Courage and a Big Stick Beat Attacking Dingoes near Rockhampton
Pete fights off a pack of six attacking dingoes on a flat Australian desert. Wounded, he bludgeons two to death and injures another before a native hunter with a rifle drives off the last two. He’s aided to safety at Jack Oak's pub and back to his ship for treatment.
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Pete Gill
New York City
Pete
Adventurers’ Club
Australia
San Francisco
Rockhampton
Jack Oak
Pete Epider Wikeie
Og Pema
Police Dogs Used to Guard Great Industrial Fortunes
Alsatians or police dogs trained to attack intruders guard the properties of major corporations. The piece notes night patrols at De Beers diamond mines in South Africa and bandit risk along the South Manchurian railway, as reported in Collier's Weekly.
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de Beers
South Africa
South Manchurian
Mapebukuo
Collier’s
Ireland and Christianity Emergence of Christian Ireland
The text notes the conversion of Ireland to Christianity largely via St Patrick in the fifth century, marking about six centuries of Christian influence shaping Irish history and culture.
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Ireland
Christianity
St. Patrick
Weight Loss Drug Dinitrophenol Linked to Cataracts
Medical notes warn that dinitrophenol used for weight loss may cause rapid cataracts, including in young women. Drs. Boardman Horner and Barr Jones report cases of vision loss, urging discontinuation and further study of the drug’s harmful effects.
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W. W. Boardman
San Francisco
Journal of the American Medical Association
Boardman
Doctor Boardman
Warren D. Horner
Richard Barr Jones
Swagger Knitted Coat for Spring or Summer Fashion
A simple stitch swagger coat designed for spring and summer wear. Includes pattern 5534 with sizes 16-18 and 38-40, illustrating stitches and material needs. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. New York to obtain instructions.
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Germantown
Household Arts Dept
West Fourteenth Street
New York
N. Y
Largest electric sign depicts a sea scene on Broadway
New York reports a monumental neon display on Broadway, the world’s largest of its kind. The ten story sign spans a full city block, a million dollar project for Wrigley gum featuring a tropical sea with large fish and waves. It uses 1084 feet of neon tubing and eight tons of galvanized metal.
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New York
Broadway
Wrigley Chewing Gum Company
United States
Postum Free Week Offer Promises Health Aid
Read the offer from the Postum Company. they will send a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it.
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Postum Company
A Family Affair on a Pleasant Spring Scene
A light dialogue unfolds as Ella credits her looks to her father a druggist Bella notes his plain appearance The scene shifts to Mrs Awkins and Mrs Iggins admiring a new hat with a remark about it making a face look shabby
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Ella
Bella
Boxing Promoter Urges Boxers to Stay the Course
Trainer encourages perseverance and belief in success as a boxer worries about opponents at half-mast. Royal Ar canum Bulletin is referenced.
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Boxer
Royal Arcanum Bulletin
Charles II Coin Unearthed at Washington Birthplace
A copper tavern token marked Foxall Dublin was dug from George Washington Birthplace national monument in Wakefield Virginia. A silver coin dated 1679 bearing Charles II’s likeness and inscription Carolus II Dei Gratia Magna Br Fr et Hib Rex was found in excellent condition buried about a foot beneath the surface outside the original building’s basement walls, which burned on Christmas Day 1780.
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Foxall
Dublin
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Wakefield
Charles II
Carolus
Hiram Shares School Warnings on Electric Switch
From school Hiram notes installation of an electric switch amid new ideas. He contrasts with his own day when the birch rod was deemed sufficient, suggesting skepticism toward modern disciplinary changes.
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Hiram
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Sunter
WNU
Dr. Barton
Wrigley's Gum
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Geole
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Steek
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Serey
Snow
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