Napoleon Hair Relic Watches Find at Italian Seaside Resort
A gold watch containing a lock of Napoleon I’s hair, sent by Princess Pauline to musician Tucimini, resurfaces in Viargeto Italy. Francesca Franchi inherits the watch and a detailed letter, confirming the relic’s origin. She awaits sale offer from the Italian government for a national museum.
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Viaregeto
Italy
Naples
Longwood
Stelena
Pauline
Napoleon I
Tucini
Dork “Sapho
New York
Francesca Franchi
Pacini
Pan- Jine
Ghat
Signora Franchi
Disdain for etiquette as a big eater shocks witnesses
Tex Rickard recounted a breakfast scene in a New York restaurant where a wealthy man ate a vast, mixed breakfast with no clear utensil use. The witnesses debated whether he used a knife or fork, noting their own experience of eating with a ladle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Rickard
New York
Dwe
George
Nickard
Diamond Wearing Mouse Stuns New York Office
Miss Genevieve Allen of the New York abandonment bureau returns from Maine to find a mouse on her office floor wearing a diamond earring. The diamond was recovered after a strange incident possibly linked to burglary, with Acting District Attorney Tun ion handling the case.
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Miss Genevieve Allen
New Yor
Abandonment Bureau of
Swan
Maine
Miss Allen
Tunion
Rooster Declines to Crow Lands Potsdam Case
A Potsdam woman faced a public nuisance charge over a rooster said to disturb local children learning at a school. The rooster appeared in court like a co-defendant but refused to crow, and the judge dismissed the case noting the waste of legal time.
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Potsdam
North China Herald
A New Role for Baby in Child’s Play
A playful scene where Johnny asks to take out the perambulator to impersonate a fireman. The mother agrees, suggesting Johnny include the baby, and imagines the carriage doubling as a fire engine with around twenty boys pulling, as reported by The Scotsman.
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Baby
Johnny
Billy Gubbing
School Hygiene Expert Outlines Health Tubits For Schools
Dr. WLS Stinadl of the United States Bureau of Education proposes seven health tubits to be taught in public schools. The plan includes full baths more than once weekly, daily teeth brushing, sleep with windows open, milk without coffee or tea, daily vegetables and fruit, four glasses of winter water, and daily outdoor play.
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Wls. Stinadl
Schooet
United States Bureauy of Education
Local notes from Cincinnati Ohio 1921
A 1921 Cincinnati letter covers daily life and small-town items from Ferdinand to Fulda. It notes weather, employment shifts amid railroad strikes, rent costs, local sales and ads, a priest’s jubilee, birthdays, hats at Bartley’s, a mail order catalog remark, a lumber delivery for a new bridge near Hoing school, a purse theft and recovery, and local property moves among Bolte and Renneissen families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolte Lumber Co
Bartley Bros Sells Low Price Underwear Good Grade
A local ad from Bartley Bros promotes a good grade of underwear at a low price, inviting customers to shop for value.
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Bartley Bros
Personal items from Jasper and surrounding towns
Local residents and visitors from Jasper and nearby areas are noted with travel and visits. Names include Miss Mary Goepfrich, Mrs. Rheinhold Hasenfratz, John B. Schmidt, Gregor Schmidt, Alovs Schmidt, Miss Gertie Reinacker, Mrs. Florens Kitten Sr., Leo Kitten, Mrs. Sylvester Berger, Herman Song, Dr. and Mrs. Ik. E. Metzger, William D. Metzger, Joe Vaal, Miss Ida Beckmann, R. J. Beckmann, Miss Hubertina Quante, Mrs. G. S. Dusch, Mrs. Katherine Fischer, Mr. and Mrs. John Noon, Ben Seufert, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gerber, Ed Knust, Leo Sirehler, Manuel Sirehler, Mrs. John F. Gehlhausen, Mrs. Paul Jochim, in-laws, Albert Lehr, Charles Becker.
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Florens Kitten Sr
Leo Kitten
Evansville
Sylvester Berger
Jasper
Herman ‘Song
Old Brewery Rebuilds as Ferdinand Bottling Works
The former brewery, now Ferdinand Bottling Works, is partly torn down and remodeled into a single story plant with a rear garage for easier manufacture of their soft drink products. The note mentions local ads and bargains at the Quality Store Bartley Bros and tax payment at Beckmann State Bank.
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Ferdinand Bottling Works
Bartley Bros
One or Two Seat Carriage For Sale At Right Price
A single or two seater carriage is offered for sale at a fair price. Potential buyers are invited to inquire for details and view the vehicle.
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Napoleon
Swell
Cincinnatii
Henry Haake
Ferdinand
Henry
John Schoenhoff
Fulda
Karl Lindauer, Fulda, Inc
Paero
Beda Mahler
St. Meinrad
Bartley’s
Frank Weaver
Merichant
Barnley Bros
Werner Wollenmann
Joe Bolte
C. M. Renneissen
Joe
Herman Bolte
Mary Goepfrich
Rheinhold Hasenfratz
Louisville
John B. Schmidt
Schmidt
Gregor
Alovs
Gertie Reinacker
Ik. E. Metzger
Schnellville
William D. Metzger
Joe Vaal
Indianapolis
Ida Beckmann
R. J. Beckmann
Dubois County Bankers
Birdseye
Hubertina Quante
G. S. Dusch
Tell City
Katherine Fischer
John Noon
Ben Seufert
Joe Gerber
Bryansville
Ed Knust
Leo Sirehler
Manuel
Valda
John F. Gehlhausen
Paul Jochim
Near Mariah Hill
Albert Lehr
Mariah Hill
Charles Becker
Memphis
Tenn
Mickie
The
Beckmann State Bank
St. Henry
Johnson Boy
Ot. HL Gay
Shelbyville
Rey
Thorntown
State Mail
Fordson
Fairbanks
Turkey
Col
Wm. Blesch & Son
John Daunhauer, Jr
Math. Morgen
Academy of Tnt Immaculate Conception
Indiana
Sisters of St. Benedict
Board of Education
State of
Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Weyer & Fleck
Joe Daynhauer
Barttley’s
Korvant
Dale and Ferdinand Road
Philip Miller
Huntingburg
Ind
Herman Niehaus
Lorina
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