Breakfast Table Smiles By H A MacGILL
A playful piece by H. A. MacGill lampoons adult vanity as a clever writer notes how some try to impress with showy talk. The tone is light and humorous about childhood ambitions and grown up behavior.
Bridgeport Telegram in Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
18
Liver Cancer: Symptoms and Fatal Outlook for Patients
The article outlines liver cancer as a common internal cancer, often spreading via the portal vein from digestive organs. It describes late presentation with loss of appetite, abdominal distention, jaundice, cachexia, and edema, noting almost always fatal without relief-focused care and comfort. It cites Dr. Currier’s observations from hospital study and advises seeking a physician for diagnosis and treatment.
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Galcee
Iver
Almash
Sidelights on Character Keynotes by Ruth Cameron
The piece examines how people show a dominant trait or keynote such as sincerity fear or conscientiousness. It notes some individuals have a clear keynote while others blend traits making them harder to read. It also mentions dogs trained as field messengers and a home tip about wood alcohol removing a white string from a dark table.
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Utra
Bits of Byplay column humor amid jokes and misc notices
A collage of light jokes and anecdotes by Luke McLuke from 1917 Cincinnati Enquirer. Humorous banter includes advice on silence, easy habits, and social flattery, plus short exchanges about London life, reader names, a wood request, a nostalgia piece on old jokes, and light personal observations on marriage and social mores. Includes a contest note and a story about a doctor and patient with a thermometer gag.
Crowd cheers fake war headlines on a crowded bulletin board
A chaotic scene shows a chalk writer declaring exaggerated war news about Belgians, French, Brits, Germans, and Americans while a crowd cheers or questions the claims. The piece ends with a remark about a faded house and a faded woman.
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Shamin
Engish
Blood tonics promise quick recovery from Spanish flu
An advertisement urges building health after Spanish influenza or grip by improving blood with iron and phosphates through a tonic sold by local drugstores. It claims pure red blood aids oxygen transport, boosts digestion and sleep, and promises rapid strength return with correct supplements and fresh air.
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Louie and Jugarth Builder Phosphat
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