Bird Voiced Vaudeville Star Builds Motor Redwood Home
Gypsy performer Caries Kellogg known as Bird Voiced Man travels the circuit in a motor bungalow built on a Nash Quad chassis. A 22 foot trunked redwood forms the vehicle’s body, with beds, dining space, and a gas flame display tied to his voice. Kellogg, a redhead vaudeville sensation, uses the rig to tour 162 cities while showcasing his voice control and flame effects.
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Caries Kellogg
Yancisco Bay
Moise Bay
Kel- Joge
Keith & Orpheum Theater
Kelloge
Kellogg
Kellogg Springs Ranch
Santa Clara Valley
California
Cali
United States Army
San Francisco
Monterey Presidio
Mous Nash
Les Kellogg
Victor Talking Hine
Alma Glick
Engine maintenance notes for cold weather operation
The article explains how condensate from combustion passes into the crankcase during winter, diluting lubricant and forming an emulsion that harms oil quality. It advises draining the crankcase monthly and refilling with fresh oil, noting larger engines suffer more due to piston ring surface.
Learn to Give and Farm Life in Early 20th Century Notions
A fragmented note reflects on Learn to Give and the joy of farm life, mentioning 1918 contracts of the New York Giants and salary matters as a public concern.
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Ork Giants
Importance of the motor car in civilization and economy
Washington report by D K Roberta argues cars and motor trucks are essential to modern life. The piece notes expanded use in business, farming, education, and health, plus vast land and labor savings from trucks, urging government to support the automotive industry as vital infrastructure.
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Congress
Washington
United States
A Maxton Philosopher By A P M
Maxton North Carolina January 12 Monty the philosopher in a box of a house beside the railway offers witty, observational comments on passersby. He jokes about a youth with a pointed hat and short trousers, a Fat-Staffian man with a collar button, and a magazine-buying lady with a gold pencil.
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Maxton
N. C
Monty
Milady
Philosopher
Motor Trucks Supersede Railways In Major Georgia Run
The Maxwell one ton truck carried a ton of groceries from New York to Atlanta and then to Jacksonville, proving road transport can rival rail. Observers praised its dependability and economy, reporting up to 12 miles per gallon on rough Georgia and Florida terrain.
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Maxwell
Atlanta
New York
Gorgian
James A. Hemstreet
American Automobile Association
Louisville
Nashville
Jacksonville
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Camp Meade
Washington
Charles M. Tobin
B. F. Bridgeman
Bridgeman
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. Y
A. B. Kaempfer
Quartermaster Corps
Donts For Poilu While Visiting Paris
Paris December 10 By Mail The Yord-Boyau humor paper lists donts for Poilu visitors in Paris. Examples caution against shouting for butter at table rushing across streets to seek cover and inspecting subway gas masks in emergencies.
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Paris
Pollu
Faris
Roiin
Place de la Concorde
Negro Women Doing Share of War Work
Washington reports that African American women are active in war effort work parallel to white women. Colored leaders organize units across Tennessee Maryland New Orleans Florida Georgia Louisiana and Amelia Maryland with food conservation education and registration support while training for nursing and volunteer duties.
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Washington
America
Women’s Committee
Council of National Defense
National Defense Council
Woman's Committee
Women’s Army of America
Tennessee
Maryland
New Orleans
Florida
Worl
Camp Meade
Amelia
Amelia Current Opinion Club
Georgia
Louisiana
Kansas Women Farmers Gather For State Conference
In Topeka on January 12, about a thousand Kansas women farmers met for the first State conference. They discussed winning the war on the farm through increased food production, household economy, and a range of practical farming problems.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Bingham Mebane Announce Hard Baseball Schedule
Mebane North Carolina January 12 President Wilson backs school athletics amid war conditions and Bingham Mebane reveals a busy baseball schedule. Highlights include March 19 against Wake Forest College and April 11 double header versus Randolph Macon with several other regional college and school contests. Walter Cochran, young Chicago billiardist, showcases cue artistry in a recent New York billiards tournament.
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Mebane
N. C
Wilson
Bingham-Mebane
Bingham
Wake Forest College
the Collegiate Institute
Belmont College
Wofford College
Furman University
Piedmont Colleges
N. Ga. A. College
Lenoir College
Rutherford College
Mars Mill College
Fork Union
Randolph- Macon
University of Virginia
Walter Cochran
New York
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Maxton Philosopher
Noah
Noah’ S
Noah Products Corporation
Richmond
Virginia
Vineberg
Superior Court
Alice Larkins
John Larkins
Thomas Harriss
Court House
Wilmington
Queen Street
Second Streets
Second Street
Queen Stret
William M. Bellamy
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Progressive Railway of the South
Y J
Orton Hotel
Wayer
Wilmington,n. Co
John T. West
Raleigh
Winter Park
Wrightsville
Wrightsville Beach
Eleceris
Leave “Electric Centre
Wrighter
Ae —S
P. M
Beach
Wrightsv
Front and Princess Streets
Eeeetene
P.M
Dail
Ninth and
Orange Street
Wilmington Printing Company
W.S. S
Pig Point
Commerce Building
High Street
Portsmouth
James Stewart and Company, Incorporated
Jarman & Futrelle
Process Street
Robert G. Barr
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