Severe Midwestern blizzard disrupts transport networks
Edward W. Pickard reports a sweeping blizzard from the Rockies to New England crippling rail and highway use, with Milwaukee and Indianapolis among hardest hit. Snow drifts clog cities, trains stalled, and oil and farm sectors report damage as waves of chilling weather hit multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Rocky Mountains
Rio Grande
New England
Atlantic
Pacific
Wisconsin
Iowa
In-dlana
Missouri
Whee
Haraza
Ill
Milwaukee
Olntis
Indiana
Fort Swayne
Indianapolis
Dubigne
Fort Madison
Kansas City
Addion
Midland Valley
Paraker
Oak
Drifta
Enid
Okla
Texas Panhandle
Louisiana
Assissippi
Texas
Liberty
Transjordan Awakening and Wahabi Advances
National Geographic summary notes Wahabi control in Hejaz prompts activity in Transjordania, the Emirate of Kerak, with nomadic life, ancient ruins, and strategic borders. It details Amman’s ancient Philadelphia roots, Jordan’s barrier to movement, and Asir’s harsh terrain and independence under Emir Abdullah’s expanding influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D.C
Central Arabia
Hejaz
Mecca
Medina
Jeddah
Transjordania
Abdullah
Kerak
Maryland
Jordan
Syrian Desert
Syria
Palestine
Nesopotausia
Bul
Ammon
Philadel Phia
Rabbath Amon
Dars
Lot
Jephthe
Dead Sea
Grard
Arabia
Abdullah Ibn Hussein
Alexander
Christ
Ptolemy Philadelphus
Amman
Rome
Philadelphia
Emir Abdullah
Moses
Paradoses
Women in Midlife Find New Health With Lydia Pinkham Compound
Mrs Annie Kwinski of Milwaukee writes she was unable to do housework until trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She took six bottles and feels much better. Mrs Mattie Adams of Brewton Alabama reports a friend’s recommendation and says she now feels like a different woman. Thousands of women past middle age credit Lydia Pinkham's Compound with renewed vigor and health and recommend it to friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Kwinski
1St Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E
Pinkham
Mattie Adams
Downing Street
Brewton
Ala
Lydia
Ziby
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gone to Davy Jones Locker Myth in Sailor Lore
A historical note explains the phrase Davy Jones Locker as the bottom of the sea and a sailor’s death greeting. It cites Smollett and Peregrine Pickle, outlining Davy Jones as a Béatlé figure presiding over evil spirits and warning the living of heat and woe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davy Jones
Locker
Smollett
Obsolete Parases Prompt Family With Young Tots
A fragment notes a household phrase urging a parent to arrive home early. The line hints at a family discipline or routine amid a village or neighborhood setting, reflecting older speech patterns and domestic rules.
Unbroken Rayer package with tablet directions offered
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a package containing directions and small boxes of twelve tablets. It mentions druggists selling bottles of twenty four and ten tablets at low cost, reflecting a historical pharmacy detail.
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General Vershing
Wilbur
Byrd Bon
Thomas L. Woodlock
Interstate Commerce
Lakes-To
Gulf
War Department Board of Engineers
Illinois River
Lake Michigan
Wallstreet
Coolidge
House
Representative Tilson
Rep
Conn
Tilson
Congress
Ivotidge
Borah
Rép
Idaho
Edge
Prohibition
Civil Service
Andrews
the Treasury
Thomas E. Stone
Cleveland
C. Keith Weeks
Prohibition Division
Bureau of Interpal Revenue
Anheuser-Busch, Company of
St. Louis
Pabst Company
James B. Jones
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Senate
Thomas F. Woodlock
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Woodlock
Wheeler
Mont
Wall Street
Nanimous
Army Air Corps
Morrow Aircraft Board
Lampert
Lassiter Board
Davis
Robinson
Dem. Ark
American Debt Commission
Italy
United States
Reed
Daho
Committee On Foreign Relations
Howell
Neb
Shinstead
Farmer Labor, Minn
Fforts
Tacna-Arica
Peru
Chile
Botht Per and White
State Department
Nellegs
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Painleye
Baron
Briand
Morocco
Morocteo
Abd-el Krim
France
Riffigus
Nassol Nl
Britain
Spain
League of Nations Council
Germany
League Assembly
Austen Chagabherlain
Geneva
League of Nations
House of Commons
Brazil
Contradictions
Trensj orGania
Asir
Tham
Nomingly
Kanfude
Jeizen
Paris
Yblia
Death Valley
Red Sea
Tehama
Mexico
California
America
Asia
Fehama
Great Central Desert
Turkey
Great Britain
Sabia
Asis
Fower Highlands
Green
Bordes
Chesebrough Mfg. Company
State St. Wees
Parker
Stepa
Fst
Elsoox Chemical Works
Farchorao
Sioux City
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