Munsey Advocates 10 Cent Sunday Papers to Lift Standards
Magazine publisher Frank A. Munsey predicts future Sunday papers will cost 10 cents and be significantly better, stressing higher standards over quantity. He notes magazine buyer growth from 250,000 to about 2,000,000 in the U.S. and Canada and argues progress comes from quality, not more pages, while urging publishers to lead with improved Sunday editions.
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Washington
Boston
Ritz
Paris
New York
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Munsey
United States
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Canada
Goat Herd to Clear Brush Land West of Clinton
Clinton County farmers eye a brush clearing effort by George LT. Smith a wealthy farmer. He bought 200 goats the first herd to be introduced in Clinton county to devour dense hazel brush on his 500 acre farm west of Clinton. The goats arrived from Kansas City and drew much attention.
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LT. Smith
Joat
Clinton
Des Moines Register
Canton county
Clinton county
Kansas City
Birecis
fara
Consomme for Shaving Comedy Gag From Milan to Power
A Paris New York Herald correspondent recalls James Powers jokingly discovering consommé as shaving innovation in Milan. The tale blends humor with a sharp aside on international manners. Also notes overviews of global population figures and migrant labor across India, Canada, and the U.S. railroads.
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Italy
Hotel Regina
Paris
New York Herald
James 4. Powers
James
Milan
Washington
California
Chicago Record-Herald
India
China
Japan
Arkansas Peach Orchard in Fort Smith Area Expected Strong Yr
Fort Smith Ark. says Arkansas will surprise the world with its peach crop this year. Elberta peaches drive output while the state houses the largest orchard in the United States, over 3 000 acres about 100 miles south of Fort Smith. The piece blends agricultural notes with a Baltimore Sun poem.
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Arkansas
Fort Smith Ark
California
United States
Fort Smith
New Versus Money and the $29 Million Blow
A garbled item notes a $29 240 000 fine hitting Standard Oil as a major setback in Len Vers neney campaign effort. The piece includes stray dialogue lines and references to Cleveland Main Dealer and Missouri Sharpshooter with unclear context.
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Standard Oil
Louisville Herald
Len Vers neney
Regular as the Sun Pills Ad For Dr. King's New Wife
An old timey ad claims Dr King s New Wife Pills regulate liver and bowels with a sun like regularity. Guaranteed at Paarre s Modern Pharmacy for 25c as seen in The Nawa.
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Dr. King
Paarre
Mystery of storms and dust motes in meteorology
The weather frontier widens as meteorologists study storms from ten miles high using balloons and kites. Dr. Rotch and Prof. Moore push research at Mount Weather to sample dust motes, record temperature and pressure, and map atmospheric layers for better forecasts and possible storm control.
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Chicago Tribune
Washington
United States
Europe
far east
Smithsonian Institution
A. Lawrence Motch
Dine Ill meteorological observatory
Boston
Rotch
Willis L. Moore
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Mount Weather research observatory
Alleghany mountains
Professor Moore
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Mississippi river
Denver
Duluth
Texas
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doe
physical laboratory
New York
Value of a whooper Indian Territory hunt with a whooper guide
A Muskogee party by the Illinois river hires a barefoot boy as a whooper to guide them through the canebrake. The lad instructs if lost to shout whoop and the hunter follows the sound back to camp. The tale ends with praise for employing a whooper on Illinois hunts.
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Illinois
Muskogee
Kansas City Star
The Boomerang and his Inventors
The boomerang puzzles scholars as much as it amuses. The piece notes its curved form, sharp inner edge, and the curious claim that its inventors could not count beyond five. It questions who created it, suggesting it arose from empirical use rather than a higher civilization, per the London Spectator.
The Silent Room Cure in Millionaire Homes
Society women pursue cures from new gowns to sand therapy, while the silent room offers a cell like retreat from social bustle. The room excludes knickknacks flowers and even telephones to rest an overstimulated eye and nervous system.
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New York Press
shaplietty
Corset Club Sparks Court Dispute In London
A corset club in London funds purchases by sixpence weekly from poor young women. After five shillings is raised, a pair of corsets is bought and drawn for ownership. The club’s existence surfaced when a member disputed her entitlement in court. A Boston dispatch also notes a new twelve pound cantaloupe grown by Hr. St. Rogers, promising profit for New England farmers.
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New York
London
Boston dispatch
New York Tribune
Hr. St. Rogers
Standard Oil
New England
Mighty New Battery Shows 150 Mile Rides On One Charge
Frank C. Curtis proclaims a new alloy battery for light heat and power with 18 cells powering a Milwaukee runabout for over 150 miles on a single solution charge costing about 1. It also powered a submerged boat for 19 hours and an electrical piano. the device promises long life with ionite cylinders and cheap renewals, though many technical details remain.
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Frank C. Curtis
Milwaukee
New York Times
USA
Pretty Bad Wife and Husband Bicker Over Cigars
A fragment shows a wife remark about cigars given to the husband. He says he will keep them until Tommy wants to smoke, hinting at a family moment and potential tension. The clipped text suggests a domestic scene illustrated in Blts.
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Tommy
Reade and His Eccentric English Quirks and Phrases
A compact survey of Reade’s idiosyncratic use of English in various works. Examples include humorous lines like They showed napes and It is a race of women that the northern sun peachifies illustrating his playful coinages and euphemisms.
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Reade
New Haven
John Coleman
Boas Gentleman’s Magazine
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