Liberty Park amusement zone planned near Camp Lewis
Tacoma residents push a large Liberty Park project to serve soldiers near Camp Lewis with restaurants, a hotel, theatres, and entertainment. A citizens committee under Maj. Gen. Greene outlines concessions, ground rent, and profit shares to fund messes, libraries, or cantonment needs as bidders survey up to about 1 million dollars in outlay.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
of Tice
Sammy
Citizens’ Committee of
H. A. Greene
Oryone
Capt
Hetty
Citizens’ Committee
Tlal
Liberty Park
Laa
Moving Picture
Sane
Coal Shortage Prompting Calls for Workforce Influx
The Star reports a coal shortage with labor scarce. A Cumberland, Washington reader cites three local mines closed for lack of rail transport, citing car shortages and urging the railroad to address the bottleneck.
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the Star
Cumberland
Railroad Company
Tom Gleason
Wash
Read Star Want Ads For House Rentals
A compact notice urging readers to check the Star want ads for available house rentals. It highlights rental listings and urges quick contact for inquiries and applications.
Wealthy widows and mystery deaths haunt North Carolina
Wilmington dispatch notes a trend of wealthy widows, including Mia Lila Fingier Bingham and Maude A. King, amid secret exhumation talks and linked to fortunes from Standard Oil and Chicago wealth. The piece cites other heiresses who remarried young or stayed widowed, often dissolving fortunes, while listing famed names like J. P. Morgan and Marshall Field.
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Wilmington
N.C
North Carolina
Mia
Lila Fingier Bingham
H. M. Flagier
Standard Oil
Maude A. King
Chicago
J. P. Morgan
Mary Herriman
Russell Sage
Phoebe Hearst
Potter Palmer
J. J. Hill
Dan Cupid
Atlantic
W. B. Leeds
America
J. J. Astor
Madelaine Force Astor
William K. Dick
Lila Flagler Bingham
Middie
Marshall H. Russell
Thos. Shevlin
Philip van Valkenburgh
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An old newspaper blurb touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for grippe symptoms. It claims doses every two hours up to three cure nasal congestion headaches feverishness and throat soreness with pleasant taste and no inconvenience. Ensure you get the genuine product at drug stores.
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Grippe
Pape
Costa
Hermit's Treasure Guarded After Death in Michigan
Pontiac report says two Troy boys claim they saw farmer Radtke burying a trunk in a cornfield a year after his murder. They led investigators to near the suspected site and a ten acre Radtke farm is now under guard.
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Pontiac
Mich
Radtke
Troy
Mystery Solved as Body Found in Tree
Fountain City Wisconsin October 19 1940 hunters found the body of Frank Hund a prominent farmer who had been missing since August 25. It was suspended in a tree fourteen feet above the ground with a razor grasped in his hand in a grim discovery by hunters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain City
Wis
Frank Hund
Dandruff Cure Claim for Shiny Hair Sold as Remedy
An advertisement touts four ounces of liquid argon as a guaranteed nightly scalp treatment to dissolve dandruff and end itching. It promises lasting results, cheaper than many products, and claims the remedy will restore hair shine and texture with repeated applications.
Lincoln Negro Physician Faces Malicious Libel Charge
Dr Wilhelm T Von Knappe an eminent homeopathic physician in Indianapolis faces an indictment for malicious libel over claims that Abraham Lincoln had negro blood and other denigrating statements. The pamphlet naming Lincoln’s ancestry and alleged deeds cites prominent figures and may prompt testimony from listed dignitaries. A separate note invites a scholarship chance at Western Military Academy and sewer pipe prize.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Abraham Lincoln
Wilhelm T. von Knappe
von Knappe
Tibet
John Wilkes Booth
Ida M. Tarbell
Robert T. Lincoln
Charles M. Thompson
Ilnois University
James M. Woodburn
Indiana Universality
Horace Ellis
Lincoln
Springfield
United States
Wendell Phillips
Stephen A. Douglas
Union
Wash
Western Military Academy
Alton
Ill
Fred Reinhardt
Eighth St
Lincoln Courter-Herald
Marmola Prescription Tablets Now Sold Nationwide
The Marmola Prescription Tablets are offered at drug stores or by mail from Marmola Co Detroit Michigan. The ad claims a harmless effective obesity remedy that eliminates need for exercise and touts a large case price of 75 cents.
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Marmola Co
Woodward Ave
Detroit
Mich
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Heinrich’s Staff Products Co
Capitol 870
First and
Pike
J. R. van Auken
Mor
N. Carolina
Tom Shevlin
Shevlin
New York
Derwear
Iboys
First Avenue
Comer
Union Street
Ington
Ford
Washington City
Wilhelm T von Nappy
Seattle
Pir Street
Lady Attendant Union Dentists
WL Drug Stores
DR. Evans
Peoples Bank
Second and Price
Nours
Kryptok
Walter Robson
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