Drawing Near to Land on the Honolulu Voyage
A Sunday, October 9 entry from a journal aboard a ship to Honolulu recounts crowded, late night events from deck sports to a lavish captain's dinner and religious services. It highlights passengers including an English woman who joins every contest, Col. Lawson, editor J. W. Brown, and author Mrs. Anna Blake Mezquida, with reflections on Waikiki and a moonlit Pacific view.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
London Telegram
Col. Lawson
Ireland
Anna Blake Mezquida
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A comic verse describing a carefree, fast driving lifestyle with constant pressure from creditors and merchants. The speaker enjoys easy riding while jokes attack insistence on payment and the clash between modern consumer life and moral blame. The piece lampoons pay demands from tailors, waiters, and bankers amid playful rhymes.
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Webster
Fletcher
Skinner
Lydia E Pennkins VegeTable Compound Saves Woman
Mrs. E. H. Haydock of Chicago writes that after four doctors warned of an operation, the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her "female trouble and inflammation" and she avoided surgery. She reports taking 22 bottles, remaining well, and recommends the remedy to others.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. H. Haydock
St. Lawrence Avenue
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Liquor seizures highlighted in Oklahoma paper clipping
An Oklahoma newspaper excerpt notes liquor so strong with acid that it ate holes through paper was seized in sections. The item suggests local interest in temperate venues such as an indoor facility for winter horseshoe games.
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Horseshoe Grounds
Oklahoma
Prohibition Officers Report Liquor Spill Affects Paper
Officers observed liquor drops on a newspaper causing holes to appear instantly. They tested by pouring more liquor on the page and noted rapid erosion. The anecdote highlights the inefficacy of the liquor despite the lack of demand and poor advertising by a store owner.
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Prohibition
All-Star Cast Headlines DeMille Film The Affairs of Anatol
Cecil B. DeMille presents The Affairs of Anatol with a stellar all star cast including Wallace Reid Gloria Swanson Elliott Dexter Bebe Daniels Agnes Ayres Monte Blue Wanda Hawley Theodore Roberts Polly Moran Raymond Hatton Julia Faye and more. The production features Jeanie Macpherson script based on Arthur Schnitzler and Paul Iribe designed settings. The Graham theater will show the Paramount drama next week.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount
Affairs of Anatol
Graham Theater
Screendom
Wallace Reid
Gloria Swanson
Elliott Dexter
Bebe Daniels
Monte Blue
Wanda Hawley
Theodore Roberts
Agnes Ayres
Theodore Kosloff
Polly Moran
Raymond Hatton
Julia Faye
Anatol
Jeanie Macpherson
Arthur Schnitzler
Guy Oliver
Charles Ogle
Clarence Geldart
Maude Wayne
Ruth Miller
William Boyd
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Iowa
E. Main Street
Contaae
Jesus
J. W. Brown
Chung
Korea
Catoupis
Greece
Williams
Columbia
Missouri
J. E. Junkin
Miami
Florida
Press Congress
Waikiki Beach
Pacific
Are Martin
Walt Mason
Chects
B. de Mille
Wallace Kieid
Vor
E. M. Bridges & Co
C. M. & F. Clothing Company
Willard
Neiswanger Building
Grant Humble, Mer
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