Wheat Market Erratic at All Centers Portant
The wheat market showed erratic behavior across centers with weak demand in Chicago and Liverpool depressing prices while Portland bids held uneven. Prices for flour and hay fluctuated, cattle and veal markets weakened, and the Willamette Valley wool trade remained dull with limited sales.
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Prac
Healy
Chicago
Peter
Liverpool
Mirren
Broomhall
lLdverpont
Mondiy
Penie
Wil Winters
Cydia
Look Good Feel Good Pills Promotion
An old advertisement touts Life Pills claiming to relieve constipation and improve mood. It urges readers to buy a box, take one or two pills, and wake with reduced fullness and better feelings, targeting druggists with a bold sales pitch.
Pauline Frederick Huntswoman and Beauty Icon
Pauline Frederick, star of Paramount Pictures, touted as the era’s most beautiful actress, advocates outdoor living as a path to feminine charm. The photo from the Adirondack Mountains shows her outdoors, posing naturally rather than in doll-like attire.
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Pauline Frederick
Paramount Pictures
Meyers
Adirondack Mountains
Kaiser Refutes War Responsibility Claim
Aug 1 Kaiser, in a Berne dispatch published by The Deity None, denies bearing sole responsibility for the war. He says leaders in all aligned nations share the fault, and he acted in good faith striving for peace, though war was inevitable. The News notes the Kaiser made the statement during an interview with a prominent neutral investigator.
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Burdon
Berne
Kismer
Atea
Europe
Local business men hear Myrick on new farm loan law
The Portland Chamber of Commerce invites Pendleton businessmen and local banks to hear Herbert Myrick of Massachusetts explain the new federal farm loan bank law. Myrick, editor in chief of the Orange Judd Farm Weeklies, has long pushed rural credit for farmers and helped shape the current legislation.
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Portland Chamber of Commerce
Pendleioy Commercial Association
Herbert Myrick
Masqohisetts
Diecuet
Atrenda
Myrick
Ordnage Judd Farm
Mr Myrick to Explain Northwest Farm Benefit Law
Mr Myrick will thoroughly explain the operations of the new law and is regarded as an authority on the subject. The Portland avenue chamber of commerce gathering affords the only chance for northwest residents to hear him, as his time elsewhere is not available. The meeting is scheduled for eight oclock this evening to discuss the Oregon hold and related issues in the electric fuel context.
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Northwest
Myrick
Portland
Think Street Car Fares Will Go Up
Denver dispatch reports officials say rising operating costs in traction operations over five years push for higher street car and interurban fares nationwide. They note neighboring cities have already raised fares citing increased costs and cite examples from Toledo Cleveland and Massachusetts towns as precedent for fare hikes.
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Denver
Colo
Toledo
Cleveland
Massachusetts
Shar Fighters Aid Swimmers in Long Bay Swim
In Nantasket Massachusetts on August 15, short fighters armed with long knives accompanied Boston swimmer Charles Toth and Lowell swimmer Henry Sullivan as they began a 640 mile race across Massachusetts Bay to Provincetown. Sharks and searchlights followed the swimmers during this one of the longest feats staged.
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Nantasket
Mass
Charles Toth
Boston
Henry Sullivan
Lowell
Massachusetts Bay
Provincetown
Sharks
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered With Reward
The ad proclaims a $100 reward and claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages by improving constitutional health. It asserts the product cleanses the system and strengthens the patient, with a promise of $100 for any case it fails to cure. Address: F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists at 75 cents.
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Actence
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
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