Pendleton Haircut Traditions Under Tribal Beliefs Unearthed
A Pendleton elder recalls childhood practices where mothers cut children’s hair with shears and bowls in a painful, unglamorous ritual. A local Sunday school teacher cited the Samson and Delilah story as moral guidance amid these customs.
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Charles Fallin
Cheenga University
St. Louis
Pendleton
Puodis
Samison
Delilah
Joe
Jae
Feiler Lingty
Brevity and Brains in Vanity of Genius Claims
The item critiques height myths about eminent figures including Lloyd George and others, noting measurements of politicians and commentators. It mentions the Grand Old Man and John, Honest, and references suffragettes and parliamentary figures with scattered historical contexts.
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Tahoe Ube
Tien
Liusd George
Yride
John Pe
Mepley
Wren Mirley
House of Commons
John
India
Asdwdth
Eng
Cap
Leta Heberts
Waleeiey
Munyons Eminent Doctors Offer Free Diagnosis Service
A public notice advertises free medical examination by Munyon's eminent doctors in Philadelphia. The claim promises honest diagnosis whether a cure is possible or not with no obligation to join the war effort. Includes address and invitation to request an examination blank. The rest reports a cyclone story with a joke about a colonel's barn and hired man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A &C
Ulan
c-Les Herald
Sod
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed By Rochester Woman
New vigor for weak backs and kidney trouble in Rochester Ind as Mrs M Working of 815 Fulton Ave credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her back pain swelling ankles and weak general health after trying many remedies. She urges others to remember the name and notes price 59 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y. Also a brief courtroom joke about a maid in the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Working
Fulton Ave
Rochester
Ind
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Natian
Switl Mai
Sherow
Inverfery
Aril T
Woahan
Devter
M. Summers
Notre Dame
Cure for Catarrh Promoted by Cheney Co. Ads
A jumble of early 20th century ad copy touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cures. Mentions internal use, blood and mucous surfaces, and testimonials. Other items mention children’s syrups, eye remedies, painkillers, and household tips, reflecting the era’s patent medicine and consumer ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Vail
Onion Lover At Atlantic City Boardwalk Report
An article recounts Dr W Avans health commissioner of Chicago denouncing pasteurized milk as overrated. He claims real results come from hygienic measures and jokes about an onion scented scene on a Philadelphia boardwalk with a man offering to rub cheese on his head for flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Avans
Chicago
Evans
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Gnion
Boas
Pure and Harmless Cuticura Ointment Attributed by Child’s Cracker Feast
A New York father recounts his three year old son eating an entire box of graham crackers spread with Cuticura Ointment during a sea voyage. He claims the child recovered from a cold and that the ointment is absolutely pure safe for young skin. Notes on the Codex Sinaiticus and a theater fire incident follow in terse mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cuticura
Atlantic
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuticura Remilies
Boston
Alexander II
Russia
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
A letter path praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relieving perimenopausal and female troubles. Women from Ohio to Vermont attest it restored health and strength, urging others to try the remedy and tell friends.
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Iasieville
Lidia
Pinkhato
Hes
Ainge Crances Barcosy
R.F.D
Granitesville
Pinkharm
Lydia Ee Pinkham
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Mareh
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Meeker
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Hess
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Haubas Mariner
Bureau of Plant Indust
United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Pinehot
Denver
Gils
Dodds
ARR Rescue Hegmar Roe Pt
Guarat
Munyon
Ince
Cleveland
Boston Transcript
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Congress
United States Commissioner of Education
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Howard Bros
Buffalo
Nan
Lil
Jack
Hamlins Wizard
Verry Davis
Wallis
Tess
Atr Cuticura
Vie
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Guensur Guns
S.C.N.U
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Putnam
Drvg CO
Quincy
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