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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1923
Page
9
Edna Wallace Hopper promotes a French perfected white type clay and related beauty products. She claims the clay purges the skin, firms it, reduces pores, and renews the complexion, offering a Youth Cream cleanser and a hair product, with prices 50c to 1 per tube. Wallace Hopper signs from Waukesha Wisconsin.
The article notes that nearly all true crows and many related species can learn human speech in captivity. It observes that their remarks and intonation appear purposeful rather than accidental, highlighting the birds' slyness in vocal pronunciation.
A claimed invention uses powerful electric lights attached to lifeboats that automatically switch on when they touch water. Two lights fully illuminate the boat, addressing nightmare shipwreck darkness with beaconing illumination.
A folding rowing boat crossing the Channel by the Betts, known as the boatman, took eight hours after a 13 hour day with a small brandy refreshment. An excerpt from a Frederick County Maryland court decree outlines estate actions for Joseph Pifer dec’d, with a master commissioner to supervise creditors and distribution.
The ad states that catarrh worsens in a run-down condition and that Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a combined local and constitutional remedy. It asserts over forty years of success and names Ayer & Co., Toledo, Ohio, as the source.
The article notes the decline of saying Hello on answering calls. Mrs Jones is more often described as Mrs Janes speaking, reflecting a broader shift toward a formal telephone persona and improved service perceptions. It cites Bell and Watson and offers a folklore origin for hello from wolf-hunters shouting allo.
French telegraph expert M. G. Valensi notes rural telephone service is in its infancy in Europe with Paris and London dominating urban connections. He contrasts the United States where over 2.6 million farms have telephones and about 26,000 rural cooperative lines linking to central exchanges.
An editorial comparison notes American telephone use likened to essential utilities while Britain remains lagging under Post Office control. It cites U.S. figures exceeding 15 million phones and humorous claims about lakes and continents for scale. It also mentions Cleveland having more phones than Africa as a quip.
A brief comparison notes Chicago has roughly the same number of telephones as the entire continent of Asia, highlighting scale in communications infrastructure.
A Beaufort West farmer paid £500 for a telephone connection but constructing and passing his own line saved him £450 after inspection. Public opinion governs all free governments, whose prosperity depends on the quality of public opinion, argues J. B. Lowell.
Louisiana chemists develop a process to remove turpentine and rosin from pine stumps enabling their use in paper manufacture.
A vintage health note touts drinking a quart of water daily and taking a grape-acid lithia salt mixture to flush and energize kidneys. It claims this “Jad Salts” product helps neutralize acids, prevent bladder irritation, and maintain blood purity, advising semiannual kidney checks.
In NE Japan public storytellers travel to far cities and towns with a small fan and paper wrapper to emphasize tale points, serving communities with oral narration.
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