Women urged to train as nurses and use patent remedies
An old wartime ad promotes women learning nursing at home and purchasing medical guides and tonics. It touts Dr. Pierce products for nervousness, menstrual pain, and digestive issues, claiming restoratives aid liver and bowel function and general strength.
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Emergencia
Main Street
Buffalo, N.Y
Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
The Chief Interest at Official Reception
A congressman spoke on war during a windy official reception while Secretary Parker nodded. The exchange touched on national interest and policy. The report notes labor demand affects Sealand and related economic tension.
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Paker
Taker
Ani
Sarvanth Ap
Cameressonin
Freezone Corn Relief Ad Promises Pain Free Lift Off
An advertisement claims Freezone dissolves corns and calluses with a drop, promising instant relief and painless removal by fingers. It touts a cheap bottle sold by druggists and mentions removing hard and soft corns as well as between toe corn.
Cutting-Edge Baby Care Ad From Cuticura Soap
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for soothing baby rashes with hot baths followed by Cuticura Ointment. Promotes free samples and nationwide mail order from Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Soap 25 cents and Ointment 25 and 50 cents. Ad.
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Dept. X
Boston
Sugar Record At Matanzas Declares Massive Cargo
The report notes a record shipment of 4,831,100 bags of 325 pounds each from Matanzas Cuba. It also mentions Australia adding Japanese language study to school courses.
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Matanzas
Cuba
Allies drive Austro-Hungarian lines on sixty mile Italian front
Italian, American, British and French forces pound the Austro-Hungarian front from the Brenta valley to the Adriatic. Allied air units bomb columns and supply routes as infantry assault holds ground east of the Piave river weakens. American and French positions around Grand Prato and Belle Joyeuse Farm report heavy fighting and artillery duels.
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Rome
Brenta River
Sorthern
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Piave River
Venetia
Oredryat
Pruirne
Paad
Franece
St. Quentin le Polita
Terps
Enengs
St Quenlite
Laan
Fas
Grand Prt
Aregone Forest
Belle Joyeuse
Shipyard wage rise and Verdun front action reported
Washington reports upshifts in shipyard wage scales to cover most trades with immediate effect. The dispatch notes Allied and German actions near Verdun and mentions a Chicago case where J Norman Cook admits stabbing, claiming it was accidental.
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Chicago
J. Norman Cook
William Tradway
Norma Bliss Cook
Harvey
Tfl
Cal is syrups and a French destroyer tale mixed text
A garbled antique ad and a report mention a laxative called Californian Syrup of Fig and a large French steamer raid. The fragment references a bottle, dosage, and safety claims for children. It also notes a French ship attacked by aerial bombs and destroyers near France.
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Wuill
Therchant Mae
France
Tunkiek
Geroins
Important to Mothers Examine Castoria Bottles Carefully
In a Worth Worth Texas exhibition a Chicago man set a new world record as a child and audience watched. He performed the loop the loop 144 times in succession amid the event.
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Wort Worth
Tex
Gieund Mle Piumb
Chicago Hyer
Unclear fragment hints at domestic life and activity
Fragmentary text mentions domestic routines and a weekly toast ritual. References to a Doctor and a product appear, but meaning is obscured and specifics are unreadable.
Spanish Fluencea: What It Is and How It Should Be Treated
Paraphrased guidance on influenza care emphasizes rest in bed, staying quiet, digestive relief with laxatives, and consuming nourishing foods. It advocates nature as the sole cure and stresses maintaining strength to aid recovery.
Influenza guidance and home remedy from early health notice
Public health advisory on Spanish influenza discusses symptoms such as chills fever and cough with guidance to rest in bed and avoid exposure. It notes low fatality but warns of complications like pneumonia and advises use of Vicks VapoRub, warm applications, and avoiding crowd exposure and shared items to prevent spread.
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Spain
Hippocrates
B.C
WN. C. Board of Health
Vick
North Carolina
New York State
New England
Distrust and Letters About Law and Daily Life
A fragmentary dialogue touches distrust and defense of lawman figures amid busy letters. It notes a busy stork symbol and a claim that 2,250,000 babies are born annually in the United States. Mentions Philadelphia planning 80 new dwellings.
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United States
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