British Three Billion Dollar Loan Marks Global Finance Peak
The week saw the largest financial operation in history as Britain placed a three billion dollar loan with Wall Street aiding the deal. After completion, foreign selling subsided and American securities rallied. Analysts expect gradual relief in foreign exchange and plentiful cash at low rates, though cotton export disruptions from the South and active steel industries persist.
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Wall Street
England
Remedy for hay fever claims simple soda solution
A Baltimore area reader touts a home remedy for hay fever. Millard Bingham of Oxford Maryland says a heaping teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda in warm water snuffed through the nose and swallowed several times daily for a week or more will relieve the symptoms, though full cure may not occur.
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Maine
Mexico
Atlantic
Pacific
Millard B. Bingham
Oxford
Waco Police Wear Light White Uniforms in Summer
In Waco during the summer months policemen wear very light textured white uniforms. It is said the uniforms are cheaper than others, with at least two sets needed for laundry, reflecting a practical choice for warm weather.
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Waco
Americans Helped Serbia Fight Typhus Through Sanitation
American volunteers aided Serbia in combating a typhus outbreak that overwhelmed local doctors. Sanitation proved crucial as scrubbing, soap, and disinfectants reduced cases, allowing refined treatment and inoculation of patients. The effort, though costly, led to a significant decline in the disease.
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Serbia
Atlantic
Little Kingdom
Very Easy in Texas for Floating Voters
The piece claims Texas law allows easy voting for foreign born and border Mexicans. It notes a near open declaration at ballots for naturalizations and accuses current politics of fraud. It mentions a constitutional change to end the fee-for-all method and restore honest politics.
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Texas
Alabama
Lone Star
Cientifico
Ciarranza
Villa
Augusta Recorder's Court Hears Penalties For Disorderly Conduct
The Augusta Chronicle notes Bernie Pennock, a young white girl, was sentenced to ninety days at the stockade for disorderly conduct after a canal incident. The piece questions whether locking her with criminals will reform her and advocates for a reform school in Georgia, while also touching on wartime figures Kaiser Wilhelm and Lord Kitchener.
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Augusta Chronicle
Recorder’s Court
Bernie Pennock
Augusta Court
Georgia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Berlin
Lord Kitchener
Uncle Wiggily and Jimmie Caw-Caw in a Make-Believe Egg Trap
In a colorful tale Uncle Wiggily rescues Jimmie Caw-Caw the crow from a pretend egg trap with help from Mary and Aunt Flippity-Flop. The rabbit visits Dr Possum and the elephant blacksmith before fixing the leg and delivering orange lollypops. Salitpa notes follow.
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Hn Jones
Mary
Jimmie
Wiggily
Aunt Flippity-Flop
pity-Flop
Flippity-Flop
Uncle Wiggily
Jimmie Caw
Rabbit
Johnny Bushytail
The Counter Intrigue at Empire and Bay Ride to Daphne
Essanay three act drama The Counter Intrigue stars Neil Craig and Sidney Ainsworth at the Empire with Ham and Bud in The Flashlight Filover comedy. Also Midnight at Maxim's with Baroness Irmgard von Rottenthal and The Diamond From the Sky with Lottie Pickford and Irving Cummings. admissions five and ten cents. Bay Ride to Daphne baseball excursion on Mobile and Ohio steamer Pleasure Bay promises dancing and club colors. return for last car.
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Neil Craig
Sidney Ainsworth
the Empire
Ham
Bud
Maxim's
Irmgard von Rottenthal
Lottie Pickford
Irving Cummings
Daphne
Mobile and Ohio Baseball League
Pleasure Bay
Mobile Bay
Origin and meaning of pawnbrokers three balls sign
The three balls at pawnbrokers entrances derive from Lombardy heraldry associated with money lending. The Medici symbol featured six red balls, three gold or blue balls, and three coins, theorized to represent family branches or banker’s wealth. From this armorial, three gold balls and three blue balls on white emerged as moneylenders’ signs.
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Lombardy
Europe
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