FLOWERS AND JEWELRY ADS AND A RIGA GOLD RESERVE REPORT
A collage of ads for Park Floral Co and Bohm Allen Jewelry supply goods and services including candies and theater inquiries. Separately, a Warsaw dispatch notes the Russian Soviet Union’s first payment to Poland under the Riga peace treaty, with 100 cases of diamonds gold and rubles transported by special train, totaling a substantial reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Floral Co
Broadway
Bohm-Allen Jewelry Co
NEW York Pleating CO
Stout
Denver
Colorado Furniture and Fixture Co
Baur’s
Warsaw
Poland
Riga
Germany Cannot Meet Reparations Installments
Paris and Germany inform the allied reparations commission that Germany cannot pay 1 billion gold marks due January 15 and February 15. The note does not request a moratorium, instead outlining Germany’s financial inability to meet each 500 million mark installment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Allied
Plot to seize Christiansborg Castle uncovered in Copenhagen
Police uncover plans by unemployed men in Copenhagen to seize Christiansborg Castle the king residence and Danish Parliament meeting place and use it as a sleeping place. Arrested leaders carried a resolution to the American minister J B Prince threatening reprisals for Sacco and Vanzetti murder conviction in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Christiansborg
J. B. Prince
Massachusetts
Sacco
Vanzetti
Treasury launches thrift bonds to fund government
The Treasury Department announced a new government security called treasury savings certificates or thrift bonds. They are issued in unlimited amounts with Secretary Mellon hoping annual sales reach 500 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury Savings
Mexican denial blocks burial of American sailor
Mexican officials at Port Lobos refused permission to bury John Lee, an American seaman and pump man who died suffocating in the hold of the tanker Halway during repairs. The denial was confirmed by George Bryant, chief officer of the ship. No reason was given for the authorities’ action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
United States Shipping Board
Port Lobos
Mexico
Guorge Bryant
John Lee
Secretary Fall Surprised by Park Service Birthday Tribute
Albert B. Fall, secretary of the Interior, was surprised by a secretive party in his office honoring the 60th birthday. Park service officials and five young women from Yosemite, Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain presented poems and prose praising national parks and the secretary’s support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Army of
Fall
Interior Department
National Park Service
The
Nations Park Service
Water Power Commission
Finney
Mather
Department
Isabelle Story
Yosemite
Beatrice Ward
Crater Lake
Lella Price
Mount Railler
May Schnur
Rocky Mountain
Estes Park Chamber of Commerce
Denver Civic and Commercial Association
Roosevelt National Park
Sequoia
Congress
New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument
Secretary of the Interior
National Park Movement
Gift to the Legion statue presented in Kansas City
General Dias presented a miniature Monte Grappa statue to the American Legion during its annual convention in Kansas City Missouri. The statue is mounted on a base stone from the original monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Grappa
General Dias
Italy
American Legion
Legion
Kansas City
Lions Invade Railway Station in British East Africa
A train arriving at an Uganda railway station in British East Africa found three lions within the station premises. One lounged in the telegraph room, another in the refreshment room, and the third prowled the platform. A shriek from the engine drove the lions away, and staff reemerged from a distant building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natrot
British East Africa
Uganda
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promises Pure, Safe Use
Advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant kidney liver and bladder remedy made from vegetable herbs. It claims strength consistency and non habit forming. samples offered for ten cents with mail request to Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Ilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Fragmentary quotes on stage and loner misfit
The snippet evokes a theatre theme with lines about life as a stage and a solitary man. No clear event, date, or人物 names are identifiable from the readable text.
Edgeworth Satisfied Smokers' Club Endorses Pipe Tobacco
A letter from J. A. Pierce of Hot Springs Ark praises Edgeworth pipe tobacco for flavor smoothness and consistency. The note invites readers to request free samples via Larus & Brother Co Richmond and offers prepaid shipments to tobacco merchants if local supply is unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ormel
Crown Margarin Company
Park & Ora
St. Louisa
U Hot Springs
Ark
Ron
Larus & Bro. Co
Richmond
Edgeworth
Itere
Tobageo
Rey Bande
Bri
Edgeworth Satisfied
J. A. Pierce General Representative
Comp
Hot Springs
Edgeworth Ie
Larus & Brother Company
South 21St Street
Pageworth
No Interference in Baseball Banter
Mrs Jones asks about Jimmy missing home plate as Mr Jones explains he wasn’t in the game. He notes the batter was responsible for driving him home after seeing him on second base. Chicago Herald recounts a humorous exchange about baseball duty.
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Jimmy
Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Chicago Herald
Cuticura Ad Promises Pimply Face Cure
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for pimples and blackheads. It urges smearing Cuticura Ointment and washing with Cuti cure Soap and hot water for five minutes, then daily use to maintain clear skin.
Leggings Sighting Joke In 200 Men Company Exchange
In a light remark from The Leatherneck a soldier asks about missing leggings. Boston Mike notes with so many men wearing leggings a stolen pair would hardly surprise anyone.
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Boston
Mike
Will You Marry Me At The Country House
The dialogue portrays a couple isolated in a country house with no shared interests. After failed attempts at conversation they provoke a marriage proposal. She contemplates the idea and finally agrees, noting it will give them more to discuss during their stay.
Maud and Her Husband in a Bizarre Exchange
A quirky exchange hints at tensions around marriage and wealth with miners’ work and pensions referenced as war clouds. The dialogue suggests social drama and economic strain amid uncertain times.
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7Th & Logan
Eastman Kodaks
Ford's
16Th St
Colo
Spray Coffee & Spice CO
Dist Aict Market Sia
Seseaa Heauty
Charles
Charles Hair & Beauty Shop
KODAK
Kodaks
Denver Photo Materials Company
Kodak Company
Sixteenth Street
Colorado
ARMY
Anderson Dros
Army and Navy
Arapahoe St
Union Ave
Pueblo
Capitol Ave
Cheyenne
Wyvene Flowers
Peoria
Motion Picture
Sydney
Cohen
Motion Picture Theater Owners of America
Illnois Picture
Russia
Mexicana Bar
Supreme Court of the United States
William Howard Taft
William R. Day
Joseph McKenna
Taft
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Willis van Devanter
Louis Dembits Brandeis
Mahlon Pitney
James Clark McReynolds
John Hessin Clarke
Secretary Fall
Oregon
Mount Rainier
Wenet
Rainier
Yellowstone
National Parks
la An
Mammoth
Rocky Mountain Park
Bellans
Cork
Avrononix Pecmaees Corp
Prairie
Holland
Murtry
Parker
Eea Danarnff
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Mae Ont
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