Night Cap Your Corn and Quick Relief Ads
A collage of old ads touts corn plasters Chiropodine and Zippo products, home treatment schemes, hotel promotion, and job offers. Notable mentions include CHIROPODING CO St Louis, BTETSON-EMERSON HOTEL Newark, HOME TREATMENT CO St Louis, Phillipx Crawford Baltimore, Zippo Co Cincinnati, Mower County Minnesota farms, and a Chicago based money making show business offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiropoding. Co
St. Louis
Outfit
Doc Griffin
Revere House
Chicago
Howall Co
W. Lake
Seek New Methods to Conserve Coal
Global scientists explore coal conversion to liquids and gases. Heidelberg Professor Berglus makes coal paste with hydrogen under high heat to yield a crude oil like liquid for petrol production. A second expert gasifies coal and liquefies the gas to make methanol a high grade petrol substitute. General Patard reports synthetic alcohol showing 15 percent more calories than petrol, with lower radiator temperatures than petrol cars.
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Berglus
Heidelberg
Patart
Buried Treasure in Detroit Bank Deposits Revealed
A Detroit bank official notes there is hundreds of thousands of dollars in forgotten deposits and valuables left in vaults by deceased owners. The sum includes accounts from ten to one hundred dollars, often forgotten, yet the treasure reportedly seeks its owners with bank officers’ help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Detroit News
Rubber pavement to debut in London city streets
London introduces its first rubber pavement as officials prepare to announce a study detailing how far a careless driver can make a pedestrian bounce. The Detroit Free Press notes the urban trial and safety implications for pedestrians and motorists.
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London
England
Detroit Free Press
His Own Mechanism in Central Lines Magazine
A brief excerpt from New York Central Lines Magazine describes Mary-Tom's chatter about a machine and tea while Jane-Yes notes a distinct clutch comparison.
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Mary
Tom
Jane
New York Central Lines Magazine
Easter Meaning Rising from Sun to Life
The article argues Easter is a universal message of resurrection beyond Christian faith, linking it to the sun’s daily and yearly cycles. It emphasizes hope, immortality, and the renewal seen in nature, spring growth, and human life, urging belief in life everlasting as a central human assurance. It notes Easter’s spiritual significance over calendar fixedness and highlights poetry as a vehicle for that message.
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Washington
Lincoln
Jesus Christ
Minster
Worahin
Lfe
Enaster
Christ risen and blooming faith in Edna LeNart poem
Poem reflects Easter faith with biblical imagery of resurrection. Edna M. LeNart signs the verse, noting Christ's triumph despite creed clashes. The speaker emphasizes immortality, the seed of His Word, and enduring love.
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Christ
Galilee
Edna M. LeNart
Fellowship in Christ Through Suffering and Sacrifice
A religious reflection on the Christian life linking fellowship with Christ to shared suffering. It argues true joy arises from surrender to others and entering the Calvary experience, noting that enduring personal sacrifice and following the Savior to the cross yields spiritual vitality and witness.
Early Christian Rise and Later Crusade Struggles in Phoenicia
In the fourth century Caesarea Philippi rose as the bishopric seat of Phoenicia. Saracens uprooted much of the city, then Crusaders captured and lost it repeatedly. By 1219 the stronghold fell into Turkish hands and stayed until British conquest of Palestine under Lord Allenby in World War I.
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Caesarea Philippi
Phoenicia
Palestine
Allenby
Easter Symbols of Olden Times Across Civilizations
The egg symbolizes hope and resurrection in Greek Persian and Egyptian lore linking to Christian Easter. Ash and the coming Savior are noted in early Christian thought. The hare linked to Ostera dawn goddess may have laid colored eggs explaining the custom of painting eggs at Eastertide worldwide.
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Urally
Ostera
Queen of Sheba Visit to King Solomon Recorded
The queen of Sheba ruled the Sybaeans of southwestern Arabia now Yemen. Her visit to Solomon is noted in I Kings X. The region borders the Red Sea and is famed for its coffee.
