Motor gypsies light up West as they seek parks and trails
The piece surveys a 1921 trend of motor travelers, families and couples jousting the nation’s parks and camps. It notes rising auto camping, growing facilities in national parks, and the economic impact of high summer gypsy travel along routes like the Lincoln Highway. It cites figures from the National Park Service and anecdotes from travelers, predicting widespread roadside camping and increased park access.
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Verybody
Kida
Middle West
Rockies
Lincoln Highway
Lovlainna
Longs Peak
Rocky Mountain National Park
Texas
Boulderfield
Jyonld
Rainier
National Park
National Park Service
America
Juel
Canada
Mexico
Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Howe
Philadelphia
Pike's Peak
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Yosemite
Atlantic Coast
Pacific
Des Moines
Thompson Canyon
Thompson
Seatos
Aspirin warning from Bayer ad copy on packs
An advertisement warns buyers to ensure Bayer branding on aspirin tablets and packaging to receive genuine medicine. It lists conditions like colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain and notes small twelve tablet tins cost a few cents with larger packages from druggists.
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Bayer
Huge Forest Fire Destruction Across States 1910 1920
United States forest service reports fires burned 488,207 acres across 45 states from 1910 to 1920, causing 85,715,747 in damage. Minnesota suffered the most with losses totaling 30,805,808, as 160,418 forest fires occurred in that period.
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United States Forest Service
The Cuthcura Toilet Trio Ad Copy
The advertisement promotes Cuthcura toilet preparations with a soap to cleanse and purify an ointment to soothe and heal and a talcum to powder and perfume. It claims daily use keeps skin clear and notes the set costs 25 cents everywhere.
Merely Change Their Tune At Dayton Dinner
Orville Wright spoke at a Dayton dinner about the Caprani bi plane carrying 100 passengers. He recalled scientists once doubting flight and later predicting limits, comparing them to an old village woman who feared a trolley would not stop after witnessing its movement.
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Orville Wright
Dayton
Fakely Accused Note In School Gum Rebuttal
A brief satirical item from the Indianapolis News recounts a girl named Mary at an Irvington school who denies chewing gum when a teacher rebukes her. She explains she has a hollow tooth and cannot keep her tongue still.
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Irvington
Mary
Indianapolia News
Final Triumph For Maurice Wins Teacher's Heart
A ten year old, Maurice, vying for his new teacher's affection, presents her with three tickets. John surprises with a church entertainment ticket, Helen offers a dancing class party invite, and Maurice finally wins with a ticket to the Masons supper, insisting she dine with him.
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Maurice
John
Helen
Masons
Firet Typesetting Machine Inventions Compared
The text notes William Chore of Boston as an early inventor with a 1822 English patent for a typesetting device. It mentions the Mergenthaler typesetter as its eventual successor and claims about 20 other typesetting machines rendered obsolete by that invention.
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William Chore
Boston
England
Mergenthaler
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