famous artists, 100 European surprises, a 14 acre circuit, and 1280 people with 700 horses and 40 elephants. A baby giraffe is born in the menagerie.
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Arnum & Bailey
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Europe
P. T. Barnum
Barnum
James A. Bailey
Bailey
Asia
America
Desperado
Jupiter
Adonis Brothers
Charlie
Siegrist-Silbon
Konyot
Victoria Codona
la Faille
Pride and Awe in a Returned Native Villag e
A successful man returns to his old town and, with his boyhood friend, feels pride and awe at the village's decay. The friend counters with sharp humor noting regular traffic, including an automobile passing every few hours. The exchange highlights contrasts between memory and present reality.
System That Worked Well
A man visits a railroad office seeking a good filing system. The chief clerk shares his method and the friend returns two weeks later to adopt the same system. Soon the clerk’s boss sees they spend so much time filing that they have little time left for business.
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Erk
Yenu
Judge’s Library
Dress Suit for a Church Honeymoon Tale on Broadway
A newlywed couple tours New York in an open car as the groom misnames places like Herald Square and Grace Street before reaching a church that supposedly requires a dress suit for entry. The bride, shy and patient, indicates confusion while the conductor explains landmarks.
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Broadway
New York
Metropolitan Tower
Flatiron
Fourteenth Street
Herald Square
Pennsylvania Station
Grace Street
Scientist Claims Volcano Evidence for Sodom and Gomorrah
Ellsworth Huntington, Yale expedition head, says he verified Bible accounts of Sodom and Gomorrah by finding genuine lava and volcanic evidence near Suweimeh. He notes debates over location south of the Dead Sea and destruction by oil wells or eruptions, citing local traditions and geology.
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Ellsworth Huntington
Yale
Palestine
Sodom and
Gomorrah
Harper’s Magazine
Texas
Baku
Dead Sea
Sodom
Usdom
Lot
Abraham
Bethel
Jerusalem
Jordan
Jehovah
Egypt
Zoar
Suweimeh
Suweim
Polishing Metals with Hot Air Blast
The article explains a new hot air polishing method using a centrifugal basket and heated air blown through the basket. Items in the basket are polished rapidly, nickel plated pieces brighten in minutes, and wet metal dries and polishes simultaneously as air reaches all sides.
A Cool Confession Between Miss Cayenne and a Friend
Miss Cayenne admits she would fill a small library with impressive looking titles to make a good impression while keeping current novels and magazines out of sight. The exchange reflects a concern with status over substance in reading choices.
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Miss Cayenne
What a Summer Cold May Do
A summer cold can develop into bronchitis or pneumonia if neglected. Do not neglect it. Take Foley's Honey and Tar promptly. It loosens the cough soothes inflamed air passages and expels the cold from the system. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Thumb sucking verdict frees army veterinary surgeon
A Pontivy court martial cleared M. Berland the army veterinary surgeon after ruling the boxing of a trooper’s ear was not premeditated. The acquittal rested on whether he sucked his thumb after a minor wound. no thumb sucking meant no premeditation.
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Pontivy
France
M. Berland
Second Cavalry Regiment
Oasis of Jupiter Ammon in Siwa Reopens Old Tensions
The Siwa oasis, known as Jupiter Ammon, again draws Egyptian government attention. Its Senussi sect adherents scorn taxation and harass dissenters, while Europeans seldom visit due to a hazardous three weeks’ camel trek across the desert once fatal for Cambyses. Locals speak a dying Libyan dialect among themselves.
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Jupiter Ammon
Siwa
Seewah
Delphi
Pan
Oasis
Cambyses
For Sale Good Work Horse and iPhone Ad
A mixed sale item brief offers a work horse for sale with a 1250 price and an iPhone listed at 655. Inquiries welcome at Airgoods Street.
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Airgoods
Glove Counter Frustration at City Store
A quiet shopper waits at the glove counter as a sharp, long-necked clerk hurls at him in a tense exchange over glove length and color. The man struggles to explain his needs while the clerk critiques his appearance and patience wears thin.
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Lotta Faust
Pictorial Postcards and Alpine Wonders
The excerpt recalls Switzerland as the cradle of pictorial postcards and notes a German fascination with Matterhorn views sent via Italy. It highlights Alpine prints at the Alpine Club in Savile Row and how Swiss engravers fed homebound souvenir desire with exaggerated, dramatic landscapes.
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Switzerland
Theodule Hut
Italy
Matterhorn
Alpine Club
Saville Row
London Globe
Free Hamlet at the Plutonian? A mock billboards spoof
A Puck quote describes a dubious billboard offering a Shakespeare Hamlet billed with Booth and Barrett as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The mock poster mocks grandiose extras a sunrise curtain and whisky names while ads push moving pictures and a patron demands Casey at the Bat.
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Plutonian
William Shakespeare
Booth
Barrett
Rosencrantz
Guildenstern
Wagner
Mozart
Hades
Hell
Casey
Puck
New and Valuable Metal Electron Lighter Than Aluminum
Electron, a new metal reportedly developed in Germany, is a light magnesium alloy. It can be cast pressed rolled and drawn with a specific gravity of 1.75 to 2. Its tensile strength ranges from 18 kg/mm2 in cast form to 35 kg/mm2 after rolling or drawing, with ductility increasing from 5 to 18 percent. The metal is silver white, polishes brilliantly, and promises future use in airships flying machines and automobiles.
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Germany
Prometheus
Automobile Festival Starts From First Christian Church
An automobile festival kicks off Friday afternoon and evening from the First Christian Church. A half hour ride is planned with participants including children and adults, with costs listed as 26e and 10e for various groups.
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First Christian
Victim of Crushing Improves at Clark Hospital
Imre Gabar a Hungarian boiler washen badly crushed yesterday at the Lake Shiere roundhouse and spent a night recovering with hope for recovery. He had two fractures in the right arm and many wounds on the right side from being drawn against a doorway by an engine. Initial fears of fatal internal injuries softened as he improved.
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Clark Hospital
Imre Gabar
Lake Shiere
Newope
Gabar
Roundhouse
Foley Kidney Pills Help Springfield Man Recovery
Mr. B. F. Kelley of Springfield Illinois writes that kidney and bladder troubles worsened over a year and caused dull headaches and painful sensations. After taking Foley Kidney Pills for a few weeks the headaches ceased and bladder function returned to normal, ending his distress. Sold by all druggists.
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Springfield
Foley
Sage and Sulphur hair remedy returns to vogue
Sage tea extended to hair darkening with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur promoted as restoring natural color. Daily use claimed to stop hair loss and promote growth. Sold by druggists for 50 cents to 1 dollar. available from Wyeth Chemical Co. and sold by C. L. Smith & Co.
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Wyeth
Wyeth Chémical Company
Cortlandt St
New York City
C. L. Smith & CO
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