Nickel Sales Built Greatest Building
An editorial excerpt emphasizes how nickels drive major buildings like the Woolworth and Wrigley skyscrapers in New York and Chicago, praising advertising’s role in turning five-cent products into mass-market successes and noting the raisins five-cent package as another example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advocate
Woolworth
New York
Wrigley Building
Chicago
Mr. Wrigley
California
Nickel
Promise Yourself to Seek Inner Peace and Optimism
A motivational quote urges inner strength to guard peace of mind. It advises speaking health happiness and prosperity to others and encouraging friends to feel valued while choosing a sunny outlook.
Old Mare Troubles Startling Morning Jerk
A colorful farmer’s complaint describes an old gray mare that needed unusual effort to start on a cold winter morning. The passage conveys humor about stubborn horse behavior and the farmer’s struggles.
Work as a Virtue and a Warning in The Optimist
The piece contrasts hard work with other virtues, noting that excessive toil can harm health while disciplined effort builds a successful career. It emphasizes that work stimulates growth but cannot replace judgment and thoughtful purpose, framing work as a valued yet sometimes ugly word.
How's Your Stomach and Your Liver Health Ad
A Durham message endorses Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the best liver medicine for stomach disorders headache and torpid liver. It claims easy taste no constipation and a transformative effect. Readers are urged to obtain the discovery from local druggists or write for free medical advice at the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo New York.
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Durham
N. C
Dr. Pierce
Howard Holden
Glenn St
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
Sir Harry Lauder Appeals Kentucky For European Relief
Noted Scottish comedian Sir Harry Lauder urges Kentuckians to join the American Jewish Relief Committee drive to raise 150000 dollars for starving and destitute Jews in Europe. In a Louisville letter to Col Fred Levy Lauder says European relief benefits the United States and asks all good citizens to contribute.
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Fred Levy
American Jewish Relief Committee
Europe
Sir Harry Lauder
Louisville
Sir Harry
Col
Kentucky
Thair
Central
Europs
Harry
Levy
United States
Brotherhood of Man
Harry Lauder
Jewish Campaign Planned By Kentucky Group
Col Fred Levy of Louisville heads Kentucky drive with Irvin Marcus as state director. In late March Kentucky Jews join the American Jewish Relief Committee campaign to aid stricken European Jews. National totals show $50,000,000 raised since WWI with $14,000,000 more needed immediately.
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Col
Fred Levy
Louisville
Irvin Marcus
Kentucky
American Jewish Relief Committee
Europe
Central
Maine
California
Minnesota
Texas
Aew
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Baltimore
Comil
Classified Clerks Wanted for Government Positions
Classified notice seeks young men and women over 17 for government posts with $125 monthly pay. Contact J. Leonard, former Civil Service examiner, 121 Equitable Blog, Washington, D. C. Auctioneer John W. Bain offers sales anywhere in Lexington Ky with a promise to maximize returns. Timmins Machine Shop advertises complete machine shop, repairs, and Oxy-Acetylene welding services at 328-330 W. Pine St., Lexington Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Leonard
Civil Service Examiner
Equitable
Washington, D. C
John W. Bain
W. Short St
Lexington
Timmins Machine Shop
Pine St
Lexington Engine and Boiler Works Welding Shop Ad
Oxy acetylene welding service claims to repair anything in metal with best equipped shop in the South. Contact via phone 171 at Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Engine and Boiler Works
Lyons Ad Promotes John Deere Wagons and Gear
A local advertisement by J. R. Lyons touts the sale of John Deere wagons and post buggies along with a complete line of saddles and harnesses. The concise notice invites widespread awareness of the supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
J. R. Lyons
Conroy Saddle Offers Superior Auto and Saddle Services
The Conroy Saddle advertises licensed chauffeur driven touring cars by Ragan-Gay Garage and auto radiator repairs by Adams and Young. It highlights Harley Davidson Excelsior motorcycles and motorcycle parts with exclusive agent status. Also notes J M Conroy offering saddles harness and reductions in prices with fair dealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragan-Gay Garage
Harley- Davidson
Excelsior Motorcycles
Adams & Young
East Short Street
Lexington
J. M. Conroy
Stick It All Through The Long Walk
A short verse urges steady progress with repeated lines about walking talking growing and moving forward. It emphasizes persistence and ongoing effort to achieve height recognition and lasting impact. The piece reads like a folk style motivation chant encouraging continuous action.
The Safest Store Rule: Please Every Customer Daily
The article warns that assuming patronage is secure leads to careless business and potential ruin. It prescribes a single safe rule: every day aim to please and satisfy each customer who visits the store.
What Ships Mean to the Farmers
South Dakota agriculture commissioner Don Livingstone notes the first two steamers to Baltimore sailed to Novoressisk with 400 cars moving grain to interior Russia to aid starvation relief. Since January thirty ships have shipped about 5.7 million bushels of corn and 1.46 million bushels of wheat, from New York Baltimore New Orleans Philadelphia and Boston, marking a trend toward a stronger American merchant marine and farm prosperity.
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America
Russia
Don Livingston
South Dakota
Russian Relief of the American Relief Association
Baltimore
Novorissisk
New York
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Boston
Harding
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Fashion magazines debate skirt length six inches from knee
The note questions whether the six inch-from-knee standard cited by fashion magazines applies to northern or southern styles and trends.
Double Life Warning Echoes in Public Allegory
A proverb warns that attempting a double life leads to two men’s labor. The remark frames moral caution as a cultural lesson on integrity and personal accountability.
No clear news event in this fragment
The quoted lines present a reflective quip about gender roles and practical skills with no identifiable people, places, organizations, or concrete event details to anchor a news item.
Louisville Style Show to Direct 50 Models March 31 to April 8
The 1922 Louisville Style Show and Exposition will be staged in the Armory from March 31 through April 8 with Miss Lehr of New York directing the poses of fifty professional models. The event, organized by the Style Show board of directors, aims to be the Souths most elaborate spring fashion revue.
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Louisville
Armory
South
Lehr
New York City
Style Show Board of Directors
Paris style event transforms Louisville with 6500 seat shows
A modeled Paris fashion exhibition will feature 50 top Parisian models in appa attire. The armory will be redesigned to mirror Paris fashion, with French shop representations and elaborate decorations. Daily program changes and numerous features are planned, to be announced later. Seating capacity reaches 6,500 per show.
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Paris
Louisville
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Nickel Sales
Queen Street
Curtis Hollon
the Advocate
Madison V. Leach Shop
Maysville Street
C. & C. Depot
W. A. Sutton & Son
MT. Sterling
Howell’s
C Howell
WM. Adams & Son
West Main Street
Lexington, Ky
B. Green
E. Main St
Conroy
Josephine Lehr
E. T. Reis
Locust Street
H. L. Clarke
No. 9 North
Sycamore Street
Kaito
Dr. Clarke
Palmer School of Chiropractice
Davenport
Iowa
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