Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A broad ad spread features testimonials from women across the United States praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female ailments during various life stages. It emphasizes old fashioned roots and herbs as the remedy that strengthens the female system.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Spokane
Wash
Martha Connor
Mansfield Avenue
Abilene
Texas
E. E. Owens
Rockville
Conn
Oakland
Cal
Mary S. Ashley
Dover Street
Seventy-Four Liberty Bonds Stolen From Bank Cage
Providence reports seventy four Liberty bonds valued at one hundred dollars each were stolen from a cage in the People's Savings Bank. A line of customers reached through a narrow window, grabbed the bonds, then disappeared before detection. Miss Bray the clerk was briefly away, four customers were outside, and the loss wasn't found until hours later.
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Providence
People’s Savings Bank
Miss Bray
Fractured Skull Cases Reach City Hospital Record
Three fractured skull cases were treated at City Hospital within three hours, a record for the large institution. Isaac Miller aged 21 from Dorchester was struck by a sledge hammer while working on a locomotive and died at the hospital. Daniel O'Brien, 76, from Dorchester, died after being struck by an auto truck. the driver faced a manslaughter charge. Harold Miller, 14 months, fell from a veranda and survived. the baby’s condition was hopeful.
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City Hospital
Isaac Miller
Evelyn Street
Dorchester
Southampton Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Dorchester Avenue
Daniel O’brien
Mt. Vernon Street
John J. Donahue
Green Street
Newport
R. I
William Miller
Alfred Street
Charlestown
O’brien
Harold Miller
H Street
Boston
Odd Fellows reject age cut for membership
Baltimore September 16 The Sovereign Grand Lodge defeated a proposal to lower the minimum admission age from 21 to 18. The question was not put to a vote but the likely next convention in 1921 is expected to be in Boston.
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Baltimore
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Boston
Military Highways Proposed to Protect Pacific Coast
Washington Sept 16 A bill by Representative Makir of California proposes a system of military highways to defend the Pacific coast from possible invasion.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Makir
California
Many Deaths From Storm Across Texas Gulf Coast
The storm toll rises with at least 29 dead in Corpus Christi and estimates of 75 to 100 in the city alone. Corpus Christi officials report 66 unidentifiable bodies found between Portland and Taft, with 26 at Portland and 12 at one ranch house and 18 at another. The wider west Gulf coast region remains uncertain with no confirmation of hundreds.
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San Antonio
Tex
Corpus Christi
West Gulf Coast
Texas
Portland
Taft
Neucus Bay
Uphams Corner Church Considers New Bedford Pastor
The vestry and officers of St. Mary’s Church Upham’s Corner Dorchester unanimously call The Rev Henry E Edenberg rector of St Andrew’s New Bedford. Edenberg a Boston native born Hyde Park educated Cambridge Theological School ordained 1908 has served St Andrew’s since 1911. Senior warden William B Rand presided as Lee L Street moved the resolution.
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Henry E. Edenberg
St. Andrew’s Church
New Bedford
St. Mary’s Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Mary’s Church
Cushing Avenue
Upham’s Corner
Dorchester
Edenborg
Clayton M. Legge
Arizona
Boston
Hyde Park
Cambridge Theological School
Chicago
St. Andrew's
William B. Rand
Lee L. Street
Bride of 1¢ Asks Freedom From Marriage
Filomina Carideo aged 17 seeks annulment of her marriage to Joseph Conti aged 19. She testified they wed in Albany two years ago when she was 15 without parental consent. Under New York law the age is 18, so she argues the marriage is invalid and requests its repudiation. Judge Charles A. Bell took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Filomina Carideo
Charles A. Bell
Superior Court
Joseph Conti
Filomina
Conti
Albany
N. Y
New York
Bell
Save Daylight in Bay State Plan Reintroduced
A bill filed by Rep Monk of Watertown on behalf of John Cutler of Newton seeks restoring the saving daylight plan in Massachusetts after Congress dropped nationwide adoption. The measure urges state action to reestablish the daylight saving system locally.
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Bay State
House of Representatives
Monk
Watertown
John Cutler
Newton
Massachusetts
Congress
New York Police Seek Pay Hikes Amid City Tensions
Mayor Hylan told a policemen’s committee he will not tolerate a strike and will consider the request for higher pay. The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association filed a formal petition with the Board of Estimate and Apportionment seeking 2000 dollars yearly for first grade patrolmen 180 dollars a week for second year officers and 1600 dollars for new entrants while praising patrol loyalty.
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New York
Hylan
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Today
Board of Estimate
Tulip Time Song Tops Victor Records in Earnees
The fragment notes "Tulip Time" as a catchy song from this year's Follies, marking it as one of Victor's most appealing records in the word roll.
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Victor Records
Longfellow Memorial and Sandalphon Panel at Cambridge
A stroll from Cambridge to Longfellow Park reveals the Longfellow Memorial sculpture by Daniel C. French. The panel features Miles Standish, Sandalphon, the Village Blacksmith, and other figures, with Sandalphon depicted as the Angel of Prayer. The memorial, in Tennessee marble, was unveiled in 1914 and is complemented by reflections on Longfellow’s life and his home.
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Cambridge
Harvard
Boston
Longfellow Park
Longfellow Memorial
Daniel C. French
Miles Standish
Sandalphon
Evangeline
Hiawatha
Longfellow
Tennessee
Longfellow House
Brookline Hills
Alice
Allegra
Edith
Firefighters seek pay increases in board petition
The Uniformed Firemen's Association sent a petition to the board demanding higher wages. They request 2000 dollars annually for first grade, 1800 for second, and 1600 for third and fourth grade firemen, citing wartime cost of living parallels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniformed Firemen’s Association
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Hub
Uphams Corner
WAR Department
Office of Quartermaster General
Army Supply
Mass
Army Supply Base
Jordan Marsh Company
Jordan Marsh
BY William Justin Mann
Columbia Gymnasium Suit CO
Congress St
South Station
Special Aid Society
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
Governor Coolidge
State Guard
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Lea
Perrins
Oxford
Russia
Sport
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