The Case of the Broken Engagement Ring
A brief item notes that a telephone operator reports she has broken her engagement. The remark suggests a light social puzzle or domestic incident in a small community.
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1915
Page
7
Soap to cleanse and heal skin promises free samples
An old advertisement touts Cuticura soaps and ointments for skin scalp hair and hands with a mail sample offer from Boston. It also pitches Red Cross Bag Blue to brighten clothes and claims marriage eases life monotony with laundry humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Adv
Count Absent Minded Count Toasted in Paint Rock Tale
Morgan banker Henry P Davison recalls a failed international marriage story. A Paint Rock millionaire hosts a dinner for a Spanish count who, while pretending to be a noble, begins removing plates until reminded he is not in a deanery. The tale ends with a gentle wake up joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry P. Davison
Morgan Banking
Paint Rock
George
Deanery
Postum courtly claim promotes daily enjoyment beverage
A physician mother promotes Postum as a coffee substitute that aids sleep and well being. She recalls years of choosing Postum over coffee to avoid sleepless nights and nervousness, noting weight gain and restful nights after switching. The ad highlights Regular and Instant Postum with pricing and preparation notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Postum Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Festive Edible Delights and Child Party Ideas
The article provides old fashioned party menus with cabbage salads and lettuce dressings, cheep freak lettuce, mock crab sandwiches, fig paste and coconut sandwiches. It includes fruit desserts, an oyster plant soup, clear tomato soup and cream of potato soup recipes, plus playful party favors using fruit and candy for children.
Prize for Hygiene Essay Offered by Met Life
The American Social Hygiene Association offers a $1000 prize for the best original pamphlet on social hygiene for adolescents aged twelve to sixteen. Manuscripts up to 5500 words may be submitted by midnight July 21, judged by a committee. Submissions must use a pen name, with real names in a sealed envelope. the donor reserves the right to purchase at five cents per word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Social Hygiene Association
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Explaining Songs of Birds and Human Recital Observations
A compilation of short notes on birdsong and human musical scenes. It discusses why birds sing from courtship to nesting, a piano recital anecdote about a drunk ticket holder, Fanny Crosby’s hymns and a Brooklyn bank theft quip. It also includes brief jokes and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Crosby
Brooklyn
Town Medical Homing Instinct in Birds
An excerpt discusses the homing instinct in birds and humans, explaining migration south for food and spring return to northern homes. It notes environment shapes nature and cites ornithologists unsure how birds navigate. The piece compares human attachment to early homes and mentions town topics and a quip about a woman changing her mind.
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Haton
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Pilly Mooney
Centerville
Timien
Doris Exerton Jones
Josef Homann
Ross
Ozer
Kansas City Star
Allen
Shane
Evers
Huffalo Express
Lydia E. Pinkham
United States
I’. Nicumono
Progress Avenue
Lee
Maria Irwin
Peru
N.Y
Lyilia E
Medici
Mrs.Maria Inwix
Jane D. Duncan
W. Quincy
Mass
Quincy
Jane D. Duxcay
Forest Avenue
West
COLT
Etn
Fiat
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Zona
Zona Company, Widiaken
Defiance Starch
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha
Nebraska
Clip Horses
Xible Shaft Co
Wells and
Ohio
Sta
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Denver
Woother
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