Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Aids Evanston Mother
Mrs. Verena Carpenter of Evanston Wyoming credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after a difficult childbirth and months of monthly ailments. She says the remedy let her resumes full housework and caring for five children, and she urges friends to try it.
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Evanston
Wyoming
Lydia E. Pinkham
Verbena
Carpenter
2Nd Avenue, Evanston, Wyoming
Poets Note Materialism Over Poetry In Boston Lecture
Amy Lowell, famed New England poet, lamented small profits from poetry books. In Boston she criticized modern materialism and said poets are born not made, joking that it wouldn’t pay to manufacture poets nowadays.
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Amy Lowell
New England
Boston
Lowell
Think It Through Your Invisible Self By F A Walker
A reflective essay urges readers to critique their own work methods without egotism. It counsels stripping praise or blame, summoning stern character, and judging like a cold hearted Herod to confront vanity and envy in professional conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herod
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Have You This Habit
John Freeman meets a long‑lost acquaintance on Christmas Eve and invites him to dinner at his table in a favorite corner restaurant. He then decides to start a new life habit, offering his nephew a home, and learns to gain perspective through self observation and criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Freeman
John Freeman
Jack
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Sedley the Poet Politician Refused James II Support
The article notes Charles Sedley famed for the line Wise men and gods are on the strongest side. It highlights his dissolute youth, refusal to back James II due to the monarch’s habits, and his literary success. Born to Sir John Sedley, he pursued Wadham College Oxford and then entered Parliament.
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Charles Sedley
James II
England
Sedley
World of
Letters
Sir John Sedley
Sir Charles
Wadham College
Oxford
Parlia
A Silver Frost and Spring of Life
The poem envisions winter arriving as a silver frost that both signals aging and brings peaceful acceptance. It contrasts the inevitability of time with the beauty of growing old, urging calm after the storm and a dignified, serene late life. The speaker recalls silvering hair as a natural, marvelous transition to age and wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Sedley A Restoration Dramatist With Wit and Satire
Sedley born about 1639 lived through the Restoration and backed the revolution against James II due to his daughter’s ruin. He was noted for witty satirical dramatic works and died in 1701, as summarized by George Matthew Adams.
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Charles II
James II
Dorchester
Sediey
Wayne D. McMurray
George Matthew Adams
Mother's Coal Book Quote on Individuality and Duty
A quotation from Francis Lieber's address to former pupils stresses man's inextinguishable individuality and the organic nature of society. It argues there is no liberty without law, no parallel duty, and no high destiny without perseverance and self-denial.
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Francis Lieber
Milk Toast and Cheese Spread Recipe from 1925
A 1925 Western Newspaper Union piece outlines old fashioned milk toast with a white sauce of butter flour and milk served over day old bread. It also notes a cheese spread made with milk salt flour butter and cheese for spreading on bread or wafers.
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P. B. Fitzwater
D.D
Moody Bible: Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
The Young Lady Across the Way
A fragment notes a “young lady across the way” with a humorous line about naval ratio and a reference to Heships and McClure Newspaper Syndicate. The text appears as a clipped, odd quotation with limited readable context.
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McClure
Wise Men Visit the Baby Jesus Lesson Summary
Christmas lesson outlines Wise Men seeking Jesus from Matthew 2 1 15 and Herod’s plot. It notes how Wise Men follow the star worship Jesus and how God’s providence guides events from Bethlehem to Egypt with gifts for Joseph and Mary.
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City of
David
Christ the Lord
Jesus
Paul
Chaldea
Daniel
Christ
Herod
Jerusalem
Jesus Christ
Bethlehem
Mary
Joseph
Egypt
Life Time Fades From Day To Night In Observant Quote
A brief reflective quote notes life as a single day with hours passing from high noon to night, ending as service ceases. The remark attributes the meditation to R. P. Anderson.
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R. P. Anderson
Simplicity and Purity in Moral Counsel
A short editorial urges repentance and confession for a wrong deed, presenting simplicity and purity as guiding virtues for moral elevation. It frames immediate remorse and acknowledgment as essential steps toward contrition.
Paper Money Waste Sparks Calls to Halt Large Bills
The Ohio State Journal and Newark Advocate mock government plans to print no more $10,000 bills and argue that existing ones clog wallets. A Newark anecdote recalls a streetcar conductor misreading a passenger as seeking a free ride. A Peru irrigation project aims to irrigate 120000 acres via several rivers and a nine mile tunnel.
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Ohio State Journal
Newark
Ohio
Indianapolis News
Peru
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Nature
American Legion Weekly
Boschee’s
Omething
F. A. Walker
Margaret Morison
Riminale
Steape
Monarch
Reid, Murdoch & Co
Chicago
U.S. A
Pittsburgh
New York
Burgess Radio Batteries
Army
Navy
Air Service
Burgess
Burgege
Burgess Battery Companyr
Niagara Falls
Winnipeg
United States
Pullman
FORD
Pullman Roller Spring CO
San Pedro St
Los Angeles
Calif
H. Ball
Ita
Omeser’ Service
Clarhnor Toh
Eiaver
Butlding
Moses
Honnrit Bledv
NOTON
D. C
Michigan State Department OF Agriculture
Bulding
Lansing
Mich
Baby
Soapland
M, N. Y., Des Moines
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