Buddha Saga Ends With Abe in Portland Jail
Abe, an able seaman, chases a gold lacquered Buddha stolen in Nagasaki. After a dramatic pursuit by temple priests, he escapes to a steamer and returns to Portland with the relic. Now jailed on vagrancy charges while Nagasaki priests regain the goddess statue.
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Oriental VanGas
Franklin
Aba
Judas
Nagasaki
Buddha
Abe
Abé
Dory
Portland
Coleman
Collins
Nagasgk
Artist Wing Prize for Old Fisheman in Provincetown
Provincetown notices Ross E. Moffet awarded the Hallgarten prize of 500 dollars by the American Academy of Art for his painting An Old Fisherman. The award ceremony and further details were announced.
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Provincetown
Mass
American Academy of Art
Ross E. Moffet
Hallgarten
Fisheman
Sorbol Quadruple Promoted For Goitre Relief
A Wellston reader recounts relief from a twenty year goitre after using Sorbol Quadruple. She notes breathing improves in days, neck swelling subsides in under two weeks, and she can resume normal activity. The ad claims the product is non staining, prompts ten minutes daily use, and is available at Blew stores or Sorbot Company in Mechanicsburg Ohio.
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Magali
Carrie Barnhouse
West C. Street
Wellston
The
Blew & Suucas
Sorbot Company
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
Divine Guidance Wrote Hymns by bedridden woman
Buffalo on March 16 Mrs Fltn G Bathrick of Niagara Falls claims divine guidance in composing hymns. Confined to bed for seventeen years she writes with a mandolin pick and auto harp aided by a penholder, singing and testing tunes. She has produced thirteen hymns including one on New Year's Day.
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Buffalo
G.H. Bathrick
Niagara Falls
Bathrick Hea
Ten Thousand Dollars Left For Missing Heir
A $10,000 deposit left to Frank Flynn, likely of Worcester, by his brother John Flynn who was found dead on a St Augustine, Florida beach. The sum is in New York and Boston banks, and Postmaster James Healy has handed the case to Captain James J. Casey for a state wide search.
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Worchester
Mass
New ‘York
Boston
Frank Flynn
Worcester
John Flynn
St. Augustine
Fla
James Healy
Healy
James J. Casey
Detective Bureau
Prisoners in Joliet Penitentiary Allowed to Talk
In Joliet Illinois March 16 prisoners may chat freely about daily topics and harmless subjects under a new progressive merit system. Judge C H Jenkins director of public welfare notes past penalties for silence were punitive. A board including the warden assistant psychologist and two prison officials will judge each convict’s progress toward freedom. John P Whitman superintendent of prisons states inmates are told what is required to earn release.
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International
Joliet
C. H. Jenkins
Public Welfare
Mentho Sulphur Promised To Heal Skin Eruptions
A skin specialist touts Mentho Sulphur for unsightly eruptions rash or blotches. He claims improvement the next day due to germ destroying properties and says the preparation dries eczema and soothes irritation. Obtain a small jar from any good druggist and apply it like cold cream.
Transfusion Saves Brother After Razor Rush
In Boston on March 16 Albert J. Kehoe of South Boston donated thirty three ounces of blood to his brother Edward J. Kehoe, who cut his throat with a razor. Dr. William E. Browne, chief operating surgeon at Carney Hospital, performed the transfusion and inserted a sliver tube into the windpipe before sewing the severed bits.
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Boston
Albert
J. Kehoe
Edward
Willam E. Browne
Carney Hospital
Cascarets for Constipation Offer
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a pleasant harmless sleep aid that cleanses the liver clears the head sweetens the stomach and moves the bowels like clockwork by morning. Sold in 10 25 or 50 cent boxes and marketed as kid friendly candy cathartic.
The Waite Mull motion picture at Colonial Theatre
A brief note on The Waite Mull film at the Colonial Theatre presented by Fox. The story, adapted from Frank L. Packard and involving Rhoda a reforming figure, centers on a crook who is reformed through moral influence and the efforts of a diligent worker helping the underworld.
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Pearl White
Fox
Colonial Theatre
Frank L. Packard
Lloyd Seldon
Walte Mol
Rhoda
R Ed Crook
Underworld
Melford Scores 4Guit in Behold My Wife film
Veteran star George Melford leads the cast in Behold My Wife a tale of an Amstadian maiden’s transformation after a drunken bet by an aristocratic Englishman. Ann Forrest Milton Hilott Dexter also appear. The film screens at Academy theatre today alongside other notable releases.
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George Melford
Niiseer
Guibert Parker
Academy Theatre
Mr Melford
Revere Warwick
Jack London
Paris bicycle race revival announced for March spring
New York report says Paris plans a six day bicycle race this year for the first time since 1913. The event is set for March 28 to April 4 and invites American teams to compete.
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New York
Lessons In Optometry Lesson Ten Myopia And Hypermetropia
J Calvin Mowen explains that correcting myopia can improve distant vision depending on its extent and that hypermetropia or farsightedness results from a too short eyeball. Near sight is caused by a too long eyeball and farsighted eyes require muscular effort to focus, risking nervous strain if not overcome.
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Philadelphia
Taquirer Ca
Ad Carter
U. S
Accordingington
Wil
Daugherty
Aughinbaugh Guaranty
Wash Burns
Hard‘ton
Burns
Daily Mail
Black Forest
Switzerland
Jonathan Street
Grove’s
Pram
Ae Iis
Melford
Paris
Mageratown's Leading ‘ Amusements
Maryland High Clans Wedvil
Nixon
Academy
Mat
Children of
Alice
Harry Chandler
Gwilliam Dlaub Orested
Bert Blat “Canamio
Joe F
Ryan
Purple Riders
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Rania
Adam
Mark Anthony
C. Chaplin
Qet
Hall of Fame
J. Calvin Mowen
Optometrist
Hamilton Bldg
Hagerstown
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