The Making of Medicine
A laboratory tour highlights the process behind Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound used for women's health. The article details herb sourcing, solvent extraction, sterilization, pasteurization, and sterile bottling, stressing accuracy and cleanliness. Letters from readers attest to its efficacy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Growing Old and Tax Talk Warm a Macon Paper
A Macon Republication quips about aging as a man reaches old age and can philosophize. The item also notes readers debating the tax on soft drinks, with observers using strong words.
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Macon
Freezone corn remedy promises instant painless removal
An advertisement touts Freezone drops to stop corn pain and lift the corn away with fingers. It claims cheap cost from druggists and notes Freezone as the invention of a Cincinnati genius. Separately a feature describes General Pershing’s wartime map installation at the National Museum in Washington with a recreated command room and matching linoleum walls.
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Cincinnati
General Pershing
National Museum
Washington
Pershing
A Fair Proposition
A man asks for his future father in law’s consent with a $5000 provision, arguing the sum will cover six months of married life and prove his worth as a son in law. The dialogue highlights prudence and humor in early romance expectations.
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Grabcom
Allen's Foot Ease Promotes Worker Comfort on the Job
Advertisement copy touts Allen's Foot Base powder for workers to shake into shoes and foot baths to reduce friction and prevent tired aching feet. It claims women widely use Allen's Foot Ease and urges buyers to avoid foot soreness. The ad ends with a soapbox-style joke about a child sucking her thumb and a husband’s quip.
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Allen
U S Railroad Admin Offers Free Farm Information
J L Edwards, Manager of the U S Railroad Administration Agricultural Section in Washington urges homeseekers to specify states for free farming information. He notes they have no money to lend or sell, only guidance to provide.
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U. S. Railroad Administration
J. L. Edwards
Washington, D. C
Cuticura Ad Promotes Soap Ointment and Talcum
The Cuticura Toilet Trio promises clear skin with soap to cleanse and purify, ointment to soothe and heal, and talcum to powder and perfume. No toilet table is complete without them. 25 cents everywhere.
Strengthens kidneys with Haarlem Oil capsules
An old advertisement urges kidney care and blood purification, claiming Haarlem Oil Capsules speed relief from kidney troubles. It warns against delaying treatment and promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil as the pure original product imported from Haarlem, with money-back assurances.
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Haarlem
Holland
Handwriting Traits of Noted Authors Stagger Editors
Readers would gain side lights on writers from original manuscripts. Chesterton’s handwriting described as shocking. Jacobs types with few manuscript corrections. Wells Kipling Bennett Conan Doyle praised for neat copy, while H de Vere Stacpoole alternates between neat typing and scribbled sheets.
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G. K. Chesterton
W. W. Jacobs
H. G. Wells
Rudyard Kipling
Arnold Bennett
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
H. de Vere Stacpogle
Train Car Conversation Echoes a Family Link
A brief overheard exchange aboard a train features a deaf elderly man confirming a Riley connection. The snappy dialogue plays on recognition and lineage as one speaker says I knew your father and the other replies so did I.
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Mr. Riley
Riley
Boston Transcript
Plan Moving of Big Grain Crops
The Railroad Administration reviews preparations for handling a projected surge in grain this year led by winter wheat near 900 million bushels and spring wheat around 300 million. It notes last year’s price stability and port congestion, and signals a renewed permit system to prevent transport bottlenecks with cooperation from the Grain Corporation and the Wheat Director.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Walker D. Hines
Department of Agriculture
Grain Corporation
United States Food Administration Grain Corporation
Whisky Still Hidden High In Oak Tree Recovered
Tennessee raider T B Ivins reports finding a large copper moonshine still perched at the top of a towering oak in Sevier county during a raid. The illicit outfit was dislodged and destroyed.
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Knoxville
Tenn
T. B. Ivins
Internal Revenue Department
Most Deadly War Gas Methyl Revealed in Exhibit
Washington showcases a sample of methyl known as the deadliest wartime gas. Prof. W Lee Lewis discovered and developed it at the Bureau of Mines while at Northwestern University. A plant near Cleveland had planned 3000 tons by March 1919, with potential to wipe Berlin or Manhattan from existence.
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Washington
Paragon
Department of the Interior
W. Lee Lewis
Bureau of Mines
American University Laboratories
War Department
Department
Berlin
Manhattan
Lewis
American University
Bureau
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ordnance Department
Cleveland
American Front
Battle Front
Refugees in Caucasus Face Starvation and Cannibalism Claims
A telegram to Herbert Hoover from Howard Heinz reports extreme famine among Armenian refugees in the Caucasus. He describes grass root meals, high child mortality, typhus and emerging cholera, and notes Igdir as the worst area with outside aid needed for a year. This account accompanies Walter Smith on the relief mission.
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Constantinople
Caucasus
Herbert Hoover
Paris
Howard Heinz
Near East
Mr. Heinz
Walter George Smith
Philadelphia
American Bar Association
American Committee For Armeniann and Syrian Relief
Heinz
Igdir
Erivan
Alexandropol
Coa
King Albert to Visit America Paris for League Meeting
King Albert of Belgium expected to visit Washington for the initial meeting of the league of nations next October.
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Albert
America
Paris
King Albert
Belgium
Washington
League of Nations
Lessons on Faith and Practice for All Ages
A church lesson outline outlines lessons from Philippians to John and Psalms for primary through adult classes. It covers love for God, fundamentals of faith, the person and work of Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation by grace, faith, repentance, prayer, and love as a transformative gift guiding practical service.
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God
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Israel
Christ
Jonah
Nineveh
Staying Away From Church
Discussion on the habit of skipping Sunday church services and the reasons people miss them. The piece argues Jesus is present regardless of members’ faults and urges readers not to judge fellow believers.
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Jesus
Charity and God’s Love Highlighted in One Act
A short quotation emphasizes that a single act of charity reveals more of divine love than sermons or lengthy theological treatises. It contrasts practical mercy with denial and wisdom in religious teaching.
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F. W. Robertson
Grandest Thing on Earth Quote
A pious man or woman can leave the grandest thing on earth character for their children to emulate and thank God for. The remark by N. Macleod emphasizes faith guiding family legacy and virtue.
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N. Macleod
Transcends All Substance Motto Echoes Daily Bread
A quotation attributed to Madame Swetchine asserts that God’s will in the present moment transcends all substance and serves as daily bread. The remark frames faith as immediate, experiential sustenance beyond material boundaries.
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Madame Swetchine
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