World Company ad and regional notices amid war mentions
A Lawrence Kansas World Company ad appears with subscription rates and reps in New York and Chicago. The page notes Associated Press rights and an old audit bureau logo. It then comments on crowded colleges, gunmen in the Free State, Senator Borah urging Soviet recognition, and a Boston flag order after a public speech. An earthquake report from San Francisco closes the column.
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Mall
Lawrence
Chicago
A. Ah
Hartford Building
New York
Canklin Ascorn
Marbridge
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Postoffice
Lawyrence
Kansan
Senator Borah
Boston
Christmas seals fund clinics for tuberculosis fight
The article stresses that purchasing Christmas seals funds clinics in Douglas county and promotes the Tuberculosis War effort. It links seal sales to life saving treatments and urges readers to buy, highlighting General Wood and evolving roles in the Philippines and U.S. academe.
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Douglas Tulwrento
Great Opportunity Muffed in New Kansas City College Plan
The article notes critics argue many modern colleges overstep students with life irrelevant courses. It discusses a proposed Kansas City hub college offering hyper, industrial law and economics with a broad but weak curriculum. It questions the value and administration of such an institution.
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Hubo
Coles
Christmas Savings and Odd Notes From Linwood Chronicle
A jumble of Christmas quips cites Tom Sims on savings and cards while jokes on Dempsey and fashion mix with daily curios. Linwood Chamber of Commerce forms with Harry Harbaugh as president and plans an oyster supper. Brazil nuts grow in packed spherical clusters similar to rusty cannon balls.
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Linwood Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Linwood
Harry Harbaugh
Ed Bowen
Thayer
A. E.blevins
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Brazil
Jes Gypsyin and the Place Beyond
A fragmentary verse piece by Burbank reflects on never abandoning a trait and the pull of distant places. The speaker muses on sights unseen, a driving feeling within, and a belief in a place beyond every scene that guides the heart and hat.
Polly the Pagan and Uncle Mary Novels Prominent This Week
Brook Review describes Polly the Pagan as vivid travel letters with Paris London Rome and a diplomatic Roma intrigue. It notes Uncle Mary by Isla May Mullins set in a New England village with wealth, adoption, and humor as central elements and praises character drawing and suspense.
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Europe
Paris
London
Rome
Polly
Uncle Mary
Isla May Mullins
The
Page Company
Reston
Jas
Mary
Sunfield
Alice
Libbie Lee
The Making of a Saint by W Somerset Maugham
Somerset Maugham earns praise for The Making of a Saint a medieval Italy romance noted for frank scenes and lively adventure. The Boston imprint marks a new publication and a strong critical reception from major papers.
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W. Somerset Maugham
the Page Company
Boston
Somerset Maugham
St. Botolph Society
Italy
Boston Herald
Brooklyn Times
Breaking Point and Perfect Behavior in New Fiction
Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Breaking Point centers on Dick Livingston wrongly accused of murder after memory loss. he returns home after ten years to uncover the truth amid a love story and eventual vindication. Also reviewed is Donald Ogden Stewart's Perfect Behavior, a witty etiquette parody challenging social norms with sharp humor and practical advice.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Dick Livingston
Donald Ogden Stewart
George H. Doran, Company
New York
H. G. Wells
Donald Ogden Stuart
Chesterfields
Holmes Reaches Twentieth Year on Supreme Court Bench
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., oldest by age and second by tenure among U.S. Supreme Court justices, marks twenty years on the bench. A Boston descendant of a famed wit, he trained at Harvard and Harvard Law School, served in the Civil War, lectured widely, and shaped legal thought before joining the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 1882 and becoming chief justice in 1899 before moving to the national court.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
United States
Boston
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Washington
Major global events and civic anniversaries highlighted
The item notes the fifth anniversary of Jerusalem's surrender to British forces under Gen Allenby, Texarkana Texas celebrating its fiftieth year, and the Ontario Winter Fair opening in Guelph. It also previews advances in wireless sight and broadcasting enabling simultaneous theater viewing across cities like New York and San Francisco.
