Woman Channels Spirit Through Ouija Board Says Patience Worth Speaks
New York dispatch recounts St. Louis Mrs. John H. Curran speaking as Patience Worth via ouija. She questions spiritualism while defending its value for grieving people and recounts tests by a psychologist in St. Louis. Curran claims a beat between earthly souls and the beyond and notes Patience’s admonitions about those peddling information.
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Morton Prince
St. Louis
Patience
Heaven
Tabby
America
Sage and Sulphur Hair Darkening Lotion Ad
Vintage advertisement promises gray hair will darken with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. It claims a natural look after a few applications and notes the product is for cosmetic use only, not a medical cure.
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Wyeth
Help Scarce Farmers Can't Harvest Potatoes in Binghamton
In Broome County thousands of bushels of potatoes will freeze this fall due to a labor shortage. Some areas offer $4 and board for farmhands but attract no workers, forcing growers to use mechanical diggers. Shippers pay $1.15 to $1.25 per bushel.
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Binghampton
Broome County
Aviation Development in Japan
Washington reports rapid aviation growth in Japan. Consul Cook in Kobe notes momentum and the US Department of Communications considers an experimental air mail route from Tokyo to Osaka about 250 miles.
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Japan
Washington
Consul Cook
Kobe
Department of Communications
Tokio
Osaka
Bible Words on Names Have Short Syllables
The claim holds that no words or names in the Bible exceed six syllables. It notes the text uses concise terms and many names are shorter, though some appear longer in transliterations. The emphasis is on syllable length rather than content or meaning.
Y M C A Convention Honors War Bravery Leaders
Detroit hosts the fortieth international Y M C A convention with eight workers receiving medals for bravery in France. Elwood S. Brown and Wilbur A. Reynolds will receive royal honors, while Richard G. Shreve Carl D. Lythe Rev J Mandeville Barker Thomas W. Wilbur W R Farmer and Rev Mercer G Johnson gain French war crosses. Delegates from Canada, the U S and territories will attend 5000 strong. Discussions cover keeping youth in country life aiding food production, pensions for workers, expansion abroad, women secretaries, and postwar civilian reintegration. The event ends November 28 with 50 evangelistic meetings.
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Vention
Canada
United States
Royal Order of the Redeemer
Elwood S. Brown
France
Wilbur A. Reynolds
Detroit
5Th
6Th Marines
United States Army
King Alexander of
Greece
Marshal Petain
Richard G. Shreve
Rochester
N. Y
Carl D. Lythe
North Brookfield
Mass
Uniontown
Thomas W. Wilbur
New Britain
Association
Montrose hunter serves venison joke to vegetarians
Four Montrose citizens, now vegetarians, dine on venison after a hunter mistakes a burro for a deer. He quarters and skins the burro and leaves a package on Mr. Prominent Citizen's doorstep inviting friends to a feast where the hunter reveals the gag.
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Montrose, Col
Montrose
Goshen Police Confront Skunk Invasion on Main Street
In Goshen New York on November 21 residents called police to shoot two skunks strolling Main Street. Local boys trapped a record number of skunks since the law took effect November 19. Skunks have roamed streets nightly prompting residents to wish for gas masks. pelts sell for seven dollars each.
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Goshen
N. Y
Girls Prefer Shirtwaist Jobs to Domestic Work
Springfield Illinois reports at the state free employment bureau show many young women favor office type shirtwaist jobs over traditional domestic tasks. Domestic positions remain scarce while shirtwaist roles fill quickly despite humorous incentives like no washing no ironing and no children.
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Springfield
Lil
State Free Employment Bureau
Bureau
Genuine Bayer Aspirin: safety mark and uses explained
Take care to buy genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin marked with the Bayer Cross. The label notes they are prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years and list uses for colds head ache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism lumbago sciatica neuritis and general pain. Handy 12‑tablet tins cost only a few cents with larger packages also sold by druggists.
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Bayer
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New Orleans
Els Iewlbre
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Monree
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