Indian runner ducks win case in mock courtroom ruling
In St Louis a judge staged a duck driven trial over three Indian runner ducks owned by Mrs. Frank Thomas and Samuel Whitsell. The ducks acted as a jury acquitting themselves as they quacked and waddled, with the scene ending as the ducks escorted Whitsell home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Duck
Justice of the Peace
Frank Healey
Frank Thomas
Samuel Whitsell
Fire Department
Mr. Whitsell
Mrs. Thomas
Squirrels and headquarters in Washington quoted
A quirky two sentence fragment set discusses how a few men could establish a national headquarters in Washington and remarks that love should make one rejoice that the squirrel is a small animal.
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This
Country
Washington
Edison Sees Ford Profit Sharing as Far Ahead yet
Thomas Edison, in West Orange New Jersey, lauds Henry Ford for sharing profits with workers and the public. He credits machinery and management for efficiency, notes workers must raise their own skills, and predicts widespread automation could raise wages while reducing toil.
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New York
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
West Orange
N. J
Ford
Mr. Edison
Mr. Ford
United States
Radium Value Questioned By Minnesota Professors
Minneapolis experts say vast sea and land reserves hold radium but in minuscule quantities. Professor A J Kovarick notes pitchblende yields tiny amounts and warns sea water extraction is impractical. He says radium may help surface skin diseases but not deep seated cancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Harry Jones
Jonas Hopkins University
A. J. Kovarick
Physics Department
University of Minnesota
Kovarick
Edison Critiques Ford Labor Concept and Advocates Machines
Edison argues wage labor is inefficient and praises mechanization. He dismisses using men as motors at two dollars fifty cents daily, proposing workers supervise perfected machines instead. He recalls employing Ford in Detroit about twenty years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Mr. Edison
Ford
Detroit
GETS-IT Corn Cure Promises Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement for GETS-IT, the New Plan corn cure from Chicago, claims it shrivels and vanishes corns in about two seconds. It asserts safety for healthy skin and promises removal of warts calluses and bunions, priced at 25 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence Co
Chicago
Dr Howard A Kelly to face ethics charges in Maryland
Dr Howard A Kelly, famed for radium cancer treatment claims, is summoned to answer unprofessional publicity charges before the Maryland chirurgie faculty. The case, prompted by recent nationwide lectures, will be reviewed at a January 23 meeting led by Dr J Whitridge Williams.
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Baltimore
Howard A. Kelly
Maryland
Kelly
Homer
Associaton
J. Whitridge Williams
Board of Regents
The
New American College of Surgeons
New York
Missouri Plans Swat the Rooster Day for Better Eggs
Missouri officials push a "swat the rooster" day to boost hen isolation and sterile egg production. The State Poultry Board seeks Governor Major’s proclamation while the industry educates farmers on slaughtering roosters for higher profits and quality eggs.
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Missouri
ST. Louis
State Poultry Board
T. E. Quisenberry
State
Mountain Grove
Major
Mrs Ford Real Aid 10 Husband Detroit Pioneer of Ford Fortune
Detroit January 17. Friends describe Mrs Henry Ford as a homebody who refuses servants and handles chores herself She is active in philanthropy hosting Priscilla Inn working girls and aiding the needy Her husband credits her faith as key to his early success and sketches a mechanical buggy inspired by her belief
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Detroit
Mich
Ford
Henry Ford
Clara Bryant
Bedford
Deaborn
Fords
Ford Ofter
When a Good Many Talk at Once It Means Little
The passage notes that in crowded conversations the content of what is said loses impact as many voices compete. It suggests noise overwhelms clear communication and reduces meaningful exchange among speakers.
Police Women The Real Thing in North American Powers
Canada shows interest as Toronto and Ottawa appoint policewomen with full powers. Los Angeles pioneer Alice Stebbins Wells explains the movement to the Duke of Connaught. U S cities including Chicago San Francisco Fargo Topeka Ottawa and Kansas City appoint women with varying authority. News notes international inquiries from Austria England and Sweden.
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Canada
Alice Stebbins Wells
Los Angeles
Cal
Duke of Connaught
Dominion
Toronto
Ottawa
Peterborough
Montreal
St. John
Halifax
United States
Chicago
San Francisco
Fargo
Grand Forks
N. C
Topeka
Kan
Ill
Kansas City
Europe
Sweden
Wella
Austria
England
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
The Texas Wonder promises to cure kidney and bladder problems and related ailments in men and women. It claims to regulate children's bladder issues and offers mail delivery for $1.00 with a two month supply per bottle. Alabama testimonials are available. address Dr. E. W. Hall in St. Louis for purchases.
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Texas
Alabama
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Pink bloomers scandal on Baltic voyage greets Chicago twins
Four Chicago women Ms Helen Patterson and Ms Virginia Rappe aboard the Baltic of the White State line cause a splash by wearing pink silk tango bloomers on a New York bound voyage. The novelty draws curiosity from passengers and crowds as they disembark at the pier.
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New York
White State Line
Atlantic
Helen Patterson
Virginia Rappe
Chicago
Baltis
Vick’s Vap-O-Rub Promoted for Chest Cold Relief
A historical home remedy recommends rubbing Vick’s Vap-O-Rub on the throat and chest, covering with a warm cloth to loosen phlegm and open air passages. One treatment lasts about fifteen minutes, with bedtime use as a night attack preventer. The ad claims Vick’s outperforms internal medicines for airway inflammations from head colds to incipient pneumonia, offered in three sizes.
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Hires Condensed Milk CO
Philadelphia, Pa
Dauphin Street
Radium
Mrs. Ford
Real Aid
Filton
Huerta
Brad Carter
Aesimabrane
Lote
Chicago Girls IN Pink Bloomers
McAtee
Bentrance
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
South
Conception Street
Lia
PIPER
Mobile Brown-Morgan Coal Co., Inc
Lertz, Gaillard, Per Te Coal Co
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