Edgeworth Sample Promotion Sparks Pipe Tobacco Debate
A Forest City promotional letter from Larus & Brother Co discusses Edgeworth Plug Slice and Ready Rubbed tobacco samples. It cites user testimonials from H. J. Kline and endorses Edgeworth as a trusted flavor, while noting the company offers free samples to new buyers to grow regular customers.
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Forest City Live
Edgeworth
Daffy
Larus & Brother Company
South 21St Street
Sega
Setting Up the Christmas Tree in Old Style
Corner grocers offer cheap stands to secure a Christmas tree with a central trunk hole. For those cutting their own, a wooden box method or a cross shaped frame can support the tree. Weights or sand may stabilize heavier trees, and decorative batting with rain adds a snowy glow.
Ginger Cookies Recipe Steps
Cream one cup sugar with shortening, add two tablespoons molasses and one teaspoon ginger and a beaten egg. Stir in soda dissolved in boiling water, light flour to form a soft dough with a little baking powder. Roll and bake well apart to prevent spreading.
Candles and Yule Log Traditions Across Medieval Christmas
Medieval Christmas customs included gratis large flat candles from chandlers' guilds to light houses for the Christ Child's arrival and Yule cakes from bakers. The practice echoes Roman Vigil traditions and spread through guilds to become a general gift spirit. England retains soilier customs with grain sacks outside gates and extra cattle feed on Christmas Eve.
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Chandlers' Guild
Vatican
England
Lemon and Sardines Improve Sardine Mix
A note suggests adding a little lemon juice to enhance the flavor of a sardine mixture, promising a brighter taste with tangy citrus.
Santa Claus Prepares Toy Haul for Christmas
Santa packs vast toy shop with candy boxes, dolls, trains, dresses, mittens, furs, and toy animals for children. He explains elephants forget nothing, toys follow owners, and he remains excited and sure everything is packed before Christmas.
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Suita Claus
Mery
Maury
Santa Claus
Ant
Tim
Elusive guard and heiress spark puzzling remark
A garbled exchange hints at a guard eloping with an heiress. Mr Grippling and Me Gudapur exchange misheard lines and ponder what they did in winter, leaving readers with a puzzled, comic snippet.
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Lfeguard
Mr. Grippling
Gudapur
Canada Retreats With Blue Ribbons At Chicago Live Stock Show
The article highlights Canada’s strong showing at the Chicago International Live Stock Show. Canadian entries dominated oats and wheat with 22 of 25 first prizes, Alberta oats weighed 48 pounds to the bushel, and Saskatchewan’s Wee Donald’s horse claimed the grand championship for two consecutive years. Clydesdales, sheep, hogs, and alfalfa seed from Brooks, Alberta, also earned top honors as Canada’s government exhibit drew praise from visitors.
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Canada
United States
Chicago Stock Yards
Alberta
J. W. Lucas
Cayley
Wee Donald
Saskatchewan
Clydesgales
Brooks
Dominion
Pair of leggings spotted amid two hundred men
In a humorous exchange, Boston Mike jokes that with about two hundred men in the company all wearing leggings, it wouldn’t surprise them if someone did spot a lone pair. The Leatherneck adds the playful premise to the banter.
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Boston
A Grievous Mistake At Jim Rose’s Boarding House
A man at Jim Rose’s boarding house vents about a miscut trouser patch. He cut a jeg from his Sunday trousers to mend old ones, leaving him feverish and angry. No wife to help, he handles repairs himself.
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Jim Rose
Blue Nose nickname origin in Sam Slick tale
In Sam Slick, a Nova Scotia native is called Blue Nose from the famous potato the region produces. A fellow passenger asks about the name and a speaker explains Americans gave the nickname for the Blue Nose potato famed in Nova Scotia.
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Nova Scotia
Haliburton
Sam Slick
Nova
Railroad Engine Trial Promises Sideways and Forward Travel
London Punch reports a south coast railway company testing a new engine capable of moving sideways as well as forward, signaling a notable improvement in train maneuverability and operation efficiency.
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South Coast Railway Company
London Punch
God Be With Ye and the Lamb Chop Telegraph Goodbye
A historical reflection on language and farewell words notes that "good-by" derives from "God be with ye" though few recall it. The piece jokes about divine guidance in daily chores like ordering lamb chops over the phone, and asserts eating habits endure despite cooks changing.
War Finance loans total over ninety million dollars
Washington reports to the joint commission that total agricultural loans by the War Finance Corporation, under the August twenty fourth amendment, reach 90,572,327 dollars. Breakdown shows 15,825,415 on cotton, 1,976,368 on grain, 3,165,383 on livestock, and 8,884,150 for other agricultural uses with further approved loan totals of 65,214,500. Co operatives received 3,808,587 without bank endorsement and livestock firms 2,275,577 also without endorsement.
Chinaman Kills Bandit in El Paso Shootout
In El Paso Texas Gee Tong a Chinese truck gardener, shot and killed masked robber Elfran Ruiz who had come to rob his home. Tong heard a knock, Juan Yung opened the door and was knocked down. Tong seized a rifle, Ruiz fired, Tong returned fire.
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el Paso
Tex
Elfran Ruiz
Gee Tong
Juan Yung
Tong
Ruiz
Corn Is Still King in Farm Values
Washington reports corn remains the leading American farm product by money value for 1919, at $3,507,707,102 out of a total crop value about $18,750,000,000. Hay and forage follow with $2,528,000,000, cotton and cottonseed $2,355,000,000, wheat $2,074,000,000, and oats $855,000,000.
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Washington
Census Bureau
New York Poisons Rats to Curb Infestation
City health department announces a plan to inoculate a half dozen of New York’s 6,000,000 rats with a deadly germ to kill them and spread infection to other rats, aiming to reduce the rodent population.
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New York
City Health Department
Three Bodies Recovered After Sta bler Hospital Fire
Three bodies were recovered from the ruins of the Stabler hospital in Greenville Alabama after a fire destroyed the three story building. All victims were in rooms on the top floor and could not escape the flames.
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Greenville
Ala
Stabler Hospital
Recommend Increase at West Point to 2500 Cadets
Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, superintendent of West Point, proposes raising cadets from 1334 to 2500 in his annual report. The academy presently trains only about one third of the officers needed for a peacetime army of 150,000 men and would lack a sufficient nucleus of officer material for emergencies.
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West Point
Ashington
West Point Military Academy
Douglas MacArthur
Twas Ward
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