Elopement near miss ends in renewed hope for lovers
Caroline Burbank and Howard Bolton face a Wall Street crisis that nearly ruins both families and jeopardizes their wedding plans. A sudden Argentine contract ratification saves Burbank & Co and allows Carrie and Howard to marry as originally hoped.
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Caroline Burbank
Howard Bolton
Daily Papers
Howard
Wall Street
Burbank & Co
Caroline
Burbank
Carrie
Tamagoner
Sophronia
Father
Buenos Aires
Bolton
Ali
Long Island
Burbank Place
Mr. Burbank
Crowning Pagoda Festival In Mandalay
A returning missionary recalls Mandalay hosting a festival for a new pagoda crowned with a massive gilded ball and spindle. Buddhists from Indo China and beyond attend as a bamboo toboggan-like incline lifts the weight to the summit over 830 feet high. The crowd mingles diverse trades and booths line the streets during the six day ascent and seventh day securing the crown.
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Mandalay
Burma
Indo-China
Himalayas
Laos
Chan
Siam
Katschin
Mot
Babel
British Fishermen Keep Tally by Quaint Method
A West coast village scene shows fish crews using a barrel hoop and knife to mark counts. Each basket lands and a notch is cut then a shout of tally echoes from quay and boat crews as herring are discharged.
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Dyke Tife
London, Daily Mail
Chinese Behind Times In New York Sun Item On Fashion
An excerpt notes Chinese adoption of American styles quickening while the Far East lags. It cites knee length dresses in Hong Kong and Beijing calendars reaching Brooklyn shops, with laundries showing women in 1920 American dress. A brunette figure in a blue skirt and black stockings is described, implying shock to traditional tastes.
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Far East
New York Sun
Hongkong
Peking
Brooklyn
Icelandic Railway Plan Survey Contract With Norway
An official of the Norwegian state railways has signed a contract with Iceland to conduct preliminary surveys and design plans for a roughly sixty five kilometer line. The route would be narrow gauge and steam powered initially, though the many waterfalls may push toward electric traction in the future.
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Norwegian State Railways
Iceland
Mid-Summer Hats and Lingerie Take Center Stage
In June wedding lore, negligees and lingerie blaze with color from georgette and crepe de chine to satin and taffeta. Midsummer hats echo romance with leghorns, georgette crowns, lace trims, and floral ribbons, while tassels and ribbons finish gowns and sleeves. Julia Bottomley signs the piece.
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Georgette
Malines
Maliness
Julia Bottomley
Stomach Trouble Can Be Corrected Quickly and Easily
Upset stomach and digestive system issues undermine health and strength. The message emphasizes that many complications originate from stomach troubles and can be addressed with simple corrections.
Tanlac Declared World’s Best Tonic for Digestive Health
This great medicine will tone up the system soothe an inflamed stomach remove accumulated poison and start the digestive organs functioning properly thus allowing the system to assimilate the food one eats all good druggists sell Tanlac.
Investigating kelp growth and life history progress
Scientists study kelp, a sea plant used for potash in agriculture, gradually forming understanding of its growth, reproduction, and ecological role. Research tracks kelp habitats, seasonal changes, and potential applications for farming and industry.
Cuticura Promotes Relief for Baby Rashes
Advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing baby rashes that itch and burn. Claims hot baths with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment and optional Cuticura Talcum offer purer, sweeter relief, priced at 25 cents each.
Such Is Fame Cretin Celebrated Poet of France
Such Is Fame Cretin, a French poet who flourished from 1483 to 1547, was hailed as France’s greatest by contemporaries. Rabelais mocked him, and today he is largely forgotten.
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Fame Cretin
France
Rabelais
Freezone promises painless corn removal
A drugstore product named Freezone offers quick relief for corns by stopping pain with a tiny drop. It claims the corn can be lifted away with fingers without soreness or irritation, suitable for hard and soft corns and corn between toes.
Be Mine Defines Life Sentence Dialogue Ad Starts
Indigestion prompts alarming symptoms while an ad touts Wright Indian Vegetable Pills at 872 Pearl Street New York claiming to restore digestion and end
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Pearl St
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertisements
A collection of patient testimonials from women across Nebraska Iowa Arkansas praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from back pain fatigue and inability to work. Women report regained strength energy and ability to perform housework care for children garden and household tasks after using the remedy.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Pinkham
Liscoln
Wolveane
Fouke
Arkansas
Ores
Lydia B
Poe
Dora Philyaw
R.R. No.2
Redek
Peg
E. Pinkham
Saponaceous Swindler Warns Against Flattery in Business
A short editorial note from the Boston Transcript warns readers to beware of flattery used to swindle in business. It cautions that soft talk is a cover for manipulation and deception.
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Boston Transcript
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Nebarte Co
Shorman
Tex
Viet Ae
Beta Gatees
Ag San E Teres
Astoria
Fletcher
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