Wireless Grand Opera Reaches Amateur Listeners Nationwide
Chicago reports on wireless grand opera broadcasts by Mary Garden and the Chicago Grand Opera Company. Amateurs nationwide receive three hours of entertainment five nights weekly via stations in Chicago Pittsburg Newark and Springfield. Programs include bed time stories weather and crop reports phonograph concerts and Sunday church sermons with opera details announced before each act.
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Chicago
Mary Garden
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Auditorium Theatre
Pittsburg
Newark, N. J
Springfield Mass
Oth
Chicago Opera Service
Samson
Delilah
Lucien Muratore
Europe Shoe Makers Report Mixed Recovery Across Nations
Harold C. Keith reports that England faces severe postwar hardship with unemployment and coal-strike scars, while France Belgium and Switzerland show varying improvement. France and Belgium recover faster with strong currencies and productive shoe factories. Germany and the low German mark drive cheap imports. living costs remain high across Europe.
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Germany
Europe
Money in Coconuts in Philippine Islands
A growing interest in coconut culture emerges in the Philippines with native planters adopting modern methods and foreign capital showing confidence. Prospective planters face difficulty securing bearing groves but ample virgin land exists for new plantations, especially in the Moro province where conditions suit coconut culture.
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Philippine Islands
Moro
Horseshoes History and Origins in Britain
A historical note discusses the uncertain origin of horseshoe use. It mentions a Tarentum coin about 20 Bb. generations old possibly depicting a shod horse, implies shoeing with iron may not have been common in early Middle Ages, and credits William the Conqueror with introducing the craft to Britain. It also notes shoemaking ranked with scholarly and hardy trades, used by French and even kings.
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Brith Museum
Tarentum
William the Conqueror
Britain
Ehoesmith
Hardy
France
Christmas toys boom despite hard times in Des Moines
Des Moines reports show shoppers seek educational, durable toys. Parents ban war toys while mothers request more St Nick gifts. demand expands for mechanics, wireless sets, chemistry kits, and practical miniature furniture as Santa trims prices and modernizes items.
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Des Moines
Harding
Yaces
Grota Claus
Santa
Herman Grund
Det Moints
St Nicholas
Yuletide
Old St. “Nick
Grand
Printing presses simplify for small job work demand
Printing presses have been simplified and equipped with types to handle small jobs. The old noise makers such as drums pianos and rattles are in heavy demand. Books are not selling quickly as Mr Grand notes parents delay buying toys and then request books.
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Grund
Des Moines
Santa
Germany
Japan
Brazilians Named Hartmock Discovery Surfaces
A fragment explains Brazilians named Hartmock, suggesting the term derives from natives using hamack tree bark to make sleeping sets. No corroborating dates or sources are provided.
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Hartmock
Hommbrka
Brazil
Green Arrow Soap Trial Promises Soft Hands
A reader notes that even if price differs, the soap Green Arrow offers soft hands and no roughness. She plans a trial of seven dozen bars and believes the product will satisfy her needs despite cost. A grocer confirms the soap’s gentle effects.
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Prise
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George FB. Keith Company
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Liverpool
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Birmingham
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Leicester
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London
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Great Britain
Enland
Switzerland
Sherman Bros
Deuggists
Iowa
PrineEs
Frank Stewart
Marcus Kuhn
Analge Cet
Sul
Davenport
By Jane Lee
Palmolive
Green Arrow
Palmolive Company
Reader
A. E. Putnam CO
Washington
New York
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