Toy dog conceals pearls in smuggling case
In San Francisco customs arrest, Japanese pearl dealer Nakane admitted attempting to smuggle pearls valued over five thousand dollars. A toy dog, a tobacco box, silk vest buttons, and a jewel case all hid gems. Pearls confiscated after the confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Justus Wardell
Y. Nakane
Tokio
Custom House
J. B. Brosman
Nakano
Wardell
Nakane
Personal notices and social updates from Mechanic Street area
Mrs. Emma Huckleberry hosted an all day Rebekah Sewing Society meeting at her Mechanic Street home with Mesdames Hodson Sample Northcut Mahaffey Stout Mohr Long and Miss Hinton in attendance. Various illnesses and visits noted among local residents and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Huckleberry
Rebekah Sewing Society
Mechanic Street
Mesdames
Thos. Hodson
Margaret Sample
Sallie Northcut
Phillip Stout
John Mohr
Harry Long
Katherine Hinton
Ladies’ Aid
The
Presbyterian Church
W. E. Ogden
Mechanic St
Ruth Middleton
Cincinnati
Frank Kerr
Circle of the Christian Church
Helen Beutel
Claysburg
Phillips Brothers Piano and Furniture Moving Ad
Phillips Brothers offer piano and furniture moving services and selling kindling wood. Located at Illinois Ave contact 474 302 for reliable hauling and furniture care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brothers
Illinois Ave
Evening and Daytime Typewriting Schedule
The notice lists daily time blocks for open typewriting sessions from 8:00 to 12:30, 13:00 to 16:00, and 19:00 to 21:00. It specifies Monday Wednesday and Friday as the recurring days for night and day openings.
Old Friends on Easy Street and the Toll of Time
A humorous verse tale in verse about old friends returning after wealth and comfort. A stranger and a dying patrician seek favors and reminisce about past mischiefs, kin, and feasts as the speaker contemplates growing old and moral costs. The piece uses playful slang and includes a concluding punch about money shaping nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Biram
Henry
Jane
Imust
Walt Mason
Judge
Vague Delighted Menu Fragments From Aged Message
A fragmentary note imagines a grand dinner with oysters soup fish roast duck salad ice cream fruit for thirty cents. The stream of quoted lines evokes a whimsical price fantasy and a dining tableau with no clear source or context.
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aEee
Sky terriers or aerial greyhounds talk in Waslington Herald
The Waslington Herald jokes about airships with mock medical talk and a quip that doctors mistake drinking for cancer. It playfully ponders proper naming while contrasting surgery and booze with a light, satirical take on early airship chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waslington Herald
School Teacher- What lesson do we learn from the busy bee?
Tommy Tuffnut-Not to be stung.
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Tommy Tuffnut
Pocket Check Protector Seeks Salesmen and Managers
Wanted ads seek county and district managers to sell a pocket check protector product. Includes ink and perforation for checkbooks, retailing at two dollars fifty cents. Experience optional. earnings up to one hundred dollars weekly with small working capital. Respond to J. D. Foster & Co. Room 416 Rea Bridge Terre Haute Indiana. Ad dates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Foster & Co
Rea Bridg
Terre Haute
Indiana
Bargains in Used Cars
Used car dealer lists multiple prewar autos with prices and conditions. Buick E-49-7, E-45-1918, D.45-1917, Mitchell 1918, Ford 1918 Hassler, Overland 7 passenger, 1916 Dodge touring, 198 Ford touring, 1917 Ford touring, Saxon six, 1918 Ford Classia, Overland 83 light delivery, 1917 Chevrolet, Model 75 Overland, Jackson Roadster, Hubmobile 32. Trade options available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Des Moines Hen Crowing Hen Becomes Local Sensation
Des Moines resident Ralph Huttenlocher reports a black Spanish hen that crows like a contralto after laying eggs. The bird, kept at 1525 Arlington Avenue, has drawn family attention as it serenades with evolving crowing across several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines, Iowa
Kansas
Des Moines
Ralph Huttenlocher
Arlington Avenue
Mr. Huttenlocher
Old Dan of Muncie Receives Medals for Heroic Stop
Old Dan a truck horse at fire station No. 1 in Muncie Indiana is being decorated with medals after stopping a runaway dray horse. Though injured he is not seriously hurt. Fireman Earl Fitch rode Dan to guide the animal but Dan halted the runaway by blocking its path, saving others from harm.
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Muncie
Ind
Dan
Earl Titch
Fitch
Cold storage bread extends freshness at University farm
In Minneapolis Minnesota the University of Minnesota commissary reports cold storage bread stays fresh for at least five days. This discovery has led to a material reduction in the number of bakings at the institution.
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Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
Automobile Struggles Highlight Family Needs and ONG Support
A troubling report notes vehicles fail on slopes while families rely on ONG aid to access essential mobility. Efforts to assist involve community groups and funding to improve transportation options for those without sufficient means.
Liver Correctant Promotes Health With Ren Doolittle
An advertisement claims yellow skin pimples and facial blemishes result from a torpid liver. It promotes HER BENE as a powerful liver correctant that purifies the system stimulates vital organs and puts the body in vigor. Sold by Ren Doolittle.
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Ren Doolittle
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ACME
Jeffersonville
Carl Gallrein
Acmediones Co., Inc
Louisaville, Ky
Havana
Lewis Cigar Mfg CO
Newark
Bell Directory
Clark County Realty &Insurance Co
Spring St
Jeffersonville, Ind
Carter
Pati
Val
George Gibson
Mulberry Street
Mabel Gorman
Georgetown
Henry Cole
William Wood
New Albany
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Rubber Tire Company
Wood
Louisville
Woods Cash
Spring
Chestnut St
al. Schwaninger
Deaconess Hospital
Mireva Weaver
Rainbow Club
Locust Street
Montola Casteel
Vera von Allman
Flora Waibel
Nellie Mickel
Matilda Kaelin
Merna Morris
Myrtle Aigner
Helen Morris
Homer Bottorff
E. Seventh Street
Western Crocker
New Orleans
E. T. Sage
Herbert Gardner
Reeder
Meigs Ave
John Leppert
Clarks School of Business
LaRue, Persins, Mar
Spring and
Chestnut Phone
Amm Schwab
Elae Eisman
Sellersburg
Hee
Daily & Why
Shuck
Iowa
Cartex
Charite
United States Trust
Main
J. Julius & Sons
Spring Street
Pieonte
the Chocolate Shop
Chas. W. Strauch
Randolph St
la Salle
Hicago
Beauty
Black
W. Court Ave
West Market ST
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