Lie detector machine hailed as crime detection aid
New York May 25 Successful lying may become a lost art as a machine claimed to detect untruths advances. William Morton Marston a lawyer scientist and Harvard faculty member describes the sphygmomanometer based test that measures blood pressure and breathing changes during cross examination. The device attaches to the left arm and records pressure changes via electricity, offering a practical simple method for court use.
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My International News
New York
William Morton Marston
Moreton
Harvard University
Marston
Will Destroy Island In Indiana? Worcester Island Plan
Worcester Mass May 26 Local water commissioners face unusual problem of a peat island floating inland on Horse Pound. They plan to move the six foot thick island toward shore drain water and burn it to ash rather than attempt removal.
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International
Worcester
Mass
Horse Pound
Ut Fa
Emigration into the United States Debate
Edith B. Brower argues for welcoming European emigrants as worthy contributors to America. She cites wartime sacrifice, dangers in Europe from Bolshevik, socialist, and Polish violence, and urges open doors for strong educated poor seekers while condemning exclusion.
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Europe
Aussia
Germany
America
Washington
Lincoln
Japan
Commodore Perry
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Edith B. Brower
Questionable Patent Remedy Claimed To Ease Distress
An advertisement-like passage touts a harmless internal tablet remedy promising to banish misery with no cost. It also warns against greasy galves and mentions Rushinbaugh Evelgiay drug stores as sources for meat prices, comparing today to twenty years ago.
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Deanhardt
Rushinbaugh
Evelgiay
The Blushing Bride opens at the Academy with Eileen Percy gown
Eileen Percy wears a unique tea gown in The Blushing Bride at the Academy featuring a one piece kimono style with no fastenings and a long spiral drapery. The production highlights a versatile garment suitable as tea dress or robe in time and a striking girdle drapery. The Killer, a two day Palace engagement, stars Frank Campeau and Claire Adama in a dramatic screen adaptation by Benjamin B. Hampton.
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Eileen Percy
Academy
Stewart Edward White
Palace Theatre
Benjamin B. Hampton
Howard Hickman
Frank Campeau
Claire Adama
Frankie Lee
Jack Conway
Hampton
Edward Pell
Tod
Miracle of Manhattan Shines for Elaine Hammerstein at Colonial
Elaine Hammerstein headlines Selznick's The Miracle of Manhattan at the Colonial, delivering a demanding, character shifting performance as a society woman thrust into unfamiliar life. Lon Chaney stars in The Penalty at the Palace, portraying a legless man bound to daily pain under heavy restraints. China, Persia, and Turkey are noted for mourning colors.
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Manhattan
Elaine Hammerstein
Selanick
Colonial Theatre
Miss Hammerstein
Chaineas
Lon Chaney
Goldwyn
Palace Theatre
Chaney
Sloan the ex millionaire jockey stars in The Killer final show
Sloan the famous ex millionaire jockey will see his famous film The Killer today for the last times as audiences endure the drama of his retirement.
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Sloan
Fair shoplifters sentenced to church probation
Chicago on May 26 four young women were placed on probation for a year and ordered to attend church each Sunday. Alma J. Ormes 21 employed as a Rothschilds cashier pleaded guilty to embezzlement of 384.60 and must repay monthly. Also charged for taking articles from Fair Department Store were Mrs Anna Krampa 25 Helenarsky 19 Mary Galdyn 16 and Pearl Pransky 23 all placed on probation and ordered to attend church weekly.
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Chicago
John F. Haas
South Clark Street
Alma J. Ormes
Rothschild’s
Misa Ormes
Fair Department
Anna Krampa
Helenarsky
Mary Galdyn
Misa Pearl Pransky
Brewer widows sale of North Potomac property in Kanaga deal
Mrs. Annis M. Brewer widow of Peter S. Brewer sold a double brick property on North Potomac street to John D. and Emma L. Kanaga for 11500 dollars.
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Annis M. Brewer
Peter S. Brewer
North Potomac Street
John D
Emma L. Kanaga
Tom Mix in The Road Demon at Colonial Theatre
Fox star Tom Mix appears in The Road Demon at the Colonial Theatre next Friday and Saturday as audiences imagine a cowboy swapping his horse for a broken auto and see what unfolds when it finally runs.
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Tom Mix
Fox Star
Colonial Theatre
Bayer Aspirin Marketing Warns About Counterfeits
Warns buyers to look for the Bayer name on the package or tablets to ensure genuine Aspirin. Describes uses for colds meadows neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain. Mentions tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets and that larger packages are sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Millionas
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