Heiress In Kansas City Learns Of $60,000 Fortune
Ruth Hibbs Johnson sells stockings when told by a clerk that her grandfather, a wealthy Danville man who died by his own hand, left her $60,000. She vows to tell her mother after finishing her shopping as she changes her name from Hibbs to Johnson.
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Kansas City
Ruth Johnson
Ruth Hibbs
Danville, Til
Miss Ruth
Mamma
Hibbs
Johnson
Max
Mary
Search Is On for New Wild Man in California Desert
Chico reports tracking a new wild man in Deer Creek area following George Bushnell's claim of locating tracks two miles from the original Ishi site. Bushnell believes a large, manlike figure inhabits the remote terrain and searches have begun from Chico to locate the mysterious figure.
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Califonia
Chico
Cal
Ishi
Deer Creek
George Hushwell
University of California
Bushnell
Bushnell Wald
Commissioners Adopt Plans for Seattle to Vashon Ferry Line
King County commissioners approved a plan for a daily Seattle to Vashon Island to Harper ferry service pending funding. The project awaits budget approval and requires Kitsap County to build and maintain a ferry slip at Harper and a graveled highway from the ferry to Port Orchard head.
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Seattle
Vashon
Harper
Kitsap County
King County
Kiteap County
Port Orchard
Port Orchard Bay
Women rule Tiburon Island with men as servants
On Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California women take leadership and men perform household labor and serve their wives. The text describes a social arrangement where matriarchs hold authority over the community.
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Tiburon
Gulf of California
Well Known Lady Tells Simple Home Remedy To Darken Gray Hair
Mrs EF H Boots of Buchanan county demonstrates a home made hair darkening mix. She claims a blend of bay rum Barbo Compound glycerine in water applied every other day softens hair and darkens gray without staining the scalp or rubbing off, aging appearance by 10 to 20 years.
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Tella
Mra
EF. H. Boots
Buchanan County
How to Treat a Husband Dear Miss Grey
A 1910s advice column offers wives’ letters on keeping a husband happy and comradelike. It urges hosting kindness, shared chores, door greeting with a kiss, slippers by the fire, and mutual respect. It contrasts selfish behavior with partnership and cautions about social propriety and youth invitations.
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Miss Grey
Dr. Kuhn
C. T
Grey
Hubby
Mary
M. E
Confessions of a Wife Explores Self and Marital Strife
A narrator reflects on marriage, gender roles, and personal identity sparked by past vows. She contemplates Max and Mary's dynamic, noting Mary's devotion to her husband and the tension between individual freedom and partnership, while deciding to discuss the matter with Mary.
Pape's Diapepsin touted as quick relief for indigestion
An advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin neutralizes stomach acidity in five minutes, stopping food souring and easing dyspepsia. It promotes gentle, harmless antacid action, costing fifty cents for a large case at drug stores and enabling better digestion of meals.
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Eve
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Seattle Caterers’ Association
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de Palma
Tom Keene
Sam
Tom Keenes
Hemenway & Moser Cigar Co
Seattle, Wash
P. L. Austin
United Painless Dentists
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Junk Man
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Catherine
Ray
Mins Grey
Georger Ghorta
Thia
Margie
Margie Waverly
Rankinco
Grote-Bankinco
Fifth Ave
Congoleum
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New York
House of Representatives
Congress
Iord &University
Albany
Liigans
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Second Avenue and
Pike Street
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Albert Hansen
Second Ave
Madison
Nent Hyelelan
Furstave
Washington ST
Right Drug CO
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