Joy of Motherhood Promised by Lydia E Pinkham
A letter from Ellensburg Washington recounts how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored health after prolonged illness enabling a wife to bear a child. The ad urges other women with functional disorders to try the remedy and seek guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Elensburg
Web
O. S. Johnson
R. No
Ellensburg
Wash
Lynn, Mass
Willie Scratches From Golf Course Blues
His father had taken hits out to the golf course. That evening Willie seemed ill at ease and asked his mother what was the matter with him. He replied he might have gotten some golf bugs on him.
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Willie
Keep Electric Fan Busy in Open Doorways
An electric fan properly placed in an open doorway or window will quickly drive away flies and mosquitoes and likely scatter the nuisance insects.
Care of the Shoes in Hard Times
Shoes rise in price but careful care may extend life and reduce costs. The piece urges two sturdy pairs, regular polishing, shoe trees, proper repair, and protection from wear in driving and dust, noting women should learn foot health and maintenance.
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Cote
Shey
Exquisite undergarments and organdie fashions remark
A fashion feature praises luxurious undergarments and practical elegance in pink georgette and crepe de chine. It highlights lace headings, ribbon trims, and satin details in chemises and combinations, plus one piece organdie dresses in coral pink to violet shades and black for day wear.
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Wade
Beatey
Wallace
Georgette
Net stockings replace sheer hosiery in summer fashion
Summer fashion favors net stockings over sheer hosiery with new models on display alongside plush slippers and buttoned walking boots. Black and white nets appear with clocks and embroidered motifs to decorate outfits.
Bayer Cross Aspirin Featured In Ad For Genuine Tablets
An advertisement emphasizes that genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross and be in an unbroken package with proper directions for relief of headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and pain. Tiny 12 tablet tins cost only a few cents at drug stores with larger packages also available.
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Bayer
Slam at the Gentle Sex
A humorous remark from Uncle Eben compares mermaids to human ladies, joking that if dur were truly beautiful, many women would envy and drown themselves trying to imitate them.
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Eben
Secret of youth through kidney health and Haarlem oil
An advertisement touts elimination of poisons to stay young, emphasizing kidney function and uric acid removal. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules imported from Haarlem Holland as a reliable remedy used for over 200 years, urging readers to buy from their druggist and avoid substitutes.
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Haarlem
Holland
No Way to Beat the Game of High Living Costs
The narrator laments the rising cost of living and failed attempts to dodge it. They switch from meat to vegetables like cabbage and spinach, only to see prices climb again. The piece notes the food man’s price tags and the impossibility of a reliable system to keep costs down.
One Drawback and the Fly Paper Idea
A colored man named Washington works cleaning back yards and invents wrapping a horse’s fore legs with fly paper to deter flies. A client remarks on the many flies stuck to the paper, and Washington notes occasional horses’ legs sticking together, requiring him to separate them.
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Washington
Fly
These Irritating Husbands
A humorous item from the Louisville Courier Journal notes a wife berating her husband to buy new clothes to avoid being mistaken for the cook by other women, prompting a sly response about rivalries and appearances.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Old codger mocks bald man for his eight hairs
A sharp jab contrasts a senior with eight visible hairs against a bald man, highlighting humor in appearance.
Married in bathing suits on the beach
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recalls a humorous summer wedding at a camp when a couple eloped with the girl and her father nearby. After the father left for town the pair asked a minister to marry them on the shore, both in bathing suits.
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Chicago Tribune
Mine workers uncover vast cave near San Luis Potosi
Workers at a Matehusla mine near San Luis Potosi Mexico report a newly found cave believed to be among the republics largest. The chamber lies over 300 feet below the mine surface and measures about 15 feet across with an unestimated length. Explorers plan careful surveying and note a sulphurous fountain spouting blue water, foreseen to rival Mammoth Cave in grandeur once explored.
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Matehusla
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Republic
Kentucky
Baffling Simplicity in Detective Claim
A Birmingham Age-Herald quips that criminals who commit crimes in the simplest way are the hardest to catch. The piece notes a simple tap on the head can reveal opportunities for expert analysis and deductions.
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Birmingham Age- Herald
Japanese Merchants Active Among 70000 in Philippines
About 2,000 of the Japanese residents in the Philippines are merchants among roughly 70,000 Japanese in the country.
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Philippines
Money and circulation as a medium in commerce
Article notes that money is termed the circulating medium because movement of goods requires cash flow. It emphasizes the practical role of currency in facilitating trade and economic activity.
Fortune Teller Card Reading Shocks Boston Client
The Boston Transcript notes a reader who tells a client money is coming with no illness. The client responds that he is the new doctor across the way, highlighting a humorous exchange about fortunes and professions.
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Boston Transcript
August Flower Promises Relief For Stomach Ailments
An old ad asserts August Flower as a sovereign remedy for tired overworked stomachs. It claims to aid digestion, fermentation, sour stomach, headaches and constipation by stimulating the liver and cleansing the intestines. Sold everywhere.
Parchmented leather belt designed for strength and elasticity
Parchmented leather combines the strength of unyielding hides with elasticity. The Turin maker M. Felice Gilardini impresses a trelliswork pattern so compressed areas resist tanning while interior mesh is tanned normally. The result is elastic yet very strong belts that can be narrower than ordinary ones.
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M. Felice Gilardini
Turin
Samoan Preference for Ice Cream Sodas Noted by U S Officer
A U S medical corps member returning to Ellinwood Kansas recalls ice cream sodas making a strong impression on Samoans at the Pago Pago naval station soda fountain. He notes patients preferred the sodas to the influenza serum he dispensed.
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United States Medical Corps
Ellinwood
Kan
Pago- Pago Naval Station
Night in Venice sketch noted by Birmingham Age Herald
The Birmingham Age Herald comments on a sketch titled A Night in Venice by a song and dance team, implying the Venetians face unpleasant nights in the piece.
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Venice
Birmingham Age-Herald
Pa and son debate hardest hunt house hunting
A playful exchange frames the child's question about difficult hunting with the father answering that the hardest hunt is house hunting. The dialogue uses a shared rural vibe to underline the joke about searching for a home.
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Me. Young
P.D. F
Springfield
Mass
Texas
J.F. Marion Company
Rosalties
Burkburnett
Fort Worth
Uncle Sam
W. ON. U
Indianapolis
Golf Bugs
Pride
Eye Books Company
Chicago
U.S.A
Dit
Berimtey
Haynes-Langenberg Mfg. Co
Forest Park Bivd
St. Louis
ST. Louis, MO
Mammoth Cave
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