Vanishing Fleets Opens War Saga in Washington
In Washington the plot centers on Dr Robert and his daughter Norma as Japan threatens invasion. A new metal plate promises to make US ships invincible within three months and the nation contemplates secrecy and sudden mobilization with Navy officials, the president, and top engineers guiding a Florida test plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Japan
Guy Hillier
Norma Roberts
Inventor Roberts
Philippines
England
Florida
Hawaii
Tokyo
Canada
Hillier
Great Britain
Germany
Edward
Bevins
Thames
Roberts
Dr. Roberts
Norma
Secretary of the Navy
United States Navy
White House
Army and Navy Board
Florida Keys
Navy Department
Penobscot
Harper
Brocktone
New York Harbor
Brockton
France’s population and families show wide child counts
French statistics report a total population of 38 350 788 with more women than men. Unmarried totals favor men, and 9 781 117 families exist with varying children from zero to nine. A few exceptions record families with very high numbers of children including 24 families with 17 and 84 with 18 children.
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France
Chapman Coleman
Roubaix
Deep Breathing Improves Sleep and Youthful Appearance
A woman who practices deep breathing tends to sleep well as nerves and mind stay healthier through better chest expansion. The method also reduces facial wrinkles and helps maintain freshness longer than many women as they age.
Mount Colima Volcano Draws Tuxpan Observers
In Tuxpan Mexico local residents treat Mount Colima’s frequent eruptions as entertainment and danger. Earthquakes linked to the volcano prompt street evacuations while scientists note the seismic activity is locally connected to the eruptions. The peak once stood higher before 1908 when the summit was torn away.
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Tuxpan
Mexico
Colima
Mount
North American
Ith
Mount Colima
Would Sail to North Pole George Nitzche’s Penn role
The fragment cites George 2 Nitzche as head of publicity at the University of Pennsylvania. The text mentions a voyage toward the North Pole and his position in the university’s publicity department.
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North Pole
New York
George 2. Nitzche
Department of Publicity
University of Pennsylvania
Preparations for Arctic Dash by Balloons and Plane Attack
The article notes Mr. Nitzche plans a July north pole dash using three balloons and possibly an aeroplane to Spitzbergen. He follows lessons from Andre and Wellman’s failures and intends a direct route if conditions stay favorable. Spitzbergen lies 1 025 miles north of the Arctic Circle east of Greenland.
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North Pole
Andre
Wellman
Nitzche
Spitzbergen
Spitzbergens
Arctic Circle
Greenland
Mr. Nitzche
Kongharold
Inherited Kidney Trouble Cures By Dean's Pills
Mrs Frank Roseboom of Moscow Idaho describes hereditary kidney trouble with fatigue eyesight poor circulation sleep issues and back pain. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with full relief and notes the product costs 60 cents a box and is sold by all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY backs the claim.
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Frank Roseboom
Washington St
Moscow
Idaho
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Cuticura Cured Him Eczema on Legs and Ankles
Capt George P Bliss Morus Manitoba reports eczema on legs and ankles healed after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He describes years of itching and scaling, inability to wear shoes, and relief following treatment within days and weeks. Credited to Cuticura remedy with quick recovery noted in 1907.
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George P. Bliss
Morus
Manitoba
Potter Drug & Chom, Corp
Bolo Props
Noston
Beauty and Grievance Color New York Parlor Tale
Lina Davidieri, the Roman beauty, reflects on beauty as a woman's greatest tribute and benefactor. She recalls a newspaper office encounter where an old man demanded responsibility for a misnaming of his daughter Patty as Fat, highlighting social attitudes toward appearance and reputation.
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Lina Davidieri
Roman Prhnaw Donna
New York
Htabands
Patty
Uleo
What Ailed Tommie and Odd Advertisements
A jumble of early 20th century tales and ads. The piece centers on a boy named Tommie who falls ill after walnuts, with a mother’s caution. It includes a spoof medical pitch for Catareh Core and varied sensationalized remedies, plus ad snippets for patent medicines and a quip about a gun.
Silence Sought in Boarding House Romance
In a New York Weekly excerpt a young man tests a banker with talk of paying for silence over a daughter. The banker confronts the bold claim, nearly calling for police, before the misunderstanding clears and the couple is dismissed as misled.
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George
New York Weekly
Paris Joker Tricks Banker With Morocco Bank Job Hoax
A Paris banker known as M. X- was pranked by an anonymous joker who mailed him an official note saying he would be general manager of a new government bank in Morocco. Deluded, he rode a camel in public, causing surprise and a hush-hush retreat to escape friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Navy
Norma
Paris
Jardin d
Indies
M. X
Morocco
Opportunity Returns in a Humorous Collision
A man collides with opportunity and refuses recognition. Opportunity asks to be recognized, but the man rejects it, claiming the encounter, saying you have trodden on my coins. Moral: don't trust those who say they never had a chance.
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New York Times
Immumia
Vladdin
Marmont
Mreddie
Harper's Weekly
Clutcher
Agrie
Wisconsin
The Grip of Spring Epidemic Warns Readers
A 19th century style notice warns of spring illnesses affecting pits and tevas with recurring attacks each year. It promotes Hf Lanes Pleasant Pobteta sold for 25 cents and offers a mail sample for 25 cents to Orator FF Woodward Le Roy NY.
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Rip
Hf Lane
Diane
Orator FF
Woodward, le Roy
N.Y
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Frank J. Oueney
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Totedo
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Tree
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Falla
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Jove
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Mira
Winslow
South Bend
South Bend Watch
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Susk
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