Domestic one cake slice bill at Allies Bazaar
Martha Hedman sold a lovebird pie at the Grand Central Palace bazaar in New York while a buyer, Horae Fletcher, A. M., food economist, bought a slice after lingering over the delicacy. The piece features a live bird under a glass crust and Hedman offered an autographed photo.
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Niles Hedman
Grand Central Palace
New York
Martha Hedman
Miss Hedman
Ayrderly
Eta
Horae Fletcher
A. M
Cursel
Corn Chowder From Half Pound Salt Pork
Fry diced salt pork until brown then add onion and cook light brown. Add parboiled potatoes corn or cod corn and a pint of boiling water. Cook until tender then stir in a quart milk pepper salt and soaked crackers. Serve with a cracker in each dish.
Bees Loose in Woman's Club Ballroom Demonstration
Medina bee and honey expert Ernest R. Root startled Cleveland Woman's Club members by releasing 10 000 bees into the white and gold ballroom to show how calmly the honey makers can be handled. He reassured the audience that the bees would not sting, even if they swarmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ernest R. Root
Medina
Woman's Club
Mr. Root
Giant 15 year old boy needs two beds in New York
Theodore Olsen, six foot four and fifteen, faced housing embarrassment as officials reported his size. He admitted starting fires in a dumbwater shaft to watch flames and to avoid engine noise, and was arrested after calling a janitor to help extinguish one blaze. He quit school due to shame and worked as a grocer delivery boy. He lives with his parents in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Children’s Society
Theodore Olsen
Theodore
Olsen
Dumbwater
Upper West Side
May boycott a deadbeat
Topeka Kansas attorney general S M Brewster ruled that merchants may form a trust or order a boycott against deadbeats. Local merchants planned monthly reports listing nonpaying customers and to refuse credit to those on the blacklist. Brewster advised the plan would be legal under anti trust law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
S. M. Brewster
Cattle Fear Dog Startles Herd in Kentucky Incident
In Arlington Kentucky E W Benson of Bardwell encountered a herd that veered into a lane chased by a dog. The cattle lunged into the road striking Benson’s buggy and horse. A calf toppled under the vehicle as the herd fled, marking his first such overrun by cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
E. W Benson
Bardwell
Barlow
Fashionable Woman Strips in Cincinnati Streets Shock Crowd
A richly dressed woman in the downtown shopping district appeared with legs bare to the knees, drawing stunned gasps from crowds as police were called to disperse the onlookers and rescue the unidentified marcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Veils and how to wear them for best effect
A fashion expert analyzes veiling trends. It contrasts square and fillet meshes with the forgiving hexagon mesh, notes how heavy designs emphasize wrinkles, and advises on face shapes. It offers step by step wearing and care tips for veils and washing methods.
Leghorn straw hat trimmed with blue satin ribbon
A Leghorn straw hat described with natural straw color and blue satin ribbon. The hat is trimmed with shot blue wide satin ribbon, gathered in the back and held forward. The text conveys a fashion note on a headpiece style.
Rat Carries Away Glasses in Evansville Stable
Evansville merchant John Stark claimed a rat chased into his stable while he struck at it. His glasses fell into the rat’s path and disappeared into a hole, which Stark believes the rodent carried away. He dug but found no trace of the lenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
John Stark
Stark
Will
Unfermented Grape Juice Preparation Note
Wash grapes remove stems reject unsound fruit place in kettle add just enough water to cover heat to boiling point crack until fruit softened drain for jelly. Drain juice in earthen dish cover cool and set overnight boil drain through jelly bag repeat three mornings combine final juice with sugar boil four minutes strain bottle seal. Dilute with water serve over cracked ice seltzer possible.
Lloyd-George declares Allied offensives overturning German initiative
In a conference on equipment, David Lloyd-George says the combined offensives in east and west have wrested initiative from Germany. He cites improved British and Allied munitions output, new factories, and rising production of guns, ammunition, and heavy shells as key to future victories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lloyd-George
Lloyd-George
Champagne
Russia
Balkans
Verdun
Alps
Summer of urban ills threatens infant life in city
The piece condemns heat, poor milk, overcrowding, dirt and poverty as fatal to babies, urging mothers to read the Public Health Service bulletin The Summer Care of Infants. It notes a gas franchise granted in Lawrenceville fixing rates for natural, mixed and artificial gas with a 25 cent monthly service charge. It also references Teddy Roosevelt’s Nobel prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Public Health Service
Lawrenceville
Joseph A. Sloan
Lawrenceville News
Sacred Saint Lucy Relics Highlight Metz Shrine
A Metz chapel in the Church of St. Vincent houses Saint Lucy relics, the martyr dated to 304 A D. The piece notes her body’s journey from Syracuse via Venice and Constantinople, and her status as patron saint of occultists and orphans. An advertisement for Sloan's ointment follows, urging use for various aches and travel needs.
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Metz
St. Vincent
Lucy
Constantinople
Venice
Syracuse
Sicily
Sloan
Economic note on cheap goods driving higher profits
The text argues that profits rise when items are inexpensive to sell rather than high quality. It suggests a marketplace dynamic where low prices attract volume and total earnings despite lower per unit margins.
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Jolt
American Press Association
New York Children’s Society
Merchante
Leghorn
London
Teddy
Anderson Pace
Bureau of Railway Publicity of
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Dearborn St
Chicago
LEE Tires
LEE
Charlies Brandenstein
Marshall
The
Dulaney
B. B. Bryan
J. R. Burnet
P. Frank VW
SeleconBhy Asst
Cash
J-R- Burnett
E. M. Duncan Harry
Stors
W. B. Scholfield
Edwin Booth
Is Dulaney
Europe
Orient
Herald Office
Fe Cme
G. F. Berner
Wabash Phons
Plum Stres
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