Church Advertising and Public Notices Discussed
At the Middle States Unitarian conference in Pittsburgh a denomination reports pamphlet distribution up by 200000 copies in the past year and notes heavy newspaper advertising. Editors praise free notices but stress costs. advertising by churches signals efficiency and public service. A church listing services can boost attendance and interest in sermon topics and church work.
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Middle States Unitarian Conference
Pittsburg
Church Advertising Opens Doors to All Souls
The editorial argues that church ads attract many people to Sunday school and religious groups. It asserts advertising prevents a church from becoming a closed club and cites business-backed gains from broader appeal. The piece cites the Church of the Open Door style of welcome.
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Janesville Daily Gazette
Paderewski appeals for Polish relief in America
The St Paul Dispatch reports Ignace Paderewski describing Poland as a vast desert and ruin after years of fighting. He urges aid from Americans to the National American committee of the Polish Victims Relief Fund in Aeolian Hall New York City to provide basics for the suffering millions.
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Ignace J. Paderewski
Poland
Paderewski
America
National American Committee
Aeolian Hall
New York City
St. Paul Dispatch
Kappa Alpha Fraternity Opens National Convention
The Kappa Alpha college fraternity opened a three days national convention in Richmond Virginia. About 300 members attend as the event begins today with discussions and planned activities across the gathering.
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Richmond
The
Kappa Alpha College Fraternity
Disappearance of Jewelry Guarded on Porch Baffles Police
Chicago police puzzled by the vanished grip containing $5,000 in jewelry guarded on the front porch while Mrs. J. T. Richards sat in her automobile near the museum of daily facts and freaks.
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Chicago
J. T. Richards
Calendar Portrait Sparks $10,000 Suit in Chicago
Mrs. Irma Dowie O'Dea sues for ten thousand dollars after a knitting mill calendar depicts her in underwear claiming she posed only for neck and shoulders.
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Chicago
Irma Dowie O'Dea
Knitting Mills
Caruso to Represent Self in Chauffeur Suit Defense
New York. Enrico Caruso will sing a new court scene as he refuses further lawyer fees. Facing a $1,000 chauffeur suit, Caruso declares he will act as his own attorney and defend the case in court.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Brennan Proves Pinochle Alibi in Home Burglary Case
James P. Brennan required twelve witnesses to confirm he was playing pinochle at home when the burglary occurred and thereby won his freedom from the theft charge. Panama Pacific stamps run out but remaining local supplies will be honored at post offices nationwide.
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New York
James P._ Brennan
Washington, D. C
Tragedy in Louisa: Two Youths Die by Suicide
In Louisa Virginia Pendleton Butler 18 hanged himself allegedly grieving a pet colt. Zach Butler discovered his son’s body and then shot himself dead.
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Louisa
Pendleton Butler
Zach Butler
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles
A poem recalls a little girl who dreams of endless Christmas trees and candy filled worlds while a boy dreams of snow swept valleys and Santa's car. The dancing dreams go by and linger in listeners who remember them. Folger McKinsey, in Baltimore Sun.
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Santa
You
Folger McKinsey
Baltimore Sun
Oath Phrases Amid House Move Reveals Carpet Laying
A Philadelphia Evening Ledger item notes a tongue in cheek exchange about the nature of an oath as a wife quips that she should know it since she has just moved and her husband has been laying the carpets. The line hints at domestic life and witty courtroom imagery.
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Philadelphia Evening Ledger
He-No and She-How Question Governor's Pay
A brief quip circulating in Philadelphia ponders a governor's pay and the narrator's sense of worth, contrasting money with personal valuation in a sharp exchange.
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Philadelphia Evening Ledger
Wharton on French Housekeeping and Cash Marketing
Edith Wharton comments on French housekeeping noting the cook handles shopping and markets for cash as part of domestic duties. Her remark highlights a facet of traditional French household management and the role of the cook in daily finances.
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Edith Wharton
Pinex based cough syrup promises rapid relief at low cost
A home made cough syrup using 2½ ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle of sugar syrup is claimed to swiftly ease coughing chest and throat colds. The ad asserts quick relief for bronchitis spasmodic croup bronchial asthma and winter coughs and notes the product uses genuine Norway pine extract rich in guaiacol.
