The Old Homestead in Light Theatre Feature
A theater ad promotes 21 prizes totaling 90 dollars for a contest to win theater tickets. Readers must mail or bring entry details by Monday September 30 to The Light Want Ad Department. winners appear in Tuesday's classified pages. The Old Homestead is praised for character study and the Grace Church choir remains a highlight with the original company led by Frank Thompson.
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Want Ad Department
Old Homestead
Grace Church Choir
Frank Thompson
Boston Doctor Defends Women From Knock Knee Claim
Dr Elizabeth Rixey of Back Bay denounces the claim that women are generally knock-kneed in Boston. She argues that Boston women maintain good overall development, with fashion shaping silhouettes and a focus on fitness beyond facial care.
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Boston
Chicago
Elizabeth Hixey
Back Bay
Dr. Rixey
Military Ignorance and the Tale of Private Cheney
A Washington official recalls General F. D. Grant criticizing an ignorant officer. The anecdote centers on Private Cheney missing after a comrade reports seeing him two hours earlier in pursuit of guncotton to sew a button, a detail illustrating neglect.
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F. D. Grant
Washington
Cheney
New York Tribune
Doubts Discovery On Creating Life From Germs
Prof. F Loeffler, a visiting German scientist, questioned the claim that life could be created by artificial means. He noted life requires a germ to begin and cited his fame as the discoverer of bacilli for diphtheria glanders erysipelas in swine and typhoid in mice. His work is influential in Europe amid agricultural pest issues.
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F. Loeffler
Loeb
California
Loeffler
Europe
MacVeagh outlines reforms for new US currency design
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh proposes distinct denominations by uniform design, single portraits per note, plain numerals, and smaller plates to save costs. He foresees color differences rejected, nationwide engraving and printing changes, and easier handling by bank tellers. The plan aims to cut expenses by over one million annually and prepare for rapid issuance once engraving is complete.
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Dublin
N. H
the Treasury
MacVeagh
Treasury
No Mystery In Painless Dentistry
For seventeen years the Yale Dentists have run the best equipped dental parlors in the southwest. They have been first to adopt approved methods and appliances and their offices are always filled with the latest equipment for their work.
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Yale
Southwest
Pioneer herbal lore from the western Missouri frontier
The Kansas City Star recalls early settlers in western Missouri relying on forest remedies for ailments. Grandmothers made decoctions from wild plants like poke root and boneset, while bitters mixed from roots and barks with mint, gentian, and snake root were common. Indians taught dye and remedy uses for puccoon and ginseng, and a resilient market now notes continued interest in these old cures.
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Kansas City Star
Missouri
Kansas City
Father Kneipp
Policy urged for leper segregation nationwide
Washington reports call for a definite policy to control and isolate lepers to limit future burden. As of January 1, 146 known U S cases are under state health supervision across 17 states. California, Louisiana and Massachusetts operate leper segregation facilities with varying control elsewhere.
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Washington
Public Health Service
United States
California
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Why Women Are Not Rich and Dr Pierce’s Medicine
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming it boosts red blood cells and nourishes the stomach liver and nerves. It cites a testimonial from Jas D Lively of Washburn Tennessee describing a severe illness cured by the tonic and recommends the product as a spring remedy with mailing offer for the medical adviser.
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R. V. Pierce
Oregon
Jas. D. Lively
Washburn, Tenn
Route 2
Dr. Pierce
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the Emmet Bank
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Thos
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Frank Galdagher
Ass’t
Prof
F, Loeffler
ANGLE
Sam
A. C. Clark Company
Barber
Otion
Hicks
St. Louis
Tex
J. EB. Cannaday
Park Square
Third Ae Bank
Sctatia
Hong Kong
J.D. Lively
Esc
Union Meat Company
Beef and Pork Packers
Union Stock Yards
San Antonio, Texas
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