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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,032 words
  3. The Movie World.

    Lon Tellegon, popular Lasky star, upon completion of The Black Wolf, which is now in the course of production at the Lasky studios in Hollywood, will terminate his ...

    Article : 894 words
  4. A Lost Invention.

    Fame and fortune await the lucky individual who can rediscover the combination of metals from which the Egyptians, the Aztecs, and the Peruvians made their tools ...

    Article : 311 words
  5. Value of Boric Acid.

    A physician writes to "Farm and Fire-side " saying 'that the very best disinfectant known to science does not seem to be known to some people at all.' ...

    Article : 214 words
  6. Educating Oysters.

    In Japan there is a great oyster farm where the bivalves are taught to make pearls. It was Dr Mikimoto, a well known scientist, who conceived the idea that oysters might be ...

    Article : 241 words
  7. Alien Enemies.

    On the cold frontier-line of death I won my man child blood and breath; At a great price, in gulf of night, Purchased the morning for his sight, ...

    Article : 382 words
  8. Romance of Quinine.

    Nearly three hundred years ago the Countess Cinchona, the young and beautiful wife of the Spanish Viceroy of Peru, lay at death's door of a fever. ...

    Article : 264 words
  9. Is the Kaiser a Jew?

    Although the Germans are the most confirmed anti-Semites in Europe, and have treated the Jews worse than any other nation yet the Kaiser is particularly proud of his ...

    Article : 241 words
  10. Usually Trouble.

    One of the best stories of regimental life told by a well-known British general concerns a certain "Tommy" who was more noted for his wit than his scholarship. The ...

    Article : 115 words
  11. Her Milking Pail.

    When Doris took her milking pail To cross the dewy meadow; The eastern sky was golden pale, The valley lay in shadow; ...

    Article : 233 words
  12. No Trouble at All.

    John Carpetbags Was one of the most successful travellers on the road. On one occasion be was sent out by his people to try and get an order from a big firm which gave all its ...

    Article : 173 words
  13. Shopping Extraordinary.

    "The Somme battle has been the best tonic that the business of this country has had since the war commenced." This remark, made by the head of one of the largest ...

    Article : 178 words
  14. In a German Workshop.

    'Like a regiment,' that is the keynote of the German all over, says the 'Pall Mall Gazette.' In the factories, as in the barracks, the German is receiving and carrying out ...

    Article : 387 words
  15. A Navigator's Indicator.

    Many who take a journey over the ocean wonder bow the officers of the ship know where they are with only a compass to guide them. ...

    Article : 274 words
  16. The First Prohibition Act.

    The first prohibitive measure was that of the Saxon King Edgar, who nearly a thousand years ago, on the advice of Dunstan, put down many alehouses, only allowing one to, ...

    Article : 255 words
  17. No Crowding.

    A travelling showman bad a parrot, which was accustomed to imitate his voice and words when he was addressing the crowd about his tent, and always created much ...

    Article : 224 words
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