Experts Study Ivy Poisoning and Eradication urged nationwide campaigns
United States Department of Agriculture and Public Health Service review ivy and sumac poisoning. Immunity is unlikely. common treatments vary in effectiveness. Wash skin with soap and water, change clothing promptly, and bathe exposed hair. Eradication by grubbing or mowing, kerosene spraying, and arsenate of soda for tree trunks are discussed as control methods.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
United States Treasury Department
Censors in Hungary Slow Budapest Dispatches
Budapest correspondents report their dispatches pass four censors. One is a loyal official, another controlled by extremists, a third by Bolsheviks in Vienna, and a fourth kept by unknown enemy neighbors of Hungary.
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Hungary
Budapest
Vienna
Mutiny Of Polish Troops At Kovno Reported Suppressed
Official sources say the mutiny among cavalry and artillery units at Kovno was put down with no arrests. Newspapers report ongoing fighting and Bolshevik traits among rebels as insurgents released hundreds of Bolshevik POWs to join their ranks. The Polish Telegraph Agency notes clashes at government buildings and cites tensions with Lithuania over possible understanding, blocked by extremist ministers and the bishop.
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Warsaw
Kogono
Polish Telegraph Agency
Kovno
Poland
Lithuania
Telegraph Agency
Koyno
Indian School Girls Have Queer Names
Sioux City, Ia. Girls at the Pine Ridge Reservation school may bear outlandish names such as Victoria Holy Rock Julia Afraid of Hawk Mary Brown Wars Julia Crazy Ghost Mercy Yellow Shirt Emma No Fat Billa Bad Eyes Julia Stands Up. Dissatisfied now.
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Sioux City
Pine Ridge Reservation
Victoria Holy Rock
Julia
Julia Crazy Ghost
Mercy Yellow Shirt
Emma
Billa
How to Get Gold from Lead
Professor Frederick Soddy of Oxford argues in a recent publication that turning base metals into gold is feasible. He outlines a particle sequence: eject a beta particle from mercury to yield thallium, then an alpha particle to form gold, or remove an alpha particle from lead to alter its nucleus toward mercury and onward to gold.
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London
Frederick Soddy
Physical Chemistry
Oxford
American indifference to perfumes sparks odor debate
A Buffalo Express column argues Americans neglect the sense of smell, preferring fresh air and natural scents to perfumes. It contrasts American odor tolerance with Europe and the Orient, noting perfume annoyances in close spaces yet praising country air, pine forests, hay fields, sea breezes, and orchards as ideal fragrances.
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Weill
Europe
Italy
Venice
Florence
Orient
Bombay
Calcutta
Constantinople
Hong Kong
Buffalo Express
Early Booksellers and the Origin of Stationers
A compact history traces England s first booksellers to itinerant peddlers, the shift to stalls, and the emergence of stationers. It notes a 823 year old catalogue by Andrew Haunsell, stern legal restrictions until 1758, and the formation of bookseller associations in England and America beginning in 1829.
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Andrew Haunsell
Lothbury
England
America
Child’s blunt remark shocks vaudeville crowd
Four year old John visiting his aunt complains about cleanliness during a vaudeville show. His loud comment about a performer’s outfit draws surprised laughter from the audience amid the staging of acrobatic acts.
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John
Carnegie yacht Carnege sails on long magnetic survey cruise
The magnetic survey vessel Carnege, out of commission in Washington for a year, resumes its sixth voyage at the end of September. The two to three year cruise will traverse the South Atlantic Indian and Pacific Oceans with calls at Dakar Rio de Janeiro and El Helena under American supervision.
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Carnege
Washington
Taloty
South Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Dakar
Rio de Tancreto
el Helena
A. P. Ault
Postman Exchanges a Name with Pete
A quick exchange shows a postman asking for the recipient’s name and Pete replying that the name is on the envelope, highlighting a simple mail delivery moment.
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Pete
Recipes for gray hair and new wireless distress device
A home remedy to darken gray hair combines water, Bay Rum, Barbo Compound and glycerine to soften and gloss aged hair without scalp cooling. A second item describes an American Chamber of Commerce report on a wireless distress system enabling automatic calls between ships via transmitters and receivers to summon naval attention during emergencies.
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American Chamber of Commerce
London
They Demand to Be Shown and Humble Beauties
A dialog from the Birmingham Age-Herald cites remarks on beauty experts, noting that success can come despite plain looks. The exchange adds that human nature resists deception and a physical culture professor must display fitness to gain credibility.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Collision Leaves Small Scratches On Bus Enamel
A minor crash occurred as a woman driving a car struck a motorbus. No serious injuries reported. only enamel scraped off on the car or bus in a minor fender bender.
Reporter Corrects Speech Style In Meeting Coverage
London Answers notes an editor berating a new political reporter over neutral wording. The quarrel centers on replacing vague label language with clear attribution to speaker Bill Blink and the meeting’s stance, highlighting journalistic style standards.
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William Blink
Nstead
Bill Blank
London
It Comes High Prohibition Story Told At Dinner
Elihu Root recounted a prohibition tale noting whisky's value after prohibition. In Florida two men aboard a capsized boat fought to stay afloat while one clung to the bottle and urged the other, Tom, to throw it if he could not be saved. The remark ends with a quip about people who like each other arguing.
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Elihu Root
Florida
Jim
Tom
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