Help for Working Women from Frankfort Woman
A Frankfort, Kentucky woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after severe female weakness. She says three bottles made her strong enough to do her own work again and urges others to try the remedy. The notice invites women to write for confidential medical advice from the Pinkham company.
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Frankfort
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Army of Constipation Pills Claim Permanent Cure
An advertisement claims Carter's Little Liver Pills shrink the Army of Constipation and permanently cure constipation. It promotes relief for biliousness indigestion sick headache and sallow skin with a small pill small dose and small price. Genuine product bears signature.
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Carter
Telescopic imagination tops neighborly talk
A stranger asks about John Braggs and learns the neighbor’s view. The native retorts that Braggs is all right but inflates truth with a telescopic imagination, exaggerating every claim two or three sizes larger than it really is.
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John Braggs
John
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for shoe comfort
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for feet. It claims faster relief from tight shoes, bunions, and corns when shaken into shoes or used in a foot bath and offers a free trial package by writing to Allen. Olmsted and Le Roy, New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Suited Exchange Sparks Cuff Talk at Clerk Shop
A sly courtroom style quip centers on cuff styles as a clerk touts soft cuffs and a customer requests stiff cuffs. The judge contributes a wry nod to fashion and etiquette in a humorous exchange.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claims Cleaning Prowess
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as pure blue and effective for whitening clothes. It promises no adulteration and claims garments will come out whiter than snow. Advertised as available from all good grocers for use on washday.
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RED Cross
Red Cross Ball
Trust magnate buys country farm for likely price-raising venture
A prominent trust figure purchases a rural farm, hinting at a venture to raise prices. The move suggests a strategic play to influence goods costs, with observers noting the potential impact on regional markets.
Surname Sickness Report Prompts Company Notice
Unclear OCR text mentions a company notice about sickness and interruptions. Readable segments show a corporate concern with uninterrupted service and dates around January. No distinct persons or places are identifiable in the fragments.
Woman Proud of Husband Dies in Flood Floods Claim Life
A woman who reportedly spoke proudly of her husband drowned in the rising floodwaters as the storm battered the area. Officials say her body was recovered amid the inundation.
Western Canada Offers Great Opportunity For Farmers
The article urges farmers to move to Western Canada for cheap 160 acre homesteads and rich gains in stock and grain. It features a Saskatchewan Lloydminster resident who expanded from 160 acres to 100 cultivated acres, now with cattle horses hogs and strong yields. It cites government markets and an Agriculture Ministry prediction that stock breeding will outperform grain. It predicts wartime Europe demand after the war will draw US and Canadian stockmen to Saskatchewan and foresees a booming stock industry in the province with government-backed opportunities and easy terms for settlers.
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Western Canada
Lloydminster
Saskatchewan
Canada
Europe
United States
Dominion
Ohio Governor Praises Buckeye Youth Farm Winners
Gov. Frank B. Willis lauds seventeen year old corn and wheat champion Evey Hanes and the state’s future farm youth for teaching better farming to thousands of farmers. The article traces the boys and girls club work, its methods, and the record yields achieved by youths like Jerry Moore, Dewey Hanes, and Marius Malgrew.
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Evey Hanes
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Buckeye State
Willis
United States Department of Agriculture
Jerry Moore
South
United States
Bartholomew County
Indiana
Dewey Hanes
Agricultural Colleges
South Carolina
Marius Malgrew
Virginia
Togo
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Mrs. Conley
Oruen
Widmey
Spohe Medical Co, Mtr. Geahen, Lad, U. 5
Tsseul
By Melvin Ryder
Derey Hanes
Hugh
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