Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promised Cure for Women
A period advertisement promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a temperance herbal tonic for female troubles. It claims cure of back ache dizziness and nervous weakness with testimonials from Mrs Fred W Harper of Ashtabula Ohio and others. The text notes availability in drug stores and a 10 cent trial size from Dr Pierce’s Invalids Hotel Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Ashtabula
Ohio
Jones
Fred W. Harper
12Th Street
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Nebraska Woman
Mrs. Koppelmann of McLean Nebraska praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for aiding health and pregnancy. The ad claims the remedy helps displacement inflammation irregularities backache nervousness and melancholia with a forty year history of use and offers mail order details from Lydia E Pinkham Co. Lynn Mass.
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McLean, Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Kopppelmann
R. No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
Murderer complains of red tape delaying his trial
Gordon F. Hamby also known as Jay Allen protests slow jury selection for his Brooklyn bank robbery murder trial. He demands speed to the electric chair and says he will make no defense, hoping to avoid prison delays.
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New York
Gordon F. Hamby
Jay Allen
Brooklyn
Washington
Robert Davis
Tacoma
Court delays push executions and seating to later dates
Officials said the court of appeals would take until October to dispose of the case and November before the inmate could take his seat, delaying execution and related court actions.
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Court of Appeals
Dear Mrs. Thompson advice column excerpts on relationships
Letters discuss loss and gratitude after a wife dies, college funding by borrowing, ending an unwanted relationship, and a fiancés dispute. Advice emphasizes self reliance, practicality, and communication while preserving dignity amid heartache and social conflict.
Grimshaw Teases Grim Nursery Crying Response
Pepperton humorously notes his wife left him with the baby. Grimshaw suggests extreme measures to silence the child including gagging tying and even chlorform, in a darkly comic exchange.
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Pepperton
Grimshaw
Pretty Boudoir Set Pattern From Messenger Dept
A dainty cap and a lovely dressing sack in slip on style offered by the Messenger Pattern Dept. Suitable for lawn organdie washable satin silk and other fabrics. Four sizes 32-34 to 44-46 inches bust with yardage noted for sack and cap. Pattern mailed for ten cents.
Athens called upon for more rooms in homes
Summer students flooded Athens as all available rooms were filled and many sought hotel space. Dean Voight predicted about two thousand students may enroll, with most rooms taken and a call for one hundred more rooms to avoid curtailment. Registrar Cable reported three hundred enrolled. high enrollment expected Tuesday.
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Dean Voight
Cable
Reds Held for Questioning Over Bolshevik Allegations
In Cleveland Ohio on June 23 twenty five men arrested in raids on three locations await federal questioning to determine their Bolshevik stance as large quantities of bolshevik literature are found. The detainees are identified as Russians.
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Cleveland, O
Brazilian President-Elect to Visit Cleveland
Dr. E Pessoa, president-elect of Brazil, who arrived from Europe last week, is expected to visit Cleveland on June 30 or July 1 as a guest of the chamber of commerce, an official announcement said.
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Cleveland, O
E. Pessoa
Brazil
Europe
Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
What Is Rheumatism Why Suffer from It
This ad claims rheumatism is a blood infection caused by germs in the blood and promotes S S S as a remedy used for over fifty years. It urges readers to address Swift Specific Co in Atlanta Ga for treatment of their individual case.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Swift Specific Co
Deeps
Atlanta, Ga
Salvation Army guards saloon life in prohibition era plan
New York reports the Salvation Army will preserve saloon social space after prohibition. Brigadier James Welte says reforms aim to keep decency and cleanliness, with the same bartenders and atmosphere but without hard liquor. Officers have secured saloon options and plan soft drinks to replace alcohol while maintaining community gathering spots.
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New York
Salvation Army
John Barleycorn
James Welte
Broadway
Forty-seventh Street
Victoria Hotel
Uncle Sam's Navy
Tony
Bowery
Mike
Bill
Welte
Pleasanton News Briefs and Local Visits
Farmers plow corn and cut wheat in the Pleasanton area. Dr and Mrs Ben Biddle and daughter Betty Ann of Haydenville Ohio and Mrs Sheldon Parker were visiting last week. Miss Ora Morison attended Ohio University commencement. Mabel and Lora Kenney returned from Columbus. Gussie Arnett of Athens visited her parents Mr and Mrs O D Arnett Sunday. Bettina Martin does housework for Mrs Dyre in Athens. George Wallace of sieigs Co visited Mr and Mrs B W Kenney and family. He was 99 years old last April. Mr and Mrs Art Caley of Athens also mentioned.
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Ben Biddle
Betty Ann
Haydenville
Ohio
Sheldon Parker
Ora Morison
Ohio University
Mabel
Lora Kenney
Columbus
Gussie Arnett
Athens
O. D. Arnett
Bettina Martin
Dyre
George Wallace
Sieigs Co
B. W. Kenney
Art Caley
The Difference In Dress Between Vanderbilt and Others
The elder millionaire Vanderbilt boasted he wore a suit of clothes only once. The speaker notes many people repeat longer outfits, implying frugality or reuse as common practice.
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Vanderbilt
Word Magnet Origin From Magnesia City
Vienna reports Austria will follow Germany in accepting or rejecting the peace treaty after Zurich developments. The note ties the term magnet to Magnesia in Asia Minor where sandstone properties were first observed.
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Magnesia
Asia Minor
Zurich
Vienna
Austria
Germany
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H. A. Crossen
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Henry King
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