Helped Through Change of Life in Baltimore Woman Says
Mrs L Gingrich of Baltimore describes relief from the Change of Life and nervous strain after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improvement lasting through the critical period and praise for the medicine helping her daughters also during pregnancies and after marriage. The ad promotes the product as a reliable remedy for middle aged women and hot flashes.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Mrs. L. Gingrich
N. Gilmor St
Tapir Cargo Sparks Mutiny Aboard Transatlantic Ship
An extraordinary shipment from Para and Pernambuco arrived in New York aboard a ship captained by Walter Denson. A tapir, jaguar, monkeys, macaws, and 40 other rainforest animals traveled with 500 tons of Brazil nuts, sparking a comic but tense crew scare as Alf Moore feared the creature while the crew hunted a supposed breakout.
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New York
Amazon
Para
Pernambuco
Philip Schuman
Indiana
Walter Denson
Brazil
Sandy Hook
Alf Moore
Australia
Alf
Gulf Stream
Relics Unearthed in Havana Parks and Rural Sites
In Havana at Maceo park workmen uncovered hand grenades and war material from the ten years' war era. Repairs to the Santa Clara convent revealed a tunnel leading to a catacomb with over 100 skeletons. Near Mayagua a farmer found a wax-filled hollow tree containing a gold-mounted revolver of a 1865 United States model.
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Havana
Cuba
Maceo Park
Santa Clara
Mayagua
United States
Safety Rules in Electric Storms
Milton Massachusetts expert Alexander G MacAdie of Blue Hill Observatory offers practical thunderstorm safety tips. Seek cover indoors rather than under trees or near chimneys and windows. lie down if shelter isn’t available. Avoid drafts and metal conductors, cut radio use, and rely on sturdy lightning rods for homes.
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Milton
Mass
Alexander G.macadie
Blue
Blue Eli Forest
MacAdie
Not Tamed by His Many Years
Jonathan Foulk, a 107 year old Marion Iowa native, says he likes the ladies and credits health to corn bread and outdoor work. He walks seven miles daily and never smoked chewed or drank, while dismissing the modern flapper as foolish. He tells a story to Martha Lindeberg.
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Jonathan Foulk
Foulk
Marion
Iowa
Danville
Martha Lindeberg
Crime in Mexico City Reaches High Daily Averages
El Universal reports that police claim crime in Mexico City averaged 102 cases per day in early May and cites records from the prosecuting attorney, federal penitentiaries, and jails. The piece notes 80,000 annual penal court cases and 2,267 assaults plus 1,272 robberies in early 1924 with 70,914 detainees that year and a 95 percent punishment rate claim.
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el Universal
Federal District Penitentiary
Belen
N Muncipal
Stone Hammer Finds Near Camp Verde Reported
Workmen uncover several stone picks or hammers more than 100 feet deep in sodium sulphate deposits at Camp Verde near Jerome Arizona. Two of the finest specimens are being sent to the Smithsonian Institution for study.
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Jerome
Ariz
Camp Verde
Smithsonian Institution
Yankee Travelers Too Free With Tips
Reports from Southampton say the American State department has warned against lavish tipping by travelers. Tales recount a millionaire giving $10 to each crew member and $25 to each officer on a single voyage, totaling about $10,000 in tips. Another passenger gave a steward $400 after a six day New York to Southampton crossing.
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Southampton
American State Department
Atlantic
New York
Filibuster Rages In Austrian Assembly Over Rent Chairman
A Vienna committee shows extreme obstruction as Social Democrats oppose Doctor Klenbock for chairman to study city rents. Speaker Herr Witternigg has discussed for forty eight hours over seven days and vows to mumble for seven more, uttering a word every thirty seconds to prolong the talk.
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Vienna
Austrian National Assembly
Social Democrats
Doctor Klenbock
Herr Witternigg
Finding Happiness in a Start, Not the End
A reflection attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson on happiness. It asserts that true happiness depends on beginnings, not endings, focusing on desires over possessions and emphasizing mindset over outcomes.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Burglar Sentenced to Sing Sing for Ninth Time
Charlie Hill, 74, was ordered to serve seven years in Sing Sing for possessing burglar tools. This marks his ninth imprisonment, a habit formed back in 1874, with Hill admitting he has “always been a first class burglar” apart from these nine mistakes.
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New York
Charlie Hill
Sing Sing
Charlie
Outlaw Cabin Becomes Radio Church Near Gilbert Nevada
In Tonopsk Nevada the old Outlaw's cabin near the Gilbert gold mine has been renamed the Radio church. Once a hideout for stage robbers and desert raids the 50 year old structure now hosts Sunday radio sermons attracting prospectors and local curious minds amid gold discoveries and a shift from burros to cars.
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Tonopsk
Nev
Gilbert
Radio Church
Indian Bride Paddles to U S to Find Spanish Sweetheart
Vera Cassel an eighteen year old Indian woman from Walpole Island crossed the Canadian border to Detroit seeking a Spanish lover. She was arrested in Algonac and faces deportation and trial for immigration violations. Federal officers report she used the name Edna Isaacs and search for the unnamed Spaniard continues.
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Detroit
Cupid
J. Stanley Hurd
Vera Cassel
Vera
Walpole Island
Vern
Algonac
Edna Isaacs
Brooklyn Trolleys Permit Smoking for Summer in Rear
Transit Commissioner Le Roy T. Harkness announced the Brooklyn City Railroad will allow smoking in the rear seats of the new center-exit trolleys during the summer. He noted women previously objected less and predicted many would be glad to smoke, adding there is no law against it. He recalled that smoking on last cars of elevated trains was once allowed but later ended.
