Wolgast Training Shows Sharp Improvement for Murphy Fight
In San Francisco on February 21 Ad Wolgast, former Lightweight Champion, displays improved form though still lacking peak pep. He is expected to weigh in no lighter than the Murphy bout weight of 123 pounds, with Murphy ready at a moment’s notice. Ringside odds favor Wolgast, and a full house is anticipated. The Baker and Union teams are practicing after Panhandle trip, while the All-Star lineup includes Cox, Herbert, Pobst, Burke, Miller, Weeks, and Finley.
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San Francisco
Ad Wolgast
Apella
Murphy
Wolgast
Wolfrast
Baker Boys
Panhandle
Union Boys
Frank Cox
F. Herbert
Pobst
H. Burke
H. Miller
H. Weeks
Finley
Baker All Star Team Heads to Union Meet
Baker Oregon February 21 The Baker s All Star basketball squad will depart for Union to face the Union team in a scheduled game.
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Baker, Ore
Baker
Union
Discoverer of Unpopular Song Sparks Lantern Lamp Exchange
A summer eve scene unfolds with a baseball player returning home to his spouse. A ghost appears and buys a drink as the couple’s tension grows. She slams him with a lamp remark about payment while chorus urges him to hurry with cash, railing against holdout stunts.
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Darker Hair
A vintage advertisement touts Sage Tea and Sulphur as a home remedy to darken gray hair, remove dandruff and relieve itching. It suggests using Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy or similar products sold by local druggists, claiming quick, natural-looking results.
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Ddrug
Wyeth
Wryeth
Hazing banned at C A C faculty action ends ragging practice
Corvallis Oregon February 21 The faculty committee on student affairs rules against ragging at C A C dance halls and will eject any student seen engaging in such rigid dancing.
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Corvallis
Ore
C. A.C
Pro Player Ostracized Over Marble Game
The ad claims a golfer or athlete was stripped of trophies and branded a pro to stain his name, recalling a childhood marble game. It then touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as strengthening digestion, nerves, and overall vigor to prevent feeling run down.
Modern ideas of comport in days of the Caesars
Discovery notes Roman lifts on Palatine hill, a 120 foot high system near Pompeii, and a hot and cold water bath. The piece compares Roman comforts to modern ones, detailing heating by hot air, Celcus style bathing, and the diverse toilet articles such as combs razors toothpicks mirrors scent bottles and pins.
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Rome
Boni
Pomipeli
Celsus
West Urges Aid For Big Project In Oregon
Salem dispatch reports Governor West urging the Oregon legislature to appropriate 500000 for completing the defunct Columbia Southern irrigation system in Crook county. The plan would reclaim 27000 acres, 21000 irrgible, with the funds to be repaid to the state from reclaimed lands. State Engineer Lewis estimates 443704.69 needed for remaining works over two years.
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Salem
Ore
Old Columbia
Crook County
West
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
House
Columbia Southern Irrigation System
John H Lewis
Oregon
Actor George Alexander to stand as Unionist candidate
Sir George Alexander, famed actor-manager and London county council member, plans to stand for the Unionist party at the next general election. A longtime civic activist and justice of the peace, he helped advocate a municipal theater and is noted for public spirited work on the stage.
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George Alexander
London
London County Council
George Alroy
Sir George
Dr King's New Discovery Ad Promises Cure
An advertisement from Floydada Texas promotes Dr King's New Discovery for coughs colds and throat and lung ailments. It claims a money back guarantee if not cured and notes a reader testimonial about a 15 pound gain after use. Available at Koep pens.
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Dr. King
J. R. Wells
Floydada
Texas
Koeppens
Mrs Wilsons Paintings Sold For Georgia School
Philadelphia February 21 proceeds from paintings by Mrs Woodrow Wilson wife of the President elect on view at the Arts and Crafts Guild will go to the Martha Berry School Mount Berry Georgia The arrangement follows Mrs Wilsons long interest in the school near her former Rome Georgia home About 60 canvases mostly poetic interpretations of New Jersey scenery were in the exhibit
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Philadelphia
Woodrow Wilson
Arts and Crafts Guild
Martha Berry
Mount Berry
Marchioness Townsend Joins Film Drama Writing Team
London reports Marchioness Townsend, wife of a peer, has become the latest entrant among writers who draft screen dramas for the cinema. The development follows a famous inquiry into a peer’s managerial abilities, marking her entry into the world of motion picture storytelling.
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Marchioness Townsend
London
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick safe remedy for upset stomachs. It claims rapid relief from sourness gas indigestion and dyspepsia and urges readers to keep a supply at home for family use and night-time attacks. The wording emphasizes speed certainty and harmlessness and encourages enjoying meals again.
Mild laxative tonic for family use
An advertisement for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin promotes its mild laxative tonic benefits for headaches sleeplessness and cold prevention. It claims safety for all ages lists Osawatomie Kansas resident Mrs Anderson as a believer and offers free samples by mail from Monticello Illinois with drugstore availability locally.
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J. W. Anderson
Osawatomie
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Lady Townsend Writes Plays and Verse Before Film Fame
Lady Townsend, formerly Miss Gladys Sutherst, is an accomplished writer. She has published poetry and a witty book of maxims and musings. Her picture plays include A Strong Man s Love and several other plays sold to an English film company. She also wrote a play with words, for which she painted scenery and acted as stage manager.
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Townsend
Gladys Sutherst
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