Akron nurse Mary E Gladwin joins honored Japanese care unit
Miss Mary E Gladwin of Akron is one of ten American volunteer nurses who served six months in Japan nursing wounded soldiers. She recounts a warm welcome in Yokohama and Tokyo, visits with the empress and emperor, and work at Hiroshima's military hospital. She notes Japanese discipline and patriotism, the emperor's influence, and her return with medals and gifts including a royal decoration.
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Akron
Japan
Mary E. Gladwin
Miss Gladwin
Mikado
Gladwin
Boston City
Buchtel College
Cuba
Porto Rico
Manila
Seattle
Mias Gladwin
Yokohama
Grant Hotel
Tokio
Red Cross
Hiroshima
Kyoto
Butokukulon
Misa Gladwin
Mise Gladwin
Red Cross Society of
Civil War Captain Credits Pyramid Pile Cure
A Civil War captain from Soldiers' Home, Cal, testifies that a fifty cent box of Pyramid Pile Cure cured his long standing piles and cured a friend with twenty five years of symptoms. He notes operations are often unnecessary and urges sufferers to try Pyramid Pile Cure and request the company’s free information booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Adams
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
Burglar Identified in Van Asselt Case
The dead Van Asselt burglar is named Billy Montgomery, a California man, identified by a mysterious caller who avoided revealing his own identity. The caller claimed Montgomery came to the city recently and said he was not present the night of the shooting by jockey Eddie Smith. The coroner’s jury exonerated Smith after a brief verdict.
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van Asselt
Billy Montgomery
California
Arnold
van Anseltanloon
Eddie Smith
Boys Get Drunk Near Northport Prison
In Northport on Friday evening three schoolboys aged 14 to 17 returned home drunk after drinking across the river at Emerald. Two collapsed unconscious on the street and were saved by timely discovery, with a doctor summoned. Parents intend to prosecute the liquor seller involved.
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Northport
Emerald
Nihilist Leaders From Peter Paul Fortress Banished North
Special correpondance reports three famous nihilists released after twenty years in solitary confinement. Vera Pigner, Col. Aachenbrener, and Hraall Ivanoff are banished to a remote Arctic village. Each is described as mentally and physically diminished, with speech long forbidden.
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ST. Petersburg
Deeree
Peter Paul
Col
Rechenbrener
Mme
Vern Wigner
Hraall Ivanoff
Thouhy
o#ar
Russia
Arctic Circle
Vera Pigner
Vera Pittipova
Caucasus
Nihibet
Aachenbrener
Vera Wigner
Nnhibet
Degaleff
Soudaikin
Boudaikin
Oschenbrener
Ivanoff
Vera
Nechareff
Stérta
Alexia
Hilter
Vera Migner
Colenbrener
New Year Bonbons and Classic Candies Guide
A compact, period style guide outlines recipes for New Year bonbons, toffee, marzipan vegetables, coconut cake, chocolate fudge, and penuchia candy. It provides steps, temperatures, colorings, and shaping ideas, including decorative marzipan figures and theatrical earth tone fruits.
Yakima Husband Seeks Wife and Doctor in Elopement Case
Portland police and Sheriff Grant hunt for Mrs. J A Hatch and Dr. Edwin Hughes after she allegedly eloped with him taking Hatch’s 15 year old daughter and $2500. Detectives Day and Weiner pursue clues aided by a $500 reward while the couple travels from North Yakima to Portland.
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Portland
Grant O
Yakima County
Wash
J. A. Hatch
Edwin Hughes
North Yakima
Hatch
Hughes
Day
Weiner
Yakma County
Elopers
Grant
Yakima
Fugitives' Trail Leads to Portland After Tacoma Stop
Sheriff Grant and Hatch pursued two runaways to Portland after a Tacoma layover, then checked in at the Imperial hotel in Spokane. Detectives Day and Webner were assigned to locate the couple who fled with a warning letter received at a local post office.
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Tacoma
Grant
Hatch
Portland
Imperial Hotel
North Yakima
Spokane
Taylor
Hunt
Day
Webner
Ayer's Hair Vigor Advertisement Offer
An old advertisement urges readers to own up to gray hair and buy Ayer's Hair Vigor. The copy promises restoration of color and dandruff cure, noting the product has been sold for over sixty years by J. C. Ayer Co in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Ayer
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mansa
Eighth Wifie-Wifikie Takes The Long Chance
Special to The Star reports John MacFarlane of Lake Ainslie marries Ruth McDonald, becoming the eighth wife in forty years. He, 61, is wealthy and charm is in his signing ability. she, 20, agrees to decorate seven former wives’ graves and keep quiet about the dead. The couple plans a seven room addition and vows to make her his sole heir. The tale notes the community’s stern Presbyterian orthodoxy and MacFarlane’s repeated marriages, some ending in death or suicide among his former spouses.
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Whycocomagh
John MacFarlane
Lake Ainstie
MacFarlane
Ruth McDonald
Donald McDonald
Lake Ainslie
MacFarmane
Bonnie Lass
Miss McDonald
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Stone’s Pike St
Pike Street
Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc
Pike St
Fifth Ave
Reliable Credit House
Allen’s
Shrewsbury
Houghton & Hunter Watches, Diamonds
First Avenue
LG MuesePiven
EL Ange
Climax
Scrippa News Ass'n
Wifkie
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