Love for Dog-Owners By Albert Payson Terhune
A domestic vignette centers on Maida and Old Man Negley arguing over giving a dog named Binks sugar and tolerating sharp violin notes. Negley warns sweets harm teeth and digestion and shrill music hurts a dog's sensitive hearing, urging plain common sense care rather than cruel tricks.
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Albert Payson
Terhune
Maida
Negley
Yivertone
Malda
Flo
Maifia
The
McNaught Syndicate
Jao
Bills for Billville and Life-Amen bills in song
A poetic fragment extols the bills that fund life and home, praising rent payments hive maintenance contentment and hopeful returns. It lauds the power of money to chase away want and bring springlike renewal amid hardship.
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Billville
Todsey
To Read Dates on Coins From Worn Pieces
A reader shares a method for reading dates on heavily worn coins. Using a steel or ring tool helps reveal unreadable date marks, aiding numismatists as they search through old coins and monetary finds.
Parsees Hold Secrets of Physical Culture Exhibit
A Bombay Parsis health league showcases physical culture secrets for all ages. A schoolgirl lifts a heavy cavalry saber then wrestling displays and jiu jitsu style ground work hint at Indian Parsee methods. A middle aged man demonstrates weightlifting while another endures a car wheel on the abdomen.
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Bombay
Zoarastrian Health League
Aerial Mapping Aimed at Colombia Venezuela Boundary
A commercial aviation firm in Colombia agreed to map a disputed frontier with Venezuela. The hydroplane survey covered about 2,500,000 acres of marsh and tropical forest in sixteen days, producing thousands of photographs that helped the boundary commission reach its deal.
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Colombia
Venezuela
Par at Encino Country Club Draws Odd Rivalry
On Ventura boulevard at Encino Country Club a sporty golf course demands bold play. The first hole requires a drive over a lake near the clubhouse and an orange grove later. Two caddies discuss a golfer, Tuake Fou, noting a bet and his claimed score.
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Ventura Boulevard
Encino Country Club
Guy Tuake Fou
Los Angeles Times
Hindrance and Divorce Talk from Olde Dock Slaters
Olde Dock Slaters claims to run the Aflanston house for 20 years and practice medicine on the side, but says he must divorce his wife for obstructing business. He jokes that she feeds boarders fried chicken, causing indigestion and cost of care, while she supposedly helps little.
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Aflanston’ House
Olde Dock Slaters
Kansas City Star
Snowshoe Rabbits Adapt By Spreading Toes For Winter
In the Cascade mountains rabbits grow longer spread toes and thick toe hair in winter, enabling them to run on snow. This survival adaptation is noted as the rabbits wear snowshoes for winter in their snowy habitat.
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Darwie
Cascade Mountains
Capper
Cuba Exports Scrap Iron Stockpiles In 12 Months
Cuba accumulates 25 600 to 30 000 tons of scrap iron and steel annually most of which is sold to the United States. The Cuban Railroads contribute about 9 000 tons and various centers report 20 to 60 tons per year in compressed magazine notes.
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Cuba
United States
Painting Brickwork Hurts Cellars Say Homeowners
A historical guide warns that painting brick walls traps dampness in basements. Bricks breathe when unpainted, allowing moisture to escape to outside air. Painted bricks seal pores, causing dampness and mold, while leaving bricks natural red helps absorb moisture into outdoor air.
City Dweller Finds Comfort in Suburbs
A St Louis Globe Democrat essay extols suburb life as a return to home and family roots. It argues rapid countryside access preserves the old fashioned ideal of home with privacy, loneliness, and a stable neighborhood for holidays and family rites. The piece contrasts city obstacles with easy transportation to keep the family rooted.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bricks Endure: Strength Behind a Builder’s Beauty
A reader notes true beauty in architecture comes from strength. Brick walls resist time, weather, and decay, remaining firm as generations pass. Brick, formed from clay and hardened by fire, embodies durability rooted in nature itself.
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Brich
Earth
Plain Preaching Local booster call to boost town growth
A booster urges residents of Tifton Georgia to promote growth and civic pride. He argues boosting the town benefits all, while discouraging negative talk, and invites everyone to lend help to get things done. The piece stresses constructive promotion over discouragement to build the town.
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Tifton (Ga
Eastbourne parson Darby hid in cave for peace
The London Post notes Cave Husbard's Refuge in Eastbourne England once housed parson Jonathan Darby famed for a troubled marriage. He sought seclusion in a cliff cave at East Dean staying there the week and emerging Sundays to lead service at Jo church.
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Husbard
Eastbourne
England
Parsons
Jonathan Darby
London Post
Parson Darby
East Dean
Arm Flexion Drill Instructions
To develop the arms stand erect with arms forward. Clench fists tightly and hold arms stiff while moving wrists outward and inward 45 times with precision. Then twist forearms as far as possible first in one direction then the other, repeat 15 times.
Touring World on Foot Otto Nichter Goes From Ban-Bor
American traveler Otto H Nichter began his world walking expedition from Ban-Bor Alaine on April 13 1922. He aims to cross the globe to win a 510 purse offered by a New York newspaper. He has crossed 30 states from Maine to Los Angeles and visited Mexico Cuba Jamaica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Colombia Ecuador Peru Bolivia Argentina Uruguay and Brazil. Nichter funds his trip by giving lectures music performances and piano tuning.
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Otto H. Nichter
Ban- Bor
Alaine
Thes
Sao Paolo
Brazil
Richter
New York
United States
Maine
Los Angeles
Mexico
Cuba
Jamaica
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Argentina
Uruguay
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safety by Millions
An advertisement urges buyers to demand Bayer Aspirin marked with the Bayer Cross and warns that imitations marked Beyer are not genuine. It notes the product has been proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years.
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Beyer
Bayer
Colored Muslins Weaving Process Patented in Glasgow
A firm in Glasgow patents a new weaving method for producing 14 colors on a single shuttle loom. An advertisement promotes Cole's Carbolisaire as an instant pain reliever and quick healer for cuts or burns with no scarring. Available from J. W. Cole Co. in Rockford.
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Glasgow
Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford
Taking Ways: Does Your Wife Take to Bridge
London Mail quip notes wives often take to bridge more than they bring back inviting witty home life contrast.
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Bridge
London Mail
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Tallahassee
Morris
Morris Razor
Farnam Street
Bolles & Rogers
Sioux City
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
W.N. Y
Freddie
Eddie
Chee
U.S
United States Rubber Company
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