Relics of an Unknown Race Unearthed by Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Institute works to piece together a story of a vanished ancient race in what is now the United States. A new town near the Gasconade River in southern Missouri near Richland is believed to be part of this civilization. Explorers rush to uncover secrets from ashes and rubbish dating about 2,000 years ago.
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Smithsonian Institute
United States
Gasconade River
Missouri
Richland
Need of Apprentices Drives Building Trades Training
The Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record notes a US building surge reduces Canada’s skilled labor, raising costs. It urges apprenticeship schools to supply carpenters, bricklayers, and plasterers, citing Grand Rapids and Samsing programs as models and warning wage instability without new trainees.
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United States
Canada
Grandapids
Samsing
Michigan
Subscribers Divided Into Three Classes in Journal Note
The Rafftsman's Journal from Chesterfield Pa describes three reader classes based on payment habits. First, prepaid subscribers who are likened to salt of the earth. Second, those who sometimes miss a year but remit after receiving a bill, sometimes doubling the payment. Third, annual readers who pay nothing and ignore statements despite deliveries.
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Rafftsman
Chesterfield
Automobile with Idle Engine Drawn as Worthless Compare
A fragmented line questions an automobile described as nearly useless when a person states it will not start or move, contrasting it with a different vehicle that “goes.” The reader sees a rough assessment of its value based on usefulness.
Edison Ford plan unfair to farmers in commodity money scheme
The article critiques the Edison Ford plan for government warehousing of commodities and interest-free storage loans up to half the twenty five year average value. It argues loan values ignore market prospects, favor banks, and would not curb speculation, warning of broader economic harm from unsound money and rising speculation.
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Edison-Ford
American Bankers Association
William T. Foster
Pollack Foundation For Economic Research
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Foster
Mr. Foster
Edison
Fay
Germany
German currency crash shows dangers of paper money
A 1913 German mortgage of 20 marks on a farm, worth about $5,000, would now be dwarfed by trillions of paper marks. The German government has inflated the currency to 120,000 marks per dollar, collapsing the value and puncturing the paper money dream.
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Washington
Like Daddy and the Force of Thrift on Children
The article argues thrift shapes children as much as parents do. It cites Ben Franklin's flaws and asks if kids will imitate parents’ thrift or waste. Thrift, a social and economic force, will mold future generations and national prosperity through daily habits.
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Ben Franklin
Daddy
Driven epic set to thrill Liberty on weekend
Universal Pictures presents Driven hailed as major cinema, booked by Liberty Theatre for Saturday and Sunday. The Blue Ridge epic, highlighted by top actors Eleanor Fair Emily Fitzroy Burr McIntosh Charles E Mack Georg Bancroft, tells a mother's sacrifice to save a son and brings national reverence from the National Board of Review.
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Universal-Jewel Featture
Liberty Theatre
Exceptional Pictures Committee
National Board of Review
New York
Town Hall
New York City
Zimmerman
Blue Ridge
Micuntails
Universal Pictures Corporation
Charles Brabin
Universal
Laomimic
Universal Pictures
Hlinor Fair
Emily Fitzroy
Burr McIntosh
Charles E. Mack
David Wark Griffith
Georg Bancroft
Jay Geizer
Thea
Advertisers Boost Local Honey with Newspaper Ads
Kalkaska October 17 George H Kirkpatrick local apiarist says newspaper advertising builds business for high quality agricultural products. He notes he ships strained honey by parcel post using five pound pails packed in corrugated pasteboard boxes to reach customers.
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Kalkaska
George H. Kirkpatrick
Mrs Sterling Auction at Sasine on October 27 1923
Mrs Sterling will sell at public auction Saturday October 27 1923 commencing 1 p m above the Daisy Meat Market East Michigan avenue Sasine. Listing includes cots mattresses feather bed tables lamps floor lamp kitchenware chairs morris chair mirrors pictures dress form curtains electric grill. Cash terms. Arthur Schrader auctioneer.
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Sterling
East Michigan Avenue
Sasine
Morris
Arthur Schrader
Ypsilanti Centennial Costs and Local Anecdotes
The Board of Commerce spent 7955 for the centennial celebration with total costs around 36367.44 including contributions from various sources. The piece notes a pocketbook loss near Charlotte and a humorous misadventure involving Brose Freamire, a beets harvest at the sugar factory, a car train wreck near Grass Lake, and a stunt-prone airframe incident at Dimondale.
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Ypsilanti
Board of Commerce
Manchester
Germany abandons postage stamps adopting cancellation mark
Germany suspends postage stamps and uses a right corner cancellation mark reading Taxe Percus to show postage paid. The change reflects currency depreciation and cost pressures, with Germany reverting to pre adhesive stamping practices as US customs were once.
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Germany
Postoffice Department
United States
Estate notices wanted for printing in this newspaper
Local inquiry seeks individuals needing legal printing for estate settlements. Citizens should request probate judges to send notices to this paper, with universal rates applied for such notices.
Demand for Ammonium Sulphate Grows Fast from Ford Plant
Rapid rise in fertilizer needs drives Ford River Range plant output. In five months about 7,000 tons shipped to various states. By product of coke, it carries nitrogen content from 20 to 21 percent and is among the world’s best commercial carriers of that element.
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Ford Motor Company
Tha
United States
Carrie
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Pipe Dreams
By John Oakwood
J. H. Publicher
Ad. H. Puslicher
Universal-Jewel
Ear
Candy Kitchen
J. L. Martin
Cross Roads
Machine
Bi Sam’s Dictionary
Charlotte
Nashville News
Brose Freamire
Brose
Vermont
Villa Bebo
D. A. Brown
Henry Mayes
Mr. Mayes
Durand Farmers’ Elevator
Durand Express
Blissfield
Grass Lake
Chelsea Tribune
Dimondale
Potterville
Shance
Main Street
Norton
Guishsimer
Parma News
Hat Parks
Lyons
Hat
Hiab
Tonia News
the Weller Studio
Milan
Fabrice
S. Cord
S.s.cord
Goodyear
Wiedman Auto Co
Arthur E. Schrader
Saline, Mich
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