New York Light Exhibit and Odd Museum Tales
A mixed civic column recounts a garter snake family inside the American Museum of Natural History and a rooftop observer mocking a public speaker. It also notes a dreamt judge, vintage Park Avenue cars, a rewrite error at a financial paper, and a secretary miscast at a Wall Street firm, plus a $1,000,000 embezzlement story tied to a German opera tour.
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American Museum of Natural History
Natural History Museum
Park Avenue
New York College
Soandso
Wall Street
Practical Joker Worries Terre Haute Citizens
Terre Haute residents appeal to police to halt a practical joker who sends merchandise to homes and orders taxi cabs for nearby addresses when not needed, spreading confusion and concern through the community.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Curfew Signal Still Heard From Armour Plant
Thirty years after Kansas City curfew started when Armour Packing asked officials to blow the factory whistle at 9 each night farmers living about 30 miles away can still hear the signal.
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Kansas City
Armour Packing Company
Eight Year Old Poet From Memphis Gains Noted Praise
Beulah Sevier Morris, eight, of Memphis Tennessee, is praised as extraordinary for a girl of her age after publishing a book of poems. The report highlights her early literary achievement and local recognition.
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Memphis, Tenn
Beaulah Sevier Morris
Opens Easily With Makeshift Key Screwdriver Method
A quick hack explains how slipping a small screwdriver through the end of a key allows turning to open a can or lock without hurting the fingers. The technique emphasizes speed and simplicity for improvised access.
Threeinone Oil Promotion Claim for Household Use
An advertising feature extols 3 in One Oil as superior, claiming it cleans protects and lubricates household devices such as locks hinges sewing machines and vacuums. It emphasizes animal mineral and vegetable oil blend, higher cost but lower long term repairs, and urges buyers to seek the red 3 in One trademark in 15 and 30 cent cans.
Great East Indian Festival Kumbha Mela gathers millions
The Kumbha Mela festival occurs every 14 years in India drawing about 17 million pilgrims to the sacred confluence of the Ganges Jamitia and the Saraswati rivers for ritual bathing and religious observance.
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India
Ganges
Jamitia
Retain Your Good Looks and Youthful Charm Appeal
A historical ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe herbal tonic to preserve a woman's charm and youth, claiming no harmful ingredients and offering free medical advice from the Invalids Hotel in Buffalo New York. It mentions a 10 cent trial package of tablets and notes there are almost 600 different kinds of parrots.
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DR. Pierce
Pierce
Royal Elephant Escapes To Swim Leaves Calvary
An elephant from the royal stable fled unobserved to swim in the river. Six elephants and two camels pursued the animal. The camels gripped the elephant by the ears while officers whipped it with trunks from behind. The elephant returned home after this chase. It has begun a hunger strike and has refused food for 10 days.
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Delhi
Royal Stable
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Free Trial Offer
An old family laxative ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for all ages. It features pure senna and laxative herbs to gently stimulate bowels without weakening them and invites readers to obtain a free trial bottle from Monticello Illinois.
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Dr. Caldwell
Monticello
Ill
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