Cost of living declines 20.8 percent since July 1920
New York June 21 The National Industrial Conference Board reports a 20.8 percent drop in the cost of living since July 1920, reducing the total increase from July 1914 to June 1, 1921 to 61.9 percent. Retail prices for wage earners show a 2.3 percent fall from May 1 to June 1 this year with food down 4.6 percent and clothing 3.8 percent. other major items held steady.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
What is Woad The ancient Britons dyed blue with woad
A London Times writer notes woad remains useful and honorable in industrial life and now decorates Reading Abbey gardens. Woad plants grow two to five feet tall with branching stalks and small mustard yellow flowers, described by botanists in lengthy terms.
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London Times
Julius Caesar
Reading Abbey
Industrial injuries in 1919 McRed Cross report
The American Red Cross First Aid Department reports an average of 11,000 daily injuries in U S industry in 1919, with 680,000 workers off work over four weeks and 3.4 million disabilities and 22,000 deaths. Auto fatalities rose tenfold in the decade, 90 per million in 1918 versus 10 per million previously.
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United States
First Aid Department
The
American Red Cross
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Ad
Laxative bromon quinine tablets remove the cause. There is only one Bromo Quinine. E. W. Grove's signature on box. 30c.
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E. W. Grove
Hamlet Model Young Man as Ideal Student and Son
The article portrays Hamlet as a model youth, praised as both perfect in propriety and diligent in study. It cites Ophelia’s praise and Hamlet’s own actions, noting his obedience to his mother, respect for his teachers, and meticulous note taking after his father’s ghost. Hamlet’s strength lies in his docility and thoroughness to authority rather than folly.
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Ophelia
Hamlet
O. W. Firkins
North American Review
Samuel Richardson
Hannah More
Horatio
Shakespeare
Wild Onion schoolhouse meeting over roof repair discussed
In Hogwallow, a mass meeting at the Wild Onion school house Saturday night debated patching the roof, led by Wash Hocks who urged repairs while Poke Eazley awkwardly raised his umbrella to ensure his support was counted. Local vignettes include a guarded pledge from the tin Peddler and various humorous notes on townsfolk.
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Wild Onion
Wash Hocks
Lipton's First Venture Beside Glasgow Shop Tale
Dr J H Ostrander recalls Lipton’s initial business venture in a run down Glasgow corner shop. He faced meager profits and harsh ethics, yet Lipton trusted neighbors with credit only until Saturday night. Lipton believed in honor, friendship, and keeping faith to win business and loyalty.
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J. H. Ostrander
Thomas Lipton
Lipton
Am Exchange
Glasgow
Rattlesnake fastens on farmer's pants near Brownwood
Claude Martin, a young man from Indian Creek near Brownwood, felt a sudden strike on his trousers while walking at twilight. A six foot rattlesnake had fixed its fangs in his legging, writhing and rattling until Martin grabbed the snake behind the head, freed himself, and brought the reptile home where it was killed.
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Brownwood
Claude Martin
Indian Creek
Martin
Negro Slayer of Farmer Is Given Death
Caldwell Texas June 27 Charlie Sanders a Burleson County negro was found guilty of the murder of S W Richardson on his farm near Cooks Point June 13 and sentenced to death Judge O J Alexander set Wednesday July 27 for execution The case drew nearly 800 spectators as Sanders faced a shocked courtroom while the daughter of the victim remained hospitalized in Bryan after a separate attack cautionary security followed the proceedings
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Sanders
Richardson
Bryan
Train timetable fragment Cotton Belt westbound eastbound
Readable timetable fragment lists Cotton Belt trains westbound No. 201 and eastbound No. 203 with times around 8:45 a m, indicating schedule details for Cotton Belt service.
Frog Eye as Tiny Picture Taker in Boys’ Life
The article notes the frog eye as the smallest camera that has supposedly taken photographs. It explains retinal color changes in darkness, bleaching in daylight, and that exposing the eye to a window and fixing with alum can retain an inverted image. It also mentions preserving the last image of a dead man or animal by a similar process.
Natural Thermometer and the sapphire discovery
The sapphire revealed a 2s tube shaped cavity used as a thermometer. The bore measures a quarter inch long and an eighteenth inch in diameter. Liquid partially filled at 50 degrees and fully filled at 80 degrees, indicating the liquid is carbonic acid.
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Doctor Sorby
A Pious Man's Consolation in Sect Strife
Dr Lyman Powell notes bitter sectarianism with a story from a town with four churches. A dying church asks about its progress. a pillar replies not well, but at least the others are no better. The anecdote appears in the Christian Register.
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Lyman P. Powell
Christian Register
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Slim Pickens
Cricket Hicks
Jefferson Potlocks
Columbus
Tickville
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Friend
Sherman
Texas
Puadaaumpdyesests
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Dyer & Jones
Rexall Store
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Mrs. Simpson
Mahoney Bros
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Sherman, Texas
Florence Oil
Iiro
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