Oil Boom Fades into Prosaic Future and School Attire Changes in Tokyo
A veteran forecast notes vast shale deposits could yield 200000 barrels daily for 800 years, predicting oil’s steady production but fading romance. Separately, Tokyo schools reveal new uniform colors for freshmen and second year girls, with pink jackets violet skirts for freshmen and brown coats for seniors.
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Colorado
Cushing
Tokyo
Revtel
Japan Society
Commercal School
Yamanaki Girls’ High School
Atomi Girls’ High School
Professor Hoozis Instight Reports Central Africa Expedition
A dialogue recounts Professor Hoozis Instight returning from an expedition to central Africa. He claims the discovery of a people so uncivilized they had never heard of moving pictures.
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Hoozis
Central
Africa
Des
Bayer Aspirin Launches and Early Advertisements
Early 1900s advertising copy touts Bayer aspirin as the world famous medicine for pain relief with claims of its trade name and chemical name. A narrative fragment shows domestic scenes with Thomas Tompkins and his wife, plus an ad promoting Cuticura products for scalp itching.
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Posicians
Peart Iy Gaust
Bayer
Salaria
Anton
Salley- Neweld
Pennies Grow Into Notes In Australian Currency Growth
The Sydney and Melbourne mints have churned out new pennies and halfpennies to satisfy a rise in child savings. In four months 1.6 million pennies and 300 thousand halfpennies circulated in Victoria. About half of Commonwealth notes are £1000, with 25 thousand in circulation, and £1 notes around 18.5 million. The total Commonwealth issue stands at £55,200,719.
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Sydney
Melbourne
Victoria
Valued for His Silence Eliphalet Sogsby Remembered
The Toudville Clarion extols Eliphalet Sogsby an old citizen who died recently. The editor notes he sat on the platform for thirty years at public meetings and was never known to make a speech, a rare trait in the community.
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Toudville Clarion
Eliphalet Sogsby
the Clarion
Birmingham Age-Herald
A Dangerous Mission
Madge warns that taking a photograph could ruin her appearance while Jack presses for a plan involving her father to be seen. The dialogue outlines tension over an unseen risk and a looming confrontation.
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Jack
Madge
Thunderstorms in the Making Explains storm growth
The article describes how a thunderstorm forms from initial white patches to dense thunder heads. It explains moisture rise, uneven heating, cloud growth, and the three stages of development, noting lightning, heavy rainfall, hail, and the energy involved. It highlights the roles of moisture, updrafts, and towering cloud tops in producing a thunderstorm and its thunderheads.
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Rick
Popilar
Krmall
Status of New Zealand as a Dominion in Empire Reconsidered
The Literary Digest surveys New Zealand's new dominion status within the empire amid postwar questions. Dominion leaders urge independent foreign policy voice and direct representation in the League of Nations to avoid imperial parochialism while maintaining unity through sympathy and shared interests.
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Britain
League of Nations
Wellington
Samoa
New Zealand
Dominion
Downie Stewart
House of Representatives
Ames
Massey
London
Winter Itch Remedies and Public Notices
A reader discusses winter itch and home remedies including glycerin and lime water, plus the advice of Kellogg Pusey Sutton and others on skin care and humidity. The piece shifts to public notices urging removal of political signs from state highways and notes a large trans Atlantic dirigible project. It ends with a Los Angeles Times column on voter priorities and national issues.
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South
New Zongland
California
Florida
Cuba
Kellogg
Pusey
Sahara
Duties Are Reciprocal From the New York World
The piece argues that duties are reciprocal as aliens within the United States owe a duty to the nation that sheltered them. It asserts that until aliens recognize this duty the American public will support deportation of those who break the law.
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New York
Peptomist Defined by Perplexing Patriotism
The excerpt labels a so called Peptomist as a pestilent type who dodges work by feigning optimism yet avoids action. It contrasts a genuine pessimist with a poptomist who rolls up sleeves and proceeds to push through efforts.
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Thomas C. Sheehan
American Legion
George
Typhoid Mary and the Cook Behind Recurrent Illness
A historical account describes a cook blamed for spreading typhoid through years of outbreaks in urban and rural areas. Health inspectors identified the source in her feces, leading to her impoundment and labeling as a Typhoid Mary. The piece explains the concept, diagnosis, and limited cures, noting long term reporting requirements and food-handling restrictions.
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Cook
Mand
York
New York
New England
The Scarecrow Poem and Twilight Sleep Operation
The excerpt presents a poem about a scarecrow and a gray mouse in a worn coat sleeve with a jenny wren in its hat as a narrator. It also notes in The New York World that in Norwich Connecticut a twilight sleep operation was used on Frank J. King due to a weak heart making standard anesthetics unsafe.
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Tom
New York World
Frank J. King
Norwich
Conn
King
Standby by Lodge Reservations Split Among Senators
Opposition lines up against the Lodge plan with Hearst steadfast and 80 bolshevists pro-German propagandists Sinn Feiners and radicals. Calder wants stronger reservations while Knox backs a separate peace with Germany. They will accept the Lodge reservations as the irreducible minimum.
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Lodg
New York World
Hearst
Bolshevists
Sinn
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Claims Women's Health Relief
An advertisement claims Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures female disorders and infertility. It asserts relief from after birth ailments and displacement, urging readers to write for advice and testimonials, promising confidential service from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Lydia
Spitz Lesson Sparks Curiosity at School
A teacher displaying a dog image labeled Spitz prompts questions from students about spitting behavior and breed traits, sparking dialogue among youngsters.
Green's August Flower Advert
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative to regulate digestion, cleanse the stomach and intestines, and stimulate bile. It claims widespread use for indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, sluggish liver, and related ailments, sold by druggists worldwide for over fifty years. The piece ends with a clipping note about a spade and a joke about a club.
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Green
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An old ad claims Pape's Cold Compound eases a severe cold after a first dose every two hours, with three doses totaling quick relief. It promises instant nasal relief, stopped nasal discharge, headache relief, and overall misery reduction at a few cents per bottle.
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Pape
Ady
Unclear Warnings Highlighted in Quotation Fragments
Fragmentary quotes discuss worry as a means to stay out of trouble and suggest a cheap approach, though the text offers no concrete events, dates, or identifiable names to anchor a full news item.
Inventors unveil tiny electric ch ins for decorative candy coins
Makers introduce miniature electric chips designed for decorative candy tokens. The novelty items light up and run on compact power sources, aiming to charm consumers seeking playful, retro stationery and party favors.
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Leraly
Commonwealth of Australia
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Battle Creek, Michigan
Pennsylvania
Royal Italian Navy
Los Angeles ‘Times
League of Nastlongs
Peptomist
King's Highway
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The
Poetry Review
Reynolds
Clarence B. Miller
James B. Reynolds
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Miller
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Spade
Louisville Courier Journal
Fletcher
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