Harrison Fisher Firat and the American Beauty Icon
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls Harrison Fisher Firat, famed painter known as the father of a thousand pretty girls, who shaped American magazine covers with graceful depictions of young women. His life spanned Victorian and modern eras, from Garfiald-Arthur days to postwar readjustment, with travels across England, the continent, and the United States.
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Harrelson Winhor
America
Sterred
Brooklyn
Marit Hopkins Institute
San Francisco
England
Maher
New York
Edward and
George
Fisher
Hla
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dr Thercoln Plenaant Pellets Ad Boosts Health
An advertisement touts Dr Thercoln Plenaant Pellets as a remedy to regulate fever, bowels, and stomach health. The copy markets the product with medical claims and promising relief.
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Dr.Thercoln
Tiny Radio Set Makes World’s Smallest Instrument
A youth in Treviso Italy holds a certificate declaring his radio set the smallest in the world. The device fits into a nutshell and can receive about six stations, a feat praised by local observers.
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Dino de Corbertaldo
Treviso
Italy
Why the Sudden Change to Liquid Laxatives
Doctors favor measured dose liquid laxatives for regular use. They offer adjustable strength, quick, comfortable movements with no addiction or kidney irritation. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, based on senna, is sold by druggists. public interest rises.
Wrong Size Sultor Sweetheart Refuses Offer
A whimsical note jokes about sizes and fortunes as a caller offers a find and wealth to a lady who declines, citing the large or small fit as reasons.
Polaris stakes rise as river route hinges on rights
Steve Mynn negotiates a perilous frontier of timber rights and river conveyance. McNally explains blocked routes and looming deadlines while old Jim’s business survives on pulp contracts and fragile credit. Kate’s letters urge action as Franz and Benson interests loom. LaFane stirs intrigue in a world of timber, trusts, and hidden motives.
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Steve
Franz
McNally
Katy
Jim
Young Jim
Lanne
Chicago
Waty
Lkely
Jim Flynn
Fle
the McNally
LaFane
Lavane
Drake
James Mynn
Polaris Forest Products Co
Katharine Flynn
Old Jim
Dgtea
Kate
Duffer
Dad
Grant Steve
Franzie
Thorpe
Remeber
Polaris
Lake Superior
Banka
Smoky
Old National
McNudty
Mae
Walde
Tn MacDonald
Dam
Bensons
Laird
MacDonald
Frans Wis
Benson
Fronz
Jimmy
Duncan MacDonald
Taird
Mynn
la Pane
Wrant
LaFana
Lofane
Debts, Doubts, and a Youth's Rise at Polaris Works
Stephen Drake returns after years, a boy Steva bears a debt to Old Jim Flynn. Twenty years pass as Young Jim Flynn’s fortune wanes and Kate’s sight falters. Steva arrives at Polaris HQ to face Frang and a plotting crew, taking charge amid a fateful, messy struggle.
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Stephen Drake
Jim Lyon
Tle
Drake
Flynn
Steva
Jim
Polarta
Old Jim
Steve
Frang
Prana
Polaris
Music That Counts and the Cheer of Applause
A Chinatown page notes that rhythm is felt through applause as Hi Ho describes music that satisfies the soul. The piece frames claps as a simple, universal mechanism driving music appreciation and communal enjoyment.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
No corpse in tomb of czar
In Leningrad Soviet officials broke into the imperial tombs at Sts. Peter and Paul seeking jewels and found no Alexander I. Rumors claim he faked death and lived as Fedor Kousmitch, with sightings in Perm and Siberia. The tale includes the Grand Duke Michael and later reports of a noble ascetic, years-long speculation, and a possible Empress Elizabeth link.
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Alexander I'g—svas
Leningrad
Sts. Peter and Paul
Alexander I
Alexander
Taganrog
Crimea
M. Octave Aubry
Krasno- Umomsk
Perm
Fedor Kousmitch
Grand Duke
Michael
Tedor
Siberia
Toms
M. Aubry
le Mgaro
Fedor
Farmora
Irkutsi
Alexander Favlovitch
Veder
Russia
Alexander J
Yaturn
Madame Balakehine
Elizabeth
Prince Barlatinsky
Fedor Kousmltch
Iusala
Nicholas II
Vladimir
Marvelous Surgery Artificial heart keeps dog alive after operation
Moscow surgeons develop an artificial heart device to pump blood through arteries. A flying dog’s heart was removed and operated on while the device kept the body alive, sixteen stitches placed in the heart, and the dog survived.
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Moscow
Not Available From Fragmentary Philosophical Exchange
Fragmentary dialogue reflects themes of friendship and materialism. One speaker jokes about buying friends while another comments on the hoarding of companionship and the role of women in modern life. The exchange hints at social satire without full context.
Tone up lips and cheeks with S.S.S. tonic
An ad promotes S.S.S. as a blood tonic to boost hemoglobin, improve red blood cell color, and raise energy. It claims lack of hemoglobin causes pale skin, poor appetite, and weakness, and promises quicker appetite and skin improvement with the tonic sold by drug stores in two sizes.
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S.S
S.S.S
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Harrison Fisher Firat
Beauty
ORC
of the
Harold Titus
WNU Beryleo
Czar
Willard Dovin
Mayford
Kentucky
Pitty
Grulk Shani
J. &. Borabagghat
W. Paddock
Beatrice
Nabr
Hull
George Aidemiad
Mgr
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