Coast and Geodetic Survey extends drag work near Key West
The United States coast and geodetic survey urges extending wire drag surveys westward from Key West due to the naval base and port significance. Last season’s work mapped the west channel from west of Monkey Key to Marquesas Key, and areas to Dry Tortugas, finding depths of 28 feet on charts but shoals with only 22 feet in places.
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Key West
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Navy Department
West Channel
Man Key
Marquesas Key
Jiggins Party Or Hat Refusal Inquiried Briton Internment
A compact dialogue scene contrasts a man choosing a hat at Jiggins party against urging to attend a lively show. A Briton contemplates doing the proper thing by interning Germans as an ironic admission within this social vignette of prudent restraint.
Soldiers Who Wear Veils in Desert Campaign
British expedition under General Botha fights in German Southwest Africa where the desert plain is waterless and scorching. Troops must carry all supplies as fodder and water are unavailable, heat at midday reaching 122 degrees, and many burghers blistered by the sun and hospitalized. Some men endure the heat with only a sun helmet and boots.
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Africa
Botha
Uthwest Africa
Five Francs A Day Top Floor Rooms In Paris Town
A returning American tour ist finds a hotel in a French town near Paris offering top floor rooms at five francs daily. The guest is satisfied with the surprisingly low rate and later jokes about basement rooms amid the town stroll. Also a cartoon caption notes a boy’s quip about a whip in a ringmaster’s act.
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Paris
Everybody’s Magazine
Old Flame Maud Widow Sparks Caution in Talk
In a terse exchange, a character notes Maud, once a lover, is now a widow. The speaker reflects that marriage to Maud would have led to his death, underscoring fate and luck in their past.
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Maud
Winter Garden Care And Flower Growing Tips
Practical gardening notes stressing weekly plant rotation, soil care, pest checks, and ample light. Advice covers bedding changes, starting specimen crops indoors, canna moisture needs, hedge planting with vines, and soap-suds for scale control. Also covers germination, seed care, frost avoidance, and cosmos pruning for window plants.
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Jack Frost
Woodbine
Beauty of Day Lily Continues to Impress Gardeners
The article extols day lilies for wide color range and long bloom from May 20 to September. Hybrids offer improved varieties. they thrive from seed or division and resist adverse conditions. Gardeners are urged to plant the latest introductions for greater success.
William Penn Chairs Restored by Blind Women in Independence Hall
Two chairs once owned by William Penn, stored in Independence Hall, were repaired by two blind inmates of the Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind Women. The work replaced deteriorating caning in a constrained setting, preserving the fragile relics in the east room.
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William Penn
Philadelphia Ledger
Pennsylvania Industrial Home For
Independence Hall
Congress Hall
Miss Ira Frost
Liquid Soap and Ointment Promise Quick Healing
An advertisement promoting Cuticura cleansing soap and ointment as remedies for eczema and rashes. It claims relief, rest, and sleep follow use and suggests trying samples by mail from Boston. The pitch targets all ages and notes availability “everywhere.”
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Reforming Characters in a Humorous Quip from Sniffles Mo
The quote critiques various village types including drinkers gossipers poets preachers and social personalities as examples of reform possible through improved behavior. It quotes J Fuller Gloom of Sniffles Mo and cites the Kansas City Star for the remark.
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J. Fuller
Kansas City Star
Knight in London told not to resign baronetcy
Fragmentary note about an Anglo German knight in London who could not surrender his title, followed by advertising copy for eyewash and Red Cross Ball Blue and a remark on married life.
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London
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy Advertises Women’s Relief
In Cleveland Ohio and Hanover Pennsylvania readers share letters praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female troubles and pains. Women report relief from symptoms avoiding operations and returning to regular work with confidence. Confirms confidential written replies from Syd E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
C. H. Griffith
Constant St
Hanover
Walnut St
Syd E. Pinkham
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McNeill & Libby
Chicago
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Jim
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Tommy
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Lily
Cuthura
Marine Eye
Marine Eye Remedy Co
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Carter
Daisy Fly Killer
Draggista
Cincinnati
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Leasant
Ieee
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