Bird club in New York houses 700 plus exotic birds
Virginia Pope's Bird club at 130 West Sixty Fifth Street holds a vast collection including a Mexico yellow head parrot worth thousands and a Malacca cockatoo in the $1000 class. The facility operates year round, cares for ill birds, and features an ambulance and hospital for avian patients.
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New York
New York City
Virginia Pope
Bird Club
West Sixty-fifth Street
Bird
Yankee Doodle
Polly
Georgia
France
Coco
Miss Pope
Canaries
Polly Shapard
Panama
Tipperary
Mates
Abe
Bob
England
Margaret Anglin
Animal League
Buffalo
Boston
Philadelphia
City
Land of Plenty Western Canada Grain Fields Awe at Great Yields
Western Canada wheat and other crops fill the view from rail lines to farms with immense grain fields. Analysts estimate a value near a billion dollars for 1920 crops, led by wheat at about 250 million bushels and pricing around 2.80 a bushel. Farmers, cattle, horses, sheep and dairy contribute to a booming rural outlook as harvests boost regional demand and labor remains scarce.
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Canada
Western Canada
Western
The Modern Girl mentioned at Washington dinner
Mrs. William G. McAdoo recounted a dinner remark about a “modern girl” praising a new play. A young man coughs and questions “ul tra?” she replies it is a play any girl could take her mother to.
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William G. McAdoo
Washington
Bochee's Syrup Promoted as Harmless Cough Remedy
A late nineteenth or early twentieth century advert promotes Bochee's Syrup as a harmless soothing remedy for coughs colds bronchitis throat irritation and lung troubles. It claims global use for fifty four years and promises a good night’s rest and easy morning expectoration, urging readers to try one bottle and avoid substitutes. Sold by all druggists and medicine dealers.
Boozer Takes Up Golf Enthusiastically
The Boston Transcript notes Boozer has begun playing golf with evident enthusiasm. He is described as driving far after each ball, continuing a habit of lengthy distances in play.
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Boozer
Boston Transcript
California Syrup of Figs Ad Seen in 1900s Advice
An old advertisement urges parents to give only the product labeled California Syrup of Figs as the best and safest laxative for children. It promises a fruity flavor and full directions on each bottle, citing a call to look for the California name on packaging.
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California
Ady
Has Prohibition Helped Your Husband Any
A humorous remark notes that prohibition may not aid the husband, but praises his lighter breath since he began drinking perfumes and toilet waters.
Freezone Promises Painless Corn Removal
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remedy. It claims immediate relief and easy removal with a tiny bottle sold by druggists for a few cents, effective on hard and soft corns and corns between toes without soreness or irritation.
Noiseless Gun Idea and Skin Care Ad Paragraphs
A satirical note from Punch London mentions a noiseless gun making war less painful for enemies. An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Soap claiming to improve skin, dandruff and itchiness with daily use.
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Punch
London
Ady
More Work Less Talk: A Call for Action
A Toledo Blade quote argues for greater physical effort over idle talk, asserting that more activity in the muscles would be infinitely better than excessive contemplation.
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Toledo Blade
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure
Catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood to the mucous surfaces. It destroys the disease’s foundation, strengthens the patient, and aids nature. Circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. You cannot build a reputation on the things you are going to do.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Jamer J. Vin
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Robert Stalllie
Barry Goating
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Galveston
Lexus
Cascara
la Grippe
Bochee’s Syrup
Baltimore American
Bayer
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