The Essence of Advertisement Comes to Copeland’s
In San Francisco Copeland's Dry Goods Emporium hosts a salesman Dodge who unveils The Essence of Advertisement a perfume that makes shoppers buy heavily. The store soars on the scent but soon discovers customers only buy while under the perfume and rarely return prompting a corrective dilution recipe from Dodge.
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Copeland's Dry Goods Emporium
Dodge
San Francisco
Copeland
California
Dodge Ao
Martin Copeland
Copeland’s
Ihs
B. Dodge
New York City
India
Silver Lace Dominates Vogue In Evening Fashions
Metal lace trims rise in popularity for gowns and hats as silver tones outshine gold. The trend features two piece gowns with metal lace bodices and belting ribbon accessories. Hats show high crowns in gray tones with georgette brims and velvet textures while lace decor and fur accents add elegance.
Hemp production up in United States reaches new high
The Department of Agriculture reports rising hemp cultivation with a projected 2,600 tons this year. Past crops include 1,000 tons in 1924 and 500 tons in 1923, with about 90 percent grown in Wisconsin. Domestic use runs around 10,000 tons annually, mostly imported from Italy.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Italy
Auto Age Limit Debate Sparks City Review
The Ridian Star reports on discussions about restricting car age limits to 25 years. Officials consider safety, emissions, and maintenance factors as residents weigh potential rules. A public input session is planned to gather community views and propose possible policy adjustments.
Ingenuity in prison escapes across epochs
The piece recounts historical escape feats showing clever use of improvised tools. It cites Marion County Jail inmates using a watchmaker saw hidden in a book, a burglar’s improvised chisel from a bench, bread, and table parts to bypass locks, and Vanden We garte melting a pewter mug to fashion skeleton keys and scaling walls before fleeing.
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Pentonville
London Mail
Marion County Jail
Indianapolis
Alfred Thomas
Vanden Wegarte
Lille
Schwab Banquet Question Turns To Silence
Charles M Schwab at a Loretto banquet endures a talkative suitor who asks what quality will help him succeed. Schwab replies after listening closely that the man needs a device to make him shut up guiding the humorous exchange.
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Charles M. Schwab
Loretto
Mr. Schwab
Paris Latin Quarter Relics Fade as Steinbach Transforms
The Steinbach brasserie near Boulevard Saint-Michel and Montparnasse, once a bohemian late-hour rendezvous and 30 years a literary hub for poets and artists, becomes a restaurant. The Grillon cabaret, founded in 1912 and famed for witty songs, has closed.
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Steinbach
Boulevard Saint- Michel
Montparnasse
Grillon
Electricity From Geysers Could Power California
Investigation of Sonoma county geysers finds potential to generate about 50 000 kilowatts. Seven wells located seventy five miles north of San Francisco may feed a station planned to produce 25 000 kilowatts.
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Sonoma County
California
San Francisco
Bible in France to be issued in deluxe eighty-volume set
Publisher M. Francois Bernouard plans an eighty volume edition of the Bible for France. The edition will present Hebrew and Greek texts opposite the French translation with woodcuts throughout. Bernouard is also a noted poet whose work appears in many anthologies.
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France
M. Francois Bernouard
M. Bernourad
Ancient temple uncovered near Bersan in Palestine
Archaeologists report a temple at Bersan in Palestine dating to roughly the era of Rameses II. The site yields a large altar with steps, beads and jewelry, and a stone hawk bearing both North and South Egypt crowns.
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Ashtaroth
Bersan
Palestine
Rameses TI
Egypt
Village seeks church steeple water towers near Moscow
Podmoshie in Dmitrovsky district has asked the Moscow Soviet to authorize using unused church steeples as water towers to cut costs for a new water works system. The provincial Soviet ruled that unused churches may be repurposed with congregation consent if engineers deem them safe.
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Podmoshie
Dmitrovsky
Moscow
Moscow Soviet
Start for Home She Bored Hint in Boston Transcript
A dialog snippet shows a wife urging her partner to begin a task and start something, with the exchange centered on starting the radio as a cue to begin. The line conveys domestic banter and mood as a weathered newsroom snippet.
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Boston Transcript
Red for British Boys Trousers
English college students wear bright red trousers as cold weather hits with temperatures falling to zero. The article notes the bold color choice amid chilly conditions and student fashion trends.
Dave's Mentha Pepsin Promoted as Gas Relief Remedy
An old advertisement extols Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a fast relief for gastritis and gas. It claims it helps bloating, pressure on the heart, and stomach trouble, urging readers to buy a bottle from their druggist or money back.
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Dave
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