Thousands praise PE RU-NA for various catarrh cures
Letters from diverse readers claim PE RU NA cured stomach catarrh and bowel issues, improved deafness, relieved head and throat congestion, boosted energy, cured liver trouble, and aided colds. Advert asks readers to keep PE RU-NA on hand and available in tablets or liquid.
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Martha C. Dale
Cannon, del
J. Bayer
Glendale
Oregon
Kate Marquis
Middleburg
Ohio
J. H. Collins
Wesson
Mississippi
W. H. Edgar
Cooper St
Atlanta
Georgia
Leona Dodd
R. No. Medon
Tennessee
Sunday bells stir homesick men in church pews
A brief note describes men experiencing a regular Sunday morning homesickness as church bells ring, stirring nostalgia for home while attending services.
California Fig Syrup Ad Promises Safe Laxative
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for children. It urges mothers to look for the California name on the package and claims the product cleanses stomach, liver, and bowels with a fruity taste and clear dosing directions.
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California
Hall's Catarrh Medicine: internal cure via blood
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications alone. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. It combines tonics and blood purifiers to treat catarrh. druggists sell it for 75 cents. Testimonials are available free from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo, Ohio
Lincoln Highway Receives 1919 Financing Boost Across States
Lincoln Highway funding for 1919 totals 11.71 million dollars across New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Nebraska Wyoming Utah Nevada California with unreported county city work adding about 500 thousand. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs oversees planting trees shrubs flowers and plans a coast to coast bird sanctuary.
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Ashington
Abraham Lincoln
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
California
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Discontented Pups Push to School to Dodge Labor
The Children's Bureau reports many U S children under sixteen leave school to work not solely from poverty but from discontent with schooling. Unattractive schools and low teacher pay drive restlessness, while the federal law reaches only a minority of child laborers mainly in agriculture. The back to school drive surveyed resources, showing salaries as low as forty dollars a month in some districts.
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United States
Children’s Bureau
World diamonds would fit in a closet say experts
A Chicago statistician calculates that all historical and existing cut diamonds would form a pile of 46,355,474 carats weighing about 10.5 tons. At 300 dollars a carat the value is 13.9 billion. Losses from cutting and disasters leave the final total as given.
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Chicago
India
Brazil
South Africa
Borneo
British Guiana
Australia
China
Liberia
United States
Lost Pacific Continent Link Sought by Hawaii Scientist
American zoologist William Allanson Bryan, a Hawaii college professor, seeks a prehistoric land bridge between South America and Hawaii. He studied Argentinian fossils and plans to sail to Juan Fernandez to compare molluscs with Hawaiian species, testing a 6,000 mile land connection theory and noting Selkirk's era on Juan Fernandez.
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Pacific Ocean
South America
Hawaii
William Allanson Bryan
College of Hawaii
Bryan
Argentina
Mexico
Juan Fernandez
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science
Pacific
Alexander Selkirk
Robinson Crusoe
Defoe
Alma Mater Vampire Tale Ends In Happy Reconciliation
A newlywed USC graduate attends a campus banquet with friends and omits telephoning his wife. She storms in anger claiming he spent the night with his Alma Mater, a pun that leads to tears. After two hours and twenty five minutes he convinces her Alma Mater is not a vampire.
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University of Southern California
Alma Mater
Alma
Los Angeles Times
Visit to Blithersbys Ends In Ordeal
A Birmingham Age Herald quip recalls a visit where the speaker endured a lengthy film reel featuring a baby. The exchange underscores that good taste is learned through rules, not innate gift.
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Blithersbys
The Bad Old Days and Jests in Verse
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls temperance talkers and club life with quips about reason and the nineteenth hole. It narrates a Rochester speaker John B Gough Ryan and a deprecating remark by a clubman about memory loss after a highball hour. It also notes DeWolf Hopper’s theater reception and coed exchange over golf stories.
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John B. Gough Ryan
Rochester
Tush
Detroit Free Press
On the Right Side.
An elderly Shropshire woman tells a ministry of food official she fears dying and wants a proper funeral. She reveals she has a coffin shroud two bottles whisky and three tins salmon in stock and smiles that she is on the right side as long as she does not add to her stock.
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Ministry of Food
London Chronicle
Frugal Sparks Between A Couple Over Shared Funds
A skirmish over money reveals marital tension as one spouse laments constant requests while the other defends giving a fixed yearly amount. The exchange hints at broader financial strains and mounting resentment in the relationship.
Whither are we skidding questions drift in editorials
In a sharp exchange a columnist notes no editorials address drift. another counters the focus should be on skidding now. The brief exchange highlights editorial stance and public concern about direction.
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Don
Boston
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Birmingham Age- Herald
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Ole
Downstate University
Postum Cereal Co
Battle Creek, Mich
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