Advertising ideas in a world of daily wonders
A Havana report suggests Caruso repeats a phonograph demonstration while critics praise his voice. The piece argues that modern ads fail to spark imagination, blaming writers who sell dull product details instead of a story that stirs public wonder about technology and daily life.
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Inter
Cuba
Havana
Caruso
Han
Trewd
America
Sons of Men
Xoad
Americi
Circus
Imperial
Caldwell Probe Fund Debated Over Street Car Deal
Councilman Moore proposes a 5000 appropriation to enable Mayor Caldwell to direct an investigation of the 15 million street railway purchase. Mayor Caldwell says charter control rests with the corporation counsel and questions the need for a separate probe despite plans for rate hikes and a Cedar Falls tunnel proposal. The measure follows a demand for fuller inquiry into the railway deal.
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William Hickman Moore
Caldwell
Finance and Utilities
Moore
J. D. Row
Row
Cedar Falls
Ross
Cedar River Dam
Lake Union
Jor
Corporation Council
Aged Charmer Faces Court Over Bluebeard Claims
Mrs. Anna Tomaskiewicz known as the Bluebeard of South Hadley faces trial for murder and fraud. Records show five husbands with arsenic poisonings and a string of insurance schemes. She lived across New England and other states, buying a truck farm with insurance proceeds from first and third husbands.
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Bluebeard Harvey
Ignace Malezyk
Chicago
Tomaskiewicz
Alexander Dolinski
Theodore Darmetea
Peter Bilos
Andrew Tomaskiewicz
South Hadley
Cleveland
Paris Green
Berkshires
Massachusetts
Major Hammond
Southampton
Tomaskiewilex
New England
New York
Pittsburg
Hartford
New Britain
Chicopee
Boston
Albany
Seattle Bay 13 Held in Portland Forgery Case
PORTLAND Ore June 2 John Ratey 13 is under arrest here charged with forging checks including two in Seattle and three in Portland. He allegedly forged the name of Mrs Elizabeth Parry superintendent of a local children's home where he was once an inmate. Ratey’s parents live in Seattle.
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Portland
Ore
Seattle
John Ratey
The
Bay
Elizabeth Parry
Young Radey
Seat
Miners and Operators Agree to Arbitrate Wage Dispute
Washington report states Secretary Wilson will notify President Wilson that anthracite miners and operators have agreed to submit their wage differences to a commission to be appointed by the president. The move aims to settle ongoing pay disputes through arbitration.
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Washington
Wilson
Arrest Horseman as Liquor Smuggler
SAN DIEGO June 2 J P Atkins a well known horseman is under arrest here today accused of smuggling liquor across the border He was released on 2400 bond after a hearing before United States Commissioner Andrews
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San Diego
Cal
J. P. Atkins
United States
Andrews
Sub-Postoffice to Rise on East Pine Street Corner
A $15,000 masonry substation will be erected for the post office department at the northwest corner of 14th avenue and East Pine Street.
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Post Office Department
14Th Ave
E. Pine St
Delaware House votes down woman suffrage ratification
The Delaware House of Representatives defeated the ratification of the woman suffrage amendment by 24 to 10, ending a prolonged debate since the March 22 special session. A motion to committee of the whole failed, blocking a roll call on ratification.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
The Romance of Today Lies in Business
The passage argues that true public spirit and genius elevate everyday goods like shaving soap and corsets. It compares a shaving soap that softens whiskers to a Homeric epic and suggests modern romance centers on business rather than grand poetry.
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Mother
Mrs. Lucy Redpath Named to State Welfare Commission
Olympia June 2 The appointment of Mrs Lucy F E Redpath of Olympia to succeed Mrs W S Grinwold of Seattle as a member of the State Industrial Welfare Commission is announced by Governor Hart.
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Olympia
Lucy FE. Redpath
W. 8. Grinwold
Seattle
State Industrial Welfare Commission
Hart
Colfax Juror Question on O'Connor Damage Suit
In Colfax Washington on June 2 a jury was being assembled for Jens O'Connor's damage case against a national bank. A prospective juror asked if O'Connor's liquor conviction would prejudice him, the attorney replied only if O'Connor showed a tendency to divvy.
