Promoters Plan Mayflower Voyage and Franco-Prussian War Standoff
The article recounts Sir Ferdinand Gorges and the Earl of Warwick backing a colonial venture with Ferdinand's captain on the Mayflower and a Leyden group buying the Speedwell, while political tremors in France in 1875 hinge on a stomachache delaying Deputy Leurant and tilting a near deadlocked assembly toward a republic.
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Ferdinand Gorges
New World
Earl of Warwick
Sir Ferdinand
Leyden
America
Grou
Mann
Ferdinand
Mr. Jones
London
Captain Jones
Virginia
New England
Cape Cod
France
National Assembly
Monsieur Leurant
Leurant
Invent a Little Gadget and Make Big Money
The article recounts inventors who turned small ideas into large fortunes. Names include Gillette with safety razors and replaceable blades, Sturtevant with wooden shoe pegs, Lipman with a rubber tip on pencils, Kischbaum with dress hooks and eyes, Geary with a gas mantle, and Glidden with barbed wire. It notes multi‑million earnings and rapid gains from clever gadgets.
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Ing Gillette
B. F. Sturtevant
Hyman Lipman
Samuel Kischbaum
Jeremiah Geary
Western Newspaper Union
They Still Try to Manufacture Gold
A long history of alchemists and scientists failing to commercially create diamonds or gold is recounted. From Crookes to Parsons and Moissan, many methods produced only crystals resembling diamonds, not real gems, and gold remains immutable.
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New York
London
William Crookes
Charles Parsons
Moissan
U S Women Excel in Invention Field
A U S report notes rising patent grants to women, with early eligibility in 1790 and gradual entries. Women have patented diverse items, with 28 percent in housekeeping related fields, reflecting expansion beyond initial slow years.
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U. S
Washington
United States Patent Office
America
United States
Shrine to St Peter Erected on Galilee
A Catholic shrine dedicated to the primacy of St Peter is completed on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee between Capernaum and the Mount of the Beatitudes. The chapel commemorates Holy Year and the 1900th anniversary of Christ's death, believed to occupy the Gospel site of Peter's primacy.
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Jerusalem
Sea of Galilee
Caperanum
Londoners Ballot on Bovine Serenades Referendum
London, Ohio voters will decide next November on a city livestock ban measure. Petitions seek a referendum to curb calve serenades and mooing cows separated from calves in sales barns and to require barns to provide parking for cattle trucks.
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London
Ohio
Lucky Pieces Play Big Role in Exams at Penn
At examination time University of Pennsylvania students bring luck charms like sweaters, pencils, peach stone rings, lucky dollars, neckties, and apricot juice. Some study in groups or solitary rooms while others seek distraction in sports or films. Officials deny smoking in exam rooms though professors vary in tolerance.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Plan Six Hour Air Hops Across U S
The federal government plans six hour transcontinental air service in the stratosphere within three years. Experiments in blind landing gear and high altitude flying are under way with officials predicting substratosphere service in two to three years and five to seven hour regular flights.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Wiley Post
Eugene L. Vidal
Rex Martin
R W. Schroeder
Airline Inspection Service
Los Angeles
New York
Cellophane Lace Gown Shines With Delicate Sheer Craft
Paris couture houses feature lace and tulle with spring elegance. The brown cellophane lace gown by Georgette Renal captivates with extreme sheerness and intricate pattering, enhanced by tiny era-inspired ruffles along the skirt and cape back.
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Couture
Paris
Georgette Renal
Bad Dream Turned Night into Panic on Long Island
Cynthia Blake fears news of her husband David after a dramatic phone hoax and staged accident. A rough caller pressures her to a Bellevue hospital rendezvous then a shootout erupts outside. David later appears safe as Cynthia confesses a dream.
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Cynthia Blake
Long Island
Cynthia
David
Dodge
David Blake
Mrs. Blake
Bellevue
Pennsylvania
The
Bar Association
Blake
Mr. Blake
Price
O. K
One Hundred and Ninth Precinct
Weybridge Roadside
Bayside
Bellevue Hospital
Cyntha
American Youth Ernest Gann on Women and World Impressions
Twenty four year old Ernest Gann, directing movie tests, shares impressions from travels across Europe and Africa. He mocks stereotypes of various nationalities and notes variances in grooming, makeup, and attitudes, while recounting his unsuccessful hunt for a harem and his dreams of future projects.
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Gertrude Bre
Ernest Gann
George Pierce Baker
Madrid
Hollywood
East Africa
Foreign Legion
Garbo
Dietrich
Robert Montgomery
Italy
Spain
Bagdad
Ceylon
Dialog About Conversation With a Friend's Husband
A shortParents Magazine exchange notes that a friend finds her husband hard to talk to and suggests repeating the same lines at length as a simple social stratagem. The scene features a quip from a sister about talking habits.
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Little
The
Parents’ Magazine
Postum Free Week Offer From Postum Company
The Postum Company announces a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it. This advertisement appears in another section of the paper and invites readers to request the week’s supply.
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Postum Company
Ady
Wise Canine Observation on a Dog's Behavior
A short note describes a dog that appears highly intelligent noting its habit of retreating behind a tree when a gun is fired. The remark highlights a curious animal behavior observed by the writer.
Liquid Test for Regular Bowels and Gentle Laxatives
The text advises using a measurable liquid laxative to regulate dosing, reducing amounts until bowel movement occurs without aid. It endorses natural agents like senna and cascara, notes doctors use liquid laxatives, and recommends Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a dependable option.
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Dr. Caldwell
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