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Sheba
Solomon
Arabia
Yemen
Heb Sea
Divorce in Old Rome and the dif farrention rite
The text describes an early Roman divorce form called diffarrention, a ceremony symbolized by breaking a sport cake between spouses. It notes it occurs when couples had been marked by confarrention, the patrician marriage rite involving a pelt bread cake offered to Jupiter before religious officials.
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Rome
Jupiter
Chinese Chef Master of Art Reveals One Dish Wonder
Genevieve Wimsatt writes that a writer and gourmand is won over by Chinese cooking in A Griffin in China. The author recalls oil roasted Peking duck with crisp skin served on pancakes and a savory roll as the best taste that lingers beyond Paris or New Orleans.
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Genevieve Wimsatt
China
Paris
Views
New Orleans
Peking
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns Buyers to Seek Genuine Brand
An advertisement urges buyers to look for the Bayer name on packages or tablets to ensure genuine aspirin. It claims the product has been proved safe by millions and prescribed for 26 years, warning that imitation brands may be dangerous.
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Bayer
Ivory Auction Draws Dealers to London
London hosts a quarterly ivory sale in Minetng Lane known as the Ivory floor attracting dealers. Tusks from elephants hippo and wild boar cover acres with walrus and whale also contributing. Recent sale of about forty tons sparked brisk bidding with tusks arriving from Africa.
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London
Minetng Lane
Walrus
Mair Whal
Africa
Cole's Carbalisalve Promised Quick Skin Relief
An old advertisement touts Cole's Carbalisalve as a fast relief for diseased skin leaving no scars. It references W. Cole Co of Rockford Illinois and claims a complete kit with qui ft sue aid druggists.
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Cole
Sue Aid Khe Art Druggists
D, W. Cole Co
Rockford, I
Peter Rabbit Meets Odd Folk From Aged Farmyard Tale
In a vintage Kansas City Star fragment, Peter Rabbit wakes to hair grown long and hides, as two feeble elders, an improvised son and a grandson named Demi john, arrive in a rambling scene describing Farmer Brown and kin as they totter down a hill.
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Peter Rabbit
Tie
Farmer
Brown
Murmer Brown
John
Young Burnt Street Child Spells Milk Riddle
A Burnt Street five year old, Charles, learns spelling and delivers a playful riddle to his mother. He responds with a garbled yet humorous line about what gives milk, showing early language flair.
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Santa
Charles
Burnt Street
Mother
Pat
Phe Uiftkavan
Fatal Slip Ends In Domestic Tension After Marriage
Lloyd Nosler returns home to find his wife distraught over hung pictures and drapes. She confesses the walls are too hard and contemplates drastic acts. A lighthearted line from Lloyd about not driving nails with a banana contrasts with the grim scene. A woman writer warns against marrying loud-talking men.
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Lloyd Nosler
Lloyd
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Bell & Co.,Inc
Orangeburn
Liz
Adamik Rothers
Homer Bt
Hollywood
Grant Gardens
Lombard
Re-Ju
Re-Ju Distributors
Collage Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Western Bricklaying School
W.grand Ave
Btetson-Emerson
Centre St
Newark
N. J
New York
Granette
BE. Richanke
Transportation Bidg
N. E
Derrough
Rex
Lath Ave
Bkiyn
N. C
Home Treatment Company
Franklin, St. Louis, Mo
Phillipx-Crawford & Co
Allécanna 8&T
Baltimore
Mechanica
Zippo Fred.Co
Mower County
Minnesota
Hal
Martin
Lyle
Mina
Porter's
C. Presidio Ave
San Francisco
Calif
Dr. Pierce
Antares
Elmo Scott Watson
Woodland
Hall
Anon
Jubilee
Barth
Christina Rossetti
Corpus Christi
Hell
Earth
School of Calvary
Simon
Reformed Church Messenger
America
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
Oras
Boston Transcript
Sol
Khen
Spohn
Spohn Medical Company
Dept. BX
Goshen
Indiana
Llenry
Athlees
Cifdoor Pasthues
Arbora
U. S
Usl
Garden Craft Dept. Express Body Corporation
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Bertie
Nomi
Pathfinder Slagazine
Bry
Castoria
Fletcher
Catlowre Laboratorisa
Dept
Malden
Mass
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