Peking Adopting Western Ways and Other Global Notes
Pekin shows Western customs spreading in dress and greeting while Chinese youths embrace English studies and Shakespeare in schools. Amid rapid change some traditions linger, such as queues and the tal if rustic camels remain on streets. A separate item discusses slight southward pole drift and its minuscule impact on city latitudes over millennia.
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Pekin
China
Bern
Keven
Shakespeare
Irs
Gill
Gobi
Sues Government for Booze Buying Permit
Walter E Koehler sues in Federal Court seeking a mandatory injunction against the Federal Prohibition Director to grant him a permit to buyRam and brandy for household use. He argues that a Treasury ruling denying liquors for cooking is discriminatory against householders. He notes manufacturers can purchase liquor for food production and asks for equal treatment.
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New York
Walter E. Koehler Line
Equity
Federal
Treasury Department
Koehnler
Best Remedy for Stomach Trouble from Mrs. Mamie Berto
Mrs Mamie Berto of Moberly Missouri praises Chamberlains Tablets as the best remedy for stomach trouble biliousness and constipation. She says she has taken them for two to three years off and on and they always relieve indigestion tone up the liver and make her feel fine.
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Mamie Berto
Moberly
Centaur Company
New Yorn City
Eper
North Pole Wobble Prompts Astronomical Debate
A London astronomer argues that distances between Naples and the equator shifted by about a mile and a half in 51 years, with Greenwich moving half a mile in two decades. The National Geographic Society notes latitudinal changes exist but are minor and short-lived due to Earth’s wobble, not axis shift.
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U. S Coast and Geodetic Survey
North America
United States
North Pole
New York
oBston
London
Naples
Italy
Equator
Greenwich
Traples
National Geographic Society
Earth
Cut This Out and Take It With You for Constipation Aid
A short reader notice promotes Chamberlain's Tablets. It suggests clipping this cutout to ensure purchasing the medicine for constipation and indigestion, claiming it is a satisfactory remedy. The ad notes readers may forget product names and uses a practical reminder approach.
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Asnet
Chamberlain
Chicago dancer sues promoter over alleged permanent wave abuses
Marie Ehlers of Chicago sues a theatrical promoter for £20,000 claiming bodily harm from contortions and distortions during dance routines. She describes involuntary movements and convulsions triggered by performances, including hip writhing and shoulder shivers, and says these actions caused pain and distress.
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Marie Ehlers
Chicago
Jaze
Herbine advertised remedy for bowel irregularities
An old ad promotes Herbine as a purifying and regulating medicine for bowel issues priced at 60e, sold by Ohio County Drug Co. The snippet includes a railroads joke from Legion Weekly and a fragment about missing a morning bowel movement.
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Ohio County Drug Co
Fletcher's Castoria Mentioned Amid Flapper Banter
A fragmented 1920s style dialogue mentions Fletcher's Castoria and a flapper asking about a track. A young man replies that it is simple, while a friend questions the cost, noting twenty dollars would not cover it. The tone mixes nursery product marketing with social antics of the era.
Amundsen Polar Flight Planned From Amundsen Ship
London reports Captain Amundsen plans a five year Arctic expedition with a small crew aboard the Antarctica. The flight would drift the Polar Ocean with limited supplies and two companions Lieut BH Fullerton and Lieut Oscar Ordus. The venture, if carried out, could mark a historic aviation Arctic feat.
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London
Jose
Motand Amundeen
Antares
Arctic
Seye
Seattle
Wash
Heakon H. Hammer
Amundsen
BH. G. Fullerton
Wid
Oscar Ordus
Amondsen
Andre
Polar Basin
Five Injured in Riot at Minh Mine Near Terre Haute
Five nonunion workers were injured when a mob of 100 men attacked the Kerns Company mine and later confronted Morris and Faulkner workers. District UMWA official Davy Jones urged disbandment as armed guards surrounded the sites. Authorities said unrest stemmed from the mine's shift to nonunion labor after a recent idle period.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Kenny Company
Mortis
Poulkner
Kerns Company
Morris & Faulkner
Davy Jones
United Mine Workers of America
Interstate Commerce Commission Withdraws Freight Reduction Rules
Washington June 1 The Interstate Commerce Commission withdrew or modified orders that interfered with the 10 per cent reduction in fast freight rates set to take effect July 1. The commission noted widespread intent among railroads and states to comply, but said the volume of work required to prepare the new enforcement rules delayed action.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walls
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Louisville
Public notice on schedule changes and health remedy ad
The notice claims publication requirements were dropped and schedules become effective after three days posting and filing. An accompanying health ad touts White's Cream Vermifuge claiming worms are expelled and children recover. price 36 cents per bottle. sold by The Ohio County Drug Company.
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Ib McGee
Ohio County Drug Co
Batlard’s
Ohio County Drag Co
Ohio County Drug Company
Foch Helps Blind Soldier In City Walk
In Purley a blind veteran asks for directions to the Wounded Soldiers' Institute and is guided by a civilian who reveals he is Marshal Foch. The janitor asks the civilian to take the man to the blind section, but he is told there is not time. The civilian insists he will find time, saying I am Marshal Foch.
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Purley
Aooming
Marshal Foch
Good Excuse Ends With Juror’s Dilemma in Court
A juror rushes into court begging pardon for confusion about his wife and daughter. The judge and fellow jurors respond with sympathy. The next day the juror reports both are well, noting the time could not resolve the dilemma.
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Fedlow
Wyoming housewives safer from stride
Cheyenne residents face coal shortages as a statewide strike bites coal shipments. Fuel dealers warn of tighter supply and dwindling stocks, leaving households dependent on limited cooking and heating coal with poor quality. The strain forces families to cut back on meals and rely on rationed fuel.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Bible Thoughts and Prayers fragment in devotional page
A devotional fragment includes Bible verses and prayers such as Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me and In all thy ways acknowledge him for direction. It mixes quotes from Psalms Romans and Job with stray dialogue about a radiophone and a quarrel in an apartment.
Fragmented dialect humor and rural scenes from a 19th century page
A garbled excerpt presents witty exchanges about flies and rural life. Characters include a carver, a minister, and parishioners with comedic misstatements. The piece blends humorous dialect bits and scattered social scenes typical of a constrained period newspaper page.
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Peking
Jack
Legion Weekly
Fletcher
Castoria
Hambone
Mar Han
POLAR
Manes Arnand Barth
Man OF Explorer
Minh
Ohio County Drug Co. A
Medicine Bow
Chica_ wo
Ifrn
Kate
Foch
Mme Sopercbolini
San
the Courier - Journal
Washington and
Frankfort
The
Associated Press
Congress
Kentucky General Assembly
Courier-Journal
the Daily Courier-Journal
Becme
Forles Magazine
Ventura
Alabama
Uae
Oman
Eilea
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