Sucker Mark of a Broadway Clock Vendor
A New York City sidewalk vendor in City Hall Park hawks German made watches for 25 cents each. He claims they are serviceable and cheap, urging wary buyers to instead pay more at a jeweler. The flimsy boxes lack works, and the second hand is painted. He nets twenty three quarters in minutes, while the piece notes gullibility as a city trait.
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New York
City Hall Park
Falks
Wall Street
Broadway
New Yorker
Night Law School Serves Okmulgee Workers
W L Merwine runs a daytime lawyer based night law school in Okmulgee. The basement of the city library hosts classes taught by local lawyers with 26 graduates passing the state bar exam. Tuition is 50 dollars yearly with flexible payment as students balance work and study.
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Okmulgee
Okin
W. L. Merwine
Merwine
Law School
Okmulgee Bar
Jewell Russell
Tulsa
Okmulgee School
Oklahoma
Merwike
Cliss
Dipping into Science on Long-Term Solar System Shape
Scientists speculate that billions of years hence the solar system may revert to a single gaseous ball as planets slow from ether friction and merge. The idea presents a future fate of celestial bodies collapsing into one mass.
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Western Newspaper Union
United States Leads Sole Leather Production Worldwide
The United States emerges as the largest producer of sole leather globally, shaping the market with its industrial output and export capacity. This status reflects its developed tanning and manufacturing sectors, supporting footwear and related industries.
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United States
Individualist Sawyer challenges law and duty in youth
Sawyer, a young individualist, argues he is the judge of his own conduct and opposes laws and conventions. He rejects obedience to the ten commandments and rituals of his organization, favoring personal freedom over collective safety and duty.
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Sawyer
British Columbia
Civilization
Western Newspaper Union
King's Odd Hobby Sofia's Royal Zoological Garden
In Sofia King Boris maintains a premier zoological garden, founded by his father King Ferdinand, with 300 species and over 1800 specimens. The public, modernized facility holds rare bearded eagles and hosts visiting collectors to expand its global collection.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Zoological Garden
Boris
Ferdinand
Royal Zoological Garden of
Europe
Abyssinia
Senegal
Rhodesia
Zoo
Royal Zoological Garden
Harmless spiders noted by Florida entomologist
Gainesville residents hear that most spiders are harmless says Mra C. Bo Merritt assistant entomologist with the Florida state plant board. He notes only the half inch tarantula black fellow with an hourglass mark is considered dangerous and could bite if disturbed under boards or firewood.
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Gainesville
Mra
C. Bo Merritt
Florida State Plant Board
Merritt
Reform in Mexico City Police Ends Lantern Toll
Inspector general Antonio Rings Zer tuche spearheads a police reform in Mexico City to end the long practice of officers taking lanterns. The force replaces lanterns with pocket flashlights as a modernization measure.
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Antonio Rings Zertuche
33 Americans Take Citizenship in Mexico
In the past twenty years 18 percent of Americans have given up U S citizenship to become naturalized Mexicans The group ranks sixth among foreigners naturalized in Mexico Chinese and 628 Spaniards 170 Syrians 176 Germans and 150 Japanese are listed among others The total number naturalized Mexico is limited by restrictive law blamed on unstable internal conditions and an over strict naturalization regime The government is drafting a new more lenient law
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Mexico City
United States
The Night Watch and Feminine Millinery Trends
Billie Dove models highlight a feminine trend with soft outlines and careful trimming. The actress favors off face hats turban styles and small hats for chic daytime and evening wear, while drooping brims remain part of her chic collection.
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Billie Dove
Night Watch
Miss Dove
Name Old Glory First Used in 1777 by Salem Captain
The article states the flag name Old Glory was first applied in 1777 by Captain William Driver of Salem aboard the brig or ship Musa. The claim ties the nickname to a pioneer ship and a notable sea captain.
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The
United States
Wiliam Driver
Salem Musa
Lieutenant Bever to Receive Schiff Memorial Trophy
Lieut. James Bever of the U S N will receive the Schiff Memorial trophy from President Coolidge on December 15 for flying 1251.15 hours without an accident in the fiscal year. The trophy honors the officer with the most accident free flight hours to airmen.
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James Bever
President Coolidge
Schiff
Plana
Girl at the Top in Health Test
A health promotion about California Fig Syrup for children touts its vegetable tonic laxative benefits. A Topeka mother praises her daughter Bonnie B for vigorous health and regular digestion, crediting the syrup's gentle action and long physician endorsement.
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West
California
Kansas
Dana Allgire
Monroe St
Topeka
Bonnie B
Ingersoll Quote on War And Violent Quarrels
A quotation from Robert G. Ingersoll condemns war and savage behavior among nations and warns that until nations change how they honor killers citizens will resort to violence and use daggers and revolvers to settle quarrels.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Better Ways to Wash and Clean Booklet Ad
An advertisement promises a free copy of Better Ways to Wash and Clean showing how 20 Mule Team Borax aids housework. Readers write Pacific Coast Borax Co. Dept. 8 100 William St New York for the booklet. A Tennyson quote and a widow’s consolation note follow.
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Pacific Coast
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Testimony from Saugus
Mrs John Skahan of 20 Emory Street Saugus Center Massachusetts says she has taken ten bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and would not be without it in the house. She reports improved temper cheerfulness strength and an apparent return to youth after ten years of troubles.
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Saugus Centre
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
John Skahan
Emory §T
Saugus Centro
Don't Let That Cold Turn Into Flu
A vintage health ad warns that a cold may worsen into flu grippe or pneumonia if untreated. It promotes Musterole as a counter irritant using mustard oil camphor menthol and simple ingredients to stimulate circulation and relieve congestion with a warm tingle and cooling sensation.
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Arkle Clark
University of Illinois
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Mexico
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Tennyson
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Pinkham
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