Tanlac Restores Farmer to Health and Appetite
J B Williams of Greenbrier Tennessee recounts rapid weight gain from Tanlac after a summer of stomach trouble. He says he weighed 135 pounds, regained his normal weight, feels strong and hungry, sleep is better, and he now recommends Tanlac to others with similar ailments. There is a Tanlac dealer in every town.
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J. B. Williams
Greenbrier
Tenn
Nashville
Mr. Williams
Taniuc
Taniae
Ady
Add Horrors of War
A friend reports a remark about horrors of war and prohibition era topics. The message mentions a chorus and illicit vodka discussions, with fragmented phrases about Shiaye and TeqPawiay.
Convincing Proof of This Fact from Pinkham’s Remedy
Ridgway Penn and Tennille Ga readers report relief from prolonged female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs O M Raines credits restored health enabling her to resume housework and caring for a child. Mrs W E Linsey says it cured severe ulceration and allowed return to home duties and gardening.
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Ridgway
Penn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Murs
Lindsey
Tennille
Lydia &. Pinkham
W. E. Linsey
Subscriptions Exceed One Billion in Liberty Loan Drive
Washington announced final Liberty loan subscriptions totaling 3 035 226 850 with over 4 million buyers. The FirstFederal Reserve District led with 1 186 788 400, followed by Chicago 367 195 950 and other districts listed. Allocations will be set by McAdoo with tiered percentages for different subscription sizes, and the first 18 percent installment of 260 million was due Thursday June 28.
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Washington
Liberty
Federal Reserve
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
McAdoo
Government Buys Lumber For Army Cantonments
The Southern Pine Emergency Bureau in New Orleans received government orders to supply five complete army cantonments needing about 78,000,000 feet of lumber and 14 wooden vessels needing about 17,600,000 feet. Cantonments to be built at Chillicothe Ohio Louisville Kentucky Fort Riley Kansas Little Rock and San Antonio. Eight vessels to be built at Madisonville and Morgan City Louisiana yards.
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New Orleans
Southern Pine Emergency Bureau
Chillicothe
Ohio
Louisville
Riley
Kan
Little Rock
San Antonio
Madisonville
Morgan City
Body found hanging from tree near Navasota TX
The body of a Black man identified by friends as John Harper lay suspended from a tree on the Houston Navasota road near Court ney Friday morning. He had been among those arrested the day before in a case involving the death of Ollie May Goodrum, a 12 year old girl run down by Black drivers in an automobile.
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Navasota
Tex
Houston
Courtney
Justice of the Peace
H. A. Abercrombie
John
Ben) Harper
Ollie May Goodrum
Charles Goodrum
American Destroyers Aid Survivors in Atlantic Torpedo Attacks
Two American destroyers returned with eighty survivors from two torpedoed British ships. The ships were sunk far west in the Atlantic as U-boats intensified their ruthless campaign, and the destroyers covered more than a hundred miles responding to the SOS call.
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Atlantic
Freeport Brazoria County Eyes Road Bond District
Brazoria County commissioners plan a July meeting to call a road district election. The measure seeks $200,000 in bonds to build hard surface roads linking Freeport to the Clements state farm and areas beyond the Bernard river.
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Freeport
Tex
Commissioners Court of
Brazoria County
Freeport-Bernard Road
Clements State Farm
Bernard River
Wyoming Last State to Report on Draft Registration
Cheyenne Wyoming reports 22 848 individuals within draft age, the last state to do so. Of these 18 932 are white 234 Negroes 3 353 aliens 329 alien enemies and 9 698 are exempt. The state census estimate is 27 330.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Granite Block Marker in Capitol Square Tells Virginia’s Revolutionary Roots
In Williamsburg Virginia a granite block marks the site of Capitol Square, with bronze tablets recounting Patrick Henry and the stamp act era. The east and west inscriptions list pivotal events from 1765 to 1776 and name notable Virginia patriots among 149 listed names. The surrounding ruins include foundation walls, a cemented structure, and nearby trees.
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James City County
Virginia
Jamestown
Colonial Council
Capt
John Smith
Rowhattan
Rolfe
Gates
West
Dale
Argall
Yeardley
Wyatt
Harvey
Berkeley
United States
Berenso
Bacon
Willamsburg
House of Burgesses
Patrick Henry
Yorktown
Duke of Gloucester Street
Queen Ann
Old Capitol
Dabney Carr
House of Burgesses of
Convention of
Edmund Pamleton
Thomas Nelson, Jr
Congress
Colonie
George Mason
Not for Him Declares Independence Page Read
Mable notes Mr Menpeck is scheduled to read the Declaration of Independence but his wife forbids it fearing he would take the document seriously. The excerpt hints at a domestic reluctance affecting an otherwise planned public reading.
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Mable
Remember Woman's Work in the Monmouth Heroine Molly Pitcher
The piece honors Mary Mull of Irish blood who aided soldiers at Monmouth in 1778. It recounts her carrying water to troops, helping Sergt John Hays after his injury, preventing cannon loss, and earning a sergeant's commission and lifelong pay per Congress praise.
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Monmouth
Carlisle
Bay
Mary Unys
Washington
Lee
Clinton
Battlefeld
John Hays
Continental Congress
Portrait mixup reveals Joseph Whipple instead of signer
A Portsmouth woman, descendant of the Whipple family, determined that a portrait long identified as William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration, actually depicts his brother Joseph Whipple. The misattributed work, lacking historical ties, was removed from gallery No. 3.
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Willam Whipple
Joseph Whipple
Portsmouth
Visit to Valley Forge Remains a Soulful Lesson
The article extols Valley Forge as a place of unparalleled courage and devotion. It urges readers to visit at least once to absorb the history and enduring inspiration.
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Valley Forge
Record to Be Proud of
The republic described grew from colonial beginnings to a continental nation with vast wealth and population growth from 2.6 million to 100 million. It attracted immigrants from across the cordilleran range and has stood about center stage in human development for over a century, despite widespread progress elsewhere.
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Republic
Atlantic
Last White House Fourth of July Celebration 1864
The final White House Fourth of July observance occurred in 1864 under President Lincoln. It featured a mammoth Sunday school festival of colored people and included guests presenting the president with a large gold-mounted Bible bound to purple velvet.
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White House
Lincoln
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