Ford Day planned to boost attendance at Bureau County Fair
A proposed Ford Day at the Bureau County Fair on opening Tuesday August 28 will invite all local Ford owners to register at Princeton courthouse for free admission and a chance at 20 cash prizes. Activities include slow race tire changes and driving contests plus a wall scaling demo by the Princeton Boy Scouts as part of a larger event with hippodrome acts and a Ford convention drawing thousands.
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Doe” Fawcett
John 8
Skimmer
Bureau County Fair
Ford
Illinois
Court House
Princeton
Ford Automobile
Fair Board
Bureau County
Ford Owners
Help Wanted in Spring Valley Kidney Aid Ad
Spring Valley residents recommend Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney and back pain. Frank Walborn, painter, at 20 West Cleveland Street, reports relief after using two boxes, with kidney function returning to normal. 60c at dealers. Wester-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
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Spring Valley
Dean
Frank Walborn
Cleveland Street
Doan
Wester-Milburn Co
Mirs
Buffalo
N. Y
Curious Beliefs About Beauty in Ancient Texts
A fragment describes odd 10th century ideas that consuming brain matter could grant beauty and that ashes of purity were used for complexion. The text hints at superstition surrounding body and skin care in early medieval beliefs.
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Diglund
Butterflies Used as Food in Australia
Report notes unusually large butterfly populations in Australia being killed by aborigines. The insects are drained of their bodies and wings, then pressed into cakes and eaten.
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Australia
Stray Bits of Wisdom Say Change Your Way If Needed
Anonymous advice urges adapting approach when things stall. the saying highlights practical optimism and resilience in pursuing goals.
Central States Fair seeks prettiest Illinois high school girl
The Central States Fair and Exposition in Aurora Aug 17 25 offers 1000 dollars total for the prettiest high school girl in Illinois and the prettiest in Chicago. Rural entrants have strong odds. photos due by August 10.
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Clifford R. Trimble
The
Fair Association
Chicago
Central States Fair and Exposition
Aurora
State to Showcase Big Exhibits at Aurora Fair
Governor Small authorizes two state tent exhibits at the Central States Exhibition in Aurora from August 17 to 25. One tent will display still exhibits and the other moving pictures, with the agriculture department and road progress featured. The feature film The Organized Good Samaritan will be shown free, and maps and literature will accompany the displays.
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Clifford R. Trimble
Aurora
Illinois
Good Samaritan
Exhibit Paintings Valued at Millions to Be Shown
EF S Barrie of New York City, superintendent of the Grand Central Art Galleries, will supervise the art exhibit at the second annual Central States Fair in Aurora from August 17 to 25. Paintings valued at more than a million dollars will be hung in the fine arts building, making it the largest art show ever held west of New York City.
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Ef, S. Barrie
New York City
Grand Central Art Galleries
Aurora
America
Fertilizer Jackson The Clever Family Name Revealed
A humorous New York Sun piece recounts a woman delivering a message to Eliza Jackson a Harlem laundress. The witness meets Jackson’s children including Fertilizer Jackson whose name arose from a playful family logic.
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Jackson
Mrs. Jackson
Ferdinand
Eliza
New York Sun
Gas to foil thieves guards vaults with deadly gas
A writer cites a device from the Saturday Evening Post that uses a fragile glass container filled with poison gas linked to a vault door. Any door movement or impact releases gas to kill burglars, with drilling triggering release. The author notes this could safeguard property but cautions it conflicts with life-saving aims.
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Floyd W. Parsons
Saturday Evening Post
Poitiers Geese Endear Poising Powder Puff Trade
Poitiers famed for its geese with pure white feathers used to craft powder puffs and brushes. Local lore links whiteness to local lithia salts in bath waters. Goose farmers breed these birds for skins and down, while other humble parts become dusting brushes and tooth picks.
