Women in Change of Life Find Relief with Vegetable Compound
Urbana Illinois resident Frank Henson reports using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during menopause with improvements in strength and reduction of fatigue and nervous symptoms. The letter advocates the remedy for hot flashes backache headaches and mood changes.
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Urbana
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Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frank Henson
Orchade St
Lydia E. Pinksham
Light enters water at 45 degrees refracts and reflects
In a humorous classroom exchange a student answers a true or false physics examiner question about what happens when light falls into water at a 45 degree angle. The student says it goes out.
Summer Cold Ad Tips Boschee's Syrup For Relief
A summer cold is hard to shake. The ad advises bed rest if possible and Boschee's Syrup to ease coughing and help expel mucus. If not in bed, avoid drafts, rapid changes, and heavy meals while using Boschee's Syrup, advertised as American made for over fifty years.
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America
Kept Busy Explaining
A married man faces the recurring challenge of justifying his absence from home as a common fault in domestic life.
Cuticura Talcum Powder Promoted In Ad
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic fragrance for face skin and babies. It claims economical use and perfume quality, positioning it as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio alongside Soap and Ointment.
Speaks for Itself Aviator Quip Reveals Experience
A short exchange shows a pilot boasting three months in the air and claiming full readiness. The remark captures a rookie's confidence and the candid humor of the era.
Today Is Best Time for a Good Deed
A brief note urges readers to act now and perform a helpful act. It emphasizes immediacy and community benefit, inviting participation and goodwill from locals.
Late Market Quotations From The U S Bureau Of Markets
Wholesale prices for flour cornmeal and sugar list per cwt and per cent. Hides and pelts details include Denver price list items such as butcher hides fallen dry sale pelts wool pelts and dry hides. Prices show per pound and per head with varied rates for kip calf and green salted hides and horsehides.
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U. S
Denver
Chicago Market Prices for Hogs Cattle Sheep and Veal
Chicago market columns list price ranges for hogs from light to heavy, packing sows at 16 to 18.75, cattle including beef steers at 9.60 to 18.00, butchers and cows from 5.75 to 14.75, veal calves 20 to 21, stocker cattle 6.75 to 15.75, and sheep with lambs 2.50 to 15.35.
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Chicago
Grain prices in Chicago steady with mixed bids
Chicago cash grain quotes show corn No. 2 at 1.67 percent and No. 2 yellow near 1.67 dollars, oats No. 2 at about 0.68 to 0.70, rye No. 2 around 1.36, barley about 1.23, timothy 8.00, clover and pork listed nominal. Lard trades at 26.40 to 26.55, ribs 21.50 to 22.50.
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Chicago
Eastern Produce Prices for Butter Eggs and Potatoes
Chicago buyers saw Butter-Creamery quoted at 46 54a, Eggs unchanged. Potatoes led by Minnesota Early Ohios at 2.50 to 2.65 per cwt, Irish cobblers Minnesota at 2.85, New Jersey 3.55, Wisconsin Bliss Triumph field run 2.25 to 3.40, Idaho Rural 3.25 to 3.40 per cwt in sacked carlots.
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Lima
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Carlots
New Jersey
Wisconsin Bliss
Idaho
Colorado Settlement Prices for Metals and Materials
Market listings show P Bar silver at 1.18 percent, lead at 6.00, Boelter at 7.20, tungsten unit price 8.50 with a 15.00 figure noted. Sieins opper pound 23.23 appears as a listed rate alongside these commodity quotes.
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Colorado
Daddy's Evening and the Circus Camels
Two camels Carlton and Davey discuss hearing children talk and sharing stories. They worry about others always claiming the same experiences, while they promote a circus show walking through a city street. They value duty, advertisement, and friendly conduct amid a lively exchange.
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Davey
Carlton
Father and son argue over beating neighbor's boy
In a terse exchange a father questions why his son beat Neighbor Smith's child. The boy quotes a misapplied blessing about giving and receiving, saying he chose to give a lickin rather than receive one.
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Jimmy
Smith
Why Love Our Neighbors Lesson
Sunday School teacher asks why the Lord commands love for neighbors and Hazel answers that loving others helps people get along. The child’s dialogue reflects simple moral instruction and social harmony themes.
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Hazel
Boy’s odd reply shocks visitors at house
Six year old Bobby greeted a caller and, when asked where his sister was, replied that she was upstairs putting herself on. The incident reveals a startling misstatement by the child as he described his sister’s behavior.
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Bobby
First Class Man Forever at Seventy Says Haarlem Oil
An advertisement urges men to maintain kidney health and vigor with GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims age is irrelevant, promotes regular capsule use, and offers a trial box with money back guarantee.
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Haarlem
Woman Misses Diamond After Sandwich Duty
Hollis Long Island woman, while making sandwiches for soldiers, discovers a diamond missing from her ring. She suspects the stone was swallowed by a soldier from her bread, a tale with echoes of a similar old claim.
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Patience
Hollis
Long Island
Patrice
Bayer Cross on Genuine Aspirin Promoted Safety
An advertisement explains that genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross safety mark and warns buyers to avoid broken packages while noting the pills relieve headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia colds and pain. It mentions small tin boxes a few cents and larger packages and identifies Aspirin as the Bayer trade mark. A separate joke item recalls a minister’s wedding salutation delivered in army fashion.
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Bayer
Ap Wno
Red Cross Bag Blue Promoted for Home Use
An old advertising item claims Red Cross Bag Blue should be used in every home to whiten clothes without harming fabric and notes it is sold by grocers for five cents.
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Red Cross
Dancing Teacher Chooses Improper Dance Name
In Realms of Art a dancing teacher declares fortune is made and pivots to a new dance idea. The tutor ponders a highly improper name for the forthcoming routine, sparking intrigue about the creative scandal.
Safer Notion Sparks Debate On Violence and Justice
A provocative remark argues for preemptive force to deter harm, framing it as a rough path to peace. Critics warn it endorses aggression and undermines restraint, urging lawful self defense and restraint.
Inevitable Parental Plea After Wet Hat Incident
In a Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt, a boy explains he stood on the bank watching others dive. He says a child named Tompkins performed a belly buster splash, wetting him but not his hat which was held in his hand. The father quips about making a lawyer out of him.
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Tommy
Tompkins
Birmingham Age-Herald
Swamp Root advertised for women's kidney and bladder issues
The ad claims many women suffer kidney and bladder trouble with vague symptoms and urges trying Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root to restore health. It offers a sample bottle for ten cents via mail to Dr Kilmer and Co and notes medium and large bottles are sold at drug stores.
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Kilmer
Like Lightning Pop Quick Wit
A brief exchange about why lightning bugs do not strike twice, with a playful parental answer and a curious son asking the question.
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