Agent Aims to Set World Record for Insurance Policies
Fairmont West Virginia insurance agent O D Fear reportedly wrote an average of 12 policies daily for five days. He sought to establish a new world record and is believed to have achieved it.
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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1925
Page
2
Fairmont West Virginia insurance agent O D Fear reportedly wrote an average of 12 policies daily for five days. He sought to establish a new world record and is believed to have achieved it.
Long Beach California June 23 testimonial from Annie L Brown describes using Resinol Soap years for her family. She notes grandchild and two daughters also use it and credits clear complexions and healthy hair to Resinol plus good plain food.
In clear prose the piece argues that a person who cannot move straight ahead in work or thought will circle aimlessly, failing to progress or embrace responsibility. It condemns habitually evading duty, preferring pleasure, and avoiding constructive effort as marks of failure.
A cheerful local piece follows Daysey Mayme Appleton as she seeks out the poor and sick to offer optimism and tracts. She comforts a woman with both arms in splints, telling her to be thankful for her legs to run to fires. The tale also notes Mrs Lysander John Appleton's thorough housekeeping and a family bond between Lysander John and his son Chauncey Devere.
A short verse by Thomas Jones Jr reflects on memory and time as a mother recalls a lad who once played. The speaker wonders if the man the boy could have become ever returns in thought as he smiles wistfully within.
A 1925 Nerre Mar West recipe collection shows Banana Fritters with flour sugar baking powder salt egg milk lemon juice and lemon sauce plus Fritter Batter and a Hot Tartare Sauce recipe. Includes mayonnaise, onion, vinegar, capers pickles olives and parsley. notes not to boil.
Poem urging daily improvement and solidarity, praising brighter days, lighter loads, stronger will, and closer fellowship. Emphasizes helping others, finding friends, nearer neighbors, dearer loved ones, and purer souls with faith growing firmer each day.
An authority on surnames notes Noyes derives from Old Testament links with Noah as sponsor and explains variants like Noy and Noyce. Some Noyes families prefer a French origin from Noyers with forms such as Noiers De Noies and de Nouiers. The first settlers in the country include two brothers, Rev. James Noyes born in England.
A reader argues that new tariffs cannot curb rising sugar costs and criticizes lawmakers for ineffective control. The piece suggests broader measures are needed to address price inflation affecting households.
Northwestern Yeast Co announces Yeast Foam at 1730 North Ashland Avenue Chicago Illinois. The note highlights yeast use for better bread texture and rising. In a concise trade card tone it promotes a baking aid with emphasis on quality and location.
China develops a modern cotton industry using cheap labor and up to date machinery. The sector relies on foreign experts to improve scientific factory management, addressing its greatest weakness.
Advertisement urges use of Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness roughness or itching. Follow with Cuticura Soap hot water rinse dry gently and dust Cuticura Talcum for fragrance on skin. Sold everywhere for 25c each.
A fire tore through a Dunbar grocery store on the building’s first floor. Hundreds of mice fled upstairs, waking occupants of the top floor and allowing them to escape unharmed.
Lubke's History of Art attributes the Gothic style's introduction to Italy to Cistercian monks from Burgundy, outlining a monastic origin for early adoption and spread within Italian ecclesiastical architecture.
Five years after the steamship J. I. Luckenbach lost her anchor and part of the chain at a Philadelphia pier, the captain spent hundreds to recover it without success. Recently the crew attempted to raise the anchor again and retrieved the anchor and remaining chain at no cost.
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