Thanksgiving Dinner After Five Years With Wilder's Medicine
Mrs. McCarthy recalls five years of stomach and liver trouble and says Wilder’s medicine restored her digestion and sleep. T. S. Jackson from Wilder’s lab explains benefits to Hindle’s store crowds as daily newspaper testimonials tout a modern tonic for appetite and comfort.
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Mrs. McCarthy
T. S. Jackson
Wilderb
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
Hindle
State St
Wilderbs
Wilders
The House of Hapsburg in History and Succession
This overview traces the Hapsburgs from Werner II and the 11th century cradle at Habichtsburg to Rudolph, Albert II, and the two German lines. It notes Francis I, Ferdinand I, and Francis Joseph and marks Spain’s crown passing to the Bourbons after 1700.
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Francis Joseph
Austria
Ferdinand I
House of
Werner II
Rudolph of Hapsburg
Germany
Albert
Albert II
Frederick II
Frederick III
Hapsburg
Francis I
House of Hapsburg
Spain
Hapsburgs
Sleeping cars to be replaced in Germany by new firm
Berlin reports that German railways will replace the Wagon-Lit sleeping cars with modernized cars from a newly founded company with 1,000,000 dollars in capital. The French Belgian monopoly that operated continental sleeping, dining and parlor cars is dissolved as war ends.
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Berlin
Sayville
Europe
Petrograd
Constantinople
New Central European Railway Formed From War Turmoil
The Prussian Hessian Union of State Railways will not renew contracts with the French Belgian firm and forms a new line with Austrian Hungarian and German capital. The new company absorbs the Fining Car company and several smaller firms and plans a comprehensive Central Europe service with improved rolling stock designed for both art and practicality.
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Prussian- Hessian Union of State Railway
Fining Car
Europe
Salvation Army Feeds 35 Poor Families for Thanksgiving
The Salvation Army distributed Thanksgiving dinners to 35 Bridgeport families using an automobile truck from the Industrial department. Food for about 200 people included a chicken or fowl, vegetables, milk, soup, sugar, butter, coffee, bread, pie, oranges, celery, and a War Cry copy, with baskets valued around $2.50 each.
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Bridgeport
Edwin J. Perrett
Ensign Stewart
Salvation Army
Industrial Department of the Army
Army
Organized Charities Association
Industrial Department of
the Army
McDougal accuses exhibit of swindle amid gallery grievance
McDougal parcels a sharp rebuke at the picture exhibit calling it a barefaced swindle claiming identical pictures were shown last week. Separate note reports a gold coin withdrawal of 500000 dollars from the sub-treasury for shipment to Canada.
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Sub-Treasury
Canada
Old Fashioned Remedy for Colds and Building Strength
A physician’s prescribed Father John’s Medicine is promoted as alcohol free and safe. The ad claims 60 years of use and offers a $25,000 guarantee to any charity if the story is proven false. It states the medicine aids coughs colds throat troubles and builds flesh and strength.
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John
Father John
Father John O’brien
Lowell
Mass
England Racing Season Rated a Success in Wartime
London dispatch notes England's flat racing season ended in early November with 23 meetings led by Newmarket. Despite war constraints, purses totaled $3,685 with owners like E Hulton and the Earl of Derby among top earners. The piece contrasts wartime crowds, racecourse life, and postrace urban travel including London searchlights and night driving.
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London
England
Newmarket
Lingfield
Catwick
Newbury
Windsor
E. Hulton
Earl of Derby
Duke of Portland
Lord Falmouth
J. Buchanan
Lord D'Abernon
Liquor Control Board
S&s. Donoghue
New York
Latonia
Louwisville
Royal Forest
Broad Lang
Lord Rosebery
Lord Derby
Duke of Westminster
Baron de Rothschild
Earl of Jersey
Major Waldorf Astor
Lord Decies
Vivien Guild
Major Astor
Newcastle
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Mary McCarthy
Main St
Heaven
United States
Christian Science Monitor
Radford B. Smith
Thanksgiving
Fifth Avenue
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Gray Rib
Hudson Health
Oneida
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