Onboard Craving and Quiet Rivalries Aboard the Yacht
Angela drains Nick Hastings with a daring chase for admiration aboard a yacht cruise while Amy Myer plots to guard her marriage. Tensions simmer as past secrets surface during a moonlit Maine night, leaving relationships strained and loyalties tested aboard Painter's Neck-bound voyage.
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Angela
Implid
Colonel Nowell
Amy Myer
Nick
Myer
Marjorie
Myers
Nick Hastings
George Myer
Hastings
Bakersville
Amy
Maine
Gay
State of
Coast of
Bar Harbor
York
Dr Carter's Little Liver Pills End Indigestion Tonic
A reader praises the pills for indigestion and headaches, noting relief after the first dose. The advertisement claims they are not ordinary laxatives but have a definite tonic action on the liver, ending constipation acidity and nervousness. Available in dropper or red boxes at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Croydon
Carter
How the Red Bird Works: Communist view on religion and banks
The Montreal Standard argues that Communists target churches and banks for wealth and control. It claims religion teaches brotherly love while Communists favor blood and revolution, portraying Jesus’ message as incompatible with Marxist aims and noting a supposed clash with Caesar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redeemer
Karl Marx
Nazarene
Ceasar
Montreal Standard
Paying Visit To Canada See-the Empire Tour Arrives
A four person British party arrived in Montreal on the S S Doric to tour Canada under the Daily Dispatch See-the-Empire campaign. They will travel by Canadian National Railways to Ottawa Toronto Niagara Falls and New York before sailing home. The See-the-Empire initiative has generated strong interest in Canada among British readers with more parties planned this year.
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Canada
Daily Dispatch
Great Britain
Montreal
S.S. Doric
White Star
C.N.R
Ottawa
Toronto
Niagara Falls
New York
Lincoln at dinner praised for blunt writing wit
A New York dinner features a well known literary man praising Lincoln for shunning tedious prose. Lincoln retorts that a Greek history condemned for tedium was defended by a diplomat who called the author one of the era’s deepest scholars. Lincoln adds a sharp quip about the scholar’s dryness.
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New York
Lincoln
President
Travelling Salesman Wails Outside Office
A terse exchange captures an office scene as a travelling salesman laments outside, while the boss quips that he has a moustache and a trademark. The brief vignette hints at office humor and a pun on tone.
Connecticut Reduces Automobile Accidents
Figures from the Connecticut Motor Vehicle Commissioner show national fatalities rose over twelve percent in 1930 while Connecticut cut deaths by ten percent. The state also reduced child fatalities about forty percent and overall accidents twenty-two percent through cooperation with officials, clubs, and schools. The commissioner cites inattention, reckless driving, and failure to yield as large factors and urges stricter penalties for offenders.
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Connecticut
Support Urged For League Of Nations In Halifax Report
National convener Caroli A Gulock presents to Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire in Halifax urging backing for the League of Nations. The report counters critics, noting the world recognizes its achievements despite idealistic aims not yet realized.
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League of Nations
League of Nations Society
Caroli A. Gulock
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Halifax
League
World is to host a spiritual scientific realm says Sir Oliver Lodge
The 80 year old London Daily Mail quoted Sir Oliver Lodge predicting the next major science advance will reveal a spiritual world interacting with the material one. He argued humanity is not the sole intelligent being and urged staying active to reach age 100. A separate client inquiry touches on separation after a long marriage. Chinese interest grows in aviation in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela
Nick
Gay
Amy
Jim
Bakersville
Martha
Amy Myer
Marjorie
Colonel Nowell
Oliver Lodge
London Daily Mail
Bees Trigger Wild Flight On Air Union Flight
Casanova piloted a Marseilles to Paris Air Union passenger flight with ten beehives aboard. A hive broke, releasing bees that swarmed the cabin. Passengers shielded themselves as the bees buzzed about. The pilot struggled to control the plane while bees loitered by the windows until landing. Casanova vows never again.
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Hive
Marseilles
Paris
Casanova
The Rhyming Optimist Poem by Aline Michaelis
A child’s world is vast and gleaming with delight. The speaker envies the child who sees wonders, fairy tales, and a mother’s arms by night. Joy endures if one keeps a child’s glad, trusting heart despite creeping cares and departing joys.
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Aline Michaelis
Speedy 24-Hour Laundry Aboard Transatlantic Liner Leviathan
The United States liner Leviathan cleared from Southampton for New York in what may be a record turnaround. During 23 hours in port she washed, ironed, and returned 60000 pieces of linen, with the last batch aboard minutes before gangplanks were lifted. She also took on 2820 tons of oil and 1000000 gallons of water.
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United States
Southampton
New York
Egyptian Liniment Aids Barber's Itch and Ringworm
Douglas' Egyptian Liniment provides quick relief for barber's itch and ringworm. It promises certain results and relief even in obstinate cases.
Ancient fire engine helps fight Bishop's Cleve blaze
In Bishop's Cleve England a centuries old fire engine from 1831 was used as neighboring towns refused aid over council funding. Villagers dumped water and pumped while a Stroud brigade arrived after 20 miles to extinguish the fire. A conjurer claimed telegrams of appreciation from Ireland Wales England and a postcard from Scotland. A Jump-a Mile sign appeared near Jump village.
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Bishop's Cleve
England
Stroud
Bishop Cleve
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
At Last The Truth About PIMPLES
An advertisement claims pimples and acne stem from a disordered system and toxins and promotes Kruschen Salts as a solution. It asserts the product replenishes minerals missing from modern diets to clear the skin and restore youthful beauty and health.
Little Helps For This Week
An old religious reflection notes Christmas themes of peace good will and salvation. It cites Luke 2 verses and quotes Susan Coolidge and Peter Young praising the birth of Christ and the enduring message of hope and grace for believers.
University milk campaign shifts from beer to milk on campus
Dr. Bertha Kraus of Frankfurt reports Cologne campus hosts a dairy cafe where hundreds of fraternity students gather with bottles of milk. The WCTU leader cites a shift in student culture as alcohol is replaced by milk under temperance education.
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Germany
Stein
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Bertha Kraus
University of Frankfurt
W.C.T.U
Toron
University of Cologne
Dr. Kraus
Its Quality Sells It Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
A promotional blurb extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for broad healing use. It claims thousands of intelligent users, crediting rapid relief of cuts burns scalds and inflammatory pains and praises its proven usefulness since introduction.
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Dr. Thomas
Prehistoric child skull may illuminate ancient man
A young archaeologist Theodore McCown at Wady Moyghara Athit reports finding a child's skull dating about 30,000 years. The skull is Mousterian, akin to the Sea of Galilee Galilee skull found in 1925, expected to shed light on prehistoric humans.
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Theodore McCown
Wady Moyghara Athit
Jerusalem
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George
Sebrge
Vrent
Oan
Paula
Sir Oliver Lodge
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Air Union Line
Southampton Laundry
Leviathan
Jump
Liniment
David
Christ the Lord
Susan Coolidge
Peter Young
Putnam’s
Putnam‘s Corn
Putnam
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