Bowser's Witchhazel and a Flying Machine Birthday Scheme
In 1921 Mr. Bowser intends to manufacture witch hazel to fund a luxurious future, promising his wife a diamond necklace. She secretly buys a flying machine as a birthday gift, hoping to ease errands, while he snubs the idea, insisting on a traditional present. The plan collapses as tensions rise and Bowser dismisses the flying notion.
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Mrs. Bowser
Mr. Bowser
Mr. Gordon
Witch Hazel
Gordon
Ballyhack
E Pluribus Unum Motif on U S Coins and Seal
The motto E Pluribus Unum means one from many. Proposed August 10, 1776 by Franklin Adams and Jefferson as a seal device, rejected then revived and adopted June 20, 1782 in a second design by Charles Thompson. In 1796 Congress ordered the words on certain coins.
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The
United States
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Charles Thompson
Congress
Not Distant Enough Escort Exchange
The exchange humorously notes a man who seems to know the speaker and a cousinly remark about the escort. The witty line hints at social tension and theatrical banter characteristic of London humor.
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London
Enormous Brazilian Crab Spider Described as Harmless
A Brazilian crab spider nearly two inches long with feet spanning about a foot across is revealed as perfectly harmless. The creature’s size and nonaggressive nature are noted in the report.
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Harmiess
Brazil
Window display shows J. C. Penney growth across U S
A Ninth street Penney store window features a map with colored tacks marking store locations. Red denotes the first Kemmerer Wyoming store opened in 1902, yellow marks 312 stores at year start, blue points to 59 new openings, and white pins indicate buying offices in New York City St. Louis and St. Paul.
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United States
Kemmerer
Wyoming
New York City
St. Louis
St. Paul
Chips and Splinters in Agricultural Notes
A collection of farming tips and local notes urges good canning practices with full fruit, proper irrigation to avoid potato rot, and monitoring mosaic disease in fields. It favors tulip cultivation, education via fairs, and prudent livestock water and feed. It stresses milk value, plant nutrition, and efficiency tools for hot weather.
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Washington
Lumber Giant Purchases 225 Million Feet Timber
The Forest Service announces the sale of 235 million board feet along the upper Sauk River Snohomish area. The purchase involves a major timber concern acquiring the timber rights from public land, marking a significant consolidation in regional supplies.
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BIG Lumber Company
Forest Service
The
United States Department of Agriculture
Sauk River
Plan for Timber Sale in Qualmie National Forest
The tract near Qualmie National Forest Washington holds about 1 200 million feet of timber reserved for future sale. The plan limits average yearly cut to 40 million board feet and requires forty years to exhaust merchantable timber. Logging will be sustained by scientific forestry and includes nine miles of railroad and permanent logging communities. Plan approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.
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Qualmie National Forest
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
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Witchhazel
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Harry
J. C. Penney Co
J. C. Penney Company
No. 219
Ninth Street
Purity Creamery
Richard Mus
G& J
L. C. Brender
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