Five Bottles Peruna Restored Me To Complete Health
An advertising column extracts testimonials and brief notes including a claim by Mr. C. N. Petersen of Council Bluffs Iowa that Peruna cured his ailments after confinement and that five bottles restored him to health. The page also contains assorted jokes and short items about opinions on sympathy street safety and disciplinary cautions.
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Peruna
C. N. Petersen
Main St
Council Bluffs
Peruna Co
Columbus
Ohio
Night of Gold and Ruin in Benton Westward Boom
Descriptive scene from Zane Grey work of the Union Pacific era shows Benton after pay day with gambling hells, wild dancers, and drunken extremes. Dawn reveals a ghostly town, silent and exhausted, amid the wreckage of vice and the steel road era.
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Zane Grey
U. P
Mr. Grey
Union Pacific
Benton
Death
War Dogs in Paris Care by Countess Yourkevich
A Paris dispatch reports Countess Yourkevich in Neully sur Seine caring for nearly six hundred discharged war dogs. The Old Brigade includes Pax who saved his master four times, Dick of the Somme with a leg amputated, and Dick of the Yser decorated with the Croix de Guerre. The dogs, stretcher bearers to poilus, face food shortages under bread card rationing.
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Yourkevich
Chauveau
Neully-sur-Seine
Paris
Pax
Somme
Yser
Regimental Beliefs On Black Cats And Omens In WWI
The article notes black cats are considered the luckiest regimental pets and arrival at a gunpit is a moment of great importance, bringing happiness for hours. Seeing a black mingpie or hearing a cuckoo before breakfast are viewed as bad omens for soldiers marching toward the trenches.
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France
German Call for Pearls
Advertisement from Reichsbank jewel-hunting officials appeals to German women with pearls to surrender their jewels to aid the Fatherland. Papers in London report heavy efforts to persuade the public to sell jewelry abroad to strengthen the mark exchange rate.
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Reichsbank
London
Germany
Kidney Trouble Backache Ad for Swamp Root Cure
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder ailments. It urges readers to buy at drug stores or request a sample by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York and to mention the newspaper.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Lost Home Found After Long Search
A mother asks if her child was frightened after a lengthy search for a missing youngster. The child responds that it was not fear but the home that was lost, implying a return to familiar surroundings after the ordeal.
Man boasting of near success in six cent trolley
A quip compares vanity to a man who brags of near victory while riding a trolley with a six cent fare. The remark likens bragging to carrying a nickel in a fare collection.
The Kaiser as a Killer
Extermination of life praised as a history making deed. A Path finder piece cites a German forestry journal showing 1908 wild game kills near 2000 and a total of over 61 700 game, including more than 4 000 stags, amid world conflict blame.
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Kaiser
Jersey Cow Sells Promptly Stirs New Buyer Demand
A city transplant visits a rural farm seeking a dairy animal. The farmer insists the Jersey offers strong milk production, quipping about pint versus quart yields as the buyer weighs value. The light exchange captures rural market charm.
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Jersey
Boston Evening Transcript
Prodigal Subjects and Airship Praise
The text contrasts fortunes of a prodigal son and daughter and ends by praising the best airship on earth as superb in the air. The tone implies a humorous or satirical comparison of luck and technology.
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Earth
Why Father Was Peeved
A brief dialogue from the Birmingham Age-Herald recounts a girl explaining her father's sudden disapproval of a suitor. He had seemed courteous and friendly, but the suitor’s behavior raises questions about being drafted or socially sanctioned, with the girl noting their shared status as sd mates.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Boschee’s German Syrup Promises Cough Relief
Ad claims Boschee’s German Syrup quiets coughs and sore throats, reduces bronchial irritation, and aids sleep. It’s marketed as a long time American remedy built by nature to improve health, useful for lung trouble asthma and bronchitis, with wide sale abroad.
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America
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Smith
Brown
Pittsburgh_Sun
Donald
Portugal
England
Olen
Gu Eo
United States
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Western
Cndie
Swift & Company Publicity
Federal Trade Commission
Swift & Company
Carter
Iver Pills
Ann Ae Kanes
Boschee
Briggins
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