Goblins Greet Halloween Fun At Gates Park
About 200 children dressed as goblins gathered at Gates Park playground for a Halloween celebration described as an innovation in playground activities. Playground director Victor Read praised the event and hoped to sponsor similar parties next year with games and costumes.
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Gates Park Playground
Hallowe'en
Victor A. Read
Gates Park
Smalier
Lawndale
A.M. E. Church
Lawndale Playground
Hallowe’en
Nujol Promoted by Nurse for Girls Health
A district nurse advised high school girls to maintain natural bodily function with exercise and diet and, if needed, to take Nujol nightly for a few days. She described Nujol as a pure harmless mineral oil with no drugs and urged keeping a bottle on hand.
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Chemical Products Division
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
No More Prisoners at County Farm In Mt Vernon Township
County officials decide to abandon the Mt Vernon county farm as a detention site due to overcrowding and the hospital’s needs for space. With too few prisoners to justify keeping the facility open, the board directs closure and reassignment of inmates.
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Mt. Vernon Township
Board of Supervisors
Inmates Transferred to County Jail Project Site
Four prisoners arrived in the city last evening for transfer to Grundy Center where other inmates are housed during the construction of a new county jail. Glen W. Morris reported he faced difficulties in caring for the 100 or more county detainees awaiting the facility completion.
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Grundy Center
Glen W. Morris
Jail Construction Progress Report At County Hospital Site
Workmen have installed jail equipment in the new building at the county hospital, with plasterers and plumbers soon to begin their duties. The board predicted continued progress as the project advances amid temporary ward deprivations.
Constipation Claims Relief with Kellogg All-Bran
An advertisement touts Kellogg’s All-Bran as a safe and prompt remedy for constipation. It promises 100% bran content and effectiveness, with daily two tablespoon servings, and suggests serving ideas and availability in hotels, restaurants, and groceries.
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Kelloge
Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Kellogg
Crocodile Skins Mar Fashion Slippers Hint History
In a fragmentary line the article notes the uncertainty about occupancy of a new jail before February 4 1928 and mentions the use of crocodile skins by eastern cobblers for fashionable baby crocodile slippers reflecting long standing shoemaking practices.
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G.C. Kennedy
Kearns Funeral Home
Scott
Gaylor & Hazen
West Ninth St
Geo. L. Hazen
West Third St
del Monte
Blackburn
Blackstone
Waterloo
Dso
Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Co
Independent Meat & Grocery Co
Commercial St
Hillsdale
Hart Brand
Sunmaid
Carson Bros
POST
F. Co
Vna
Home Park Cash & Carry Grocery
West Third & Sullivan
Bartlett FF
Welch
Omar Ite
Vmay
Mrs. Peyton
Omar
Ewuott
Peyton
Omer
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