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Colfax, Wash
Jens O'Connor
Firet National Bank
O'Connor
Want Farms for Ex-Service Men Resolutions Sent to Washington
Resolutions urging Congress to provide farms for disabled service men now taking agricultural courses have been forwarded to Washington by Elmer J Noble post of the American Legion.
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Congress
Washington
Elmer J Noble Post
The
American Legion
Mexican Governor Arrives in Los Angeles Declares Amity
Baldo mero A Almeda newly appointed governor of the northern district of Lower California arrived in Los Angeles today and said he will take his post with the fixed purpose of maintaining amity and most friendly relations between residents of the United States and Mexico.
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Los Angeles
Baldomero
A. Almeda
Lower
California
Sinter Republics
United States
Mexico
Young Bride Accused by Aged Husband of Plot to Poison Him
R. Williams, 70, of Moorehead Minnesota, sues for divorce alleging his wife Mary Aunt Williams plotted to poison him. He says he gave her $1,000 for a California vacation then fell ill from tainted food and she boasted over mourning goods. He asserts the marriage was for his money.
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R. Williame
Moorehead
Minn
Mary
Williams
Williame
California
Building work slackens as strike halves hybrid jobs
Building work has slowed because a strike by building tradesmen began Tuesday. Union men push for a closed shop. Work involving all union or all non union crews was unaffected. only hybrid projects with mixed crews saw workers quit.
Acquit Druggist of Booze Charge in United States Court
Druggist i et BE. B. Damon, Union Street proprietor, was found not guilty of selling alcohol by a jury in the federal district court. Andy Hydes, an expressman, was found guilty on the same charge and his final disposition is scheduled for Monday.
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BE. B. Damon
Union St
United States District Court
Tursday
Andy Hydes
Army Appropriations Bill Passes Senate for $295 Million
The army appropriations bill carrying 295 million dollars was approved by the Senate and dispatched to the White House for signature on June 2.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Hotel Guests Scare as Fire Destroys Nearby Building
Firestorm at 3915 Eighth Ave S destroys a frame building housing an auto shop a barber shop and a soft drink stand adjoining the Winfield hotel forcing guests to flee their rooms in nightclothes. The hotel suffered only scorching with losses around 5000 dollars. A tugboat blaze at Colman dock and a small kitchen fire at Good Eats cafeteria were quickly put out with negligible damage.
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Winfield Hotel
Eighth Ave
Barker St
Eighth Ave. S
Winfield
J. A. Boyden
Colman Dock
Claim Cider Was Not Entirely Soft
Federal prohibition officers filed in U S district court Wednesday morning a case against EK J Ternie aux and W Wilmers over alleged sale of anti prohibition cider at their soft drink emporium 523 Pine St They claim to have found 810 gallons of cider on the premises testing from .92 to 3.58 percent alcohol.
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Aux
W. Wilmers
Pine St
United States District Court
Cupid Twice as Busy Tuesday as June 1 Last Year
There were 57 marriage licenses tested to prospective June brides and bridegrooms on June 1, while on June 1, 1919, the total only reached 26.
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Cupid
Rodgers Firm to Dissolve After Disincorporation Petition
Articles of disincorporation for the David Rodgers Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. were filed in superior court by Attorneys George H. Walker and Robert B. Walkinshaw. Hearing set for August 1 and the company, incorporated for 2 million dollars, voted to dissolve at a meeting in the 741 Central building citing best interests of the company.
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David Rodgers Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Superior Court
George H. Walker
Robert B. Walkinshaw
Mitchell Gilliam
Central Building
Wood Advocates Universal Primary
Major General Leonard Wood urged a universal presidential primary day in a Chicago interview. He blamed high campaign costs on the current primary system and argued for a single nationwide date for all states.
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Chicago
Leonard Wood
Wood
Speedy thieves jolt milkman car in Spokane
In Spokane on June 2, Henry Wilkinson and George Evans jacked up a milk driver’s car, removed a tire, and dragged it down the street during a delivery. Police arrested them. they face jail unless posted bail or Ralph DePalma intervenes.
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Spokane
Henry Wilkinson
George Evans
Ralph DePalma
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Two Forks Valley
Montana
Emerson Hough
Star
U. S
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Army
Bill Oes
J. Ternie
Rodgers
David Rodgers
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