Remarkable recovery with Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Forest City Iowa resident Mrs Oscar F Borgelin testifies after a year of illness. She reports severe back pain and limited mobility until five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enabled her to perform housework milking and gardening along with caring for an eight month old daughter. She invites letters for further questions about the product. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is sold by all druggists.
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Forest City
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Oscar F. Borgelin
Jona
Ydia E. Pinkham
England Private Hotels Lock Front Doors To Guests
In England private hotels keep front doors locked and only open on demand. Meals are served in guests rooms as part of a secure guest service arrangement.
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England
Blaming Others Undermines Character and Courage
A 1925 McChure piece warns that shifting blame weakens character and blocks progress. It contrasts responsible, proactive living with fault-finding who rely on luck, risking personal failure and social harm. The essay urges honesty, effort, and resilience to reach worthy goals.
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Acter
McChure Newspaper Syndicate
Saving and spending in a family economy
A verse about a father who saves and spends, warning against schemes and urging steady saving. The speaker contrasts prudent banking with volatile get rich dreams, noting the impact on simple living and a 1920s hat style as a symbol of frugality. The piece stresses real economy through practical saving.
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Father
Mothers Cook Book Poem Excerpt by Edgar Guest
Poem excerpt describes a home path leading to rest and joy, with children at play and love awaiting at day’s end. The verse reflects a domestic mood and the author’s sentiment about home and family.
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Edgar Guest
Summer Pies a Simple Old Fashioned Recipe
A concise outline for quick pastry with shortening and flour, water added for a tender crust. Includes Currant Pie filling with crushed currants sugar eggs and flour cooked briefly then baked with meringue. Also notes Blueberry Meringue Pie with sugar flour yolks and blueberries baked until done.
School Days Pie with Meringue Topping
A recipe note describes crust and a meringue topping baked on. It uses egg whites four tablespoons of sugar and any flavoring. Optional Lesa sugar and marshmallows halved and arranged on top before baking.
Origin and rise of the Bassett family from Normandy to Cornwall
A compact family chronicle traces the Bassett lineage from Thurston Bassett with Norman roots to Cornwall, listing key Cornish intermarriages with Trenouth Trengove Trelawny and others. It notes notable English Bassetts such as Sir Francis Bassett and Sir Francis Trassett, plus early settler William Bassett who came to New England in 1621 and formed ties with colonial leaders. The piece ends with a public note on educating girls to cook and converse intelligently.
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England
Cornwall
Normandy
Thurston Basset
William the Conqueror
Battle Abbey
Plantagenets
Buassetts
Tehtdy
Bassetta
Ytrenouth
Trengove
Trelawny
Marrys
Buys
Curveth
Godolphin
Prideaux
Grenville
Rashleigh
Trassett
Dunstanville
George III
William Bassett
Duxbury
Bridgewater
William Bags- Bett
Winslow
Hinckley
Bassett
Richard Bassett
Delaware
McClure
Young Lady Across the Way Remarks on Germany
The young lady across the way comments that Germany cannot repudiate everything immediately but suggests she ought to pay something. This light column by the McClure Syndicate reflects a cautious, opinionated witty stance.
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Germany
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Dogs in Berlin Face Strict City Rules
A recent publication notes about 500000 dogs in Berlin, roughly a quarter of the population, with police rules demanding muzzles and leashes on streets. Yet late night walkers report occasional rule breaches despite the strict enforcement.
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Berlin
First US oil tanker welded by electricity in Providence
A completely rivet free oil tanker was launched in Providence Rhode Island using electric welding. The process fused steel plates and heavy angle iron, producing a hull and frame welded entirely by electric heat.
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United States
Providence
R. I
Popular Science Monthly
Freezone claims quick relief for corns and calluses
The ad asserts Freezone relieves corn pain instantly with a drop applied to the corn. It promises easy removal by fingers and lasting relief without soreness or irritation. The druggist sells a small bottle for a few cents to remove hard corns soft corns and between toe corn and foot calluses.
This Rose In My Hat Makes Me Look Younger
A quirky line from a reader observation stating that wearing a rose in the hat gives the appearance of being ten years younger and suggesting placing three or four roses for effect.
Greenland Finds World’s Richest Graphite Deposits
Greenland researchers report a discovery of the world’s richest graphite deposits capable of supporting large scale mining for ten years. The find sits in Greenland and may attract investment from mineral firms seeking new supply.
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Greenland
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