The Joy of Motherhood in Ellensburg Washington
A woman from Ellensburg credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her health and aiding pregnancy after a difficult time. The ad promotes Pinkham's remedies and offers advice from the company based on forty years of experience.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Johnson
E. Pinkham
E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Watermelon Compliment Echoes a Famous Statesman
A playful note observes people enjoying watermelon and quotes a famed statesman, though the exact name is forgotten, praising the fruit and inviting others to join in the watermelon's appeal.
Queen Victoria Sings Prologue Mistake for Mascagni
A humorous anecdote recounts Queen Victoria inviting Mascagni to Windsor Castle to perform. He fails to match melody choices as the queen taps his memory by singing the Prologue to Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci, prompting uncertainty over whether he corrected her.
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Victoria
Mascagni
Windsor Castle
Leoncavallo
le Gaulois
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Promotes Skin Care
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap with Cuticura Ointment to keep skin fair and young. Offers free samples by mail from Cuticura Dept X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept.x
Boston
Properly Indignant Dance Floor Exchange
A neighbor tries to ban his two young sons from dancing. He scolds them saying they cannot dance. The son Melvin retorts that they are not boneheads, expressing indignation at the remark.
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Melvin
Government urges frugality as paper scarcity looms
A brief exchange hints at fears of rationing in a time of paper shortages. A government warning urges citizens to economize on paper while a humorous aside imagines a future where personal love letters may be curtailed.
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Harold
Bastille Birthplace Shaft Marks Liberty In France
In France the Bastille site is commemorated with a tall shaft. The article recounts the fortress history, the 1789 storm, Lafayette and Jefferson’s influence, and the broader struggle against feudal rule, inflation, and foreign meddling leading to the Revolution.
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France
Liberty
Lexington
United States
Marquis de Lafayette
Thomas Jefferson
National Assembly
Faubourg St. Antoine
Bastille
Seine
Paris
Charles V
Hugues Aubriot
Aubriot
Esannatiee
Japanese Learning A Hard Path For Westeners
A student of Japanese notes that mastering ordinary Japanese and appreciating its style require years of study for Japanese. A schoolboy endures long penmanship training, making Western attempts to learn Japanese abroad often disheartening and largely unprofitable, though some small seminary influence remains in Macao and Manila’s Spanish missions.
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Louis XVI
Bastille
Louis
Voltaire
Rousseau
Diderot
Voltaires
France
Paris
New East
Tokyo
Macao
Manila
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Tts
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Varennes
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Hanover
George II
George III
Great Britain
George
Duke of
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