District of Porto Ricans Targeted by Dominican Vespers Tale
A lurid column describes alleged Dominican anti American sentiment in the Caribbean. It claims Santo Domingo gunmen kill Porto Ricans who fail to swallow their rolled R sounds in a test sentence. The piece links a supposed ritual with broader ethnic and colonial tensions, citing Marines and local loyalties.
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San Jose
Porto Rico
Domingo
Na- Hans
Aguinaldo
United States
Christina
Cleeri
Mexico
Sicily
Americh
New York
University of Iowa Runs Drug Cost Savings through Pharmacy Laboratory
Iowa City January 15. The University of Iowa hospital relies on a college pharmacy program where a registered pharmacist and senior students prepare medicines in campus labs. Since 1907 this system, led by Prof Teeters, has saved thousands annually and kept prices low even during wartime aspirin shortages.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
College Pharmacy
Pharmacy College
W. J. Teeters
College of Pharmacy
Teeters
University of Wisconsin
Iowa
Farmer Sucks 72 Eggs as Supply Fails
A chaotic local tale centers on George W Berlin and May Welsh in a Chicago suburb where a farmer consumes 72 eggs to prove a claim of eating ability. The event ties to a larger account of a mine fire near Landslade causing $1,000,000 in damages since September 25.
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George W. Berlin
Chicago
Lend
Please Get Married shines at Fox Theatre in lively farce
Viola Dana stars in the Screen Classics photoplay Please Get Married at the Fox Theatre for two days. Adapted from the stage farce by Cullen and Browne, the comedy follows a newlywed couple thwarted by a burglar and thwarted wedding facts, pursued by disappointed parents, with Maxwell Karger supervising and John B. Ince directing. The cast includes Antrim Short Margaret Campbell Harry Todd Emmett King Ralph Bell Thomas Ricketts Hugh Fay Joseph Hazelton and Daisy Robinson in a brisk, French farce tempo.
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Viola Dana
Pease
Little Mountain
Finis Fox
Screen Classics, Inc
Maxwell Karger
John EB. Ince
Antrim Short
Margaret Campbell
Harry Todd
Emmett King
Ralph Bell
Thomas Ricketts
Hugh Fay
Joseph Hazelton
W. Kk. Mesick
W. F. Moran
Daisy Robinson
Thomas Hadley
Metre
Metro
Hair decimation provokes prayer in old verse
A fragmented line recalls a man’s hair being shaved or altered, prompting reflections and a call to prayer across years earlier than a woman’s experience. The text suggests a historical or poetic contrast in grooming or ritual.
Dance floor drama reveals true pairings in club tale
Doris reports rumors that Phil Sawyer is engaged to Mabel Bradley, stirring Marion to doubt. At the club dance Phil confronts Marion, denying engagement and confessing his love. Doris admits the Bradley affair was a jealous misread as the couple reconciles amid playful chiding.
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Doris Lee
Marion Welch
Doris
Lagitv
Phil Sawyer
Marion
Mabel Bradley
Sture
Phil
Mievion
Marty
Dian
Harry
Mabel
Dots
Thread
Pethebs
Meron
Marlon
Phill
Bradley
Four Die As Big Explosion Hits East Chicago Refinery
An oil blast at the Sinclair Oil Refining plant in East Chicago Ind killed four men burned beyond recognition and injured about twenty others. Victims identified include Andrew Rodney Whiting Gib son Chicago John Hornak East Chicago Albert Groening Hammond. Eleven injured were taken to St Marys Hammond hospital with four released after treatment.
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Chicago
Ind
Sinclair Oi Refining Company
Morfunen
Andrew Rodney
Whiting
Gibson
John Hornak
East Chicago
Albert Groening
Halmond
St. Marsares Hospital
Hammond
John McBadden
Mast Chicago
Nate Taylor
Walter Oliver
Farmers urged to advertise through local papers
Denison report quotes Crawford county agent J. S. Quist urging farmers to use advertising as an investment. He notes starting with weekly papers and expanding to others, arguing local papers best deliver buyers and that support for editors benefits both farmer and publisher due to low rates.
