Uncertain moods hinder success and reliability
The piece argues that individuals driven by mood swings or impulse fail to advance. It warns that inconsistency in behavior damages trust, work relations, and personal progress. By staying calm and steady, the self barometer stays set to settled and helps avoid knocking others off balance.
Madstone myth debunked as rabies cure claims fade
Medical authorities dismiss madstone as mythical and ineffective for hydrophobia. Pasteur treatment remains the only proven therapy when rabies reaches the bloodstream, with historical notes tracing the stone’s origin from India in the 1600s to Europe and America.
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India
Europe
America
Prince of Wales Receives Kitten at Dunlop Works
The London Daily Express describes the prince of Wales visiting Dunlop works in Birmingham where an avenue of workers waved and a girl offered a black kitten. He smiled as he stroked the kitten before it crawled away, prompting laughter from onlookers.
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Birmingham
London Daily Express
Prince of Wales
Dunlop
Extreme In Politics: Joan Questions Democrats Faith
A Chicago Daily News piece narrates young Joan's rigid political view inspired by her Republican father. She assumes Democrats are outside heaven and openly confronts her sister's friend during devotion, exclaiming disbelief at a Democrat’s prayers.
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Joan
Chicago Daily News
Red Top Delivers Short Barnyard Lecture
Red Top the Rooster climbs a stump to lecture the barnyard on civic virtue. He urges hens and roosters to boost the barnyard and avoid knocking it, then wraps with a brief thanks for their attention.
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Red Top
Miss Hen
Mrs. Hen
Tailored sports coats and summer blouses guide school wardrobe
Midseason fashion guidance for school outfits highlights tailored sports coats with bold buttons and versatile wear for girls and young women. Describes blouse embellishments, plaited skirts trend, and fall coat silhouettes, fabrics, and decorative stitching across sporty and dressy looks.
RIDDLES: What letter is an insect and why the apple peels
A reader riddle asks what letter represents an insect with a bee pun. The second joke asks why the apple peeled, answering because it saw the Brussels sprout.
Longevity Theories Countered by Practical Health Conditions
An American pathologist lists enemies of health including disease, infection, poison, diet, fear, grief, and apathy. The piece critiques Dr. Leonard Williams of London who argues for a 140 year life span, noting societal pressures and medical advances render such longevity impractical.
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John Shell
Leonard Williams
London
Doctor Williams
Louisville Courier- Journal
A Dead Race and a Dying Symbol of Cigar Store Indians
The New Orleans Times-Picayune notes Eastern museums seek to preserve wooden cigar store Indians once common at tobacconists shops. The piece reflects on a fading breed of decorative figures once widespread across U S towns, acknowledging their historical presence and asking who originated the idea.
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United States
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Where to Find Diamond Backs in the West and Arkansas
Carlysle Graham Raht discusses his story The Diamond Black and describes the diamond-back snake as mainly found in Arkansas and eastern Texas. He notes the term also applies to the western rattler and recalls travels across the West including the Davis Mountains and northeastern Mexico.
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Carlysle Graham Raht
Everybody’s Magazine
New West
Arkansas
Texas
Mexico
Davis Mountains
Peru's Foreign Trade in 1921 and 1920 Totals
Peru's 1921 foreign trade reached 83,329,672 Lp total with imports of 16,669,188 Lp and exports of 16,660,484 Lp. In U.S. dollar terms, imports were 81,012,254 and exports 80,969,952, totaling 161,982,206. For 1920 the figures were 52 with imports 18,358,224 Lp, exports 35,804,156 Lp, total 53,662,880 Lp and 260,799,166 dollars.
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Peru
Statistical Division of Customs
Libras Peruanas
United States
Destruction of Sherwood Forest for Coal Mining
Historic Sherwood Forest near Nottingham county faces destruction to fuel coal mining. Estimated output 10 million tons yearly. Edwins ton hall, an ancient mission, to become an educational center for miners. Forest owners are lords facing income tax pressures.
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Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood
Nottingham County
Edwinston Hall
Manter Kansas Reports No Rain or Snow Since Founding
The town of Manter Kansas on the Santa Fe branch west of Satanta is noted as possibly the only Kansas city never to have rain or snow since its founding. Despite its thriving appearance with two banks general stores and hotels no moisture has fallen in that community.
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Manter
Satanta
Kansas
Indianapolis News
Aspirin Bayer Ad Promises Genuine Product and Low Cost
An aspirin advertisement urges buyers to look for Bayer on the package or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer product. It touts safety proven by millions for common ailments and lists tablet formats with low prices. A second feature describes a strange deep sea creature resembling an old man spotted off the Brazilian coast, with a headlike form and horn-like spike.
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Bayer
Why Take Laxatives Pills and salts cause permanent injury
An eminent medical authority warns that pills and salts give only temporary relief from constipation at the cost of lasting harm. Science favors a natural lubricant like Nujol which keeps waste soft and moving, acting like Nature’s lubrication. Nujol is not a medicine and does not gripe, is harmless, pleasant, and used in leading hospitals. Get a bottle from your druggist today.
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London
Answers
Official Bat Hunters to Fight Flying Fox in Ceylon
Ceylon faces widespread fruit crop damage from fruit-eating flying fox bats. The government appoints official bat hunters and launches a shooting campaign to reduce the pests, hoping daytime roosting bats will be eliminated as they hang in trees.
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Ceylon
Recreation engineer to oversee national forest camp grounds
A new official titled recreation engineer will work under U S forest service direction to develop public camp grounds and summer home sites in Western national forests. The role aims to accommodate roughly 5,500,000 tourists visiting national reservations each year.
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United States Forest Service
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Advertised
A Keeseville New York reader praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for improving female troubles and overall strength. The testimonial claims six bottles helped reduce illness and restore flesh, urging others to try the remedies.
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Keeseville
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Li Pinkhar
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