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Jerusalem
Allenby
Texarkina
Texas
Guelph
Ontario
Meefines and Voices in Newsroom Life by Stith
A three volume collection titled Meefines offers sketches that study scenes incidents and personalities in the newspaper world. The author Henry Stith presents a classification friendly set though pitched as fiction. Each sketch aims to give lay readers a truthful picture of newsroom life and its fast changing machinery.
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Stith
Pleasant Valley Social Notes from Lawrence Visitations
Pleasant Valley residents and visitors share church attendance illness visits and local social calls in Lawrence. Arthur Anderson and family attend church. Tom Ward ill at Memorial Hospital. La Duke family market sheep. several locals visit relatives and see patients in Simmons hospital and Memorial Hospital. students at Manhattan and Emporia return for holidays.
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Arthur Anderson
Vernetan
Lawrence
John Maloney
Tom Ward
Memorial Hospital
Raymond
Charlie la Doke
Ira Rothrock
Hugh Axe
Mirs
J.S. Tobler
Mildred Maloney
Willis Garratt
Manhattan
Myrtle
Vernon Garratt
Emporia
Blanche
Alfred la Duke
Flavia
Mildred
Crissie Richardson
Walter Deay
Simmons Hospital
Astarre
Thanksgiving Social and Local News Highlights
Community notices recount Thanksgiving visits and hospital calls from Stilweil Kansas to Topeka. Local donors contributed to a Thanksgiving fund for the poor. A pie supper at Pleasant Park supported new equipment and a community Christmas tree plan. School and club meetings outline officer elections and union delegates.
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A. L. Holcom
Fred Kennedy
Q. B. Shuck
Ini Lawrence
Mangelsdorf
Fevite
Charles, Lloyd
Evelyn Shuck
Scott
Jennie Lynn
Paul Kennedy
Belen Mangelsdorf
Alfred
Bertha LaDuke
Melvin Griffith
Carl Hegeman
Pleasant Valley School
Hugh
J.S. Tobler
G.H. Fitz
Lawrence
McPherson Couny
Jay
Charles Woodward
Belvoir
Holcom
Eudora
Ing
Topeka
Allr
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns Against Knockoff Tablets
An advisory warns buyers to ensure the genuine Bayer aspirin product is used for cold relief pain and illnesses. It notes the Bayer name on packaging and tablets for proper directions. Available in boxes of twelve, bottles of 24 and 100, with Aspirin as Bayer’s trademark.
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Bayer
Letter Ownership in Post and Property Rights Debate
A reminiscence on whether a letter becomes property of the addressed recipient upon posting. The debate contrasts views that ownership transfers at posting with those who argue ownership remains with the sender until delivery and acceptance.
Dyes and fabrics restoration tips from a vintage ad
The ad explains choosing dyes for wool silk cotton or mixed fabrics and promises even color without streaks or blotching. It notes effects on coats draperies and hangings and urges consulting a druggist for the right material.
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Rte
Iwaist
Kidney Health Advice Promotes Meat Limitation and Salts
A vintage health column warns against excess meat and urges kidney flushing through lemon juice lithia combinations and dissolving salts from pharmacies. It touts grape acidity and lemon juice with lithia as generations old, claiming it neutralizes urine acids and prevents bladder weakness, urging daily intake of inexpensive effervescent salts with water.
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University of Pennsylvania
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Tom Sims
America
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Burbank
Brook Review
Polly the Pagan
Mes Larz Anderson
MR. Lloyd George
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Bainleve
Briand
Albert Thomas
Miller
Poincare
Ey H. Doran
A. Furson
Fanty
Colorado
Griffin Coal’ Co
RichMik
Reaneteee
Ba George’s Battery
Massachusetts St
Pleasant Valley
Clyde
Stohn Oehlert Sind
Stilweil
Kans
Charles Oehlert
W. ‘J. Curtis
Daugh‘ters
Wilter Deay
Baby
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Crissie “Richardson
John Aloley
George T. Griffith
Myrtle Garratt
A. B. Stanwix
Herman
Riley
Inac
Fred ‘Kennedy
Ehle
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W. Anderson
Chesley Ward
Violan
Pearl ‘Tryan
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Ryan
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Springs
Tracy
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