Justice six fingers in a strange Czech note story
Eleanor Markell recounts how the Czecho-Slovak republic issued its kronen after 1918 with notes printed partly in the United States. The six fingered Justice on the 1000 kronen note became a symbol of bold currency reform. The nation melted gold from plates and jewelry to back its new currency as it urged exports and sugar beet farming to counter depreciation and food shortages.
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Republic
United States
Vienna
Eleanor Markell
World Turns to Coconut Fat to Ease Fats Shortage
Global animal fats supplies have dwindled for years causing shortages in Europe and the United States. Coconut oil imports soared last year to 845,787,018 pounds to supplement cooking fat and used in nut butter, candles, soap, cosmetics, and as a digestible cod liver oil substitute. Copra is sun-dried, then oil is extracted by hydraulic presses yielding 65 to 70 percent of copra weight.
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Europe
United States
President in Name Only and Jamaica Vanilla Source
The Living Age notes M. Millerand’s push to expand the French president’s powers, provoking socialist and radical concern over a potential move toward monarchy. Separately, London experiments indicate Jamaica’s wild pimento leaves could supply vanilla flavoring via eugenol and vanillin production.
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M. Millerand
France
London
Jamaica
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Glucose Treatment for Pneumonia by Dr John
Dr H J John reports in the American Journal of Medical Science on intravenous glucose for pneumonia. More than two doses daily were rarely needed. It eased the patient, promoted sleep and rest, lowered temperature, increased kidney and skin elimination, and slowed the heart while increasing pulse volume.
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H. J. John
American Journal of Medical Science
Ways of the penguins from four world regions
Dad teaches a child about penguins, grouping them by world regions from South America to the Antarctic. He describes Emperor, Adele, King, Johnny, Rock Hopper, Macaroni, Victoria, Blue, Jackass, and Gallipoli penguins, plus their habits, nesting, and social behavior, emphasizing water use, wing swimming, and playful fights.
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Daddy
South America
Equator
Antarctic
South Georgia
Sandwich Islands
Continents
Africa
Tropics
Gallipoli
Buch
Open Letter to Women from Philadelphia Reader
An open letter from Philadelphia describes severe menstrual irregularities and left side pain. After one year of illness, the author credits Psydis Be Pinkhen’s Vegetable pepo with relief, noting improved health after seven months of use and resumed housework duties.
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Philadelphia
Pinkhen
Ten Year Old Movie Buff Sees Her First Play
A girl aged ten, a regular moviegoer, attends her first legitimate stage play a melodrama. She sits breathlessly, thrilled by the performance and asks her mother to stay for the second show after the curtain falls on the first act.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertised as tonic and purifier
The notice asserts catarrh worsens when run down and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cleanses the blood to reduce inflammation on mucous surfaces. It promises free circulars from F. Mieney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. Mieney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Jacob Schiff Viewed as Reformer Who Hated Reds
A banker recalled the late Jacob Schiff as a progressive social reformer who loathed both pinks and red revolutionaries. He believed education, not deportation, was the cure for communism, defining a red as one who hasn’t read enough.
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Jacob Schiff
Schiff
Batonic Claims Relief for Neuralgia and Stomach Ailments
An illustrated testimonial from R. Long asserts Batonic cures torture from neuralgia caused by an upset stomach. The ad promotes Batonte for acidity and gas, advising use after meals and promising quick relief, with a claim of a small cost in a big box and a guarantee.
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See Inc
Batonic
R. Long
Long
Batonte
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Mare Island Navy Yard
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Grant
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Michigan
Cleveland
Dublin
Wms
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Ireland
Vassar
Thia
Carolinda Watera
New York
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Colorado
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Eighth St. Alamosa
Colo
Doan
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Piso
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