No Two Good Roads Alike Says Veteran Auto Tourist
Archie Baker, a 1916 seven passenger car owner with 50,000 miles touring, warns motorists to slow on unfamiliar roads. He recounts crashes from Indiana to California and Nevada as proof that no road is truly safe, urging driving under 20 miles an hour on strange routes and to let others pass. Baker stresses many wrecks come from speed on roads drivers do not know.
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N. Y
Archie Baker
Archie
Small Gulf
Herkimer
Mohawk Valley
Baker
Mr. Baker
New York State
Lake Erie
Indiana
United States
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New York
San Francisco
Ohio
California
Nevada
Sierra Divide
Berthoud Pass
Salton Sink
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Sierras
Eli
Honeymoon bungalow offers affordable cozy living
An illustrated feature by William A. Radford extols a small 36 by 89 foot bungalow as an ideal first home for newlyweds. It highlights airy rooms and space saving closets, arguing home ownership curbs divorce risk and rents, with advice presented free to readers.
Half a Million Offered for Dutch Church of Austin Friars
The Dutch Church of Austin Friars in London refused a £500,000 offer, retaining the historic building whose origins date to a 13th century priory. The church, granted to the Dutch colony by Edward VI and Elizabeth I, features a grand nave and bright interior, while its income funds an almshouse at Chariton and preserves four centuries of records.
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Austin Friars
London
Ornsby Hall
Humphrey Bolton
Hereford
Essex
Edward I
Henry VII
William Paulet
Winchester
Exeter Cathedral
Edward VI
Elizabeth
Church of Austin Friars
Aberdeen
Palestine
Chariton
William of Orange
Christian Science Monitor
Fabric Superior to Real Pelt in Womens Outer Garments
The article explains that silk fabric imitating fur, often called plush, is made from tussur silk fibers from wild silkworms. It argues textile furs are healthier than animal furs because their woven back allows air circulation, reducing perspiration and cold risks. The claim is attributed to the Dry Goods Economist.
Record Sugar Crop Tops Last Year Production
The Department of Agriculture reports a record sugar crop totaling 1,206,148 tons, a 12 percent rise from the prior peak. Sugar production is concentrated in Lotshina with beet sugar widely distributed across Michigan Ohio and California.
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Department of Agriculture
Sane
Michigan
Ohio
Callefornia
Beaded bag offered in playful exchange
A playful exchange references Easy to Get and Marie-Oh with Oswald urging a purchase of a beaded bag. The dialogue suggests a low price in the range of a wong or a few notes, hinting at casual, informal bargaining among the speakers.
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Marie
Oswald
Knoxville Captain Credits Tanlac For Sudden Recovery
Captain Geo W Womble of 105 Jennings St Knoxville Tenn says after eight weeks of poor appetite stomach and intestinal trouble he could not sleep or eat. He took two bottles of Tanlac on neighbor and druggist suggestion and reports renewed energy youth and ambition like a sixteen year old. Tanlac sold by leading druggists.
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Geo. W. Womble
Jennings St
Knoxville
Tenn
Captain Womble
Tanlac
Dan M. Chambliss
Kuhlman & Chambliss
No Trespassers Allowed in Dark Cellar Scene
A plane wing breaks and the pilot crashes through planking and plaster, ending on a concrete surface in darkness. A menacing voice from the cellar declares, You’re In my cellar, but I’m watching you, framing a tense moment from American Legion Weekly.
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American Legion Weekly
Fifty Years of Foot Care and Allen's Powder
A historical note extols Allen's Foot Ease as a remedy for friction in shoes, claiming widespread wartime use and praising its antiseptic, healing properties. The piece urges readers to adopt the habit of using the powder daily to prevent foot issues such as blisters, corns, and bunions. It compares its effect to reducing axle friction in a motor car.
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Allen
Passing of the Dream The First Year Candy Gift Mystery
A Buffalo Commercial excerpt contrasts a wife noting a thoughtful husband who brought home a five pound box of candy in the first year with a similar reflection in the third year, raising questions about the husband’s actions and the repeated gift. The snippet hints at evolving marital tension or curiosity.
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Buffalo
Open Letter to Women from Lydia Pinkham’s Compound
A Philadelphia reader describes irregular monthly periods and fatigue then reports rapid improvement after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges other women to seek relief, noting the product has helped for over forty years.
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Philadelphia
Bere Manes
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Mia
Sirrom
Livingston St
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