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Poitiers
John of
France
Lithia
Pacific Coast Indians and The Origin of Their Art
The article surveys theories on Pacific coast Indian origins linking Siwash to Mongolian features and suggesting possible ancient Chinese or Oriental influence. It notes that assertions of oriental arrival via Behring Strait are credibly considered by some, while others see Haida art resembling Japanese, but no definitive conclusion is reached.
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North America
Behring Straits
Matter of Diction in a Miner Household Feud
A Missouri woman raised on a farm moves to feed a mining camp. She describes to a friend how she spends long hours at the stove boiling and sweating to prepare meals only to hear the miners complain about her food. The tale highlights a motherly, hard working figure facing a grievance.
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Missouri
New Exposure Meter Demonstrates Hand Camera Aid
The device uses a metal scale with a slide and five translucent windows. View the object through the most transparent window and slide until the object is barely visible to pick the correct shutter speed and diaphragm opening.
Landis Buckeye Band to Headline Chautauqua Assembly
The Landis Buckeye Band, composed of Ohio State University alumni, will perform at the Chautauqua Assembly with two grand concerts on the third day. Conductor Homer L. Landis, a veteran musician and violin and clarinet soloist, will feature a violin solo with band accompaniment and showcase his band marches and teaching prizes.
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Chautaugue
Chautaudua
Landis Buckeye Band
Ohio Stateniversity Band
Chautauqua Assembly
Theery
Homer L. Landis
Landis Buckeye
Frere
Landis
Israes
Report a demand for money to the sheriff
Officials remind the public to demand credentials from any highway representative and never give money. If a party asks for funds, report it immediately to the sheriff’s office.
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Sheriff's Office
Nighttime Baby Keeps Parents Awake
A baby’s presence in a home brings delight except when cranky fits and wakes the household. The verse contrasts joy with sleepless nights caused by a fussy infant.
Impossible Cheery Friend Advice on Onions
A witty exchange features a character urging two onions daily as life’s secret while another questions the secrecy and repeats the advice in a playful dialogue style.
Always at Home. Policeman Questioning Tramps
A policeman asks the first tramp where he lives and receives the reply that he has no home. He then questions the second tramp who says he and the first tramp live together as partners.
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Him
Modern Baby Nurtured in an incubator
A quirky excerpt discusses changing fashion and manners with a mock dialogue about a "modern baby" raised in an incubator, contrasted with old customs. The piece playfully remarks on everyday items and social expectations in a light satire tone.
Are We Never to Be Safe in Philadelphia Car Crash
An ex ample reports a fatal car crash in Philadelphia where a man drove a distance before striking a tree. The clipping asks if society must watch for dangerous drivers.
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Philadelphia
Scott
Deoit Free Press
Substitute for a Bad Habit Health Bulletin Warns
A health bulletin cautions against placing tasers near lips and advises seeking safer, effective actions to curb talking. The note emphasizes avoiding risky devices and using proven methods to reduce chatter and improve safety.
Devotion's Temple
Fragmentary verse notes a temple of devotion with a saintly figure at an altar lighting an unseen pure flame. The faded lines evoke sacred space and inner fire without clear narrative.
Weak Human Nature and Insolvent Natures Cited
A fragment discusses human nature as insolvent and unable to satisfy its own walls, noting a disproportionate ambition. The text appears as a dated, reflective musing by Riverson with scattered phrasing. It references persistent self-doubt and collective failing tendencies.
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Jean
Beg Dassad Nist
Riverson
Wu Is The Dangerous Age Askers A Write
The fragment cites Columbia Record style language asking about age and danger. It hints at a commentary or headline question regarding a person named Wu and the danger tied to a specific age bracket. The readable text is sparse and lacks full context.
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Asker
Columbia Record
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertisement claims local and constitutional relief
The text promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for catarrh, noting run down conditions intensify symptoms. It describes an Ointment for local relief and an Internal Medicine tonic to improve general health, sold by druggists for years by E J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
E.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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