Fred Haskin's Daily Quiz offers answers by mail
A reader service from The Whig Information Bureau invites plain questions with name and address and a two cent return stamp. It notes the bureau cannot give legal medical or financial advice or settle domestic troubles and cannot do exhaustive research. The sample Q A cites revolver velocity varying by cartridge from 600 to 900 feet per second and asks how many Indian tribes are involved.
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Frederic Haskin
Washington, D
Cvice
The
Inquirer
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Claims Relief
Philadelphia woman testimonials seven year back ailment relieved by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Margaret Ness reports improved health after trying the remedy and recommends others with displacement, irregularities, inflammation, or aches to consult Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for guidance.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Margaret Ness
E. Hazzard St
Trivia Qs and As on war costs maps and terms
A collection of brief questions and answers covering Red Cross spending in World War I, patent length, sending money to Germany, Europe map omissions, Dunkers, Panama Canal construction time, first use of poisonous gas by Germany, and the derivation of Yankee. Each item provides a concise factual response.
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Siberia
Europe
Jugo-Slavia
Panama Canal
United States
EOLO
Dr. A. L. Reusing Laboratories
Akron
Ohio
Dr. A. L. Reusing
Fire on Italian Ship Epiro Aboard With Troops
Dispatch from Bari reports the Italian steamship Epiro carrying 2300 Italian troops and American officers was fired upon by Jugoslav regular troops while bound for Cetara. No further details on casualties or damage are provided.
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Nome
Epiro
Cettara
Bari
Tempo
Juge-Slav
Cotton Crop Bulletin Forecasts Large Yields
The condition of the cotton crop on September 28 was 74 per cent of normal, signaling a forecast yield per acre of about 158 pounds and a total production around 16.5 million bales, per a Department of Agriculture announcement.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Johnson Tells Coast Johnson Tells Coast Misled Them
Senator Hiram W. Johnson spoke in San Francisco on two occasions supporting the League of Nations but criticizing its effect on disarmament. He denounced England’s six votes to the US one and said the League already costs a billion dollars over eight years for an army program of 509,000 men. He warned the military plan would fail and claimed the administration would not fund such forces.
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Ban Francisco
Hiram W. Johnson
League of Nations
San Francisco
Wilson
Johnson
England
United States
Wharf Workers Strike Unauthorized Action Ordered Back
New York report says the 10,000 longshoremen along with tug boat men and shipyard workers staged an unsanctioned strike and were ordered back to work. The shipyard workers strike spread as 1,600 river front and marine workers plus 1,600 ship sealers quit work affecting ten more companies.
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New York
John F. Riley
International Longshoremen’s Association
River Front and Marine Workers’ Association
Buffalo Jones Dies Noted Game Expert
TOPEKA Kan Oct 2 Charles Jess Jones known as Buffalo Jones died aged cowboy and game expert, a noted figure across America for his frontier experience and wildlife expertise. He became famous for his hunting and game preservation work and was a prominent public figure in early 20th century American conservation circles.
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Buffalo Jones
Topeka, Kan
Charles Jess Jones
America
Buffalo” Jones
Cowboy
Buffalo Jones Hero Of Early American Big Game Hunts
Buffalo Jones died Wednesday after a long career as a famed game hunter. He organized a cowboy band for a 1911 big game expedition to Africa and earlier served five years as a game warden at Yellowstone. He built a buffalo herd, created a hybrid cattle buffalo, and gained wide fame for his wild frontier feats. Born in Bloomington, Illinois in 1844.
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Africa
Buffalo
Jones
Iica
Yellowstone National Park
Bloomington
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Hampshire ST
Weinberg Bros
W. E. Sturdivant
Ath Bt
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Coast Wilson
Jacob Schwartz
Quincy, II
Kirschbaum Shops
Brown & Mays Drug Co
6Th and Hampshire
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8Th
Maine
J. & P. Coats
Dreas
Neponset
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Hoelscher-Seifert CO
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