Housewives Read Ads to Cut Food Costs Says Mrs Scott
Mrs Anna B Scott culinary expert warns Philadelphia housewives can lower food bills by reading morning newspaper ads. She cites a case where shopping with ad prices would have saved 85 cents on a 35 dollar list and urges buyers to compare store prices, avoid unneeded fancy foods, and demand fair prices through collective action.
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New York
Paris
Strick
Anna B. Scott
Philadelphia
Undertaker Neighbor Sparks Town Feud and Morbid Experiment
In Romono California on April 10 Dr J C Cummins moves from Garey Avenue to Gibbs and Alvarado Street after clashing with M A Hanson an undertaker. Hanson keeps a body in a morgue claiming it shows how long preservation lasts while threatening to bury it if relatives send more money. Marshall was killed in a fall from a Southern Pacific freight train two months ago and carried a $5,000 life policy Hanson asserts.
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Potter’s
Past Present and Future by Ignatius Brennan
A poem contrasts the old fashioned scholar, rich in classics, with a modern man lost in finance and debt. The speaker laments the loss of cultural joy, noting the new man’s preoccupation with mortgages, stocks, and interest, while predicting the next generation’s obsession with money over art.
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Ignatius Brennan
Berliners Lose Night Life Under Tight War Rules
Berlin orders cafes to close at 1 AM and abolishes late night suburban trains and electric trolleys. Private cars are banned except for empire use, fire protection, medical or welfare needs. Bus lines reduced. most electric buses to vanish. some remain for military use.
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Associated Press
Berlin
German government proposes national monopoly on nitrogen products
The Reichstag, in recess, hears a plan to create a seven year national monopoly on nitrate of soda potash and ammonium sulphate to ensure supplies for explosives and artificial fertilizers. Germany aims to substitute Chilean imports by domestic nitrogen recovery plants and lower fertilizer prices. The law may extend beyond 1922 if kept in force.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Reichstag
Chile
Son in hospital writes to Verdahl family before funeral
In Hessen Verdahl a family prepared to mourn a son believed dead in France after a postman delivered a hospital letter from Toulon. The letter stated the bullet wound had left only partial sight and hearing loss, with other functions intact, contradicting presumed death and triggering a funeral arrangement.
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Associated Press
Hessen
Verdahl
France
Toulon
Ask Neighbor If He Has Seen Our Cate
A short street note asking a neighbor whether he has seen a missing cate word unclear microphone transcription shows a casual plea for help. The readable text implies a lost item inquiry directed at a nearby resident.
Funeral Coach Turns Tango Car in Atlantic City
Atlantic City and Shore Fast Line abandons funeral party service after six months. The overturned trolley will be rebuilt with a maple floor for use transporting guests to country clubs, allowing continuous tangoing on trips to and from the mainland.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Hidden Civil War Money Found In Maryland Barn
In Hagerstown Maryland on April 10 a farmer Charles E Virts of Weverton uncovered a rusted tin can inside the foundation of an old barn later torn down to build a new structure. The can held bank notes of unknown total, with authorities unsure when or how the money was placed there though the barn once served as Civil War hospital. Virts has not released exact amounts but says the sum appears large. Previously he found another large sum a decade ago while removing linoleum in his home.
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Charles E) Virts
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Wirts
England
America
Germany
United States
Thin Man Eulogized as a Food Saver and Vigorous
Cologne paper lauds the thin man as a productive citizen and energy source, arguing less food is needed as fat use drops. It urges reduced meals as both a duty to the fatherland and personal health, noting a ten percent weight loss lowers daily nourishment correspondingly.
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Associated Press
Cologne
Koelnische Zeitung
Police Official Endorses Kalem's Girl Detective Series
A leading city police official praised Kalem's girl detective series calling it unusually good with strong stories. He cited the episodes as exposing the public to the difficulties detectives face, after seeing The Voices from the Taxi and noting Kalem's success in filming the case.
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Kalem
vTaxi
Meeting of Presbytery at Weston Apr 12
The semi annual meeting of the Grafton Presbytery will convene in the Weston Presbyterian church on Monday evening April 12 with representation from Clarksburg Grafton Buckhannon Morgantown Kingwood Mannington Fairmont Terra Alta and others. Ministers will attend and the gathering is described as of much interest.
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Grafton
Clarksburg
Buckhannon
Morgantown
Kingwood
Mannington
Feirmont
Terra Alta
Germany will win the war say Gen Pearson from Europe
General Samuel Pearson, formerly American consul at Johannesburg, declares in New York that Germany will win the war and that submarines will decide the outcome. He cites unity, efficiency, and vast submarine production as keys, predicting the war ends by autumn and the Allies suffer a great surprise.
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New York
Samuel Pearson
Scranton
New York Staats-Zeitung
Pearson
Europe
Helrig Olav
Germany
England
Johannesburg
South Africa
Censorship Cited as Cause of Trouble in Labor Press
London reports quote J H Thomas accusing press censorship of fueling labor unrest. He argues that restrictive reporting keeps workers misinformed about front line events and urges treating the public as adults to convey responsibility. He spoke to railway unionists and government representatives.
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Associated Press
London
J. H. Thomas
National Union of Railwaymen
Don’t Make a Dude Of a Small Boy
In a period article about child care the author argues clothing affects a child’s development. A four year old boy at the seashore is hampered by a mother’s admonitions to stay clean, preventing free play and muscular growth, harming coordination and spirit.
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April Woman's Home Companion
Johnnie
Andi
Unemployment Rate in February Reported at 6.5 Percent
From London dated April 10 trade unions disclose that among a 1250 membership the unemployed on February 1 numbered 80 000 representing 6.5 percent, up from 4.7 percent a year earlier.
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London
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