Victor Hugo's Grandson Captivates Paris With War Sketches
George Victor Hage, grandson of Victor Hugo, tours Paris with about 100 sketches that draw large crowds. Once a censor in early wartime, he left that post for the army and earned a lieutenant’s rank after a year and a half at the front. Returning from Champagne with a hundred acequarelles, he enhances the Hage name while Parisian audiences flock to see him. twice cited in orders of the day for meritorious conduct.
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Victor Hugo
George Victor Hage
Paris
Champagne
Hage
Fragmentary Advice Poses Puzzles in an Old Show Note
An archaic broadcast note hints at patient temperament and a faulty telephone service. The fragment urges trying a consistent method to mend troubles, though the show’s advice remains incomplete and cryptic.
Truthful Appearances
Jim laments being dead broke and looks worn, while a companion notes his tattered look and suggests the strain shows in his appearance. The exchange implies financial hardship and emotional fatigue reflected in Jim's conduct and aura.
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Jim
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad and a Kid Note Feud
An advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease extols its antiseptic powder for shoes and baths with claimed relief for foot pain. A seven-year-old boy sulks at his eleven-year-old sister and writes a taunting note labeling her a hobo bone head skunk hog and more, then vows to spare her further ranting.
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Susie
Absentminded Transit Trickster Foils City Conductor
In New York a Broadway car conductor battles a deaf and dumb passenger over a shabby transfer. After a long argument the man exits, then jokes about a missing fare as the conductor realizes the transfer had been chewed and licked off by the trickster before he boarded, escaping with a sly grin.
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York
Broadway
Forty-eighth Street
Eighteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
George
Tom
Strange Flag Excites Pittsburgh Residents
In Pittsburgh at Liberty and First avenues a flag with red and white stripes and a blue-eagle corner appeared atop the Union Storage building. Within minutes phones buzzed as people asked if a German flag had been raised. Detectives questioned Customs appraisers who explained the banner was a United States revenue ensign, but a local businessman argued it was German. The officials promised to verify with a Washington image if needed.
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Pittsburgh
Union Storage Company
Liberty
First Avenues
United States
Liberty Avenue
Tiger Baby in Black Bag Delights Manhattan Crowd
Otto Schafer, a machinist, stirred a Fourth Avenue crowd by bragging of a tiger baby inside a black bag. He warned onlookers and followed the bagged bundle with a kitten revealed at the scene. Police halted him at East Thirty-fifth Street Station, noting the bag contained a kitten, not a tiger.
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York
Otto Schafer
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Schafer
John Harbin
Marbin
Curry
East Thirty-fifth Street
Women Turn Bridgeport Into War Munitions Hub
In Bridgeport Connecticut workers including thousands of women toil through night shifts at Remington Arms and related plants to produce cartridges and rifles for Europe. By 1916 nearly 4,000 women and many men were employed amid hazardous conditions as newcomers from nearby cities and Canada join local labor in war industry.
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Ridgeport
Conn
Merchants’ Limited
Boston
Bridgeport
New York
Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Europe
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Woman Seeks Relief Through Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Sufferers urged to try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with testimonials from Mrs Karl Krese of Aurora Ohio and Mrs Jose Copner of Cincinnati Ohio detailing relief from long standing female trouble and weakness. Readers urged to write for confidential advice to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass. Note ends with unrelated humor about unbelief and a food shortage.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Aurora
Karl A. Krese
North Ave
Aurora, N
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Jose Copner
Harrison Ave
Fairmount
Boschee's German Syrup Advertises Fifty-One Years Reach
An old advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for coughs bronchitis and colds settled in the throat. It promises restful nights easy morning expec toration and natural healing with air and sunshine plus trial and family sizes sold across the United States Canada Australia and other countries. A closing line warns that breaking a promise disrupts life and prevents a straight path.
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Boschee
United States
Canada
Australia
Healthy Skin Depends On Kidneys
This ad asserts skin health hinges on kidney function and toxin elimination. It links morning stiffness, rheumatic pains, backache, headaches, swollen feet, and neuralgic pains to uric acid. recommends Anuric tablets from drugstores, plus hot water before meals, as a more active alternative to lithia.
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Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Favorite Prescription Testimonials From Wisconsin Readers
Mrs R Be Rice of Milwaukee reports relief from nervousness and weakness after using Favorite Prescription, noting improved appetite. Mrs M A Kirchner of Hanover Street credits the remedy with lasting health gains, stronger nerves, and overall vitality. The text states the product contains no alcohol or narcotics and offers a 1 dollar tablet option via Dr W M Pierce Buffalo NY.
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Kenosha
Wis
M. A. Kirchner
Hanover Street
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