Better Soldier Than Lover Yonkers Has The Cuckoo
Arthur Coleridge recounts Jenny Lind and Duke of Wellington in London. A Yonkers resident proclaims cuckoo noise fills the town from predawn to night, with loud cries echoing at neighbors and strangers alike, even from Peekskill.
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Lover
Yonkers
Duke of Wellington
Jenny Lind
Arthur Coleridge
London
Miss Lind
Lucia
Amita
Peekskill
Flapper With a Kind Heart on Interurban Car
A Indianapolis News item recalls a stylish flapper with bobbed hair and bold manners who shows unexpected kindness toward a Japanese girl on an interurban train near Greencastle. The scene contrasts old-fashioned scorn with the flapper’s gentleness as illness arises on the trip.
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Greencastle
Mar
Green‘castle
Indianapolis News
Worth Recording and The Church Fair
A Washington woman saves for a trip to Panama then jokes with a younger man on a voyage about money and life. At a church fair a suburban mother spends freely while her seventeen year old son, George, watches puzzled and asks if they must pay to get out.
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Washington
Panama
Civilizion
George
Mamma
Chicago Journal
Cuts the World's Whiskers and Spanish Beards
The American safety razor is credited with conquering the Spanish beard as Spaniards shave less often due to heavy facial hair. The barber visit is serious, with Spaniards choosing barbers like dentists for the least pain. The razor supposedly lets men shave themselves and more frequently.
Penny-urious, So to Speak Store Talk
A newly opened shopkeeper questions a customer about local buying power in a strange town. The customer remarks Deacon Brown is reputed wealthy and would not hesitate to seek a nickel until he falls in, illustrating crass humor and local slang.
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Deacon Brown
Salt Lake
A Privilege of Youth and Henry Chatterton Oh
A fragment notes Mrs. Chatterton Oh and Henry with humorous asides about Little Richard beginning to speak and a husband’s quip wishing him luck, reflecting light gossip tone. The слов text suggests a comic children’s or society item without clear dates or places.
Bird a wingless traveler rides streetcar roof
A Baltimore bird rode a DC streetcar from Georgetown to Mount Vernon last week without flapping. The large black-bodied bird with a blue head perched on the car roof, walked the platform, then hopped aboard again as the car departed, becoming a local sight on the route.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Georgetown
Eleventh Street
Post Office Department
Mount Vernon
Washington Star
Grand Canyon Dam Plan Could Shape Western Waterways
Plans contemplate a 700 foot high dam on the Colorado river to hold back two years of flow across 1800 miles, creating a 200 square mile lake with 350 feet average depth. The project would rival the Panama Canal in scale, turning a wasteland into a productive empire and prompting a western railroad to run lake tours to the Grand Canyon.
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Colorado River
Woolworth
New York City
Rairoad
Grand Canyon
America
Panama Canal
Robins Forage In Lafayette Square Wormy Feast
In Lafayette square robins grow fat on worms as birds pull worms from damp ground. One robin hops, digs in, pulls up a worm with rain-wet ends clinging to soil. It swings its weight, eats half then stores the rest, a natural act observed by readers.
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Lafayette Square
Bird
Worm
Nature
Washington Star
Soil Expert Dr Curtis Marbut Sets Europe Tour
Dr Curtis F Marbut of the United States Department of Agriculture sails on a three months trip to Europe. His mission is to study why some European soils worked since the Christian era have not been exhausted. He will bring home soil samples for analysis to uncover the secret. In Italy and Greece soils tilled for centuries have never been fertilized or benefited by livestock raising.
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Curtis F. Marbut
United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
Italy
Greece
Look Before You Leap at the Dartmouth Ski Jump
A novice skis the Dartmouth Incline and nose dives in the take off. Spectators shout that he jumped too late while he declares he jumped too soon. The anecdote from Everybodys Magazine highlights inexperienced skiers rushing a risky run.
