Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Backed by Brooklyn Woman
Mrs. Evsie G. Lewis of Brooklyn reports a year of misery from displacement and head pains improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endorses the tonic for restored strength, energy, and normal health, citing the product from Lydia E. Pinkham & Co. with 40 years of experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Brooklyn
N. Y
Evsie G. Lewis
Ernon Ave
Lewis
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink Dagane
American Made Razor Sparks Outrage in St Paul
Traffic Patrolman Thomas Brown at Fourth and Wabash streets bought a new razor labeled Made in Germany. After Dan Costello drew attention to the mark Brown smashed the blade against the courthouse wall and vowed to buy only razors labeled Made in U S A.
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St. Paul
Minn
Germany
Thomas Brown
Fourth and
Wabash Streets
Dan Costello
Court House
Brown
Angelic Ruffian a Problem in London
An old London advertisement asks for a wife to reform a young colonel’s ruffian husband with angelic looks. The offer promises home, board, and a yearly stipend to teach Bayard like virtues and assist in house duties, while ensuring good parenting and cheerful disposition.
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London
The Girl Who Loved Stephen Torrance Returns
Sally Orme meets Marie Hardis in Paris while gathering supplies and hears fresh distress about Stephen Torrance. Marie confesses deep love and fear for his safety, revealing a looming personal crisis amid war torn city life as their story continues.
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Sally
The
Red Cross
Stephen Torrance
Paris
Controlling Mother-in-Law Strains Marriage
A reader confronts ongoing harassment by her husband’s mother during family trips and at home. The advisory reply urges calm, silence in the face of insults, and independence, advising the husband to act and recommending the wife avoid arguing or detailing abuse to him.
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Mrs. Thompson
Bey
Grandma
Neigbors
Prospective Overseas Motor Driving Girl Advised to Seek Government Work
A young woman finishing a business course asks Mrs. Thompson about overseas motor driving work. She is told there is no chance in that field and urged to use her training for government roles. The message notes stenographers and bookkeepers are in high demand.
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Mrs. Thompson
Dear Mrs Thompson Advice on a Kiss and Engagement
A reader asks if a girl may kiss a boy headed for France. The advisor replies she should not kiss him unless they are engaged.
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Mrs. Thompson
France
Tanlac credited with easing nerves and stomach woes
Mrs. Anna Bently of Cincinnati reports Tanlac steadied her nerves and improved sleep. She says indigestion and poor appetite after meals cleared, nerves steadied, and she regained strength after using two bottles plus part of a third at Cline's Pharmacy.
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Mrs. Anna Bently
Allison Street
Cincinnati
Tanlac
Taniac
Cline’s
Buckeye Building and Loan Ad Urges Thrift for Victory
An Ohio advertisement from the Buckeye Building and Loan Company at 22 West Gay Street Columbus urges saving to build assets of 14.8 million. It promotes five percent interest on deposits and urges purchase of Liberty Bonds War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps to support the war effort.
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Vick
Buckeye State Building and Loan Company
Rankin Building
West Gay Street
Columbus
Ohio
Scouts 10 Camp Week Planned at Buckeye Lake
Parents of Boys Scouts from Troop 1 meet at the Presbyterian church to arrange a week long trip to Buckeye Lake. The troop of about forty will depart Athens Monday at 6 AM in the Swanson moving van, stay a full week, and return the following Sunday or Monday. Scoutmaster Morgan organized housing and tents with Alonzo Ridgeway hired as cook.
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Boys Scouts
Troop 1
Presbyterian Church
Buckeye Lake
Morgan
Athens
Swanson
Alonzo Ridgeway
Impoverished Blood Sanita tonic praised in Bradford ad
Rose Lasky of Bradford Pennsylvania reports using Vinol for impoverished blood and rash and fatigue. The ad credits Vinol with enriching blood and rapid improvement and promotes Beef Iron and Wine and cod liver peptones as key ingredients. McKee Drug Co. and druggists advertise Vinol widely.
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Bradford
Rose Lasky
Vinci
McKee, Drug Co
Nietzschean Critique Shapes German Faith in War Era
The piece quotes Nietzche accusing Christianity as a corrupt parasite and the church as drains life and love. It links his philosophy to German attitudes amid occupied France and Belgium and Lusitania casualties, framing Christianity as a central moral issue.
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Frederich Wilhelm Nietzche
France
Belgium
Nietzche
Heavily Loaded Wagons Harm Narrow Tire Roads
Excessive loads on wagons with narrow tires damage roads. Do not use cleated tractors or cutting implements on country roads. Move cultivators on drags or stone boats, or haul directly to fields to prevent surface scarring and disintegration.
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B. House
Colorado Agricultural. College
Fort Collins
Colo
Highway expense items and maintenance wisdom from Illinois engineer
The Illinois highway maintenance engineer identifies three main costs in road projects: original construction, interest on invested funds, and ongoing upkeep. He argues cheaper road types can be economical with proper maintenance and urges selecting pavements requiring minimal upkeep when local conditions hinder maintenance. He stresses the need to impress these facts on decision makers.
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B. H. Piepmeter
Highway Department
State of Illinois
South improves roads through drive-away car trade
An Atlanta accessory dealer notes that cars and trucks moved from Northern manufacturing centers to the South have boosted the good roads movement. He observes rising local interest in road improvement as households buy cars amid high cotton prices fueling prosperity in the region.
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Atlanta
Working for Better Roads
Ever since civilization adopted the wheel vehicle, civilized man has recognized the importance of improved roads and better vehicle transportation, and has constantly striven by individual or cooperative effort to make it easier by animal or other power to get to and from the place of production to center of consumer distribution.
Pills Promise Quick Boost for Fatigued Men
An oft repeated drug claim extols a cure for worn nerves and low ambition. It sells a seven day regimen of two tablets after meals and one before bed, claiming rapid energy and renewed vigor. A physician note cites a formula including lecithin iron manganese and kola, with a money back guarantee if results lag.
Real Enemy Catarrh and a Better Treatment
Catarrh is not cured by sprays or douches and returns after transient relief. The ad urges abandoning makeshift remedies and using S. S. S. from Pete drug store, claiming it targets the blood to remove germs. Free medical advice offered via Medical Director, 22 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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Pete Drug Store
S.S. S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Prohibition Dominates Ohio Political Warnings
A political defender declares in Ohio that the sole issue this year is state and national prohibition and warns that the war must not be made secondary or sidetracked.
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Ohio
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He Comfort Powder Co
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Mass
Beecham
United States
Lad
the Little Mother
Zoe Beckley
Steve
Miss Orme
Marie Hardis
Columbia
Marie
Stephen
Miss Hardis
C. B
LVS
Intvinco Soom Lions
Tvah Aso
Chicago
Emmett Keenan
Lewis & Keenan
First National Bank
Ae A
Athens, O
the Bardin Bros.co
Thomson & Hysell Dawson Building
Cor. Mill and
Second Sts
Middleport, O
Anti-Saloon League
Ohio Home Rule Assn
L. H. Gibson
Mgr
Turkey
E. Stedman
Athens, Ohio
Daisy
Carpenters
Athens-Glouster
Nelsonville
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