Britainwide general strike shocks nation in 1926 review
Edward W. Pickard surveys Britain’s 1926 general strike and state of emergency as mine and union disputes paralyze the country. He notes international reactions, economic tremors in France, US Senate impeachment, and other world events including Nicaragua’s revolt and balloon races.
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Edward W. Pickard
Britain
General Trades Union Congress
Baldwin
William Mitchell-Thomson
United Kingdom
London
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Belgium
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Great Britain
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British Gazette
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Lloyd George
United States
Senate
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Washington
Nicaragua
Luis Beltram Sandoval
Elizeo Duarte
Rio Grande Valley
Banana Belt
Bluefields
National Bank of Nicaragua
Connecticut
Robert F. Loree
New York
Cleveland
Cheese and Date Desserts From The Kitchen Cabinet
A 1926 kitchen section offers cheese as a versatile meat substitute with savory dishes and desserts. Recipes include stuffed potatoes with cheese, hot cheese sandwiches, Pittsburg potatoes, rice baked with cheese, ham baked in milk, Charleston muffins, leeks au gratin, date based dishes like date sandwiches and date torte, date bread, date pudding, and cream puffs with date fillings.
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Pittsburg
Charleston
Keeping Ball Rolling Mania for Spending
Briggs and Griggs banter on wives shopping habits and expense. Briggs notes women spend freely, Griggs agrees citing a wife too sick to shop still needs a doctor. The exchange highlights social attitudes toward female consumption and medical excuses.
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Griggs
Diamond Dyes Color Things New
Diamond Dyes offer 15 cent packs with simple directions so any woman can tint soft shades or dye permanent colors in lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts, waists, dresses, coats, stockings, draperies, hangings, and clothing. Indicate to your druggist whether the material is wool, silk, linen, cotton, or mixed.
Question of Color Fair Customer Hose Shade
New clerk asks shade options including flesh nude brown or black. Good hardware dialogue reflects shop banter over stocking hose colors.
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Color Fair
Varied Electric Signs Exceed 17 Thousand in New York
Data shows over 17 000 electric signs in New York City with 2800 restaurant signs 1800 barber shop ads and 1100 tobacco signs theaters rank seventh in prevalence. The text adds a bite of proverb about envy and pluck.
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New York
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Gentle Regularity
Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello Illinois promotes his Syrup Pepsin as a humane laxative. It eases constipation without griping or upsetting the system and is suitable for adults and children. A 60 cent bottle is available at medicine stores.
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W. B. Caldwell
Monticello
Tll
Dr. Caldwell
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