Milwaukee the clean prosperous city of contrasts
The writer praises Milwaukee for its orderliness and post prohibition revival. He highlights Judge Shaughnessy’s swift criminal justice, the rebuilt cheese industry from a brewery, Marquette University as a strong campus, and 84 miles of billboard free boulevards. He notes general peace, stable employment, and a thriving cultural scene alongside extensive dairying. Cotton is dying in Alamance County and is being plowed up and replaced with corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Milwaukee
United States
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Lake Michigan
Joe George A. Shanessy
Shaughnessy
State Penitentiary
Shaugh- Nessy
Iesare
Wisconsin
Illinois
Europe
Marquette University
Alamance County
No Dull Days at 54
Mr Seely of 1048 Rigsby St San Antonio says five years of biliousness indigestion vanished with a teaspoonful of Herbine in water. The vegetable liquid aids stomach and bowels to process food, preventing sour stomach gas and headaches. Hodges Drug Company sells it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Seely
Rigsby St
San Antonio
Government Begins Boulder Dam Construction Near Black Canyon
A government project launches in Southern Nevada with white stakes marking the route toward Black Canyon. The Interior Department touts plans for a massive cement dam rising 575 feet above the river and driving a new era of national conquest over the desert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D C
Nevada
Black Canyon
Colorado
Interior Department
Wilbur
Great American Desert
Lost hound and helper ads plus a land sale notice in Watauga
A collection of classifieds and notices lists a lost black and tan hound with a reward offer to return to L C Greene in Bamboo NC, a tonic ad, a ram for sale, a domestic help inquiry in Zionville, a work-at-home opportunity from McNess Company, and a public land sale notice by First National Bank of Durham for property in Boone NC with auction details set for August 4, 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Greene
Bamboo, N. C
C. F. Dixon
First National Bank of
Durham
North Carolina
Register of Deeds
Watauga County
Boone
Watauga
Blowing Rock Highway
Smith Havaman’s
Blowing Rock
Mint Press History Revealed by Numismatic Society
Describes the National Mint press history, noting its discontinuation around 1852 and the later gift of the original press to the Ican Numismatic Society in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Mint
Ican Numismatic Society
New York City
Great wedge plan to divert Rio Grande flow near New Mexico
Secretary Wilbur outlines a massive project to divert the river around a future dam in New Mexico. A lake 100 miles long would dwarf Elephant Butte, rising over 250 feet above its 300 feet height, while a great wedge over 700 feet high would close the river. Diversion tunnels more than a mile long would carve through solid rock to carry the water around the dam site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elephant Butte
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Wilbur
Eskimo Child Hopes for Water Before Morning
A captioned Eskimo child in a cot asks for water while the mother replies that only three months remain until morning, reflecting a stark, rustic scene. The exchange centers on longing and endurance in a cold setting, with a quiet domestic tone.
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Cot
Adults Contract Children Diseases and Worms
The article notes that adults can catch many diseases thought to affect only children, including worms. It describes similar symptoms such as loss of appetite weight loss teeth grinding restlessness itching and abdominal pains. It claims vermilage products sold by Hodges Drug Con treat these worm infections.
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By Caleb Johnson
Hodges Drug Company
Boulder Dam
Frick Sawmill Outfit
Edger
D. H. Shore
N. C
MILAM
Boone Drug Store
Hodges Drug Co
James A. Hodges
Skulls Mills
J. F. Shakespeare
Zionville, N.C
McNess Company
Department M
Freeport
Ilinois
W. A. Devin, Jr
Bechtler
Rutherfordton
Christopher Bechtler
Germany
Pastime Theatre
Boone, N. C
Wednes
AL Jolson
Hodges Drug Con
Massey-Harris
McCormick
Deering
Farmers Hardware & Supply Co
Harris Bros. Dept. Store
Boone, North Carolina
Oxfords
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