The Review on Motorists and Price Cuts Debate
A largely opinionated column urges stricter enforcement of motor vehicle laws to curb reckless driving and warns against revenue-obsessed motorcycle police. It notes price reductions for milk and gasoline, attributing cuts to farmer decisions and Rockefeller influence, and argues for broader economic realism among businessmen.
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Betieves
Jawlens
Autolata
Othary
Hku
Automobile Cluba
John D. Rockefeller
Reward for arrests in cable cutting case by Bell Telephone
A $1,600 reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of anyone guilty of willfully maliciously cutting the company's cables. The offer is valid until February 1, 1022. Dated August 1, 1021. Winds Bell Telephone Company. For information call Official 0300 Extension 863.
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Winds Bell Telephone Company
Steeple Jack Recalls Narrow Clock Tower Rescue
In a tall clock tower story a steeple jack recounts slipping on the roof as the long hand dangled him about six minutes to half past five. He shouted to town folks below to head home for supper and wait until ropes could be lowered. The tale highlights local fascination with clockwork peril and brave returns.
Conundrum Recall of Isle of Wight Riddles
While watching a recent showing of the Tale of Wight an old English conundrum came to mind. It asks why go to the Isle of Wight and answers with four plays on Needles water Cowes and Newport.
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Wight
Newport
Boston ‘Transcript
Jealousy and youth in a changing social world
The column reflects on jealousy as imagination and misunderstanding, citing Beatrice Fairfax on today’s youth. It notes shifting standards, skirts, dances, and modesty, pondering whether shock at modern fashion is moral reading or harm. It announces Speedway Sparky a hospital column with patients’ voices from Speedway hospital.
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Beatrice Fairfax
Jand
Sodom
Gomorich
California
Harmonte Ft. See
Speedway Sparky
Speedway Hospital
Ite
Why Thay Smiled at the Boss Conference
A Chicago American item recalls a new typist who loses a shoe during a work conference. He notices colleagues restraining laughter as he realizes his shoeless moment amid six coworkers. The incident unfolds as he returns to his desk lacking his shoe.
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Chicago
Moody’s Last Sermon in Kansas City and Death in Northfield
Dwight L. Moody preached his final sermon in Kansas City on November 10. He planned revival meetings through November 12 to 38 but fell ill on November 16 and ended the meetings. He died at his Northfield home on December 27, 1600.
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Moody
Dwight L. Moody
Kansas City
Northfield
Masa
Patient Misunderstands Diet Plan and Gains Weight
A patient visits a physician for treatment but misinterprets the ordure given as dietary instruction. The doctor prescribes a diet to be followed for a month. At a follow up the patient returns heavier while claiming she followed the doctor’s orders except for her regular meals.
MOST DREADED SEA MONSTER OCTOPUS
A vivid description of the octopus as a fearsome sea monster with eight arms covered in suckers that grasp prey. It moves by filling its body with water and expelling it, can eject a smoky screen from its sepia bag, and drags victims toward its beaklike mouth once ensnared.
Milk from the cow tree yields edible glue like dairy milk
A traveler describes obtaining milk substitute from the Brazilian cow tree, whose bark and sap can be used to make a glue as pleasant as dairy milk. The tree grows among Brazil’s dense forests, with sap drawn from cut trunks and stored for use with coffee or to cement crockery.
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Brazil
Glass plumbing and vacuum tube age usher new trades
Fragmentary OCR notes describe glass tubes used to produce light via electric discharge, with eight and a half foot lengths sealed hermetically. It cites tools and blowers for glasswork and rapid expert operation. Also referenced is a historic baptism rite at the Church of the Nativity and Jeruселem patriarch approval.
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Jeruselem
Corte
Questionable Geography Phrases From Collier's Quotation Challenge
A fragmentary prompt quotes assorted geographic queries from Collier's, asking about oceans, languages, major ports, capitals, city locations, and car laws across Latin America. It presents a string of curiosities without a cohesive news angle or clear event.
To Clean Window Braces and Shade Care Tips
Instructions describe cleaning window braces by drying a shade with a salt and corn meal mixture spread over a table or floor, reapplied as needed, then dust with oyster. The shade stays on the roller, avoids warping. Also notes chloropicrin as an insecticide for vermin and claims it kills insects quickly in space with no damage to metal or dye.
University Motto Of Dutch Origin From Harvard Claim
A garbled passage discusses a university motto claimed to be of Dutch origin. Difford B. Clapp of the Huntington Library cites a statement before a colonial authority asserting the Harvard motto Coriste at Ecclenies derives from an inscription at an English university portal dating to 158.
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Harvard University
Coriste
Ecclenies
Difford B. Clapp
Meery B
Huntington Hbrary
San Gabriel
Osly
Bouton
Neker
Fatat
Friesland
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