Mrs Boyd avoids operation with Vegetable Compound
Canton Ohio resident Marie Boyd reports two doctors urged surgery for female trouble but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her symptoms letting her resume housework. The ad claims many women avoid operations with the root and herb remedy and publishes letters praising its merit.
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Canton
Ohio
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marie Boyd
5Th St
N. E. Canton
Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo praised for hair care
An article endorses Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo as superior to ordinary soaps and prepared shampoos. It claims the product is pure and greaseless, cleanses effectively with two teaspoons, rinses well, leaves scalp soft, and makes hair silky and easy to manage. It notes the shampoo is affordable and available at pharmacies.
Condensed Novel by William Fenwick Harris
Cambridge scholar Professor William Fenwick Harris presents a picturesque condensed version of an epic historical romance. He highlights how the Latin writer sought a national hero for his people in this literary condensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fenwick Harris
Cambridge
Virgil the Latin poet of Rome and his enduring influence
Virgil Virgil Publius Virgilius Maro born 70 B C and died 19 B C near Mantua. He rose from humble farming origins to liberal education and royal patronage. His Eclogues Georgics and unfinished Aeneid shaped medieval thought and Dante’s regard.
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Publius Virgilius Maro
Rome
Mantua
Maecenas
Augustus
Alexandria
Theocritus
Virgil
Virgil and the Man of Destiny in The Aeneid
The essay compares Virgil's Aeneid with Homeric epics noting how Virgil crafts a national myth. Aeneas loses his Trojan past and is driven by destiny toward Italy, aided and opposed by Venus and Juno, with Dido’s love tragedy shaping the great epic. It argues Virgil’s hero serves Rome, while individual heroics fade.
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Virgil
Homer
Aeneas
Hector
Troy
Anchises
Juno
Trojan
Horace
Italy
Sicily
God of the Winds
Africa
Venus
Carthage
Dido
Ascanius
Cupid
Alcinous
Odysseus
Laocoon
Andromache
Epirus
Alexandria
Rome
Hanni
Aeneas and Destiny in The Aeneid and Dante's Model
The piece discusses how modern readers view the national hero and founder of a destined race in the Aeneid. It traces Aeneas from Dido’s death through Sicily to Italy, Hades descent, alliance with Latinus and Lavinia, and the Turnus conflict, noting fate and Homeric echoes and the work’s influence on Dante. It cites copyright notices for 1919 Boston Post and upcoming condensation of Midshipman Easy.
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Aeneas
Dido
Homer
Italy
Sicily
Achilles
Patroclus
Odysseus
Hades
Dante
Tiber
Latinus
Lavinia
Juno
Turnus
James B. Connolly
Post
Printed back numbers offered for post series dates
The notice states back numbers are available at 2 cents per copy for the Daily Post Boston and 7 cents for the Sunday Post, with regular prices of 6 cents elsewhere, subject to local availability.
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Daily Post
Boston
Sunday Post
Young woman seeks independent livelihood from boarding school background
A fragment recalls Cecelie visiting in tears asking about earning her own money. The narrator notes her fashionable upbringing at a boarding and finishing school and questions her need to strike out on her own.
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Cecelie
Fashion Notes From A Dinner Visit
The narrative describes a young woman’s attire with a dark blue taffeta under slip and georgette crepe over dress. Beads trim the hem and neck, loops of dark blue beads, and a belt of ribbon and bead strands. The speaker asks about money, she agrees to stay for dinner.
Birthday BioBriefs Highlight Self-Taught Inventors
William Wrentinke born July 23 1831 noted as a reader friendly feature. The piece cites William Westlake born in Cornwall who rose from unformal schooling to invent and improve car ventilating heaters lamps tubing and coal burning methods while urging boys to value character as capital.
