Fixing a Leaky Fountain Pen by Oil and Heat
Instruction on repairing a fountain pen from Frank P. Goeder of Colorado Agricultural College. Soak in warm water, dry, then oil the spindle to grease bearings. Use heavy cylinder oil and refill. To loosen set parts, heat gently with water or near a flame and twist. Also notes a humorous aside about a man being important in a woman’s castle and a spring poet firing blank verse at the editor.
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Frank P. Goeder
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Praised In Ad Copy
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a premier kidney and liver treatment. It claims quick, mild, healing effects from a vegetable compound and offers two bottle sizes. A ten cent sample offer and address are included, urging readers to start treatment promptly.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. C
Seaplane NC-4 Completes Transatlantic Flight Landing
The NC-4 lands at Plymouth Cattewater after crossing the ocean, ending a famed transatlantic voyage. Commander Read and crew, hailed by Plymouth officials and British and American officers, receive a joyous welcome as London hosts the triumphant aviation party.
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Plymouth
NC-4
Plymouth Sound
New World
Cattewater
England
Albert
Read
Rochester
Plunkett
America
Atlantic
Lisbon
Will Build Huge Plane For Transatlantic Flight
Lieutenant Commander Bellinger of the NC-1 declares a future naval plane will depart for Plymouth with a wingspan over 100 feet and nine to twelve Liberty engines. He says it will dwarf present huge planes and carry a dead weight load far greater than the largest ship, aiming for New York to Newfoundland and London.
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Lisbon
New York
Newfoundland
London
Bellinger
Plymouth
Commanier Bellinger
Anti-prohibitionists promise state level enforcement will vary
Anti-prohibitionists argue that despite the constitutional ban on liquor, Congress may evade strict enforcement and that true prohibition will exist only in states that enact and enforce prohibitory laws. They believe federal action could allow continued liquor production in other states under state control.
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Wets
Washington
Congress
Troop Train Wreck Near Omaha Injures Soldiers
A troop train carrying 250 Twenty fifth engineers from California hit a washout twenty five miles west of Omaha Nebraska before daylight. Five cars over the embankment into the Platte river. water two to six feet deep woke 150 soldiers in their sleeping cars. All were rescued. twenty seven injured in the wreck.
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Omaha
Neb
Twenty-fifth Engineers
California
Platte River
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Arge
Libby
SPOHN
Spohn Medical CO
Mfre
Goshen
Ind
N. Y
Denver
Hazel
Nix
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
James I. Breese, Jr
Rodd
Charles Rodd
Cleveland
Ohio
Paddington
A. C. Read
Washout
Crysta
Holland
Almont
Fletcher
Blake Street
Laisaandle Tractors
W. W. Griswold
Prom Union Depot
Ohi
RAND
Durham
Bull
Bull” Durham
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