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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
5
A visit to the laboratory shows the making of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women's illnesses. The process uses over 260000 pounds of herbs gathered at peak season, with sterilized equipment, pasteurization, and sealed bottles. Letters from women attesting health improve ments accompany the promotional account.
A lumber concern at Luene Sueden is constructing a dry dock on land above sea level to dock freight carriers. The 28 foot long facility will handle vessels around 4,000 tons and use an 8 rock waterpower canal fed by the Linane river for entry and ballast, with gravity feeding and no pumps.
An old advertisement extols Pape's Cold Compound claiming relief after the first dose of a multi dose regimen every two hours, reducing nasal congestion headaches fever and sneezing. The piece also notes a Pertinent suggestion about funding a monument for the typewriter inventor and includes other ads for Cuticura products and a light joke about Paderewski.
Treasury officials report Americans are savers, not spenders, with the week of January 17 set as national Thrift Week to urge money care. Citizens are urged to buy War Savings stamps, deposit in savings accounts, and follow ten commandments for prudent budgeting and investing.
A Chicago Tribune quip recalls a street urchin who fails to guess travel time, urging the speaker to simply walk ahead. Detroit News notes mockery of dull music in homes. A Congressional Record joke proposes replacing lengthy speeches with cloakroom chatter.
A simple device to filter water uses a large garden pot with a hole at the bottom filled with powdered charcoal and a piece ofRpodge te lt. Water poured in passes through the charcoal and emerges clean for family use. Change charcoal every three months and clean the sponge several times a year.
Sea birds often spend weeks at sea and may drink from falling rain. Birds show keen eyesight and flock toward a looming storm cloud. Walking Delegate Not on Wire Then. Reno Franklin’s cloud electricity experiments raise questions about potential telephony or telegraph impacts.
The Chicago Tribune quotes progress sparked by curiosity as humans moved from rubbing two wood pieces to using twenty five to thirty matches per fire. It notes gas leaks from matches can cause dangerous fires, a caution seen in a city Star report.
A fragment describes a boy named Adam staying with a neighbor while his mother is away and asking for divine aid as he contemplates jelly at supper. The piece then shifts to a note about cork trees in Sardinia, noting the bark stripping cycle.
Willie Hoppe, born in Goshen New York in 1962, rose to world billiards supremacy aided by his father John Henry Frank Hoppe a renowned billiard instructor. The elder Hoppe spent forty years studying top players and developed a unique system emphasizing timing the cue ball to maintain top form in championships.
In Braemur Scotland a sixty nine year old Alexander Mackintosh cuts a felb with the energy of a man a third his age. The image captures the robust scene at the Princess Royal Park gathering showing strong vitality and public interest.
The Milwaukee and Indianapolis game of 1919 ends with Cavet entering the box in the ninth inning before pitching, a balk-free sequence with a runner on third allowing the winning run as the American Association season closes.
Harvard student council rejects making tennis a major sport and granting “B” badges to players. It supports hiring a tennis coach for the varsity team and awarding “KB” badges to singles or doubles Intercollegiate tournament champions. Current “H” badge requires winning the Intercollegiate singles title. Rachel Oakes linked to wealth after a reported strike.
Royal H. Snow of Chicago was elected captain for the winter by the Harvard fencing team candidates at a meeting.
Walter J. Salmon of Caton is notified by Frederick W. Stubin of his appointment to the American Myorple Athletic committee, Casco Stable. The piece notes Salmon’s Bally purchase for 4800 and implications for a strong stable, with mentions of McGraw, Ori ental Park, and other figures.
Charles H. Stoneham, owner of the New York National League baseball club, purchased Bally a five year old son of Ballot at an auction sale of horses in training from James Butler’s stable in Umpire City. Stoneham races under the name of Bally Ballot Stakes.
The Toronto Wheelmen association will send five of its top cyclists to England next year and has set aside $500 to help cover their expenses.
Maryland State will not field basketball or indoor track this winter due to the lack of a gymnasium for training. The decision ends participation in these sports for the season.
The Chicago Cubs figure Frank Chance once challenged former champion James Corbett in New York. After a bartender intervened, the pair later became friends though Chance maintained the bout was an honest challenge.
Harvard baseball and lacrosse teams plan a southern trek. Other notes include Princeton coach Spacht’s eight-oared crews on Lake Carnegie in 1920, boxing revenues in New Jersey, and various sports developments such as polo and golf additions for men’s amater events.
A commerce report notes Britain aims to breed rabbits for fur to meet domestic demand. Breeds like the Beveren and Havenn varieties are described for silky, long fur and color stability. The piece reflects on national identity and founder ideals from a historical speech.
In New Bronawick two campers wake to a phantom in eighteenth century garb. He directs them to search above the camp where a skeleton and a gold ring lie near books dated 1600 to 1685. A treasure manuscript guides them to buried gold. Senator Sorghum deflects views on a question.
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