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William Westlake
Cornwall
England
United States
Senate committee Denies Wilson Request on Reparations Commission
Washington July 22 The Senate foreign relations committee returned an emphatic negative to President Wilsons request to provisional appoint an American representative on the International Reparations Commission without awaiting ratification of the peace treaty.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
International Reparations Commission
President Faces Senate Clash Over Treaty Appointment
The Senate committee adopted a resolution asserting no power exists to execute treaty provisions before ratification, signaling opposition to the President’s appointment. The move, led by Senator Knox, was 8 to 7 along party lines with McCumber voting with Democrats. The President argued for representation on the commission overseeing Germany’s reparations.
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White House
Senate
Germany
Knox
Pennsylvania
McCumber
North Dakota
Boston broker Cawley facing bankruptcy petition
John W. Cawley doing business as F G Roberts & Co was petitioned into bankruptcy by three creditors in a US district court. Claims total 4450 from Hyman Bloomberg Augusta Maine 500 Joseph Feldman Boston 2200 and Philip Alexander Boston 1750 all for margin accounts. An assignment for benefit of creditors to Harry E Whittemore preceded the petition allegedly as an act of bankruptcy.
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John W. Cawley
F. G. Roberts & Co
United States District Court
Hyman Bloomberg
Augusta
Joseph Feldman
Boston
Philip Alexander
Harry E. Whittemore
Not Heat It’s The Humidity Says Weather Prophet
The weather man notes today will be partly cloudy with minor temperature shifts and light southwest to west winds. He stresses the sauna like air is the real culprit, not heat, comparing yesterday’s 88 percent humidity to a normal 70s and recalling record highs for July 22.
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Old Sol
Somerville Jitneys Push for Licenses to Cut Elevated Fare
Protest meeting on the 10 cent Elevated fare shifts to jitney operators seeking immediate licenses to run buses. Aldermen Webster and Foster oppose. attorney Shanahan promotes jitneys to lower fares and questions lawmakers for a 4 million road grant. Todd urges faster Elevated service improvements in Somerville.
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Somerville
John M. Webster
John ¥. Foster
William J. Shanahan
James A. Todd
Belknap Street
Marines Flag on Mount Hood: Todd Climbs 11295 Feet
Portland Oregon July 22 Sergeant BE L Todd of the U S Marines reached the summit of Mount Hood 11295 feet high after a seven hour climb through a blizzard and nailed a four by ten flag to a summit building. He carried a hammer nails a blanket and provisions. Todd admired Longfellow and says the poet had the wrong hope with Excelsior.
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Portland
Ore
BE. L. Todd
U. S
Mt. Hood
Oregon
Todd
Longfellow
New England
Daylight Savings Repeal Fails To Pass Senate Action
Washington July 22 The Senate agricultural committee approved an agricultural appropriation bill but rejected the rider repeal of the daylight savings law. Chairman Gronna was directed to seek early favorable action from the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on the separate House bill proposing repeal of the daylight act.
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Daylight Savings
Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Gronna
Senate Inter- State Commerce Committee
Weeping eczema relief from Fruit-a-tives and Sootha Salva
G. W. Hall reports severe Weeping Eczema with soaking clothes until using Fruit-a-tives and Sootha Salva. He claims relief after three boxes of Sootha Salva and two of Fruit-a-tives, now fully well. Sold by dealers at 50c a box or 6 for $2.50, with a 25c trial size from Fruit-a-tives Limited of Ogdensburg New York.
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W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Ill
G. W. Hall
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Dry Bitro-Phosphate Proposed to Steady Nerves
A French scientist promotes Bitro-Phosphate as an organic phosphate that strengthens nerves, boosts energy, and aids sleep lessness for those dependent on daily nip. Physicians commend its use, and druggists report wide import of phosphoric elements for its production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rederick Kolle
New York
Who's Who
United States
Hair Removal Method Using Delatone Paste
A simple home remedy claims to remove hair using a paste of powdered delatone and water applied to the skin for about two minutes then rubbed off. The guide asserts it is harmless and rarely needs repetition, advising to obtain genuine delatone to avoid disappointment.
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