Liquefied Radium Might Restore Sight Inventor Drew Pleas
The Pittsburgh inventor Ethan Dodds faces thousands of blind petitioners pleading for sight restoration through liquefied radium. He has shown partial success by helping one man regain vision, but cautions the method is not yet a general cure. Suffering signers, including many from mail appeals, offer money as a test of hope.
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The Life Bishop Hare and Skeptical Faith
A Ston Falls presbyterian speaker recounts being urged by a Philadelphia business man to accept the ark story. He notes belief collapses when faced with the ark’s size, odd shape, and the forty years in the wilderness, illustrating faith questioned by practical doubt.
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Tact and trouble at a dinner party
A lecturer notes tact is essential for good entertaining. A hostess lacks tact, and a quiet guest at the table reacts in embarrassment when warned about another guest helping himself to everything.
Passenger Cars Made in First Six Months
J Renard Schipper analyzes 1916 auto output in the United States. More than 596,000 cars were built in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana in the first six months, with Ford producing about 295,000 and exports rising. The piece notes rising domestic demand, farm buying, and large factory capacity, anticipating further production and value.
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Traveling beauty box for summer outings and at home prep
A guide to assembling a portable beauty box with toiletries and grooming items for travel and home. It suggests contents such as a comb, brush, toothpaste, powder, toilet water, soap, borax, gauze, manicuring tools, eye cup, peroxide, hairpins, and a makeup box or improvised pocketed towel.
In Agreement at Last Bilas Flees From Wife
A fragment from the Couristan Herald recounts Bilas fleeing his irate wife after a tense quarrel. He hid under a bed until a moment when he cautiously peered out to find her standing with a broom raised, prompting his exclamation about time someone was born in the house.
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Fragmentary World item hints at egg boiling and officials
A garbled World clipping references Norah and a three minute egg boil, then a distorted line about minutes and coast. It mentions forty-one of the Ba ten and statements from officials, but the meaning is unclear.
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Jews Refugees Stir Debate Over England Enlistment Policy
A government plan to deport or enlist political refugees in the British army sparks controversy. Debates focus on Russian Jewish refugees in England and potential deportation to America or other nations. The issue tests public opinion and government stance amid wartime policy pressures.
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Cleaning and Beauty Tips From a Travel Scene
The passage provides step by step travel era beauty tips such as using water softened with salt for soothing irritated skin and wounds and a shampoo method mixing powder with water to cleanse the scalp. It describes careful washing, eye care, and hair treatment during a journey to combat grime and dust.
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Pajamas stir moral debate in Chicago labor column
The Chicago Examiner column laments pajamas as inappropriate for public view while praising workers like A Guess and J Mandigo for long service. It notes a debate on behavior, attire, and dignity in the workplace reflecting broader labor and social norms.
New York in the Tropics Dream Then
The piece imagines drastic Gulf Stream shifts turning the New York area into a tropical landscape with orange groves in New Jersey coffee plantations in Suffolk and rubber forests in Connecticut. It speculates on far fetched, sensational climate upheavals and exotic species possible in the region.
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Stop Orchestra Over Bet By Mysterious Caller
Ernest Hussar director of the Man Iturian orchestra at the McAlpin roof garden reported a prank call promising $100 if he could perform a tune. The caller spoke in garbled phrases and claimed the wager before abruptly ending the line.
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Cure pimples with Cuticura ointment and soap routine
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura for quick pimple relief using ointment on the finger for five minutes followed by a hot bath with Cuticura Soap. It suggests applying on rising or retiring and offers a free sample by mail from Boston.
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Parable of a Conceited Clergyman and Mealy’s Wit
An antiquated anecdote recalls a conceited clergyman debating Father Mealy on a sermon. Mealy quips that he likes one passage well, the line from pulpit to vestry room, and adds humor about reading heat and winds in a political campaign. The New York Sun notes the long campaign wind.
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Remembering the Boys We Were in Everyday Wins
A reflective column notes how triumphs recall a boyhood self many have forgotten, and questions what those early selves become as adults. The piece contemplates memory, identity, and the lasting mark of youthful ambitions.
Wanted 30 000 Men For Harvest Work Western Canada
Immense crops lure workers with wages of 3 dollars per day and board. Job offices listed at Winnipeg Regina North Portal Saskatoon Fort Frances Kingsgate B C Coutts and Calgary offering cheap rail travel for harvest labor throughout Western Canada.
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No Conscription and Prince's Banter in Wartime Tales
Fragmented clipping relays a wartime tone with social notices and jokes. It mentions conscription opposition in Britain and a Canadian agent, alongside humorous vignettes about officers, family life, and a Welsh prince adored by soldiers.
Monk National Bank Heist Plot in Tadisle Exchange
A Tadisle man stops a newsboy and is directed to a nearby building where he pays half a dollar for information about a Monk National Bank, boasting of easy earnings. The exchange ends with the boy noting tank directors earn high in New York and a phonograph record scandal mentioned.
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