Persia Shah narrowly escapes assassination in Tehran
A bomb attack on the shah of Persia during a procession in Teheran fatally struck three outriders and wounded the chauffeur and bystanders. The shah rode in a rear carriage, and the motor car went ahead, sparing him. American government sent congratulations to the shah for his escape.
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Teheran
Persia
America
Washington
Root
Jackson
Teberan
Buenos Ayres
Buenos Aires
Alcorta
Argentina
Congress
Senate
Beach caption prompts a laugh about waves
A father jokes about Marcel waves while Wilfred sits on his father's knee. Wilfred looks at his bald father and says the hairstyle is all beach, capturing a playful family moment quoted from Harper's Weekly.
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Wilfred
Harper’s Weekly
Where It Belongs satire quoted in Success Magazine
A brief quotation from Success Magazine shows a playwright pleading for fair reception as a friend hisses the show. The friend retorts that if he had bought a ticket he would have left and sworn at himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
Hog Cholera Perils Hog Industry and Sloan Remedy
A farmer recalls Sloan's ointment saving hogs from cholera five years ago and urges others to seek Dr Sloan's free book on treating horses cattle hogs and poultry. He notes some hogs would not drink milk and needed drenched care. Address provided for the Sloan book in Boston Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Williams
Burnetts Creek
Ind
Mr. Williams
J. D. Richardson
Lafayette
Sloan
Karl
S. Sloan
Albany Street
Boston
Mass
Job in the Bible Told as a Humorous Sermon
A Speaker named Brother Dickey recounts the biblical tale of Job as a patient man who endures tests from the devil. He describes Job’s boils, scratching with a goat horn, and the devil blowing down Job’s house before Job voices a reluctant bargain. Atlanta Constitution (incomplete).
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Dickey
Job
Atlanta
Smoking causes heartache in a parent child talk
Mrs Goodsole expresses illness at heart over her boy smoking while he jokes that the habit catches her in the stomach, highlighting a tense parent child moment.
Explosion at La Rosita mine kills 76 in Mexico
Detail of the La Rosita mine blast near San Juan de Sabinas shows 76 men dead. Shaft No 3 largely housed Japanese workers. cause not confirmed, fire damp suspected. In Washington, Fowler currency bill advances from committee with recommendation to pass. Wu Ting Fang arrives in San Francisco as China’s minister to the United States.
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Musquit
Mex
la Rosita
San Juan de Sabinas
Fowler
Washington
Ree
Louse Committee On Bankiog and
New Jersey
House
San Francisco
China
Wu Ting Fang
New Job for Evans on Fleet Pacific Cruise
Washington officers plan a quiet surprise for Admiral Evans as the battleship fleet sails through the Golden Gate completing the Pacific cruise. The torpedo flotilla, which left Tekahuang February 25, moved to Callao shortly after the warships departed.
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Evans
Washington
Golden Gate
Callao
Tekahuang
Sundy
Coffee Abandoned by Surgeon Finds Postum Renewal
An old surgeon explains coffee caused tremors and insomnia impairing his work. After switching to Postum, his nervousness and tremors disappeared and blood circulation improved. He touts Postum as a safer, soothing drink and urges others to try it as a national beverage.
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Postum
Hattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Winter Wheat Crop and Farm Notes from Coaldale and Warner
Reports from Coaldale Alberta describe 349 acres of grain with 197 acres spring wheat and 162 oats. Wheat averaged 38 bushels per acre, oats 74, with hay 60 tons and potatoes 500 bushels. Best yields reached 41 bushels per acre for wheat and 95 for oats. A later note from Warner Alberta covers winter wheat yields on 100 acres and spring wheat averages, with settlers pleased and stock well fared.
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Coaldale
Alta
Can
W. H. Pawson, JR
Warner
Canada
A. L. Warner
Tenny Brothers
F. S. Leffingwell
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
America
Sly Miller
Sainfain
Victoria
John A. Salter Seed Co
Heaven Guests and Eve Provokes Mrs In the Swim
A minister at tea asks which Biblical figures the guests would recognize in heaven. A socially exclusive lady, Mrs In the Swim, declines to meet Eve, saying she would not speak to her even if given the chance.
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Heaven
Mrs. In the Swim
Eve
Scattered ads and sayings from a bygone page
A mix of short anecdotes and consumer ads. A tramp appeals to a farmer’s wife for help, a medical powder advert promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease, and various taglines urge perseverance. Other items include Brown’s Bronchial Remedies and Garfield Tea claims, with children teething syrups and piles cures.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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Monarch
Stan
Shah of Persia
Alberta
Katherine
Gov. Hughes
West End
Woman's Republican Club of
New York
Venice
Grand Canal
Duluth Herald
H.W. Grove
de Sales
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn, N. Y
Goethe
Dodds
Guat
Dew Jas
Jonyer
Hb Douglas
Douglas
Aia
Maory
Putnam
Monroe Drug Company
Quincy
Illinois
Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids, Mich, New York City
Happine
Kulin
Kuhn
Adam Kuhn CO
Hall Street
Brooklyn
Parker's
Anakes
Setvesin
Adires
Anakesis
Thomnson
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
New York City
Merry Wido
Merry Widow
Jerome H. Remick & CO
West 43St St
Dobbin
Texas
The
Santa Fe
West
Gulf Coast
California
Thas van Ahaa
Gulf Coastings
Garrett Oace Colonization Agent, G. Co
B. Ry
Main St
Houston
J. Bennett
el Paso
Tex
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