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The
Pinex Co
Ft Wayne
Ind
Frank discussion on monthly incentive for honesty
A Paris cook faces a frank pressure from TIT offering extra francs if he remains strictly honest. The cook hesitates and asks to think it over, promising to decide this evening.
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Paris
Root Discusses Constitutional Convention in New York
Elihu Root spoke in New York about the recent constitutional convention noting a group that delayed judgment, drawing a contrast with Smith who faces high living costs. Smith tells his wife they must manage without a servant, planning to eat out if needed.
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Elihu Root
New York
Smith
John
Three of a Kind William Travers Jerome on coincidence case
New York lawyer William Travers Jerome described a charge as a strange coincidence similar to a stutterer’s tale. A man in a restaurant claimed mockery by a stuttering waiter, but another patron explained both men stuttered the same as before being cured.
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William Travers Jerome
New York
Figure of Speech in Election Significance Sealed
A Washington Star quote shows a figure saying he solved the exact significance of the election the next morning but needs to sort statistics to prove his conclusions. The remark hints at early post election analysis and data interpretation.
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Washington Star
Turning the Tables Brown
Comic line about women taking charge and fearing a flood of father in law jokes from Life magazine dialogue.
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Brown
Smith
Veteran jurist H M Lewis dies at 85 in Madison
Madison Wisconsin December 28 Judge H M Lewis 85 longtime Madison bar member sixty years and since 1898 referee in bankruptcy died at his home Sunday night after a lingering illness
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Madison
Wis
H. M. Lewis
Capper and Capper schemes threaten Woodhouse plan
Captain Woodhouse and Doctor Koch clash over Capper's claims and a number tied to Wilhelmstrasse. Capper is believed stranded in Alexandria after Malta, with Woodhouse planning to shadow him. The pair agree to watch Capper until Princess Mary sails and Woodhouse sails to meet him in Wady Halfa.
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Capper
Downing Street
Lord Fisher
Kiel
Wilhelmstrasse
Marseilles
Malta
la Vendee
Alexandria
Woodhouse
Princess Mary
Wady Halfa
Kkodh
Caesar
Koch
Captain Woodhouse
Queen's Terrace
Midnight Ride of Billy Capper Aboard Suburban Train
The scene follows Billy Capper sinking into a seat on a midnight Ramleh to Alexandria suburban train. A guard notes Capper’s appearance suggesting danger or a potential drinker’s misfit, while Capper’s eyes reveal merciless, fixed sanity as he becomes immersed in dark thoughts and crises.
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Billy Capper
Ramleh
Alexandria
Capper
Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant Promised Safe Cough Relief
R J Schiffman of St Paul promotes Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant for bronchitis whooping cough croup and colds. It claims a money back guarantee and cost efficiency with 50 cents making 128 teaspoonsful when mixed with sugar and water. Safe for children and narcotic free.
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Schiffmann
Geo. E. Mariner
Dr. Schiffmann
R. J. Schiffman
Prop
St. Paul
Minn
Capper Faces Old Luck On Foreign Voyage Mystery
Capper recalls his Berlin pledge to Louisa and the Wilhelmstrasse mission as he confronts betrayal aboard La Vendee. Doctor Emil Koch refuses to verify the Wilhelmstrasse link, leaving Capper framed and searching for the missing ticket and its number.
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Capper
Billy Capper
Berlin
Louisa
Wilhelmstrasse
Emil Koch
Koch
la Vendee
Paris
Marseilles
Divorcee’s Husband Commits Suicide in Mason City
Edwin A. Lloyd of Mason City Iowa killed himself after his wife, Chicago actress Antoinetta Moore formerly Miss Moore, obtained a divorce weeks earlier. He took poison and stabbed himself at his mother's Mason City home.
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Chicago
Kedwin A. Lloyd
Mason City
Lloyd
Antonetta Moore
How Americans Sell Goods to Chinese
A Sunday Herald brief notes American commerce with China and hints at strategic peril as airship attacks loom over a steamer, reflecting U.S. concerns and wartime commerce fears. The item uses period voice and emphasizes bold actions and international tensions.
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New York Herald
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