Tanlac Restores Life to Los Angeles Woman after Twelve-Year Illness
Mrs. Nancy Sharp of 921 Camulus Street Los Angeles says Tanlac saved her health after a long stomach trouble and nerves. She credits six bottles with improved appetite sleep energy and vitality and notes her husband also benefited from the medicine sold by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Sharp
Los Angeles
Tanlae
Calif
Camulus Street
Merchants’ Express Co
Adv
Will for Abba Woolson Funds Cat Care in Maine
The will of Abba Goold Woolson, lecturer and educator, filed for probate in Portland Maine, provides a fund for sick and disabled cats. It specifies care includes combing the hair of coon kittens, a Maine breed famous in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abba Goold Woolson
Fortland
Maine
Miine
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Fabric Dyeing
WOWEN. USE DIAMOND DYES ach package of Diamond Dyes contains easy directions for dyeing wool silk cotton linen or mixed goods. Beware poor dye streaks spots fades and ruins material by giving it a dyed-look. Buy Diamond Dyes only. Druggist has Color Card.
Substitute for Cork Hits Potential in Brucan-Noe Nigsfield Trials
A chemical at Brucan-Noe nigsfield, pursuing cork substitutes, reports tangible results. Turf treated by a patented process yields an insulation and building material that is light, firm, soundproof, damp-proof, and, in most respects, not inferior to cork, with some properties deemed superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucan-Noenigsfield
Times Trade Supplement
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Systemic Relief
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine treats nasal catarrh by building up the system and cleansing the blood to prevent colds. It warns repeated acute attacks can lead to chronic catarrh and says the product works internally through the blood on mucous surfaces. Circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Opium Smuggling Netting Over 30 Million, Reports Say
The article claims Japanese smugglers earned more than 30 million dollars last year by moving morphine disguised as opium into China. The exposure highlights illicit trafficking profits and wartime drug routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
The Less He Thinks Of His Neighbor Says About Self
A compact aphorism noting that low regard for neighbors reflects a higher preoccupation with self. The saying underscores social humility and personal judgment without referencing any event or source.
New Solvent selenium oxychloride offers wide dissolving power
Lincoln Nebraska reports a new solvent selenium oxychloride dissolves rubber glues enamels and hydrocarbons once thought resistant. Described by Dr. Victor Lender the liquid also dissolves redmanol bakelite and condensite and can remove finishes from wood and car bodies without damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Department of Chemistry
University of Nebraska
Victor Lender
University of Wisconsin
American Chemical Society
Lender
Dr. Lender
Opium Traffic Faces National Crackdown Campaign
Federal investigators report rising use of morphine heroin cocaine and opium in major cities. Officials say smugglers exploit borders ships and hidden concealments from London to Turkey and Syria. Health commissioner Copesland urges pharmacists to act as government agents to curb imports and illicit sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
New York City
Chicago
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Boston
Canadian
Rio Grande
London
Edinburgh
Great Britain
India
Turkey
Persia
Syria
Internal Revenue Bureau
Royal S. Copesland
Watch Won’t Wake Dead Owner Jailed
Miami authorities arrest Joe Thomas after a buried watch failed to revive a dead husband. The widow paid $15 and a gold watch, believing Thomas could resurrect him. Thomas buried the timepiece by the grave as a supposed act, but days of waiting yielded no results. He faces embezzlement charges with a $600 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Laura Miller
Joe Thomas
Thomas
Amateur fixes gas tank end in explosion
In New York a man named William S. Grey tried to repair a leaking gas tank with a hot soldering iron in his kitchen. The tank exploded sending debris through the ceiling while tenants fled. Police found only a broken window a damaged tank and no body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William S. Grey
Callahan
Bureau of Combustibles
Austrian physicians warn Vienna children face permanent stunting
Three renowned Austrian doctors Dr Eisselberg Dr Lorenz and Dr Pirquet warn that without immediate relief Vienna children will remain permanently stunted in growth. They report boys run about four inches shorter and sixteen pounds lighter at end of juvenile growth and say girls are similarly affected.
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Vienna
Eisselberg
Red Cross Ball Blue Laundry Aid Ad Promises Fresh Linen
A vintage ad copy touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the key to snowy linens for housewives. It hawks its laundry use and notes a price of five cents at grocers, mentioning Stella and Bella in dialogue.
Untruths and German Sentry Myths From Lille
A single American in Lille during the German occupation studied German and relayed a German sentry’s paradoxical belief. The sentry claimed the French “deny” conscripting civilians while holding workers at gunpoint, asserting that without his gun the civilians would flee.
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Lille
Corrina H. Smith
Caroline R. Hill
France
They Must Be Very Good to Their Servant
A quotation contrasts a household’s kindness to its servant with a reluctance to let the servant marry. The speakers question the family’s standards and motives, implying strict control over personal choices within the household.
Possible Reason Behind Horse Sense Enthusiasm Motif
A quotation contrasts horse sense with automobiles, suggesting that practical judgment is valued in horses but not in machines. The line ponders why people praise horse sense while asserting that automobiles lack it.
Speculators urged to know when to quit for success
Traders are advised that success often depends on recognizing when to stop. The message stresses prudent exits and avoiding overcommitment in volatile markets.
To Be Proved. Voter and Teller Dialogue
Exchange portrays a local voter questioning Brown’s electability while a teller traits him as a good man yet uncertain if he is among the elect. London Answers presents this brief banter as a cartoonish political clash.
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Brown
Teller
London
Cuticura Remedies Promote Pimples and Blackheads Cure
An advertisement urges use of Cuticura Ointment to remove pimples and blackheads followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water in five minutes. It advises daily use to keep skin clear and adds Cuticura Talcum as a recommended product.
Whitman Sought by Collectors
Gabriel Wells, a fine books dealer, sold Whitman manuscript of the poem After All Not to Create Only for 1500 dollars. The piece shows the latter half written on reverse United States treasury stationery where Whitman worked as a clerk. First editions of Leaves of Grass have roughly doubled in value over five years.
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Whitman
Walt Whitman
Gabriel Wells
Fine Books
United States Treasury Department
Wells
In Conclusion Hoss Becomes Fourth at Crossing
Rastus proclaims judgment day will summon the dead, then jokes that despite a horse’s slowness, the steed will finish fifth in the race at a railroad crossing, as quoted in American Legion Weekly.
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Rastus
St. Peter
American Legion Weekly
Brings It On Himself
A light quip column quoting readers on marriage motives and social ironies. London Answers panel cites exchanges about money versus love and a joke about a railway washout vs a clothes line.
Man Lived For Himself Dies Unmourned
A reflective note on selfish living contrasts with social obligation and community regard, suggesting a life focused on self ends without lasting remembrance or support from others. The saying emphasizes communal values and the cost of solitary existence.
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Cork
Muri
Caine
America
Fred IL Pratt
Dedham
Mass
Police Reserves
Fire Department
Cascara
la Grippe
Spohn
Spohn Medical Company
Goshen, Ind
The
Eee
Western
Canada
Asim
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Department of Immigration
Ottawa
Can
J. M. Maclachlan
Indianapolis
Ind
Pera
Stella
Bella
Joubert
Mabel
Harold
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