Native Sons Tour Draws California Motorists to Kansas City
California visitors hailed as vacationers registered in Kansas City during the summer tour season. The report notes a notable turnout from California despite the state’s popularity as a vacation locale, highlighting the influx to Kansas City for an automobile tour event on October 31.
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Pacific Coss
Kansas
Kansas City
California
Park Board
Penn Valley Park
New York Brewers Fight Prohibition Enforcement Act
New York brewers and restaurant men prepare to file in federal court to seek restraint on enforcing the Volstead Prohibition Enforcement Act. The suit questions constitutional validity and alleges government rents and costs are improperly applied. Also brief notices of quiet-title suits in Douglas county and a Columbus Camp Sherman hearing on cost-plus construction continue.
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New York
Douglas County
G. B. Tatman
Trustees of Liawrence
Ather
June BE. Snow
Robert Robertaile
Emma Hantm
Paschal Vis
Camp Sherman
Columbus
Ohio
Lawrence Optical Co Fine Eye Glasses Reappears in Ad Listings
The Lawrence Optical Co. offers fine eye glasses at 1027 Mass. in a column of advertisements. An obituary note from New Haven dated October 31 reports the death of Mrs. Tila Wheeler Wilcox in Barnford after illness and nervous collapse while engaged in war relief work in England. The piece mentions a solid delegation to a state teachers meeting in Topeka and notes seven Lecompton teachers plan to attend.
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Lawrence Optical Co
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New Haven
Conn
Tila Wheeler
Bungealow
Barnford
Snot
C. J. Lane
Lerompton
Lecompton
State Teachers Association
Topeka
Evaded Law Thirteen Years Berserk Northland Outlaw Surrenders
Sten Ginn a famed Thillon fugitive evaded police for 13 years in northern British Columbia. A Vancouver dispatch says he surrendered after years of living among tribes people who admire his strength hunting skill and religious devotion. Authorities spent about $90000 pursuing him and he may face charges for past killings if he cooperates.
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Sten Ginn Nobt
Thillan
Colurb
Simon
Wis
Triad
Alex McIntosh
Max le Clair
Thizetton
B.C. Tt
Chom
Aquor
Oldest Living Language Ties to Ancient Roots Across Europe
The article notes a striking similarity between modern Lithuanian and ancient Latin, suggesting Lithuanian is the oldest living Indo European language. Prof. A Millet of the College of France cites Lithuanian as preserving ancient linguistic elements, likening it to Sanskrit and Greek in its originality.
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Vichin
Nero
Litainiata
Geruda
A. Millet
The
College of France
Origin of Amen Corner Traced to London Church Practice
A description of the phrase amen corner traces its roots to London where monks ended their Corpus Christi procession at St Paul’s Cathedral. Reciting the Lord’s Prayer in Latin from Paternoster row to the street’s end, they ended with amen at the corner, later symbolizing a church area for elderly parishioners to utter amen.
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London
Peter Noster
St.Paul's Cathedral
Caticura Advertises Kidney and Skin Relief Cure
An old advertisement fragment touts Caticura ointments for itching skin disorders and claimed kidney relief. It lists names and locations, mentions Foley and Foley Kid products, and asserts cures for rheumatic pains swelling joints and eye puffiness. The text is garbled but hints at widespread sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bis Racer
J. Elis
Foley
Audaine
Boy Faces Ham Request in Emotionful Restaurant Tale
A newspaper fragment recalls a diner moment where a child pleads for anything but ham, saying it reminds him of home. The tale, attributed to the Chicago Tribune, captures a poignant contrast between hospitality and hunger.
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Dex
Chicago Tribune
White Feather Origin and Tasmanian Climate Notes
The piece explains the white feather as a symbol of cowardice from gamecock lore and praises Tasmania as a healthy climate. It recounts a British officer who moved to Tasmania for a pension and lived to 104, then mentions a Norwegian factory claiming to extract aluminum from Lambdor stone.
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Tasmania
Norway
Widow's Needs Echoed in Acknowledged Marriage Strain
Mrs. Peavish remarks that though she would not attack her husband she sometimes feels she would trade twenty years of marriage for ten years in widowhood. The Dallas News presents the personal reflection on marital strain and longing for freedom.
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Red Cross
Hupmobile & Davis Agency
Clevenger Bros
W. E.wilson
Wiedemann’s
Wiedemann's
Asiv
Orelup
Dick Building
Marks & Son
Lawrence
Lawrence Steam Laundry
Bruner
Batavia
Manhattan
Uafer
Free Synagogue
Stephen &. Wise
Gary
Steel
Wise
British Columbia
Gene Wort
Steele Loch Pinay Pant Wits South
Dawe
Smith
Wite
Chas
B. Ty' Simith
Deni Hs
Babcovks
Jon Ro Lawre
Rome
Hal
Edison
Rideepiby
Mr. Edison
Tove Joi
Treezis
Isiter
Dios
Brent
Thomas C Eaton
Mr. D Edison
Daley
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