The Happy Isles of American Samoa Under Navy Rule
The article reviews American Samoa as a peaceful, well governed territory under U S Navy administration. It notes health campaigns against yaws and eye disease, native nursing schools, and free medical care. It highlights Pago Pago harbor, copra trade, and a largely content population viewed as freed from the white man’s burden.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Holy Writ
United States
Earth
Philippines
Hawaii
Alaska
Porto Rico
Guam
American Samoa
Samoa
Sam
Uncle Sam
Happy Isles
Bougainville
Tawail
Srvail
Opolu
Tutulla
Pago Pago
Cotulla
Berlin
Great Britain
Germany
Tutuila
New Zealand
German Samoa
League of Nations
Philadelphia
Navy
EK. R. Stitt
Samo
Frank Bohn
Southern Pacific
United States Navy
Current History Magazine
Islands
Tropics
Otter family lessons on play and river life
A talking mother otter guides her children about family, travel, and learning through outdoor Otter lessons. She stresses play, quickness in fishing, and living near water while highlighting fur, family unity, and self-reliant growth.
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Mother Otter
Place of Wailing at Jerusalem Believed to Mark Solomon's Temple
The Place of Wailing in Jerusalem sits near the mosque of Omar, enclosed by dwellings and Haram wall. Jews view the eastern wall as part of Solomon's temple court, the only remaining fragment. A historic site where Abrahamic descendants mourn and pray for the Messiah, once taxed heavily for the privilege.
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Omar
Jerusalem
Abraham
Israel
Detroit News
Best Way to Believe Pain Is by Direct Outside Application
The advertisement promotes Allcock's Plaster as the original genuine remedy for pain. It urges readers to trust external topical application as the best treatment and highlights the plaster as the standard choice.
Father’s Kick Turns to Littered Specimens
A Boston Tan script fragment features a bickering exchange between a father and a son. The son argues the proper study is man while the father complains about specimens littering the place.
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Boston Transcript
Wordplay on Invest Proves Perfect Sense of Verb
A quaint quip from the New York Sun and Globe features a teacher testing Johnny on the verb invest. Johnny answers with a punny twist, saying to investigate, highlighting playful language in a classroom moment.
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Johnny
New York Sun and Globe
Cole’s Carbonisalve advertised for skin ailments
An old advertisement touts Cole’s Carbonisalve for burning itching and skin diseases. It claims instant pain relief and healing without scars with a price of 20c and 0c, urging readers to ask a druggist or send to The J. W. Cole Co Rockford Illinois for a package.
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Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, I
Quotable Exchange Sparks Debate in Local Row
A sharp exchange features Stockholm Kasper and a critic claiming a father’s grave impact. Kasper retorts that cremation precludes such sentiment. The remark underscores ongoing local discourse and the persistence of provocative humor.
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Stockholm
Kasper
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