Beverage kit is W C T U novelty for non alcoholic drinks
In Chicago on August 8 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union unveiled a "beverage board" as a handy gadget for non alcoholic drinks. A board covered with colorful oilcloth sits on legs with an oilcloth hoop skirt concealing the ice bucket and juice jugs. It includes matching glasses cups straws napkins and pitchers. Mrs. Blanch Pennington leads the presentation.
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Chicago
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Beverage Board
Blanch Pennington
Tired Kidneys Cause Sleepless Nights
Doctors say kidneys filter blood and fatigue leads to night waking. Symptoms include backache swelling dizziness and urinary troubles. Doan's Pills are advertised as relief, claiming long use by millions to flush waste and restore sleep.
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Doan
Beverages Stand In Not A Bar Says W C T U Director
Don Pa says the contrivance is a beverage board not a portable cocktail bar. The non alcoholic drinks promoted by Mrs Pennington’s department include currant flips and amethyst beverages said to deter drunkenness.
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Don
W. C. T. U. Non-Alcoholic Fruit Products Department
Lovable Jersey City landlord Johan Swenson dies
Captain Johan Swenson, famed as the best landlord in Jersey City for his 39 family apartment house, died at his home after a week of illness. A native of Sweden, he would have turned 81 today and was known for his bounties on babies born in his building.
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Jersey City
N. J
Johan Swenson
Swenson
Sweden
Valuable stamp finally sold to Macy's in New York
The world's rarest stamp, a 1856 one cent British Guiana, valued at 50 000 dollars, was purchased by Macy's Department Store for an unnamed client. It was once owned by Mrs Ann Hind Scala of Utica and has a long history from I Vernon Vaughn of Demarara to Arthur Hind.
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New York
George V
Macy's Department Store
British Guiana
Ann Hind Scala
Utica
Macy's
I. Vernon Vaughn
Demarara
Philippe la Renoitiere von Ferrary
Arthur Hind
Scala
Economy Plan Lies In Free Paper For Schools
Louisiana plans cut paper use in public schools by distributing notepads rather than loose sheets. State superintendent John E. Coxe noted the approach as the State Board approved contracts for reduced paper and pencils. Bids from Louisiana Paper Company Shreveport totaled 297 588 paper pads costing 120 474 08. The same bid covered 35 207 standard pencils at 21 828 34. New Orleans News Company and Latil Stationery Company bid 1 500 gross large pencils for 2 175.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
John E. Coxe
State Superintendent of Education
State Board of Education
Louisiana Paper Company
Shreveport
New Orleans News Company
New Orleans
Latil Stationery Company
Prominent Oakland Woman Kills Son Then Herself
In Oakland California on August 8 Estelle Silverstein 54 killed her 31 year old son Phillip Loney with two pistols and then shot herself. Police say she wrote to her attorney husband that she could not bear his fear and begged relief from the burden of constant care. The son had been in and out of a sanitarium for years and custody battles marked the family history.
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Leon Carroll
Estelle Silverstein
Phillip Loney
Loney
Mercy
Bernard Silverstein
Phillip
Hayward
Henry Nicholas Loney
John Patterson
Chicago
California
Spain
Sydney Silverstein
San Francisco
London
Singapore
British Vessels Seek Raiders in South Atlantic
British search for Nazi raiders widens across the south Atlantic centering on Trinidad where the Alcantara clashed July 28 with a raider. The Arndale supplied fuel for weeks at sea from Montevideo while reports of a second battle near Victoria, Brazil, remained unconfirmed.
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Buenos Aires
South Atlantic
Trinidad Island
Alcantara
Rio de Janeiro
Victoria
Brazil
Montevideo
Uruguay
Cyclotron Aids Medico Studies
Dr John Lawrence reports promising results from UC cyclotron produced radioactive phosphorus in leukemia and polycythemia patients. He notes potential advantages over X rays but calls for more research before clinical use. The cyclotron also yields neutron rays and other substances for cancer and other diseases.
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San Francisco
University of California
John Lawrence
Lawrence
Radiological Society of North America
Northeast Junior College eyes expanded flying program
Aviation bids to grow at Northeast Junior College as government requests flying instruction for 30 to 45 students a semester. The program adds 12 hours ground school and 35 to 50 hours flight work with no fee change from last year’s $40.
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Northeast Junior College
C. C. Calvert
Dean Calvert
Vocational Flight Training School
Deryl Morris
Monroe
Troy Guillory
West Monroe
Shreveport
Pat McHenry
Loug Flying School
Grand Prairie
Louisiana Tech
Centenary College
City Court Sentences Multiple Defendants in Minor Offenses
Judge W M Harper and Judge Robert Pierce presided as several defendants identified as Negroes faced charges of trespassing vagrancy and intoxication. Findings include fines from 7.50 to 15 dollars or days in jail plus four traffic fines of one dollar each. Defendants include Louis Thomas Tary Roland Edna Otis J C Colvin Willie Knox and Luke Caston with varying outcomes in Ruston Monroe and local court.
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W. M. Harper
Robert Pierce
Louis Thomas
Tary Roland
Luke Caston
Edna Otis
J. C. Colvin
Ruston
Willie Knox
Monroe
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