Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Young Women
A Sterling Conn reader, 22, reports monthly fainting and weakness improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Massena N Y user also touts relief from anemia and exhaustion after five years of trouble. The ad urges young girls with backache headaches fainting spells and indigestion to seek health with the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling, Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Berthaa
Massena
N. Y
Syfia E. Pinkham
Miss Laviga Myres
Massena, N.Y
Port Personals and War Remarks Across Papers
Several 1914 era clippings note war discourse in England and the press. Mentions Kipling urging enlistment not yet reported, H G Wells on French literary sellers, General Buzky of Russia, Bernard Shaw urging grim war, and Navy officer Felix X Gygax at Tuckerton radio station.
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Buzky
Stonewall Jackson
Houston Post
Bernard Shaw
Bernard
Detroit Free Press
Navy
Tuckerton
Felix X. Gygax
New York World
War styles set to mark fall fashion trends
The newspapers discuss upcoming women’s attire as wartime pressures limit dyes. Readers note martial colors and the need to balance neutrality with fashion. Observers warn about potential censorship to maintain order in dress and public image.
Animal Oddities Across the Sea and Savannahs
The piece notes kangaroos can jump seventy feet on their native heath while sharks hold long distance swimming records. A shark may cover 800 miles in three days. Bees fly forty miles per hour unladen but twelve mph when laden with honey. Sea elephants feed on small fish and use a trunk to seize prey, then transfer food to the mouth as elephants do.
Short Stories of Africa Iceland Flag Panama Exposition Facts
Sugar from cac tus plants in Africa is noted. Icelandic patriots design a navy blue flag with a white cross and red inner cross. A steamer with a broken rudder sails the Pacific aided by boxes hung over the side. The Panama exposition in San Francisco features a tallest wooden flagpole four feet in diameter and thirty five tons in weight.
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Africa
Pacific
San Francisco
Iona Island Ammunition Base Details Safety Before War Work
The New York Sun outlines Iona Island U S naval ammunition base on the Hudson River. It covers 116 acres and stores millions of pounds of smokeless and black powder along with thousands of shells in protected magazines. Workers in white serge suits handle powder in copper tools, with strict safety and inspection routines.
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Uncle Sam's
Hudson River
Iona Island
United States
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Naval Ordnance
How Wild Elephants Are Captured in India
A historical account describes the five year capture window in Mysore India. It explains herd drives into gated stockades and ponds followed by trained elephants subduing prisoners. It notes differences from African elephants and lists elephant strengths and uses in labor warfare and transport.
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India
Mysore
Africa
War Heroes and Horrors Through Frontline Letters
A vivid collection of war letters and dispatches recount brutal shell fire, courage under fire, and personal sacrifice. Tales from Paris and Rheims describe mortally dangerous days and the human cost, including a Belgian rescuer who lowers a bridge under enemy fire and dies.
New War Cost Estimate by German Expert
A German expert estimates the ongoing war costs Germany and Austria incur at about 14,000 million dollars annually, equivalent to roughly 38.36 million dollars per day. The figure highlights the strain on wartime finances and indicates the heavy economic burden faced by the Central Powers.
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Germany
Austria
The Mind and Human Growth From Thoughtful Leaders
A collection of quotes on growth and knowledge from Channing and Archbishop Leighton arguing that true understanding comes from the best and wisest, not from ignorance or sloth.
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Archbishop Leighton
Hardened Criminal Shadowed by Society Detective
A humorous Chicago News item shows a society detective teasing a woman about her husband’s alleged misdeeds, noting he merely ate peas with a spoon and drank coffee from a saucer, while sparing the reader details about his clothes.
Fragmented snippets hint at crosspaper chatter and fashion drops
The clippings reference playful European chorus remarks about love of country and U.S. pride, a sour note on Europe real estate, a note on D A R sisters formation, and a claim of a lace import slump labeled Swiss cheese lace.
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United States
Philadelphia Ledger
Europe
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
D. A. R Daughters
Washington Post
Philadelphia
German Gleanings On Potatoes And Military Labels
Kiel serves as the headquarters of the German submarine service. Germany produced 50 200 000 metric tons of potatoes last year. The German war office has had six chiefs since 1871. A feature of the German system is that all active soldiers wear neck labels with their name regiment and rank for identification if disabled.
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Kiel
Germany
War Office
Individual growth and the aims of society
Mark Hopkins argues that societal progress fails if it does not improve individual character. He links justice and benevolence to a free arena for personal growth, warning against growth in wealth or works without moral development.
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Mark Hopkins
Fragmentary memory poem reflects loss and time
A damaged excerpt voices stoic endurance after war and sacrifice. The speaker speaks of eyes that weep no more, faded dawns, and lives spent without fear of loss. The text hints at graves, memory, and the toll of conflict across years.
Notable Military Figures and Historic Figures Mentioned
General Joseph Joffre and Field Marshal Sir John Pinkstone are noted with careers and service dates. Sigurdur Eggert and Eduard Edler von Feyler are named as jurists and officials with Icelandic and German roles. Helmuth von Moltke is traced from birth to his 1904 staff leadership. An IT scientist remarks on canine development while focusing on jaws over tail.
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M. VD
Sciinn University
Eduard Edler von Feyler
John Denton Pinkstone French
Navy
Sigurdur Eggert
Iceland
Denmark
Skaptafell
Helmuth von Moltke
Gersdorf
Mecklenburg
von Moltke
Potsdam
Army
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Sterling
Port Personals
Fashion Frills
New York Sun
Indianapolis
Philadelphia Press
France
American Press Association
Antwerp
Sherman
Paris
Aisne
Seventy-fourth Infantry Regiment
Tenth Corps
London Daily Telegraph
Rheims
Tresignies
Chasseurs A Pied
Willebroeck Canal
Pont Brule
London
Belgium
Russia
Cugian
Max Henke
England
Dr. LO
Channing
Sires and Son
Joseph Joffre
General Joffre
Rth
Broadway
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