Take It Back Day Brings Neighbors’ Borrowed Goods Home
Carmen Oklahoma declares Take It Back Day led by Mayor Mauser J E Trever to return borrowed items. Dozens of dialogues show neighbors restoring cutlery, lawn mowers, and other objects, with parcel post used to reclaim items. The event aims to clear old grudges and start a new borrowing year. no graves were decorated with returns. A separate item reports a folk remedy for typhoid using toads, claimed to curb fever in two patients, though concerns about frogs persist.
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Carmen
Okla
Mauser J. E. Trever
Parcel Post
Trever
Phyalctana
Dee
Charlotte News
How Foolscap Got Its Name
A historical note explains foolscap paper. Early 1301 watermarks showed a fool's head with cap and bells on a popular grade of medieval paper. By mid 1600s Britannia replaced that figure, yet the name foolscap remained.
Austro Germans Nearing Lemberg After Przemysl Fall
The fall of Przemyśl shifts the Austro German line in Galicia, leaving Russians without footholds on the west bank of the San and signaling a straight course toward Lemberg, the last Galician Russian stronghold. The battle line from the San to the Dniester lies about 35 miles from Lemberg, with key positions at Przemysl Drohobycz and the vicinity of Lemberg.
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Przemyal
Galicia
San
Lemberg
Dniester
Lempert
Przemysl
Drohobycz
But
Rawa Ruska
Aunt Mandy and the Coxes Borrowing Lesson
In a kitchen tale Aunt Mandy recalls the Cox family who borrowed endlessly from her and neighbors. Her husband Abner posts a blackboard tally of Borrowers and Returned items, eventually prompting a gift of his own prized blackboard to end the habit. The Coxes decline to borrow further, though the story ends with a sly question about Mrs Cox’s motives.
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Louise Huston
Paget
Hetty
Abner
Coxes
Mandy
Grace
Jim
Cox
Alfred Cox
Alfred
Misa Hetty
Andale
Mro. Cox
Beating Around Engagement Clarence and Father Clash
A young woman argues with her father over engagement to Clarence Ropple. He mocks her taste and warns of boredom, while she defends him amid playful yet revealing dialogue about money, social life, and the couple’s plans. The scene includes humorous exchanges about hot September weather and romance.
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Clarence Ropple
Clarence
Charence
Chicago
Hopkins
Meike
A Girls Way Light Outfit Tests Winter Shopping
A light outfit provokes a mother daughter exchange about dressing for cold weather. The daughter swaps delicate earrings for heavier ones, signaling concern over warmth and style in wintry conditions.
Fashion notes on fit for men and women
A fragment discusses clothing fit differences between men and women. It asserts men need clothes made to fit their shape while women can have garments customized to fit them, reflecting gendered notions of tailoring.
Inventions: Bread Slicer and Lamps Patented in Midwest
Reports note J B Deidgich of Streeter Illinois patents a bread slicer with a fixed cut and even thickness. Wisconsin inventors patent an auto extinguishing kerosene lamp and a window screen system. Other filings include an aeroplane recording phonograph and a gasoline torch dryer for baseball crowds. The piece ends with a maxim about certainty versus blame.
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Illinois
J.B. Deidgich
Streeter
Doan’s Kidney Pills Relieve Mr Stephens’s Pain
A Mr Stephens of Main Street Mrlord Mich testifies that kidney trouble caused back pain and urinary issues and that Doan’s Kidney Pills gave relief. He notes the pain subsided and no kidney trouble or backache remains. Price 50 cents. available at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY props.
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Peiens
TA. Stephens
Mrlord Mich
Doan
Mr. Stephens
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Rug store ad promises free delivery and money back guarantee
A Detroit rug and curtain house offers Guest of Wiltons Velvets Axministers rugs size x12 valued at 40 delivered free. The ad urges mail orders from O A Blisterwald Co 21 Woodward Ave Detroit MI and asks readers to note the address for future reference.
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Chicago
Michigan
O.A. Blisterwald Co
Woodward Ave
Detroit
Mich
Cadillac 850
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