Manila Carnival Big Attraction of Far East
Manila hosts the annual carnival season marking the Philippines as a regional playground. The 1920 Victory Carnival is billed as the greatest yet with commercial and government exhibits. Evenings center on social events as a vast open air auditorium hosts nightly balls with music from military bands, creating a cosmopolitan spectacle for visitors.
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Far East
Philippines
Manila
Wallace Field
Pearl of the Orient
Classified want ads for rooms purchases and sales
A long list of wants and listings from a small town classified column. Items include room rentals and furnishment, hay and oats for sale, eggs and Rhode Island fowl for hatchery, funeral flowers, a scholarship, a Ford touring car, peat and other farm goods, and requests for workers and old magazines. Names include J P Hedgpeth W H Stedham Myres and Jay Mrs Willie Binion G W Andrews Kate Fulton P A Short Mrs Mary Hestand J H Waggoner Lee Love Ivanhoe W T Pritchett H Maxey and John Parker.
Satirical Portrait of A Flamboyant Palmyra Wedding
The Palmyra Spectator relays a cheeky mock wedding tale about Willie Shortcake and Bettie Bloomers. Details poke fun at decor, home made attire, borrowed finery, and modest incomes, suggesting the bride and groom’s plans in St Louis may outpace their means. The piece ends noting the wedding is not the paper’s funeral.
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Palmyra
Spectator
Willie Shortcake
Bettie Bloomers
Callie Potts
St. Louis
Willie
Navy Electrical School Teaches Engine Ignition Skills
In the Navy gas engine school sailors study how ignition devices in airplane engines work. They receive thorough gas engine training and many opportunities to refine the specialty during a four year enlistment. They are paid throughout the course and may remain in service or return to civilian life as highly qualified garage specialists.
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Navy
Piccalilla and Social Dates Amid Business Phones
A quirky survey of social etiquette and economic advice features lines about keeping social dates from mixing with business calls, living within income, and urging reforms. It also notes currency coin values and sly observations on politics, crime, and culture.
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Family Time
Pilot Grove News notes Mrs. Joe Smith of Orangeville visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Stanley Garland. Mr and Mrs Gilmore Webster of Whitewright spent the weekend with the latter's parents there. Jim Mangrum and family of Westminster and Brice Garland and family spent Sunday with Mrs Joe Garland. John Gladden has been on the
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Joe Smith
Orangeville
Mrs
Stanley Garland
Jim Mangrum
Westminster
Brice Garland
Joe Garland
Bayer Aspirin Promoted as Genuine Medicine for Colds Pain
Bayer advertises Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine aspirin used for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. The claim notes aspirin has been prescribed by physicians for nineteen years and sold in handy tin boxes of 12 tablets for a few cents.
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Bayer
RAT SNAP Kills Rats and Mice with Cakes
Kill pests with RAT SNAP cakes no mixing needed. One cake handles pantry or kitchen odors, two cakes cover a chicken house or small buildings, five cakes serve all farm and outbuildings. Guaranteed and sold by Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Co. and Dyer & Jones. A 9.
Methodist church work and social visits noted
A sick list over several days ends with recovery. Members report church building work in progress. Mr. Jackson and family from White Mound visited his daughter Mrs. Ross. Hascal Davis of Trenton visited his sister Mrs. Jim Ashinhurst. Mrs. Mary Judd visited her daughter Mrs. George Parish in Elmont. John Garland went to Fort Worth as a delegate from the local I O O F lodge. Miss Nola Reeves visited Miss Vera Holland in Bethel. Our school boys played Rose Hill Friday. Tom Bean defeated us 30 to 7, with Rose Hill players largely absent. We plan to play Rose Hill again, excluding Tom Bean players.
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John Garland
Ft. Worth
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Nola Reeves
Vera Holland
Bethel
Rose Hill
Rose
RAT-SNAP promotes mouse and rat destruction in one cake option
JeSUS RATS and mice RAT-SNAP claims reliable rodent control with a money back guarantee. It offers 25¢ single cake for pantry kitchen or cellar, 50¢ for chicken house, and $1 for farms and outbuildings, guaranteed by Wilson Montgomery Hardware Co. and Dyer Jones.
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Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Co
J.P. Hedgpeth
W.H. Stedham
Otto Russell
Willie Binion
Myres & Jay
Mattress Makers
Epee
W. J. Epling
Savoy
Texas
J. L. Morgan
G. W. Andrews
Bells
Kate Fulton
Rhode Island
P. A. Short
Mary Hestand
Tyler Commercial College
J.H. Waggoner
Parker
John Parker
Lee Love Ivanhoe
W. T. Pritchett
Whitewright
H. Maxey
Plymouth
Perry Daily
Weempe
Route One
Tom Bean
Bettie
Jani
Tor
Navy Electrical School
Europe
Tennyson
Senator
Pilot Grove News
John Gladden
Jesus
Wilson-Montgomery Hwd. Co
Dyer & Jones
FISK
Fisk Rubber Co
New York
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