Subway Guard Dialect Calls for Training as Ripper Crimes Stir Fear
A New York transit official urges training guards to overcome mixed vernaculars between stations on the line from Bowling Green to the far end. The piece also notes recent Third Avenue ripper crimes creating fear, debates over Mexican exiles on Long Island, and comments by George S. Kaufman and John J. McGraw on contemporary issues and sports, including road improvements in West Virginia.
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York
New York Subway
Bowling Green
Joseph Johnson
Public Service Transit Bureau
Garmie
Burr
Burke
Samuel Johnson
Boswell
Edward
Third Avenue
Leonore Cobn
Charles Murray
Vic
Mexico
Long Island
New York
Huerta
Sone
John J. McGraw
Uctors
Max Fleischmann
Cincinnati Sportsman
Fleischmann
McGraw
West Virginia Builds Model Roads Progress Report
West Virginia advances a roads program with Marion County leading efforts. Fairmont and Mannington districts vote for paving, while Kanawha and other counties begin projects. The plan envisions model roads across the state, linking Fairmont to Glovers Gap as work expands.
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Mariin
Fairmont
Mannington
West Virginia
Marion County
Lincoln
Binor
Glovers Gap
Noton
British Captain Leads Ship Safe From Submarines
John Black commands the Anchor Under Transylvania arriving at Liverpool from New York with over 500 passengers aboard. The voyage followed news of the Lusitania torpedoing and demonstrates courage amid German submarine threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Black
Transylvania
Liverpool
Black
New York
Germs ai't Stay With This Treatment
An old testimonial style ad touts SSS the Swift Specific blood purifier. It claims rapid action within five minutes, cleansing the bloodstream and aiding skin eruptions while promising safety vs minerals like mercury. It urges readers to buy through drug stores and notes the company address in Atlanta, Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Swift
Dudley Flower Store Plate Glass Window Shattered
A gale shattered a plate glass window in Dudley's flower store within the Waldo hotel building. The broken pane caused damage to many flowers and will cost about 70 dollars to replace. Windy conditions blew dust from the street and several signs down.
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Dudley
Waldo Hotel
Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Relief From Bad Breath
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets touted as a substitute for calomel act on the bowels and liver to cleanse the blood without griping. The ad claims pleasant sugar coated tablets improve bad breath, with a vegetable olive oil mix and olive color, priced 10c per box and marketed by the Olive Tablet Company in Columbus.
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Dr. Edwards
Edwards
F. M. Sawards
Pons
Bawards
Columb
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the Globe
Main Street
Nderwear
Abe
Ssesoall
Palm Beach
Pagee
Lmine
Jolllis
Norfolk
George S. Kaufman
People
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Fiy
Kaufman
Vance
Hammond Fire Brick Company
Keyser
Giant_ Universal
Alpha
Weston Asylum
Barracksville
W. B. Ice, Jr
Tusca
Morris
Anl
Chamber of Commerce of
Lee
Kanawha, Ohio
Marion Counties
Obie
Erali
Captain Jon Black
Eva Ella Jay
L. P. Jay
Suriday
James ©. Williams
Harrison Street
Breadoaks
Louis
Capital
B. and
O. Station
Lee R. Rogers
The
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Empire National Bank
Glarksburg
W. Va
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