Nervous Prostration Helped by Pinkham Compound in Philadelphia
Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald of 25 N Flat Street West Philadelphia says after thirty years of nervous prostration she was restored to health by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and can now do housework. She urges other women with nervousness backache or headaches to try the remedy and benefit as she did based on the company’s forty years of experience.
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West Philadelphia
Lydia B. Pinkham
Frank Fitzgerald
N. Flat Street
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mess
Congress of the United States
Congress
Russia
France
Germany
Red Cross
Boy misleads traveler over dangerous slough
An Oregon Methodist missionary questions a woodcutter about a crossing. The boy says the bottom is good and hard, but the man sinks with his horse and must wade out. The tale underscores the paradox that truth can be elusive in risky situations.
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Oregon
Methodists Centennial Bulletin
Speeding Him Up Donor Doctor Jokes About Bills
A doctor reassures a wife that her husband will recover quickly and return to work. The physician quips that the faster the man works, the sooner he can pay the bill, prompting a wry exchange with the wife and the doctor.
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M.D
Perkins Prefers Solo Hunts With Carrying Firearm
The dialogue notes Perkins often hunts alone and insists on carrying a gun during trips, signaling a solitary hunting habit and readiness for danger.
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Perkins
Wilgon Opens Great Red Cross Drive in New York
President Wilson in a Metropolitan Opera House address launches a national Red Cross drive for 160 million dollars. He calls for unselfish war aims, steadfast support for Russia and France, and emphasizes mercy through the Red Cross as key to global unity and liberty.
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Wilgon
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Red Cross
Wilson
Davison
Get New Kidneys With Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules
Warning on kidney illness and Bright's disease promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as instant relief and a trusted 200 year old remedy. Claims suggest two capsules daily keep you tonede and fit, with money back guarantee if relief is not found.
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Bright
Haarlem
Vegetable sheep of New Zealand daisy family plant
A Wide World writer extols New Zealand vegetable sheep or Raoullas Eximia a high altitude plant of the daisy family. It forms a woolly mass on mountain slopes up to 5000 feet. shepherds mistake its woolly stems for sheep. At a Christchurch exhibition specimens required several strong men to move.
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New Zealand
Christchurch
Peterson's Ointment Praised For Healing Sores
Dear readers attest Peterson's Ointment heals running sores in three weeks and conquers piles. A. C. Gilbrath reports a leg sore healed after using the product for weeks. Ad claims show the ointment clears eczema pimples and blackheads, priced at 30 cents a box with mail orders prepaid.
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Peterson
A. C. Gilbrath
Eric
John D. Rockefeller
Peterson Bros
Buffalo
Educate Blind Soldiers For National Reeducation Plan
The nation’s leading educators of the blind join government efforts to create a comprehensive reeducation system for blinded soldiers. Upon completion, the committee will place veterans in suitable employment and reintegrate them into civilian life. Mrs. T Harrison Garrett donates her 99 acre Baltimore estate to serve as a hospital school for blinded officers and men.
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T. Harrison Garrett
Baltimore
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Notice
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. pledges to pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Sworn Dec 6, 1886, before Notary A. W. Gleason. Medicine taken internally acts through blood on mucous surfaces. testimonials available.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J
A. W. Gleason
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Ohio
Self-Deception in Mister Erastus’s Alarm Clock Wish
Mr. Erastus mocks modern alarm clocks while requesting a clock that clucks and avoids waking chickens. He imagines a device that cackles softly to wake him spry and hopeful every morning.
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Mr. Erastus
Allen's Foot Ease Boosts Farmers Foot Comfort
Farmers work harder and use their feet more, and Allen's Foot Ease powder helps by reducing friction in shoes and baths. It freshens feet and prevents tired aching and blistered feet, with women noted as constant users. Sold by dealers everywhere.
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Allen's
Fool Gore
Star Reach Not A Singer Ad Warns Against Health Claims
An old ad copy mocks a misunderstood question about stardom and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver bowel and stomach regulation. It ends with a wartime morale line about those who give the most during the war.
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Dr. Pierce
London Aces Down German Planes and Ville Sur Ancre Recaptured
British and Australian forces repelled raids on England and recaptured the village of Ville sur Ancre north of Morlancourt with 300 prisoners and twenty machine guns. General Pershing reported repulsed raids in Picardy Lorraine and a failed enemy patrol in Lorraine with enemy casualties and one dead left in trenches.
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London
Ville sur-Ancre
Morlancourt
Waig
Meteren
Washington
Pershing
War Department
Picardy
Lorraine
March to Victory Blood Health Reform
An advertisement-style piece urges readers to improve health in spring by evaluating blood quality and using Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Anuric uric acid solvent. It cites herbal ingredients and the Buffalo hotel address for orders, promoting a tonic and a dietary plan for kidney and general wellness.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Billion for Railroad Needs Under Federal Operation
Washington May 20 The railroad administration led by Director General McAdoo approves nearly 938 million for 1918 capital outlays. About 440 million goes to additions and betterments, 480 million to equipment, cars and locomotives, and 18 million for track extensions. The plan delays new line extensions and continues existing projects. The budgets are cut by about a fourth.
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McAdoo
Washington
Railroad Administration
Railroad
Fourteen Dead in Cologne Aerial Raid by Allies
London reports Entente planes attacked Cologne on Saturday with sixty aviators taking part. Fourteen people were killed and more than forty injured as significant damage struck the city center, notably the market place, according to Amsterdam dispatches.
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Cologne
London
Entente
Amsterdam
Boating Ban for German Enemy Aliens Warned
Department of Justice warns unnaturalized German men and women not to boat on rivers canals lakes or seashores this summer under penalties for alien enemy regulations. Germans may not approach canals wharves piers warehouses elevators or terminals within one hundred yards and must obtain passes to enter water front barred zones.
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Washington
Department of Justice
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