German Major Fraudulently Collected Pension for Mother
Berlin report: a German army major, now dead, drew about $25 000 in pension payments for his deceased mother for 27 years. After both died, officials found she would have been 112 if alive. Pay officials who approved the fake claims were ordered to refund but relieved from repayment. A concluding line notes a future of unfulfilled dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winternational News Service
Berlin
Dresden
Aad
City Pork Farm for Los Angeles City Pork Farm for Los Angeles
Los Angeles faces a municipal hog farm that has operated at a loss but aims to become profitable under George R. Shuey M F D a UC engineering graduate. The plan includes expanding to cattle and beef, with goals to reduce meat prices and lower taxes as profits grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Pine
Shuey
Aqueduct Bureau
Owens Valley
Water Commission
Trust
Los Angeles
Old Maids Home on Susquehanna Reflects on Singleness
A contemplation of the Hahn Home near Harris on the Susquehanna and its founder Miss Anna Louise Gardner. The piece weighs single life versus marriage, dignity of self sufficiency, and the quiet fate of elderly women in care.
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Woon Ee Oamallaa
Susquehanna River
Harris
Mexico
Washington
New York
Kahn
Old Maids Home
Hahn Home
Anna Louise Gardner
Sailors’ Snug Harbor
Staten Island
Manhattan
Miss Gardner
Womaen
United States
Hahn
Pickled Whale Delicacy Debuts in San Francisco
The steam whaler Gayhead arrived from the Far North with barrels of pickled and salted whale meat. Captain Porter predicts it may become a delicacy as officers prefer it to aboard fare and two barrels were eaten on the Arctic voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Epicure
San Francisco
Gray
Words of Praise for Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy Debunked
A customer letter from Roanoke Texas claims dramatic relief from stomach and neuralgia symptoms after five treatments. The ad promotes Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy, urging readers to obtain a free booklet and purchase through Bienville Pharmacy Mobile, Alabama.
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T. A. Neal
Roanoke
Texas
Mayr
Geo
H. Mayr
Mfr
Whiting St
Chicago
Mobile
Bienville Pharmacy, Inc
Cor
St. Francis and Conception Its
Ady
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City Pork Farm
Henry C. Merriam
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
Merriam
Clarence Murphy
Newbro
Herpicide
van Antwerp Drug Co
Ada Patterson
Susquehanna
M. Whlllane
McParland
M. Dolorgor
Aguas
MebBe
Ale
Southern Express Company
Canada
Havana
Cuba
Crichton Pine Products CO
F. C. Turner & CO
America
E. E. Forbes
Dauphin and
Jackson Sts
H. L. Pruitt
Mgr
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