Tanlac proves miracle claim drives 40 mile round trip
A Memphis Tennessee Tanlac testimonial features J D Hawkins traveling forty miles for more Tanlac to help his wife of twenty years. After three bottles she gained fifteen pounds, regained appetite, sleeps better, and handles housework again, drawing neighbor praise and his endorsement of the medicine. A Portland boy hunter also earns notice for killing an eight foot seven inch cougar in Yamhill county.
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J. D. Hawkins
Jacobi
Memphis
Tenn
Bartlett
Raleigh
Taniac
Adv
Lynn Obye
Portland
Ore
Yamhill County
Coast Range
Tommy Hero In Subway Milk Rescue
A Metropolitan subway car scene ends with a brave eleven year old named Thomas sharing a pint bottle of milk with a distressed infant. The act calms the baby as other passengers react, and the boy’s generosity earns a quarter from an elderly man while the mother accepts the help and returns the change.
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Tommy
New York Herald
Thomas
Ninety-sixth Street
Atka fish touted as marketable salt fish
An editor notes many fish common names mislead. The Atka mackerel, though not a mackerel, is an excellent saltable food fish. Alaska canneries are urged to salt it and market it as the Atka fish this winter.
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Alaska
Atka
Bureau of Fisheries
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad and Humorous Note
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with Quinine and Iron claimed to drive out malaria and build up the system. A crude marital one liner from the Houston Post mocks a man’s reaction at a station as his wife leaves for the summer, implying a hot old time.
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GROVE
Houston Post
Allen's Foot Ease advert promotes relief for tired feet
Elastic antiseptic powder to shake into shoes and use in foot baths relieves painful swollen feet and bunions. Sold everywhere. Used by British and French troops at the front. Some men spend half their time seeking advice and the other half dodging consequences. Seneca quote about life as a temporary inn.
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Allen's
Allen
Adv
His Suspicions Aroused in Griffin Household
A comic scene unfolds as Mrs. Gwendolyn Van Style-And directs Griffin about polite behavior, insisting he offer the salver and not linger in the drawing-room. The Worm Turns features a quip about eyes deceiving and a joke on inflation in Dobson’s chest and his mood before possible enlistment changes at home.
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Gwendolyn van Style
Griffin
G. van
Dobson
La Creole Hair Dressing Promises Natural Hair Darkening
An advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as the original product that darkens hair without dye. It markets the remedy as a genuine imitation with intrinsic value and cites a price of $1.06. The note frames imitation as flattering yet less valuable than the original.
Extra Session To Consider Taxes In Mississippi
Governor Bilbo may call a mid summer legislature to cut state taxes by half or more. State tax commission seeks full property valuation to reduce levy from 6 mills to about 2. Counties struggle with under or over valued property and equalization. Legislature pledged 15 000 for A and M College building. cowpea tribute urged. mad dogs warn. Parchman ice plant plan. Parent- Teachers Congress set for June at Mississippi A&M College with rural and industrial training topics.
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Jackson
Bilbo
Boards of Supervisors
State Tax Commission
Eightyone
Mississippi
Negro A. and M. School
Mississippi Mothers’ Parent-Teacher Association
Mississipp A. and M. College
H. P. Hughes
Mississippi Centennial plans for Jackson observance
Editor urges Dec 10 centennial celebration in Jackson as Gulfport’s Mississippi Centennial exposition is postponed to Feb 22 1919. The Dally Clarion Ledger launches a state birthday campaign with a grand centennial event and Mississippi’s 100th anniversary on the calendar.
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Jackson
Gulfport
Mississippi
Dally Clarion-Ledger
Magnolia
Resurrection in John Twenty Jesus Appears to Mary and Disciples
The lesson notes Mary Magdalene and other women finding the tomb empty and the first appearances of the risen Jesus. It highlights Peter and John’s reactions, Mary’s encounter, and Jesus’ commission to proclaim the resurrection as the validation of Christ as the Son of God.
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Christ
Joseph
Mark
Matthew
Mary
Mary Magdalene
Jesus
Lord
Peter
Emmaus
Thomas
John
Rabboni
God
Jesus Christ
Calomel Versus Dodson's Liver Tone Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to stop using calomel a toxic remedy and switch to Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable liver medicine sold in 50 cent bottles. It claims calomel causes sickness bone damage and digestive distress while Liver Tone purports to purify the liver relieve bile buildup and improve wellbeing with a pleasant taste and a money back guarantee.
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Dodson
Explosive from Flower Boosts Indian Munitions Output
The mahua flower from the mhowra tree contains abundant acetone, the key component of cordite. Indian scientists in Hyderabad found it richer in acetone than any known vegetable source, enabling large scale production and aiding British forces in Mesopotamia.
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India
Britain
Scientific American
Admiralty
Hyderabad
Ordnance For India
Mesopotamia
Longmore clients plan monument for late divorce lawyer
The former clients of Smith, a divorce lawyer who died last week, intend to honor him by building a memorial. They have not chosen a design yet. some favor a Statue of Liberty motif while others prefer a colossal granite cleaver.
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Longmore
Smith
Two Kinds Conversation on Work Topics and Skills
A terse exchange about workers' conversations contrasts baseball horse racing and prize fighting with trimming hairdressing and dancing. The dialogue highlights differing topics among employees and their range of interests.
Renovine heart tonic offers early cure advice
An advertisement urges using Renovine at first symptoms to save the heart, selling it as a heart and nerve tonic at 50¢ and 1.00, and warns against waiting until organ failure. It also notes Dr Peary's Dead Shot expels worms and cleans mucus. A garden remark and a general optimism line are included.
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