Bird Club Has 700 Boarders In New York City
Virginia Pope runs a vast Bird club boarding house at 130 West Sixty fifth Street counting 700 birds with a parrot star performer and a cockatoo in the $5 000 class. The club trains birds to sing and imitate instruments, cares for sick birds, and includes a hospital and ambulance. The place hosts a variety of species and even a Corilla once owned by actress Margaret Anglin.
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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 Grain Fields Inspire Western Canada
A travelogue through Western Canada’s wheat oats barley flax and corn fields shows harvests yielding vast wealth. It cites 1920 crop estimates with wheat at about 250 million bushels valued over 700 million dollars and notes abundant railways elevators and livestock production driving a wave of buyers into Western Canada.
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Canada
Western Canada
Western
The Modern Girl anecdote at Washington dinner
Mrs. William G. McAdoo recounted a dinner story about a modern girl praising a new play. A young man coughs about the term ultra while the girl defends it, saying the play is one a girl could take her mother to.
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William G. McAdoo
Washington
BOCHEE'S SYRUP Remedy for Coughs and Colds
A long standing soothing cough, cold, bronchitis and lung trouble remedy is touted for fifty four years. It promises restful nights and easy morning expectoration for weak inflamed lungs. Sold by all druggists and medicine dealers.
Boozer Takes Up Golf With Enthusiastic Drive
The Boston Transcript notes Boozer has taken up golf and shows notable enthusiasm. It recalls Boozer’s habit of chasing a ball far, reflecting a playful image of the subject.
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Boozer
Boston Transcript
California Syrup of Figs Ad Claim Parody
A fragmented ad parody cites a laxative slogan urging parents to seek the brand name California on the package for a “harm less physic.” It notes children enjoy the fruity taste and mentions full directions on each bottle while including humorous exchanges from Ady and the Baltimore American.
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California
Ady
An Improvement Has Prohibition Helped Your Husband
A humorous exchange notes that prohibition has not aided the husband. The speaker adds that since the husband started drinking perfumes and toilet waters, his breath now smells much sweeter. The quip highlights anti alcohol sentiment with wit.
Freezone promises painless corn removal at low cost
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn treatment. It claims a tiny bottle costs only a few cents and removes hard corns soft corns and corn between the toes with no soreness or irritation using a few drops.
Silent gun prompts painless warfare claim from Punch
An old Punch London quip about a noiseless gun is cited. An advertisement extols Cuticura for facial skin care and scalp issues, praising its ointment and soap to treat various conditions. The copy presents a period tone and product emphasis.
More Work, Less Talk Says Toledо Blade
A Toledo Blade quote laments calls for more talk while favoring greater physical action. It argues that practical effort should outpace rhetoric in national progress. The remark contrasts active brains with active muscles as a path to improvement.
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Toledo Blade
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure
Catarrh is said to be influenced by constitutional conditions and requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. It claims to destroy the disease's foundation and improve general health with help from nature. Circulars free. 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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la Grippe
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