FTC moves to curb Royal Baking Powder ads
The Federal Trade Commission opens a new probe into Royal Baking Powder Company for misleading advertising and circulating misleading extracts from a book by Claudia Quigley Murphy. The case tests whether a manufacturer may wage persistent attacks on competitors while defending its own products. Washington, July 22.
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Federal Trade Commission
Roosevelt
Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Chittenden
Yale
Royal Baking Powder Company
Royal Company
Claudia Quigley Murphy
Miss Murphy
the Royal
Royal People
The
Royal
Moon superstition debunked by Weather Bureau study
The Weather Bureau explains that the belief a downward tipping new moon foresees wet weather is unfounded. Lunar crescent angle depends on moon path and latitude, not a reliable predictor, with coastal temperate zones showing varied wet and dry spells and polar regions remaining arid despite crescent orientation.
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Weather Bureau of the Agriculture
Equator
Poles
Alligator hides hide loot of burglars in Beaumont
Beaumont Texas July 16 burglars target spools of crime take sixteen alligator hides from J H Welborn as oil field traffic swells. Police report influx of people to revived Spindle Top oil area linked to rising burglaries amid a wave of thefts.
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Beaumont
Texas
J. H. Welborn
Spindle Top
Marble Falls Mill Nears Completion This Fall
Marble Falls Texas July 17 The 1000 foot dam on the Colorado at Marble Falls built by the Marble Falls Textile Mills Company is within about 400 feet of completion. The 3.5 foot high reinforced dam will boost power by 750 horsepower and the powerhouse is being enlarged. The 1000 foot spillway drains waste water into the river with a 10 foot wall to prevent overflow. The plant will be a 10 000 spindle mill producing Knapp goods and will start this fall. A mill village and fire warehouses will follow as construction advances. The project will consume 6500 bales of raw cotton annually from local growers and marks a new era of development along the Colorado river.
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Marble Falls
Colorado
Knapp
Burnet County
Colorado River
Texas
250 Old Settlers Attend Reunion in Boerne Texas
More than 250 pioneers attended the first annual Bandera and Kendall County old settlers reunion in Boerne Texas. Attendance topped 1 200 daily with barbecue dinners for all. George W Sanders of San Antonio spoke Sunday and J Marvin Hunter spoke Saturday. Mayor H L Davis welcomed visitors.
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Boerne
Tex
Bandera
Kendall County
Fair Grounds
George W. Sanders
San Antonio
J. Marvin Hunter
H. L. Davis
Farmers Adopt Delco Light Plants With Frigidaire Links
Delco Light Plant users listed: Aug Lott Louis Seiter Emil Kott Hy Mogford Otto Braeutigam Alfred Sauer Ernest Kott Eddy Pfiester. Some tied to Frigidaire, others not. Felix W. Maier advertises sale. Interested parties may contact the listed farmers for information.
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Delco
Aug. Lott
Frigidaire
Louis Seiter
Emil Kott
Hy. Mogford
Otto Braeutigam
Alfred Sauer
Felix W. Maier
British Visitor Notes Coin Eagle Symbol
A brief exchange records a British visitor remarking that most coins show an eagle emblem. The native responds that the eagle represents swift flight.
Don’t go somewhere else to be cheated
A San Francisco second hand furniture shop displays a bold sign urging customers to buy locally and avoid being cheated by competitors, capturing a straightforward sales pitch in a storefront window.
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San Francisco
Man on Boat Incident Prompts Harsh Confession
An implied crime tale recalls a woman's brutal encounter at sea. She describes being grabbed, throttled, and forced into degradation, ending with a stark image of becoming a "poor, discarded, empty bottle" as harbor lights fade.
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