Resinol In Three Weeks Outshines Four Months of Remedies
A mother recalls her infant’s eczema clearing in three weeks using Resinol Soap and Ointment after four months of failed treatments from doctors. She reports dramatic improvement, praising the product as a remarkable cure and noting the baby’s face returning to a normal complexion. The ad ends with notes on Every Little Bit Helps and a magazine anecdote about forests and charity.
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H. F. Clemmer
Sunbury
Federal government urged to curb interstate combines and white slave trade
Washington December 14 A sweeping push to create a national department to regulate interstate corporations includes a plan for strict statutory publicity and annual reports to a federal agency, plus new laws and a $50 000 appropriation to stamp out the white slave trade. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor argues for expanded Bureau of Corporations work and unified national oversight.
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Bureau of Government
Washington
Bureau of Corporations
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Lumber
International Harvester Company
United States
Nagel
AUNT SIX HELD AS SLAVES
Chicago police attribute the disappearance of Katherine Haight and four other young women to panders and conspirators from Chicago and other cities. Investigators hope a cleared plan will reveal the missing high school girl within 24 hours, with Inspector Wheeler leading the probe.
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Chicago
Katherine M. Haight
Inspector Wheeler
Harrison Street
Haight
Belore
Pancake Variations From A Historic Recipe List
A dated collection outlines several pancake styles and batter ratios. Many use buttermilk or milk and water, with graham flour blends, yeast for rise, and variations like cornmeal cakes. Directions include mixing, rest times, and frying on a hot griddle for a hearty breakfast option.
Poultry Care and Quick Kitchen Remedies From the Market
The article notes cleaning and draining poultry to avoid the henny taste, advising wash with warm water and baking soda, drawing and washing inside if not freshly killed, and cold storage handling. It also describes a baked North Pole style ice cream brick cake with meringue, and kitchen polish tips using lemon for kettles and brass or copper utensils.
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North Pole
Celery Salad Sandwiches Recipe
Four eggs and one head of celery with salt pepper and mayonnaise. Boil eggs for 15 minutes then cool shell and chop finely. Mix chopped whites with egg, season, and spread on buttered bread with a mayonnaise layer.
Butter Pie and Tea Punch Elderly Recipe Card
A historical recipe card provides Butter Pie instructions using three eggs with whites reserved for frosting, sugar, milk, flour, butter, and vanilla. It details mixing and baking into a custard crust and frosting with the meringue, then browning lightly. Tea Punch blends two quarts boiled tea with sugar, citrus fruits, fruit juice, berries, and ice for a cold summer drink.
Off Duty. Child’s View on Home Tension Sparks Irony
A domestic vignette shows a mother boasting of her easygoing nature while a child comments that her father bears the brunt. The exchange unfolds as the mother remarks she has worn shoes for four months and is easy on everything, prompting the daughter to quip about the father. The setting, tone, and punchline reflect a newspaper humor piece from the era.
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John
Catarrh Cure Ad Claims $100 Reward in Proof
A vintage advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, claiming it cures in all stages. It offers $100 to any case it cannot cure and directs readers to send for testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and a quip about mental focus on one’s own business.
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Acianos
Hall
Gure
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Drugelsta
Castoria bears signature and safe remedy claims
Careful inspection urged of every Castoria bottle for infants and children, noting the signature and enduring trust from over thirty years. Other claims include Rheumatism cures, health quips, and ads for Hides & Fur Co, Russ Blue detergent, and Dr Pierce Pellets, reflecting a phonetic ad mix from a bygone era.
Not Up to Modern Standards
A witty exchange about a wife's hat prompts a quip that women are judged by appearances. The dialogue humorously suggests married women eventually suffer heartbreak while bachelors keep their hearts buried, underscoring social ironies about romance and status.
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Mr. Bliggins
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