Switzerland the Winter Playground of the Old World
The article extols Switzerland as a premier winter destination for 1919-1920 with 8000-foot resorts, alpine beauty, and enduring charm. It highlights winter sports expansion, from skating and hockey to bob sleighing and skiing, aided by modern transport like mountain railways and efficient toboggan runs, promising sociable, healthful recreation amid pristine scenery.
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Switzerland
Republic
Marie Widmer
New York Herald
Paradise
Jack Frost
Grisons
Duggan
Bride’s Roast Pork Reassurance Delights Indianapolis
A young bride from a country town and her groom visit Indianapolis to furnish their home. The groom is late, finds his wife calmly dining, and she explains she has eaten for 28 years to prove she can manage without him. The anecdote highlights hunger as a stronger force than romance.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Origins of America’s First Newspapers
The Boston News Letter began publication 215 years ago as America’s first continuously printed newspaper. Publick Occurrences issued a single number 13 years earlier but failed after its first issue. John Campbell ran the News Letter solo, from editor to printer. The period lasted 72 years with a steady weekly circulation around 300 copies.
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America
Boston News Letter
Journal
Publick
John Campbell
News Letter
Fragmentary prose scene with shifting feelings
A young man reacts with repugnance to a beautiful girl whose presence unsettles him. The girl trembles and whispers of being overwhelmed as the moment reveals awkward tension and unspoken emotions.
Wrigley Sets World Record in Hog Sale
William Wrigley Jr staged a Jan 9 sale at Green Gables Farm near Lake Geneva Wisconsin. 36 Poland China sows averaged 1554.84 dollars selling for 57000 dollars. Buyers from across the mid-west attended by special train from Chicago. Sows bred to The Clansman 26 sold for 1939.42 dollars average. Top price 4000 dollars for Long Lady. Wrigley’s boars include The Clansman valued at 15000 dollars and The Ad vancer at 3000 dollars.
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Mid-Western
Corn Belt
Chicago
William Wrigley, Jr
Green Gables Farm
Lake Geneva
Wis
Wrigley
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Kodak
Sena
Fruedenberg Studio
LA Salle, Ild
Majestic Theatre-Sun
Jimmie Hodges
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Don Lanning
Orliner
Sale Valley Bakery
Oettinger’s
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