Cleaner returns $66 to owner after pocketbook found
New York lawyer W Russell Osborn sent a letter to Mayor Gaynor describing honest street cleaner Hon est John Comiskey who found a pocketbook on Fifth Avenue near St Patrick's Cathedral containing 66 dollars a woman client of Osborn's name was inside. Comiskey returned the pocketbook to the envelope address and refused pay though urged to keep 20 dollars as reward. He resides at 829 East Thirty sixth street.
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New York
W. Russell Osborn
Gaynor
John Comiskey
Comiskey
Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Mr. Osborne
Beautiful Hair at Small Cost
An appeal promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a fix for thinning gray hair dandruff and itchy scalps. The ad claims rapid color restoration and stronger growth using sage and sulfur, available as a fifty cent bottle from druggists with noticeable results in a few days.
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Wysth
Wyeth
Billie Burke Promotes Quiet Life To Fight Steam Heat
Actress Billie Burke credits rest and country living with her youthfulness and vitality. She blames steam heated rooms for making women fat and says avoiding overheated homes helps skin voice and health.
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Billie Burke
Margaret Hubbard Ayer
Miss Burke
Lilly Parradell
Lyceum
Fountain of Youth
New York
Hudson
America
England
London
Billie
Secretary Knox Denies Nicaragua Influence Story
Huntington Wilson acting secretary of state rebutted a New York paper tale claiming U S mining and other interests manipulated the state department in Nicaragua and fueled native factional strife. The denial asserts Knox is not close to men with Nicaragua financial ties.
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Huntington Wilson
New York
State Department
Nicaragua
Knox
On the Trail of Cowboy Ballads
Professor John A. Lomax of the University of Texas is collecting cow boy songs and ballads, many sung orally on the cattle trails. He notes sources across Arizona Texas New Mexico and other western states and plans a published collection with notes and tunes.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Washington
John A. Lomax
University of Texas
Lomax
United States
England
Texas Folk-lore Society
American Folk-lore Society
Iight
Professor Lomax
Southwest
Mississippi River
Arizona
New Mexico
Idaho
Montana
Dakotas
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Oklahoma
California
Missouri
Nevada
Chisholm Trail
West Texas
Pullman
Panhandle
San Antonio
Jack Donahoo
Son Beron
Mexico
Texas Rangers
Sam Bass
Jesse James
Cole Younger
Uncle Sam
West
Harvard University
Roosevelt
Robin Hood
Owen Wister
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Garret
Ziegler & Ziegler
Ziegler
East
Houston St
Mazda
Braden-O’neill CO
Market Street
Union Meat Company
Beef and Pork Packers
Lard Refiners & Compound Makere
San Antonio, Texas
Harverd University
The
Plains
Harlandale
Houston Street
Charles Rees
Rees
Orpheum Theater
Commerce St
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