Texas farmer strikes it rich with Gob Oil discovery
EB L Perkins, a coal stoker on the U S S Imperator, owns a Texas farm where Gob Oil was found. His income could reach 480 000 dollars annually and possibly 1 000 000 if output rises. Perkins will not seek discharge from the navy and plans to use the money for world and Christian betterment.
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Little
Texas
EB. L. Perkins
U. S. S. Imperator
Perkins
Ncome
Navy
Off Year for Grasshoppers Evident Across U S Farms
Entomologists from the United States Department of Agriculture report a sparse grasshopper year. A survey shows only a small number of eggs laid last fall, with about 85 percent destroyed by parasitic insects. Poisoned bait reduced eggs on treated farms, while nearby fields still had many eggs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Just a Little Surprised
Portrait painter Joseph Cummings Chase recalls a Connecticut farmer who always expected the unexpected. At a county fair the magician pulled a rabbit from the man’s beard and his wife teased his disbelief. The farmer had sensed something stirring in his whiskers but hadn’t decided if it was a rabbit.
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Joseph Cummings Chase
New York
Connecticut
Wal’al
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Sell Rheumatism Cure
An old advertisement claims rheumatism stems from kidney poisoning and promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure. It asserts the remedy clears kidneys and urinary tracts, restores inflamed tissues, and urges buyers to verify the GOLD MEDAL name on the package.
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Haarlem
Edible Fish in Deep Water
The French government reports depths at which sea fish can be caught. Plaice and soles have been taken near 420 to 630 feet, hake and rays to 360 feet, turbot to 480 feet, with edible fish found down to 1,600 feet. Deep water does not mean coarser fish.
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Jess
The Englishman and the Boy with a Glass Piece
An Englishman returns from India with a native boy as servant. The boy finds a large wet piece of glass, dries it on the stove, and reports it becomes increasingly wet and strange as it melts, in a humorous incident quoted from the Boston Transcript.
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India
Boston Transcript
August Flower Ad Promotes Gentle Stomach Remedy
In summer need for a remedy against indigestion and stomach upset is highlighted by an August Flower advertisement. The notice claims it aids digestion, liver and intestinal function, relieving fermentation sour stomach and headaches, and is sold everywhere.
Look here you’re not painting that scene as It is
A Modest Dauber declares he will not reproduce nature as seen but as it ought to be in a social comment quoted by the Boston Transcript. The remark frames an artist’s stance on idealized portrayal versus literal depiction.
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Victoria Hall
Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
League
League of Red Cross Societies
Boston Transcript
Western Canada
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Itead
Baskatchewan and
Alberts
Ottawa
Barber Helps Stranger For Free In Friendly Town
A traveler forgets his comb on first morning in town and asks a barber for a loan. The barber lends a comb and offers service without charge. The grateful visitor then frequents the shop for any future needs, keeping a cordial link with the barber.
Japan eyes Corean cotton as national supply base
The plan expands Corean cotton cultivation into 1928 with 250000 acres of American cotton and 85000 acres of native cotton. This extension aims to free Japan's spinning and weaving from foreign output, making it the chief supply source.
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Japan
Quote on prudence and safety from Edmund Burke
A pointed aphorism reflects Burke's view that prudence and fear can drive safer behavior. The line contrasts needs with intellect, suggesting survival relies on caution over cleverness.
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Edmund Burke
All One Debt to World
A reflective statement argues that those who contribute nothing to progress are societal sinners. It contends that individuals should add value to progress and not take more than they give. The piece links God’s laws and opportunity to collective peace as work toward the common good.
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Earth
To Have a Clear Sweet Skin With Cuticura
An advertisement explains using Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness roughness or itching then Cuticura Soap with hot water rinse dry gently and dust with Cuticura Talcum for fragrance. All products priced 25 cents each.
Quip on Cook’s Loyalty Sparks Workplace Tension
A terse exchange questions a long term cook’s allegiance and hints at resistance to sales tactics. The dialogue implies distrust of offering unwanted products to staff.
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Worms
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M. van Buren
G. R&l Ry
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Barber
Corea
Libby
McNeill
Chicago
F. H. Hewitt
Main Street
Kansas City
Oakley
Logan County
Kansas
Logan
Thomas, Gove
Sheridan
A. L. Crist
Kans
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