Broadway Producer Visits Night Club Music Drama
Marcus, a famed Broadway producer, visits Blackie Joe's in New ark where Al Stone, a singing waiter, performs a love ballad. Al accepts a deal to sing his ballad in Marcus revues if Molly Winton becomes his partner on stage. Grace, the cigarette girl, loves Al but fears Molly's rising star and plots to keep her distance.
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Marcus
Blackie Joe
Newark
al Stone
Blackie
May
Molly
Becade
Grace
Cigarette
Grace Farrel
Blackie Joe's
al Btone
Molly Winton
Broadway
America
Dace Grace
Blackie's
Gracie
South Sea
Manhattan Roof Theatre
Sicily
Thex
Manhattan
Jobe Perry
John Perry
John
Perry
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Advised for Excess Acid Control
An old advertisement claims Phillips Milk of Magnesia neutralizes excess stomach acid in one spoonful of water with immediate effect and no aftertaste. It urges readers to learn the method as supreme for correcting excess acids and to obtain the genuine Phillips product prescribed by physicians for 50 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philips’ Mik
Physicans
Canada Facing Wheat Crop Shortfall Amid Strong Economic Outlook
A Sank of Montreal business summary projects Canada’s wheat crop at 300 million bushels, possibly lower, marking the smallest yield since 1924. It notes broad economic vigor, with gains in water power, textile and motor industries, iron and steel, minerals, and domestic trade, boosting overall wealth despite the risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan
Sank of
Montreal
Canada
Canada reserves forty bird sanctuaries and fifty-one shooting grounds
The Department of the Interior has reserved forty bird sanctuaries in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act. Additionally the Dominion Government has set aside fifty-one public shooting grounds in Western Canada where shooting is permitted during the open season.
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Canada
Department of the Interior
Dominion
Stranger Praises Ancient Cottage During Visit
An amused exchange unfolds as a visitor quotes a landlord with a century claim, while a local notes the cottage claims to be three centuries old and unchanged. The light banter highlights heritage fascination and a landlord's boast.
Canada to Establish Juvenile Prison Near Kingston
General St Pierre Hughes announces the Dominion Government has allocated funds to build a reformatory for youths. The aim is to separate young offenders from hardened criminals and reduce crime within two years, with the institution to be located near Kingston.
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St. Pierre Hughes
Dominion
Kingston
Summer Complaints Kill Little Ones
Warning from 19th century ad copy promoting Baby's Own Tablets to prevent and relieve summer complaints in children. Claims safety and universal home use, urging mothers to keep the medicine on hand and to mail order from The Dr. Williams Medicine Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams
Brockville
Northern Paradise Adventurers from Washington Eye Eskimo's Tale
Reported by officers of the steamship Derblay arriving at Tacoma from Alaska, Eskimo lore hints at a warmer continent with big rivers beyond the Dering Straits. Kotzebue figures prompt Leyman and other adventurers to plan an airplane expedition this summer to verify the rumor amid wild geese flights and open-water speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington State
William Leyman
Kotzebue
Dering Straits
Derblay
Tacoma
Wash
Leyman
Alaskan
North Pole
Plucky voyage and a Gloucester captain’s grim laugh
The piece recalls a Boston youth sailing France in a 116 foot open boat with an outboard motor and highlights Captain Howard Blackburn of Gloucester who crossed the Atlantic in an 18 foot sailboat. A near sinking during a Grand Banks storm led Blackburn to laugh at the danger.
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Sauiea
Bofton
France
Associated Press
Howard Blackburn
Gloucester
Atlantic
Grand Banks
Blackburn
Little Helps For This Week
A devotional note cites Isaiah and Psalm passages with guidance from the Lord and shepherd imagery. Also promotes Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a remedy to stop coughing caused by irritation and inflammation of the respiratory tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Boise Boasts 200 Homes With Natural Hot Water
F. E. Smith of Boise Water Corp says Boise residents now have natural hot water piped to taps. Hot Wells near town supply the flow, with wells reaching 400 feet yielding 800000 gallons daily at about 170 degrees.
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Boise
Idaho
F. E. Smith
Boise Water Corporation
Professional Engineer
American Association of Engineers
Saskatchewan Creamery Butter Output Up in 1929 Half Year
The dairy branch report of Saskatchewan's Provincial Department of Agriculture shows creamery butter output for the first six months of 1929 at 6,128,044 pounds, a 45 percent rise over the same period in 1928, which stood at 4,215,248 pounds. Also noted is a new air link connecting Panama and Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Gasoline From Trees Claims Anti-Knock Fuel Found
Chicago doctors Dr. Jacque C. Morrel and Dr. Gustav Egloff report to the American Chemical Society that a wood derived anti-knock motor fuel can be produced from Douglas fir tar. In laboratory stages, it could be commercially made from wood waste, offering a future motor fuel source under man’s control with significant yields from Douglas fir by destructive distillation.
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Chilcago
America Chemical Society
Jacque C. Morrel
Gustav Egloff
Chicago
Douglas
Correlation of Sea Fisheries and Real Estate in Nordic Reports
The report notes Canadian sea fish landings in the first half of 1920 totaling 280,260,000 pounds with a value of 9,964,822 dollars, up about 500,000 dollars from the prior year despite a large drop in catch. It also mentions Swedish cooperative unions expanding real estate holdings.
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By Hubert Ban
Warner Bree Prectures
Tne
Neura
Christie's
Tian
Christies Biscuits
Hughes
Europe
Isaiah
Eugene Fiea
Theodore L. Cuyler
Vite
Eas
Boise, Idaho
Lydia E. Pinkham
Saskatchewan Creamery
Panama
Peru
Followay
Sweden
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