New World Map Shows Changed Europe and Powers Shift
A National Geographic bulletin notes how postwar treaties redraw Europe from Czechoslovakia to Jugo Slavia. It describes Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Ukraine shaping a new map while Turkey fades and Balkan borders shift toward the Baltic, with Scandinavia and Western Europe as distant peninsulas. Also mentions a lost pocketbook found in Bellefonte and a corks crackdown in Clarksburg.
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Washington
Europe
National Geographic Society
Czechoslovakia
Roma
Austria
Maine
Poland
Fiume
Dangig
United States
Esthonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Baltic
Finland
Balkan
Montenegro
Turkey
Ukraine
Russia
France
Jugo-Slavia
Adriatic
Erde Ba
Asia
Roumania
Bedridden Hal Ehrig Survives Long Battle to Return
Chicago story details Hal Ehrig of 646 West Olst Street who, after seven years bedridden from a motorcycle crash and a later car accident, remains hopeful to walk again. Despite paralysis to his left hip, he paints giant canvases, writes war songs, and plans breeding Russian wolf hounds to fund a future in art and kennels. He recalls early injuries, his shift to creativity, and confidence in eventual recovery.
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Chicago
Hal Ehrig
Weat Olst Street
Michigan City
Riverview Park
Hal
Rune Para
Condion
Ehing
Berlin
Ting
Manny
Witty Witch Teaches Folk Etiquette Then Hosts Tea
An afternoon talk by Witty Witch to fairies and elves covers politeness, pride, generosity, and neighborliness. Mr. Grant supports the lecture with a tea party and a followup tale about Mr. and Mrs. Dove, illustrating love and reassurance in a gentle tale.
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Witty Witch
Mrs. Dove
Mrs. Dove Were Very Devoted and Happy. “Every Day Mrs. Dove Used To Ask Mr. Dove
Mr. Dove
Something Missing
A New York Times item describes a lady showing her ancestral home to her son Bobbie. She proudly points to a bust of her father and says it is his grandfather. The boy asks if that is all there was of him.
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Lady of Good Family
Bobbie
New York Times
Tanlac made from world grown ingredients at large Dayton plant
The Tanlac laboratory system sources herbs and barks from distant regions including the Alps Pyrenees Persia India and Brazil. The Dayton Ohio plant covers 60 000 square feet with daily capacity of 50 000 bottles and guards quality with chemist inspections from receipt to bottling. Tanlac is advertised as the world’s best selling medicine with over 20 million bottles sold in six years and distributed to druggists across the United States and Canada.
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Dayton
Ohio
Walkersville
Canada
Alps
Pyrenees
Russian Asia
Brazil
West Indies
Rocky Mountains
Asia Minor
Persia
India
Mexico
Columbia
Peru
United States
Women Excel In Seed Testing And Analysis Field
Women excel in seed testing and analysis a branch of agriculture where females outperform men. Many women are employed in seed testing and analysis across various state departments of agriculture.
Aspirin Warning from Bayer Label Promises Authentic Drug
The notice urges buyers to ensure Bayer branding on aspirin packages or tablets to receive genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for twenty one years of safety. It promotes Bayer tablets for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain and notes small twelve tablet tins cost only a few cents with larger packs available from druggists. It identifies aspirin as the Bayer trade mark and cites acetylsalicylic acid as the active ingredient.
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Bayer
Value of Fools
The fool killer’s omnipresence would stunt wisdom for most, as growth often comes through folly and trial, shaping understanding through experience.
Merely Change Their Tune About Flight By Wright
Orville Wright spoke at a Dayton dinner praising Caproni’s 100 passenger bi plane. He recalled scientists doubting flight and later toys becoming capable machines. He likened them to an old lady who said trolleys would never start or stop, yet did both splendidly.
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Orville Wright
Dayton
Phrase From Courier Journal Speech Fragment
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal quotes a domestic remark about not hurting a husband’s feelings and a question about asking for money, reflecting period dialect and social mores. The line presents a conversational glimpse without broader context or identifiable individuals.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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