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Denison
Quist
Crawford County
Quint
Tech Local Weekly
Farmer
Tood Iellow
Emotions of the Inanimate Advertisement
Fragmentary text discusses a clearance sale or ad line about planes and emotions. The readable terms include “Clearance,” “ease of sightly scared planes” and unclear references to a promneet or transcript. No clear event or names emerge.
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Boeing Jareet
Moston
Des Moines Papers End Threatened Libel Dispute
Des Moines Capital and Harvey Ingham editor of the Register and Tribune likely avoid a libel suit. The Capital apologizes for erroneous articles about Inghams and Cowles family and retracts the claim of a slapping incident. Both papers acknowledge errors, correct them, and seek a truce.
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Des Moines
Harvey Ingham
Register and Tribune
Gardner Cowles
Ana. J. N. Darling
The
Capital
Messrs
Ding
Ingham
J. N. Darling
Evening Tribune
Lafayette Young
Lafayette Young, Jr
Kelley and Belding Decline West Point Appointments
Iowa sloven captain elect William Kelley of Newton declines United States Military Academy admission. Mason City end Lester Helding also declines to attend West Point before June 1921. J. S. McConnell of Mason City will also decline an appointment, keeping three Hawkeyes.
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Towa City
William Kelley
Newton
Iowa University Sloven
United States Military Academy
Mason City
Lester Helding
West Point
Hawkeyes
J. S. McConnell
The Value of Sincerity Over Dissembling
The text argues sincerity outranks counterfeit appearances. It claims people pretend to virtue to gain advantage, but true merit comes from actually embodying what one seems to be. It cites that disguising mind is self-defeating, urging genuine excellence over show.
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Angilidas
Tillotmwon
Biding Her Time with Grandmother and Aunt
A fragment describes Florence choosing between indulgence and severity while left with grandmother during shopping. She is teased by a playful aunt and responds with tears as she fears her crime will bring punishment when her father returns.
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Florence
Jon
Littlenoss Cant Aside A May In Pursuit
A fragment quotes Emerson on pursuing greatness, noting no little effort can sidestep ambition. The line hints at perseverance and self belief as driving forces in achievement.
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Littlenoss
Emerson
Caffeine Found in Holly Plant Leaves
Popular Mechanics notes that Hex vanitoria, a variety of American holly, contains significant caffeine in dried leaves, with a concentration around one to one and a half percent. The finding highlights potential stimulant properties in this plant species.
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Popular Mechanics
Business of Criticism by Matthew Arnold Reconsidered
The passage reflects Arnold praising criticism as a force to reveal the best ideas worldwide and circulate them with unwavering honesty. It emphasizes that criticism should not address practical consequences or applications, leaving those questions to others while maintaining focus on intellectual illumination.
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Matthew Arnold
Tribute to Shakespeare's Broad Equilibrium in Thought
Lowell lauds Shakespeare as uniquely balanced in nature with vast reach across human thought and action. He notes the power to strip characters from history and myth, and praises the creative faculty that animates both comic and tragic works from Shallow to Lear.
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Shakespeare
Richard Fit
Ulysses
Homer
Lear
Lowell
Sociable Dish of Ice Cream Cites Tea Cream Humor
A humorous family moment from a church social where Willie and his brother serve ice cream. Willie remarks at supper that his portion resembles a sociable dish of tee crean, after a noonday serving to the family.
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Willie
Cork Hint for Improvised Bottle Stopper
A reader suggests using an old cork soaked in boiling water for fifteen minutes to fit a bottle when the light size stopper is unavailable. The tip promotes improvising a cork stopper to seal a bottle.
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San Domingo
West Indies
Maine
Rafael
Iszo
Modure Newspaper Syndicate
Robert Beyer
Boston
Farmere
Kelly and
Belding
the Evening Journal
Malcolm Kerlin
Washington Post Office
United States Bureau of Efficacy
Examiner
Cnnury
Cork
Honest John
Beb
Ine
Webeh
Nesbitt Motor Co
East 2Nd St
Nuform
Americas
Weingarten Bros., Inc
W.B. Iuform
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