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...Henry S. Coffin, Manhattan...
...main part of many answers-leaflets on Party Suggestions, on Hope Chest and Trousseau, on Baby's Welfare-Diets up to 2 Years, on Reducing Weight-Diets and Baths, on Lifting Sagging Face, on Restoring Gray Hair. The whole gamut of human affairs from the cradle to the coffin is provided for in good advice. And in one year of this service Mr. Hearst befriended, and doubtless gained the valuable good will of 70,000 Gothamites, a number that in itself would produce a very respectable circulation for many a newspaper...
...following clause in his will: "Make sure that I am really dead by having my head cut off in the presence of all my heirs." M. Vasquez's request was carried out faithfully. After the decapitation the head was again sewn to the body and placed in the coffin...
...Coffin, President of the Lima Locomotive Corporation, builders of steam locomotives, said: "It is well known that a very heavy current can be put through an electric motor for a short time and tremendous power secured, but if this current is continued for any length of time, the motor is burned up. Steam locomotives, on the other hand, can exert maximum power indefinitely." If the tug-of-war had been of one day's duration, added President Coffin, "several electric locomo-tives" would have been required to stop the steam locomotive...
...program for the three days include many short talks by about 15 college graduates and longer addresses by Dr. Alexander Purdy, and probably Professor D. D. Vaughn of Boston University. The conference will be opened by Henry S. Coffin and Richard Roberts of Montreal...