Men Grow Handsome Says Sir William Orpen
The North China Herald reports painter Sir William Orpen claiming men are becoming more handsome with firmer, stronger types emerging. Prof Arthur Keith notes facial changes in Britain's population over the last century, while Orpen adds wives and husbands influence each other’s looks and that certain professions form distinct types.
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William Orpen
North China Herald
Arthur Keith
Royal College of Surgeons
Museum of the College
Great Britain
Keith
Sir William
Alluring Offer to Workmen in Russia
James Bryce relays a tale from a friend in Russia where workers printing ruble notes threaten to strike. The Soviet government pacifies them by promising extra hours to print notes for themselves after their required shifts.
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Europe
James Bryce
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Viscount Bryce
New York Evening Post
Pineapple Products Spur New Uses in Desserts and Drinks
Pineapple growers in Hawaii push crushed and grated fruit for sodas and sundaes. Grated pineapple is used in pineapple pie and enjoys favorable results. Prohibition boosts the soft drink trade and a St. Louis brewery is introducing new offerings.
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Hawaii
St. Louis
Exercise crusade moves aging doctors to action in Philadelphia
Sir Harold Stiles and Sir James Cantlie champion daily exercise at the American College of Surgeons meeting in Philadelphia. Cantlie, seventy, demonstrates calisthenics while Stiles praises golf and urges regular activity to replace fatigue among middle aged professionals.
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Harold Stiles
Regius
University of Edinaburgh
Royal College of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
Philadelphia
Harold
James Cantlie
London
James
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Salome and Thais quoted in letters on American women smokers
The Louisville Courier Journal discusses views on sex and the so called forward American girl. It notes denigration as publicity, questions claims of American women smoking cigarettes and traces modern female smoking to England with references to British debutantes at Ascot.
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Salome
Herod
Thais
Alexander the Great
Louisville Courier-Journal
America
England
France
London
Ameican
Ascot
Barber Shop Scorching Proposal Sparks Coin Trick
A man enters a barber shop and asks if scorched hair is possible. The barber claims twenty five cents, and the patron offers to supply his own scorcher a wax taper. The exchange ends with the man removing his coat and preparing to burn his own hair as the barber watches.
Tells All About Airplane
A Christian Science Monitor view explains airplane travel and aviation basics. It defines the pilot, starting the engine, and wind influence, then describes skidding slipping and wing types monoplane biplane and triplane with a prompt to observe planes to learn more.
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Christian Science Monitor
Tarbes Lacks Northern France’s Architectural Treasures
Tarbes, birthplace of Marshal Foch, has few architectural treasures beyond a heaviness in the ancient cathedral. The castle of the counts is a tower now used as a prison, and Tarba near Tarbes was once a Roman capital with early bishopric roots. The town’s later history includes the religious wars and Wellington’s 1814 victory over the French.
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Tarbes
Marshal Foch
France
Counts of
Tarba
Wellington Ver
National Geo
Trade Talk Wit and Missing Hen in New Rogland Tale
A New York woman visiting New Rogland last summer recalls asking a shop clerk for fresh eggs. The clerk replied yes and added they come with a hen on them. The woman looked for the hen and pondered whether she should keep the hen. The snippet ends mid exchange.
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New York
New Rogland
First Baptist Church Hosts Pueblo Telephone Central
After flood waters receded in Pueblo the First Baptist church offered its building for a temporary central office. Installers transformed the basement into a switchboard hub and telegraph instruments operated during the emergency. The pastor’s sermons echoed Morse code as operators worked.
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First Baptist Church
Pueblo
Railroads give up sand fight near Wallula Washington
After days of battling windblown sand along the Columbia River bed two railroads at Wallula Washington surrender the effort to protect roadbeds. Flood-season deposits and receding waters create deep sand drifts while horses and scrapers labor to clear it. A farm scene shows four hundred sheep buried by sand with a forty acre orchard nearly swallowed.
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Columbia River
Wallula
Washington
Ceres
Bessikon
Cee Bia
H. R. Ostrom
Eric Johnson
Growing Demand for Peanuts Across Markets
The article notes rising American peanut consumption in various forms from plain nuts to peanut oil and meal. It highlights strong foreign demand, with China and Japan described as major importers, and cites cities like Kobe Osaka and Shanghai as potential peanut marts alongside U.S. production.
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China
Japan
Kobe
Osaka
Shanghai
Peanut Marts
One on the Parson
A southern clergyman recounts a friend securing a long awaited job for a Black man. He chooses a suit for the man and visits the house, but the scene ends before the outcome is shown.
Stray pigs sought by owner with weight clues
Stray pigs reported missing and described as one weighing about 160 pounds and the other a spotted pig weighing around 100 pounds. Owner requests notification if found.
Local Markets Update From Regional Trading Notes
Brief item notes market prices and transmissions with limited readable details. The fragment hints at price levels and timing for local goods but lacks clear entities or events.
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Olney, Ill
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A. D. Ackerman
Fairbory
M. B. K Jansen, Oe
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Poland
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