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New York
Transit
LeRoy T. Harkness
Harkness
Transit Commission
Brooklyn City Railroad
Mr. Harkness
Puppies Chase Hen Mother From Barnyard
A Rhode Island Red hen adopted a litter of beagle puppies on J. W. Cesan’s farm in Springfield Massachusetts. The pups turned against their foster mother and chased her from the barnyard forcing her to shelter in the hen run. Cesan will allow the hen to live out her life instead of slaughter.
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Springfield
Mass
Rhode Island
J. W. Cesan
Mr. Cesan
Cork and concrete join in new English housing method
A new English building technique uses cork mixed with concrete to insulate houses against cold and noise. The claim is that the combination improves warmth and soundproofing without extra structural work.
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England
T la
Swallows Teeth In A Brooklyn Morning
Amos Poggi a Brooklyn man aged forty three accidentally swallowed a plate with four false teeth on waking. Surgeons at the Brooklyn Eye and Ear hospital recovered the plate.
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New York
Amos Poggi
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital
Polite Conductor Rewarded After Aged Woman’s Death
James Gray, longtime courteous Capital Traction conductor, helped a frail passenger Mrs. Mary Ward enter and exit his car for months. She has died and left him 4000 dollars, raising questions about fate and fortune.
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Washington
James Gray
Capital Traction Lines
Mary Ward
Silent Romanian in Lisbon Chooses Prison Life Over Freedom
In Lisbon a Romanian man named Ivan Gludiosa has not spoken for seven years, preferring jail to freedom. He was picked up in 1918 asleep on a park bench, refused to answer questions, and later returned to prison after brief releases. Doctors deem him normal and he appears content, working as an assistant prison cook who accepts no pay and delights in his self-imposed silence.
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Lisbon
Ivan Gludiosa
Ivan
Tyan
Charlemagne Era Land Case Boarded in Andorra Trial
A century old dispute over a Pyrenees land grant from Charlemagne decades ago reaches a modern court in Perpignan France. The case centers on a 150 square mile tract claimed by the Free Republic of Andorra lasting since the emperor’s 8th century expedition. Costs cited exceed ten times the land value.
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Charlemagne Paris
Charlemagne
Andorra
Perpigmnan
France
Pyrenees
Illinois Farmer Rescues Girl From Enraged Wolf
Illinois farmer William Steen rushed to save Miss Celia Sallub from a attacking wolf during a town hunt for wolves plundering poultry. The mother wolf charged but Steen struck with a club, forcing the animal to retreat as the cub wandered near the field.
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Wilmington
Uil
William Steen
Celia Sallub
Miss Sallen
Steen
Tragic River Drowning In Lowell Involves Two Boys
Vivian Mary Jusson twenty months old drowned when two boys aged six and nine threw her into the Merrimack river for excitement. Police detained John Veres nine and Miltsides Shart ies six, each denying sole responsibility. Veres held for investigation Karitus released to parents.
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Lowell
Mass
Vivian Mary Jusson
Merrimaack
John Veres
Miltsides Sharties
Veres
Karitus
Phillips Exeter and Phillips Andover Foundations
Exeter's Phillips Exeter Academy traces to 1781 with founder John Phillips, distinguishing it from Phillips Academy Andover founded in 1778 by the Phillips family.
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Phillips Exeter Academy
John Phillips
Exeter
Phillips Exeter
Phillips Andover
Phillips
Eleven Die in Sudden Tampico Oil Field Accident
An explosion or gas incident during drilling operations in the Tampico oil fields caused eleven deaths. One American and ten Mexican workers were fatally injured, according to a disputed report received.
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Mexico City
Tampicooil
Italians Demand Naturalized Names In Language Policy
The Hartimore Sun notes rising Italian nationalism pushes foreign names into Italian forms. Historic figures, rulers, books, and mottos are Italianized across media, with American presidents Woodrow and Warren previously misspelled until corrections emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Italy
Gauglieme
George Washington
Giorgio Washington
Hartimore Sun
Theater Magnate Thomas H Ince Remembered Calm Under Threat
The actor recalls Thomas H Ince the movie magnate and recounts a road tour incident when three actors argued over who slept in the middle. Ince kept calm, smiling amid threats and curses and urged calm by saying windy people never come to blows.
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Thomas H. Ince
Love’s Sweet Lake
Ince
World’s Oldest Forest Unearthed Near Gilboa New York
Dr John M Clarke New York state geologist and paleontologist declares a grove near Gilboa New York to be the oldest known forest based on fossils. The trees resembled modern tree ferns and likely reached heights of fifty feet or more in the mid Mesozoic era.
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Gilboa
N. Y
John M. Clarke
New York State
Brooklyn inventor creates automatic telephone call meter
A Brooklyn inventor has devised a two meter system that records calls automatically to tally entigs and verify monthly bills. The device attaches to the neck of any desk phone and registers whenever the receiver is replaced on the hook after each call.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Popular Science Monthly
Thief Had Nerve At Quiet Chapin NY Gas Station Heist
In Chapin New York an unknown man lingered at Charles Burd's gasoline station for over two days while Burd was away in Pennsylvania. The intruder sold gasoline and edibles at reduced prices aiming to attract buyers, offering the station for sale at a low price but not completing a sale.
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Chapin
New York
Charles Burd
Pennsylvania
Burd
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