Toys of Yesteryear and Lost Childhood Dreams
A Collier's Weekly poem reflects on vanished toys from youth. Jumping jacks, Noahs ark blocks, a fuzzy dog, tin soldiers, and battered drums lie forgotten in attic dust as old dreams fade into ruin, while modern bright toys replace them.
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Saab
Collier's Weekly
The News Breaks That Shifts Percival's Fortunes
Percival confronts Uncle Peter after a Wall Street collapse that leaves the family penniless. Mrs Bines and Psyche face the truth as Mauburn plots a swift revival by arranging a quick marriage in high society.
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Percival
Gil
Peter
Wall Street
Shepler
Billy Brue
Uncle Peter
Billy
Pish
Mauburn
New York
Mayburn
London gas supply by 11 companies to 945 thousand users
In the London postal district gas is provided by 11 companies. They supply 43,897,099,000 cubic feet of gas to 945,177 consumers. The figures reflect total consumption and number of connected customers within the district.
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London
Health Is The First Essential For Women
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. It urges women to start treatment at first ill health symptoms such as irregular periods backache or dizziness and cites a testimonial from Mrs Chas F Brown praising renewed health and her husband’s renewed affection. It claims restoration to perfect health and strength for troubled women.
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Psyche
Peter
Perce
Lydia
Pinkham
Chas. F. Brown
Mothers’ Club
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia H. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alliance Israelite Universelle Aids Bialystok Orphans
Five Bialystok orphans are placed in the Ahlem agricultural school by the Alliance Israelite Universelle with an initial 16 000 marks for maintenance and education. A separate product note promotes De fiance Starch claiming stronger, thinner application to preserve fabric appearance and durability.
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Alliance Israelite Universelle
Bialystok
Ahlem Agricultural School
Copper Vein Believed Shielded From Lightning
A country superstition holds that a copper vein or copper mine lies immune to thunderstorms. A farmer claims storms avoid a specific spot on his farm, suggesting copper beneath, and he saves funds to explore the site.
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the Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
Lothrop Publishing Company
Dan
L'J
Montana
Ted
Red Bank Canyon
Fouts
Blythe
Wall ' Street
Broadway
Mrs. Bines
Hightower
Baltimore
Gayety
Crackenthorpe
Mr. Chance
Hitchin
Manhattan Island
the Critchleys
Fred Millerey
Horace
Avice
Rulon Shepler
Critchleys
Son
Mrs Chas. Brawn
Dodd
Magia Pe