Mind Reading Boy Stuns Skeptics In New York
Six year old Jackie Merkle wowed skeptics by reading minds in a New York office. He claims thoughts are flashed to him and he often answers before subjects speak, with his father Jacques Merkle guiding demonstrations.
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New York
Jackie Merkle
Jackie
Jacques Merkle
Papa
St. Pol
Germany
Beula Anderson
Jacky
Miss Anderson
Papa Merkle
Melvin Purvis
Department of Justice
Ace
Dillinger
Indiana
South Bend
Tie
Ambulance Collision Leaves One Dead Four Injured
A Cincinnati life insurance ambulance responding to a woman who attempted suicide struck a five occupant car at a busy downtown intersection. One of the occupants died and four others were injured. Police completed the ambulance call alongside Mrs Irene Mace thirty five who was being treated for gas inhalation.
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Cincinnati.i
Cincinnati
War-Blinded Disprove Theory About Tobacco
A survey of nearly 2,000 war blinded men at St Dunstan's Home shows 95 percent are ardent smokers of pipes and cigarettes, contradicting the idea that blindness dampens smoking desire.
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London
St. Dunstan's Home For
Massachusetts collector stacks 3500 tiny books in Brookline
James D. Henderson reports one of the world’s largest miniature book collections in Brookline Mass totaling about 3500 volumes. He notes a claim to the smallest Roman Catholic prayer book as part of his unique hobby.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Treasury
Massachusetts
Brookline
Mass
James D. Henderson
Rays of Sun Important in Relation to Foods
London Tit-Bits reports experiments in Cleveland showing animals derive energy from sun rays reradiated by food. Dr Crile notes brain tissue glowed in dark, luminescence varies with drugs, and glands differ by energy needs. Lions and tigers have larger thyroid and adrenal glands than alligators.
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Cleveland
Ohio
George Crile
Crile
London
Webster's Unabridged opens with Aa and Zyzzogeton entry
The article notes the first word in Webster's Unabridged as aa and the last word as zyzzoge ton. It defines Aa as a lava type and describes zyzzogeton as a South American leaf hopper in the Cleadellidae family with tuberculate bodies and grooved front tibiae.
Postum Free Health Drink Offer Echoed in Ad
Week’s supply of Postum free. The Postum Company promises a full week’s supply of its health drink to anyone who writes for it.
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Postum Company
Ady
Battle Creek
Mich
Wise Canine and Medical Ads in a 19th Century Page
A mix of humorous canine dialogue about a dog avoiding gunfire and old patent medicine copy for Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, touting liver and bowel regulation. The page also includes a witty social note about a girl who claims she has never been kissed and a rejoinder to blame.
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White House
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Senate
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Fletcher
Pletcher
Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Pub Mc Roads
Public Roads Statistician
Western Newspaper Union
Child
Dr. Pierce
BAYER
Bob
Msr. Harmon
MR. Harmon
Fran
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Postum
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