Fainting and Dizzy Spells Promised Relief
Syracuse reader reports relief from Change of Life symptoms after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letter notes improved appetite and reduced fainting spells following twelve bottles. Mentions no narcotics and roots from the medicine. Also a global fact about volcanoes included.
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Syracuse
Mre
R. B. Dasing
Lafayette Ave
N.Y
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Owen Ito
Bayer Aspirin Introduced in 1900 Advertises Bayer Cross
An old promotion explains that Bayer produced aspirin since 1900. It urges buyers to insist on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and shows the Bayer Cross on tablets and packaging for protection against imitators. It lists uses from colds to neuralgia and notes small tin boxes of 12 tablets cost a few cents.
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Bayer
Decorative Frocks for Bridesmaids in 1920s Style
A discussion of bridesmaids gowns highlighting period and modern influences, with fabrics like taffeta georgette and net. Details describe a 1920s inspired frock with a hoop skirt silhouette, frilled sleeves, net underskirt, tunic overnet, and embroidered net bands, finished with satin ribbon loops and chiffon roses.
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Georgette
Formal Afternoon Frocks Breen Holds Its Own In Georgette
A fashion page showcases Breen’s formal afternoon frocks using georgette and satin striped crepe. Describes pale tan and ivory frock with beaded embellishments, edgings, and a front georgette panel, plus a satin trimmed belt and tassels.Notes how these gowns suit stout figures and important occasions.
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Breen
Georgette
Sat
Quays of the Seine Charm a Paris Yet
L A Des Garats notes in La Brathe how Paris quays along the left bank evoke memory and art. He recalls sites from the Palais Bourbon to Notre Dame and the Louvre, the Institute, and the Bridge of Tears, with links to Voltaire and Lamartine as American soldiers recall this enduring riverfront.
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Sages Anatole
France
Seine
L. A. Des Garats
la Brathe
Mimi Pinson
Louvre
Notre Dame
Palais Bourbon
Legion of Honor
Hotel Salm
Prince of
Salm-Kriburg
Lafayette Guard
Cercle Constitutionnel
Napoleon
Quai Voltaira
Mme. Geelle Sorel
Voltaire
Cellmene
Louis XIV
Inpres
the Theatins
Italy
Mazarin
Rue de Beaune
Institute
Paris
Louvra
Saint-Chapelle
St. Germain l Auxerrois
Conciergerie
Palais de Justice
Poot-Neuf
Trafic
Henry II
Quelus
Auxerrois
Quai Court
Lamartine
Victor Hugo
Sainte Beauve
Alfred de Musset
Jardin Des Plantes
Maurice Barres
Leon Bourgeois
Raoul Ponchon
Floating field of Sargasso sea with yellow algae and life
In approaching the Sargasso sea the vast yellow vegetation forms a moving continent like a prairie. On deck one feels ship and field are the same, with lines and patches of drifting weed. Crabs, shrimps, worms, polyps, and colorful water flora populate the scene as sun heat drives fish to cooler depths.
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Sargasso Sea
Bobby's Grace Question at Dinner Time
A humorous family anecdote about table prayers. Bobby, six, asks if mom can say grace today even with the father present, highlighting the children’s habit of reverent silence during meals and the mother’s occasional shortening of prayers.
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Bobby
Father
Grace
Paradoxical Fact About Sugar Prices And Preserves
A dialogue wonders if sugar will rise in price and become scarce this summer. It then asks what women will do for preserving, followed by the reply that preserves may be in a pickle.
War Disrupts International Market Says Expert
The source notes that global markets have been heavily affected by the war, with many countries struggling to obtain goods and facing significant barriers to supply chains. Analysts warn that disruption is likely to continue as tensions persist.
Health remedies fill readers on kidney and ear cures
An unsolicited appeal to women touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney bladder and liver trouble claiming many women improved health with sample bottles by mail. Also Hall s Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a constitutional remedy for catarrhal deafness with a money back offer and free circulars.
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Avery
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. C
Adr
Hall
AM Druggists
KB. J, Chaney & Co
Toledy, Ohio
Germ fear exceeds dog fear in ads and advice
A fragmentary page includes marketing lines urging readers to shake Foot Hane antiseptic powder into shoes and sprinkle it in footgear. It promotes base to keep feet dry, advertise Allen’s Foot Ease, and touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a stain remover. The tone mocks laziness and consumer shortcuts.
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Plottaburg
Allen
Adar
Real Relief From Catarrh Ads Promoting S S B S 3
A compressed advertisement claims catarrh is caused by millions of germs and promises relief through a blood cleansing treatment sold by druggists. It urges buying a bottle of S S B S 3 and offers free medical advice from a lab in Atlanta, noting the need to remove germs from the blood for genuine improvement.
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Atlanta, Ga
Method in that Madness and a Smoking Boy
In the Rehoboth Sunday Herald a scene unfolds with Mrs Brown scolding over a seventeen year old Gerald who smokes a pipe. Mr Brown tries to reason that the boy has little pocket money yet aims to take a joke at the expense. Gerald is found puffing in a garden corner and Mr Brown notes a possible money saver in the habit.
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Henry
Gerald
Bella
Dad
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Mixed up tale of Robespierre and authors in Irving anecdote
The tale recounts H B Irving narrating a Philadelphia story about Surdou's Roles Pierre. Two old Indies in the Lyceum stalls ask who Robespierre was, with Marie Corelli and Charlotte Brontë named in confusion. A duchess laughs, remarking on Shakespeare.
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H. B. Irving
Philadelphia
Surdou
Rolespierre
Lyceum
Robespierre
Bagip
Mar
Corelli
Marie Corelli
Chamlotta Bronte
Mr. Irving
Tonca
Shakespeare
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