Great Book Fair At Marshall Field Chicago Showing Lincoln and Roosevelt
A Chicago book fair at Marshall Field's showcases rare volumes and early editions with prices from ten thousand to thirty thousand plus dollars. Exhibits include Lincoln and Roosevelt works, Gunther Lincoln relics, and a log cabin chair and Lincoln's personal items. Strong American figures draw crowds amid hands on demonstrations by publishing houses.
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Marshall Field
Chicago
United States
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Drinkwater
Abraham Lincoln
Gunther
Lincolns
Kentucky
Booth
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason Night Cometh
Poem fragment in verse contemplating death and peaceful rest as night approaches. Speaker urges maintaining cheer, avoiding resentments, and facing life’s end with calm. References to sleep, dusk, and fading passions as inexorable.
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Walt Mason
Lincoln and Roosevelt Hold Center Stage in Boyhood Appeal
The essay praises Lincoln and Roosevelt as archetypal boys book heroes. It contrasts Lincoln rising from poverty with early schooling and Roosevelt from wealth, both celebrated as wild, muscular leaders who inspire youth. Washington is noted but deemed less impactful on American boys.
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Lincoln
Abe
Roosevelt
George Washington
Potomac River
George
America
Noodles Dialog Sparks Job Talk in Dallas News
In a quirky exchange, Percy asks the capitalist daughter about a gas company meter job. She replies she’d be glad if he pursued work that would take him to other people’s houses, a line that underscores the humorous tone of the column.
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Percy Percy Noodles
Tle
Dallas News
Chronic insomnia noted by Henry Peck quote
A woman is never so sleepy at night as when she hears a friend husband fumbling at the front door keyhole and never so awake as when he tiptoes up the stairs, commented Henry Peck in the American Legion Weekly.
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Henry Peck
American Legion Weekly
Boost Cummins Campaign Urges Iowa Republicans to Organize
A statewide push in Iowa supports Senator A. B. Cummins. Charles A. Rawson, state chairman, mails letters urging Republican workers to arrange Cummins speaking events and strengthen precinct committees. The message warns that Democrats aim to gain Senate control to thwart a Republican president.
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Charles A. Rawson
Cummins
Cummings
Rawson
Porter
United States Senate
Harding
Senate
Old Lady 31 and Emma Dunn Star in Comedy Drama
In this film adaptation the title derives from Abe’s Home number Old Lady 31. Emma Dunn reprises Angie delivering a warm performance with ample humor and pathos about love and aging. The program notes promise Buster Keaton’s new comedy Convict 13 and vocal numbers by Joseph Conrad on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Abe
Emma Dunn
Angie
New York
Joseph Conrad
Buster Keaton
New Standard Four Tire Now Here At Mannhardt Bros
Mannhardt Bros Battery Service Station in Washington Iowa promotes the Standard Trend 6000 Miles Casing new tire. The dealer invites customers with membership certificates to claim the special discount and view the tires at the shop. See the want ads for prices and availability.
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Tire Tribe
Mannhardt Bros
Washington
Iowa
Old Lady 31 Comes to Amusements Emma Dunn
Toward the sunset of his life Abe loses money and his home. Angie has no place but the old ladies' home. He solves the dilemma by entering the institution himself as Old.
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Angie
Abe
Tanlac credited with curing long standing indigestion
Owen Gorman of 1209 Second St East Cedar Rapids says Tanlac relieved a fifteen year stomach indigestion and crippling aches. He reports he can eat pork and cabbage without discomfort and that his kidneys, rheumatic pains and swollen feet have improved. Sherman Bros. and Mae... are listed as sellers in Washington and Wellman respectively.
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Taniac
Owen Gorman
Second St
East
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Sherman Bros
Wellman
Mae
Gugin Drug Co Ad against Leading Druggists
Gugin Drug Co and by all leading druggists advertise their offerings in a noted advertisement.
Hals Catarah Medicine Advertisement Claim
An 19th century style ad offers $1000 for a cage of cent marks that cannot be cured by Hals Catarah Medicine. The text touts internal action through the blood and asks readers to testimony free. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio endorsements.
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Hall
Tee & T .Oymema
Price Ko
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Evening Journal
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E. Main Street
Abe Martin
Jority
Standard
Tire Company of
Keokuk
Nature
Os Rattte Creek
Mich
U.S.A
Orkreg
Postum Cereal Co.Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
C. F
Washington County
Washington, Iowa
Saturn
Leon Beatty
Will
George M. Cohan
Direction Ralph Deane
Seat Sale
McElhinney’s Drug Store
Fundba
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