Jinx at Work in a Day Car Social Comic Tale
Walter Stuart Marsden recalls a car ride with a boastful traveler selling razors and pipe lighters. The encounter hinges on a gaudy beard, face mats, and a faux safety razor scam, ending with a cheap match gimmick that backfires on the narrator.
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Hoboken
N. J
Raxto
Walter Stuart Marsden
Pennsylvania
Grit
Bolsheviks Nab Diamonds Claims By Destitute Sailor
James Patrick Woods, a sailor arriving in New York on the Matrosina, said he found diamonds and rubies in Kendaloska on Russia's Kola peninsula, and that Bolsheviks seized his pockets full of gems while he was left there by a cargo vessel crew. He plans to organize a company and return.
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Kola Peninsula
Russia
James Patrick Woods
New York
Woods
Kendaloska
Munition Work Not Injurious
Dr. Rhoda H. B. Adamson argues in a London periodical that women employed in wartime munitions engineering have not suffered health harm. After a year and a half as medical supervisor for thousands, she reports thorough initial exams and ongoing checks showing no detrimental results.
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Rhoda H. B. Adamson
London
Lift Corns or Calluses Off Freezone Ad
A compact advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn and callus remover. It promotes applying drops to corns and hard skin on the soles with a claim that the skin beneath stays pink and healthy.
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Freezone
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