Vanishing Fleets opens with war and aerial battles
In a speculative wartime tale set in Washington and Tokyo, Japan declares war, loses its fleet to a superior radioplane force under Admiral Bevins, and surrenders after a dramatic aerial showdown. Norma Roberts guides radioplanes to Seattle for a dramatic, perilous return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Japan
Guy Hillier
Norma Roberts
Inventor Roberts
Philippines
England
Florida
Hawaii
Tokyo
Fingland
Hilfer
Aiser
King Edward
Admiral Bevins
Tggest
Ingland
Thames
Roberts
Cabinet
Norma
Nippon Supreme
Empyre Inn
American
Ito
Kamigawa
United States Navy
Jevins
Naval Academy
Guy
Columbia
Bevins
How He Did the Chores
The head of the house leaves for a dinner engagement and business affair claiming to be ill with appetite gone. At breakfast a tense silence reveals the clock stopped and the wife accuses him of winding Willie’s music box era and sabotaging the hall clock with a corkscrew in the barometer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Hives Strike Young Girl in Warren Michigan
A six year old girl suffered two months of severe hives with itching and sores from scratching after contact with affected children. A narrator credits Cuticura remedies and hot baths for relief, with the tale dated June 30 and July 18, 1908, from Warren Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Fridhoff
Warren, Mich
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Bole Props
Boston
Hypocrite in the Hereafter Quip Sparks Laughs
Dr. Madison C. Peters discussed a question about the coming man marrying and gave a bite at a bachelor described as a hypocrite who uses religion as a cloak. He added that in the next world the cloak won’t be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ito
Seventeen
Brockton
Japan
Madison C. Peters
Itching Piles Permanently Cured by Resinol Ointment
Advert reads a personal testimonial from W. W. Evans of Carrollton Kentucky claiming relief from itching piles after using Resinol. The notice blends a medical cure claim with brief humor and unrelated cigarette and businessman quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Evans
Carrollton, Ky
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eure
Roy Norton
Carre
Associated Sunday
Yakumo
Yakuma
Pacific
Lake Washington
Seattle
Puget Sound
Ite
Mr. Chuggins
Washington Star
Lewis
Ar Rau
California
Fic Syrup Co
DR. D. Jayne
D. Jayne
Millio
Kansas City
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
F.E. Roesler
K.C S. Ry
Heauld
Iowa
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
General Land Office
le Beau
Aberdeen
S. Oal
Iowa Central Ry
Minneapolis
Iowa Central
Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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