Honest Politician Found In Pittsburgh Saloon Expense
Donald D. Mangone, a defeated Republican nomination candidate, listed his ante primary campaign expenses by detailing rounds of drinks at several Pittsburgh saloons totaling 3138.95. The unusual sworn statement names each establishment and the amounts spent treating friends, ending with his defeat.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Diogenes
Donald D. Mangone
Mangone
Fred Doench
Rieffel
Bonnar
George Schaffnit
Griffith’s
Crowley’s
Hayduk
Defkowitz
Feathered quadruped riddle teased in school quiz
The Philadelphia Record reports a classroom exchange where a teacher asks for a feathered quadruped. A student replies with a feather bed, prompting a humorous answer about an elephant as a four legged example.
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Johnny Smith
Philadelphia Record
Siberia Makes Up One Ninth Of Global Land Surface
A historical note asserts that Siberia accounts for one ninth of the Earth's land area, highlighting the vast expanse of this region in relation to the globe.
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Siberia
Globe
American Women Are Careless
A historical notice warns women against overestimating strength and overtaxing themselves, citing wet feet, cold exposure, heavy lifting, and overwork as causes of pain. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy and invites suffering readers to try it, claiming thousands testify to restored health and strength.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Woman Named Republican Candidate for Westchester Children’s Court
Miss Ruth Tailor, director of the department of child welfare of Westchester County, New York, has been designated by the Republican party as judge of the county’s children’s court. The six year term carries an annual salary of $10,000.
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Ruth Tailor
Department of Child Welfare
Westchester County
N. Y
Children’s Court
That County
Ballooning Safety Debated By Scientists In Paris
In Paris on June 30 discussion centers on whether free ballooning should be history, with sport and science weighing risks and fun. Proponents argue humans will always seekPartial mastery over air despite aging balloon technology.
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International News Service
Paris
Gold Colored Tarpon Caught Near Tampa
In Tampa on June 30 George Roberts, a Pass-a-Grill guide, reported spotting a gold tarpon. Days later Arthur Henderson of St. Petersburg caught a similarly colored fish. It remains unclear if the two sightings refer to the same specimen or indicate a rare color variant. tarpons are normally silver and famed as the game fish known as the silver king.
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International News Service
Tampa
Fla
George Roberts
Pass-a-Grill
Arthur Henderson
St. Petersburg
Henderson
Roberts
Bachelor Visitor Judges Newborn Like Both Parents
A bachelor visiting proud parents of a baby boy asks who the child resembles. He inspects the infant and remarks that the baby is not very intelligent yet but is wonderfully like both parents.
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Toronto Globe
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