The Keeper of Your Record Card Game of Credit Power
A San Antonio tale describes a girl sorting credit cards in a sunlit room, guarding ninety thousand records kept in steel safes. The piece warns how a single penciled figure or note can shift social standing and brand a person as a credit risk for life.
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Crockett Street
Milady
Swain
John
Bill
San Antonio
Mr. Neverpay
Sherlock Holmes
Gabriel
Omniscom
The Omniscom Card and the Shame of Debtors
A satire on modern credit systems shows a girl with a ledger tracking ninety thousand cards. The piece extols the omnipresent credit man who knows marriages, births, and debts, and mocks Delinquent Miss Lookatme and Mr. Comeback while warning of social ruin from unpaid bills.
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Miss Meanwell
Mr. Creditman
Miss Lookatme
Central
Lockup & Co
Miss
Comeback
Mr. Comeback
Milady
Regional Advice Column on Credit and Debtor Labels
A brief item warns against creditor labeling of individuals as bad payers. It urges clear conscience and removal from debtor stigma, emphasizing personal dignity over judgments about credit.
Spanish Queen Wins Hearts With Mass Adoration
Queen Victoria of Spain endears herself to locals through a mass and night adoration at La Granga in Madrid. A Basque peasant offered a flower and, after a kiss on the forehead, the man and crowd exchanged traditional salutes as the queen answered with Sin peccado concebida. Riebe Undertaking Co. auto ambulance service. 2321 FE Com. Phone 341
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Madrid
Queen Victoria
Spain
la Granga
Biscay
Riebe Undertaking Co
Silk hair from Germany Fashion's latest invention
Artificial hair made of silk from Germany offers real hair texture and color matching ability. It can be dyed to match natural hair and retains curls after washing, providing a durable alternative to traditional wig fibers.
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London
Germany
Bug Bite Costs Local Sportsman His Voice
Lawrenceburg Indiana dispatch reports 61 year old Liddell, a local sportsman, fishing at night on the Ohio River with Charles P. Bryant. A large yellow catfish on a trot line caused trouble when a bug flew into Liddell’s mouth and bit his throat, leaving him unable to speak since.
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Thomas Dpd. Liddell
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Liddell
Ohio River
Charles P. Bryant
Motoring Boosts Demand for Small Country Houses
The rise in motoring creates a demand in England for small countryside houses while demand for pricier city residences falls.
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England
Man's Nightmare Kick Breaks Toe in Bed
M. H. Dickinson, an Ohio Oil operator at Woodriver, suffered a broken right toe after kicking in a nightmare he believed involved an opponent. He felt an intruder in bed Monday night, began kicking, and struck the bedpost. Norway has Europe’s lowest death rate, with England close behind.
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M. H. Dickinson
Ohio Oil Company
Woodriver
St. Louis Times
Norway
Europe
England
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Bradstreet
Hookem & Co
Gunter Hotel
Haute-Valee
Goahead
Miss Mighty Careful
Office of
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Comeacross & Co
Spendstall
Cuticura
Cuticura Oinment
Dept. P
Boston
OUR Lady OF the Lake College
O. S. L. College Review
Sisters of Divine Providence
Lakeview
Tex
College and Academy OF the Incarnate Word
Sisters OF Charity OF the Incarnate Word
Alamo Heights
Superioress College and Academy of the Incarnate Word
Texas
Nashville, Tennessee
Kansas City Veterinary College
Army
U. S
G. Stewart
East 15Th Street
Kansas City
Atlanta
Thomas School
CIRLS
Alamo &T
The
West Texas Military Academy
the Military School OF the Southwest
War Department
South
University OF Dallas
Oak Lawn
Dallas
State OF Texas
School of Arts
School of Sciences
School of Engineering
School of Accounting
Patrick A. Finney
C. M
Ursuline Academy
San Antonio, Texas
Bonnavon
Bonnavon School
Oakland Street
Draughon
United States
Practical Business College
Alamo Plaga and
Crockett St
Military College
West End
Navy
Peacock Naval School
Corpus Christi
Alta Vista
Wasson School
Randolph Macon
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