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Dartmouth
Joe
Everybody's Magazine
SANKERS BEHIND GROWERS IN COOPERATIVE CAMPAIGN
Columbia July 24 The South Carolina banking system backs the South Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association. Charles L Cobb of Rock Hill, president of the SC Bankers' Association, says the cooperative marks a major forward step for farmers. Banks have studied the plan and support the campaign, with the War Finance Corporation granting 20 million dollars. Cobb notes strong directors and expects California cooperative results to inspire similar success in the Palmetto State.
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Columbia
Bar of
South Carolina
South Caroli Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Charles L. Coby
Rock Hill
South Carolina Fankers' Association
Cobb
War Finance Corporation
Banks
Cardus claimed to aid weak nervous women in Springfield
Mrs. D V Williams, a Route 6 resident, narrates severe backache, headaches, and nervous exhaustion improved by Cardus. She credits her husband and doctor for support, noting renewed strength and rest after use. The ad extols Cardus for womanly ailments and urges trial, stating it is sold everywhere.
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Springfield
D. V. Williams
Route 6
Mrs. Williams
Cardus
Local News Dits From Nortis Edisto No 87
The health of this section is good as Mrs. M J Jervout and family in JBGarrs Sunday visit. Alvin Rutland paid W W Williamson a pleasant call Sunday. Lis Kirkland is recovering well after an operation. We are sorry to know or the death or illness in the community.
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Alvin Rutland
W. W. Williamson
Lis Kirkland
Keep Young With Doan’s Kidney Pills Claim
Mrs C S Rauch of W Main Street Lexington says heavy work and a cold caused back and kidney trouble. She recounts dizziness fatigue and inability to work until Doan’s Kidney Pills from Harmon Drug Store restored kidney function. Availability 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Iere
Lexington
Harmon Drug Store
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Mirs
Buffalo
Death Angel Visits Home of Mrs Schoenberg
A fragmentary obituary note speaks of a bereaved household for Mrs H B Schoenberg, describing the deceased as a devoted husband and father and mourning his loss. the riddled text also recalls a Tennessee driver’s boast of a long wet drive without skidding, hinting at a motorist memory.
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H. BR. Schoenberg
Not Prepared Actress Memorabilia Quote
A humorous Parisian note from Le Journal Amusant mocks theatrical vanity with a remark about an actress appearing aged and peering through opera glasses while another character laments forgetting wings. The exchange captures light, theatrical banter.
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le Journal Amusant
Paris
Gold Among Cross and the Optimistic Russian Priests
A contemporary notes Russian priests endure persecution yet remain hopeful. The writer jokes there is some luck in finding butter among rubles in the collection plate, a quip linked to The Paris Show from London.
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Russia
London
Marrying Wealth and Disappearing Daughters
A Chicago couple faced distraction when their two daughters vanished then found them in Omaha married to two automobile thieves. The fragment mentions Russia and a Manila Bulletin remark, implying cautious diplomacy. The item reflects sensational domestic intrigue mixed with international politics in a clipped, era tone.
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Chicago
Omaha
Worr
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Sankers Behind Growers IN Cooperative Campaign
Smith Carolina
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Missouri
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Ted
J. Bgarrs
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Hampton St
Columbia, S. C
Chas. L. Sligh
Florist
Main St
Colembla, S.C
Tbe
Adi
Baddoe
Tnt
Elmgren
Optometrist and
Optician
Hampton Street
Columbia, S.C
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Cross
Manila Bulletin
Lorick Bros
Columbia, &. C
Gillette
Gillette Safety Razor CO
Boston
U.S. A
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Taylor Drug Co
Drugeists
Jif Maen Strep
Firany
Pete Tulsi Artess Pres
Snes
Olas Dussre
Avery “Tieweler Columbia
Isle OF Palms
8. C
Charleston
Celent Suiline
Fort Moultrie
Sullivan's Island
Southern Railway System
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