Parents learn after 9 years how son died in Argonne
Coffeyville Kansas residents Mr and Mrs A F Griffith learn the fate of their son Ralph Griffith who died in September 1918 during the Argonne fighting. Vernon Engles a former New York resident and messenger with the Thirty fifth division identified himself and recounted Griffiths death. Engles survived injuries and now travels toward Arizona after many operations and illness.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Hindenburg Line
Argonne Forest
A. F. Griffith
Ralph Griffith
St. Louis
United States
Vernon Engles
New York City
California
Griffith
Engles
Thirty-fifth Division
Argonne
Young Griffith
Ralph
Government Hospital
Arizona
Edgar Dale
Fame and names endure while people fade as jokes
The piece muses that fame is a capricious force rewarding names through words like watt volt and ampere while individual people fade. It cites James Watt Alessandro Volta Ohm Ampere and Janos Irinyi. It links silhouettes to Etienne de Silhouette and Daguerre and notes Mackintosh Macadam Mansard Wallop Black Maria Bone Dry and Ford as examples of enduring names that outlast their creators.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Court of Last Resort
Watt
James Watt
Scotland
Alassandro Volta
Italy
George Simon Ohm
Germany
Andre Marie Ampere
France
Janos Irinyi
Etiennne de Silhouette
M. Daguerre
Mackintosh
Charles Mackintosh
Manchester
England
Macadam
John Loudon Macadam
Earl of Sandwich
Stillson
Pullman
George Mortimer Pullman
New York
Mansard
Paris
John Wallo
Maria
Maria Lee
Boston
Giant "Cop" Brooks Stands Tall Among New Policemen
In New York, Frank Brooks towers at 6 feet 7% inches in stocking feet and weighs 208 pounds as part of a large corps of new police recruits.
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New York
Mfather
Scotland Yard Equips 60 Cars With Radio to Fight Crime
Scotland Yard plans to equip sixty automobiles with radio apparatus to aid the suppression of crime. The move aims to improve communication and coordination among officers in urban policing efforts.
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Radio
London
Scotland Yard
Student Raises Venom Snakes to Fund Medical School
Leonard Keeler a Stanford University junior has turned six foot rattlesnakes into a revenue stream by raising them and selling venom to a major lab while pursuing a serum to treat rattlesnake bites. He immunizes horses over eight months then harvests serum for market. Keeler sometimes lets a pet rattle live to warn others of danger.
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Leonard Keeler
Stanford University
Keeler
A Tale of Roses and Regret in an Asia Bound Quest
Tabitha waits eighteen years for Gerry Lang to propose as roses mark her birthdays. He leaves for Blizen exploration in Asia. Twenty years later he returns aged and lean, still loving her. She reveals deceit. he forgives time, and she asks to marry now before parting for good.
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Gerald Lang
Gerald
Tabitha
Lang
Gerry
Geity
Blizen
Asia
Tibet
Jenkins
Castoria Trusted for Infants for Over Thirty Years
Mothers turn to Fletcher's Castoria as a safe pediatric remedy for teething and stomach upset. The advertisement claims Castoria replaces Castor Oil Paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups with no narcotics and authentic packages bear the dealer's signature.
Special Offer to Victims of Indigestion
A vintage advertisement promises quick relief from indigestion with one tablespoon of Dave's Mentha Pepsin. It claims gas vanishes, heart pressure eases, and breathing returns to normal, with a druggist guarantee or money back.
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Dave
Don't Let Cough or Cold Go Down to Lungs
An advertisement warns that a head cold can become dangerous if it travels to the bronchial tubes and lungs. It promotes Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as fast relief reaching the throat chest and bronchial membranes and advises against generic cough syrups. The product is hospital proven and prescribed by physicians and sold at druggists for 60 cents or one dollar.
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Ayer
Hams From World’s Largest Hog Brought Near Hagerstown
Hams weighing ninety pounds each were obtained from the world’s largest hog slaughtered near Hagerstown Maryland. The animal weighed 1,400 pounds alive. Capper’s Weekly reports the surprising yield from the giant hog.
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Hagerstown
That Stomach of Yours Frankfort Sufferer Praises Discovery
A Frankfort resident describes years of stomach trouble with sour digestion gas cramps and nerve distress. After taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery she reports relief and renewed health and strength. The testimonial comes from Mrs Maria Coax of Kentucky Avenue with notice to all dealers. Cincinnati November 14 1927.
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Frankfort
Maria
Coax
Kentucky Ave
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