Woman credits Pinkham remedy for avoiding operation
Mrs A W Bunzer of Black River Falls Wisconsin says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her from an operation after she suffered organ troubles and severe side pain. Despite expert doctors in Eau Claire urging surgery she recovered and urges others with inflammation ulceration displacements backache nervousness or irregularities to try the remedy and write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eau Claire
A. W. Bunzer
Woman Finds Satisfaction In Flattering Photograph
A woman expresses happiness with a photograph that flatters her appearance. The image is praised for capturing her best features and presenting her in a flattering light.
Swamp Root Advertises Kidney Aid Medicine
An ad touts Dr Kilmer and Co Swamp Root as a herbal remedy for kidney, liver and bladder troubles. It claims quick kidney strengthening effects and urges readers to buy or send ten cents for a sample bottle, noting to mention the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad and Navy Service Flag Design
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for soothing baby rashes with hot baths and gentle applications. It offers free samples from Cuticura Dept. X Boston and lists prices. A note describes Maurice Clement of the U S S Texas creating a service flag design indicating navy service with knots and carrick bends to signify branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. X
Boston
Maurice Clement
U. S. S. Texas
Quartermaster Clement
Carrick
Popular Science Monthly
Actor Joe Jefferson Cashes Check After Identification Quip
In Detroit the famed Joe Jefferson presented a check at a local bank. The cashier refused to cash without identification, prompting Jefferson to quip a line from his signature play about his dog Schneider. The cashier then cashed the check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe” Jefferson
Detroit
Leedle
Schneider
British Naval Records Detail Merchant Ship Fights With U Boats
In Whitehall a vault stores volumes of merchant ship encounters with U boats. The records recount fights, evasive actions, rescues, and brutal courage, including a stewardess’s bravery and a submarine crew’s occasional humane acts, across numerous ships and voyages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Whitehall
Germany
Rosslyn Wemyss
Floponent
Kaiser Declares Germany Will Rule the World
Los Angeles resident Clemensen, a former Danish subject now American citizen, says he heard Kaiser Wilhelm II declare in 1901 that Germany would rule the world by 1917. He claims to have stood within fifty feet of the emperor at the Kaiser Carl der Grosse launching and heard him vow to dominate sea and land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
S. C
Clemensen
Denmark
Kaiser
Red Cross Efforts in Alaska Rally for War Fund
Mrs Louis K Pratt leads Fairbanks Red Cross drives as 2000 members fundraise despite reduced buying power. Bridge and women’s clubs donate dues and scrap metal and rubber for war needs as naval navigation opens. A small club’s delicatessen sale endows a bed at Neuilly hospital and a second sale nets 447.50.
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Louis K. Pratt
Liberty Bond Committee
Fairbanks
Alaska
Red Cross
States
Deliicatessen
Neuilly Hospital
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Ei Pets
Helm
Palestine
San Francisco Chronicle
Church
Gotham
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Illinois
U.S. A
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