Catholic Women to Seek Dress Reform Campaign
New York reports Catholic women plan a dress reform campaign aligned with Pope Benedicts call against fashionable exaggerations. Leaders say the drive will target trends they deem corrupting and contrary to a home centered life, urging women to let virtue shine through attire.
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Fragmentary quotation on conformity and surrounding influence
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No Worms in a Healthy Child Tonic Ad
An old advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic will enrich blood improve digestion and act as a general strengthening tonic for children with worm issues. It asserts regular use for two to three weeks will help the child recover to perfect health and notes a price of 60 cents per bottle.
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Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Quick Liver Health Relief
A health ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims quick relief from biliousness and constipation, avoiding sickness and salivation, with a promise of waking up feeling great and ready for work or play.
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Honor Cuba to Erect Gomez Monument and Prize Winners
Cuba plans a costly memorial to General Maximo Gomez the independence hero with the memorial model prize won by Aldo Gaba an Italian sculptor valued at 25 000 the project costs 200 000 Second and third prizes went to Huertas Cabarrocas and Gutson Borglum Gomez led Cuban forces in 1895 to 1898 and earlier battles in 1868 the 1905 death gift of 100 000 to his family was given by Cuba and he was honored by American forces in Havana after the war.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Helium Gas Costs Drop After War Shipment
Helium gas production was tiny until just before the armistice when a 150 000 cubic foot shipment to Europe arrived. The gas, first found on the sun by spectroscopy, is nonflammable and ideal for balloons. Today it is extracted from Texas and Kansas natural gas, using a delicate cooling method that separates helium from other constituents.
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Texas
Kansas
Surveyors Use Airplanes for Labrador Forest Survey
A four airplane surveying party surveys Labrador forests to assess wood pulp value. Aerial photographs will cover many peninsula sections for statistical compilation. The group, 40 people, left the United States for Nova Scotia and is led by a former British air force captain with two years of service.
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United States
Nova Scotia
British Air Forces
Popular Mechanics
Rich Gift to Museum from Field Museum in Chicago
Field museum in Chicago receives a rare treasure trove consisting of pure gold ornaments excavated from the Nechi river basin in Colombia during last June. The collection includes breast plates aprons elaborate earrings bells and necklaces, forming the most valuable art collection of Colombia’s ancient inhabitants.
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Chicago
Nechi River
Colombia
South America
Piles Cured in Days with PAZO OINTMENT
Druggists refund the price if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Instantly relieves itching and offers restful sleep after the first application. Price 60 cents.
Wheat as the preferred food of civilized peoples
The article argues that while rice feeds most of the world and millet supports many farming families, wheat is favored by higher civilized societies. It notes wheat grains found in 4000 BC Egyptian tombs and bread made from wheat unearthed at Swiss lake-dweller sites.
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Robenhausen
Switzerland
Eminent Lawyer Heads Government Department Joke
A renowned lawyer appointed to lead a government department urges staff unity. He tells officials that full cooperation is essential, then quips that in his profession a disagreeing jury is discharged and adds nothing further.
Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days
G. W. Parker advertises laxative syrup LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN for habitual constipation. It claims prompt relief with a 14 to 21 day regular course to induce regular action. The product is priced at 60 cents per bottle.
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