Pinkham Vegetable Compound Aids Iowa Woman's Recovery
Clara Franks of Oxville Iowa reports relief from jaw pain weakness and nervous exhaustion after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills The letter praises the remedies for female ills including displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities and backache and offers free advice from Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts
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Knoxville
Iowa
Pinkham
Clara Frangs
R.F.D
Oxville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Stunner Seeke Mrs Swellington in Automobile Incident
A reader quotes a sensational claim about Mrs Swellington as a stunning woman who allegedly struck the speaker with a car causing a long unconscious spell. The piece presents a gossip style remark without verifiable details.
Thrift praised by editor amid Vermont dinner remark
Robert Lincoln O'Brien of the Boston Transcript admires Vermont thrift but notes it can go too far after overhearing a host directing the maid to fetch two large potatoes and bring up three small ones for dinner guests including a man named Jones.
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Vermont Thrift
Robert Lincoln O’brien
The
Boston Transcript
Vermonters
O’brien
Vermont
Europe
Switzerland
Zurich
Fraulein Fertz
Orellie
Zwingli
Grossmuenster
Charlemagne
Calvin
Luther
Zwingil
Jane Grey
Bach
Canton
Lake
Khene Stadt
Belvoir Park
Tonhalle
Munster Bridge
Wasserkirche
Ruden
Sprouting Up Judge Quips About Mary and Boys
Dialogue from a local column features a playful exchange where a mother questions Mary about playing with boys and the judge comments on growing and liking them more as she ages. The piece reflects community tone and small town humor.
Prominent Voices Endorse Postum Over Coffee
A Southern public school superintendent testifies about his mother’s coffee-related heart and stomach issues improving after switching to Postum. He notes family health gains and credits Postum with long standing benefits, urging readers to consider the change.
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Postum
Eme
Swiss Women Win Small Step Toward Suffrage
About 17000 Swiss women support universal suffrage and Swiss cities show growing interest. Zurich petitioned for jury rights and later for sitting in special courts. Parliament granted eligibility for such offices though initial requests were refused, a cautious but hopeful gain in the suffrage movement.
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Zurich
France
Zurich Woman's Suffrage Society
Fraulein Honneger
Swiss Reform, Philanthropy, and Einsiedeln Tour
A Swiss article describes Zurich women forming a training guild aiding poor children and pushing guardianship laws, Swiss socialists gaining traction, and Zurich’s historic role. It then surveys Einsiedeln, its abbey, legends, and a musical weekend with cantons, banners, and a scenic journey from Zurich.
Housekeeping in Hankow and the British Concession
Florence Gilbert writes in New Idea Woman's Magazine about managing a Hankow household with five or six staff led by a stately Number One boy from Ningpo. She details the hierarchy, market runs for meat and vegetables, and the mix of imported foods available in concessions kept by Europeans, Japanese and Parsis.
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Hankow
Florence Gilbert
New Idea Woman's Magazine
Ningpo
Ployer
Australia
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
India
Central
Private Citizen and General After War
After the war ends a private citizen enjoys easy times while a general faces numerous autograph requests and banquet invitations as life returns to peacetime duties and social appearances.
Bankhead Critiques Political Move With Wry Smile
Senator John H Bankhead called a recent political maneuver too coldly calculated and nearly unfair in a remark. He cited Mrs Blank a leader of Bar Harbor society whose husband recalled her sending formal invitations for a casual garden party hosted for British legation guests.
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John H. Bankhead
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claims to cure constitutional disease by internal use, offers $100 reward for a failure, lists testimonials, and notes distribution by J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio with accompanying advertisements for family pills.
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Hall
Gusture
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Drugetsta
Worth Remembering Delegate’s Wealth Comment Sparks Debate
A newspaper item recalls a remark about a Negro Business Men's League delegate in New York, valued at four million dollars. The exchange, presented as a pointed quip, notes the delegate did not amass his wealth through gambling.
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Negro Business Men’s League
New York
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Pstorm
Beth Ra
Angela
Pestalozzi
America
Jura Mountains
Einsiedeln
Notre Dame Des Ermites
Abbey of
Eberhard
Franconia
Colomban I
Christ
Sambre Forest
Meinrad
Berthold of
Hohenzollern
Hinsiedeln Abbey
Conrad
Constance
Othon
Adelaide
Apostle
Peter
Gregory the Great
Stephen
Saint Lawrence
Michael
Einsieof
PLN
Marine Eye Remedy
Marina
MAI
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Euhedtchuse& Ter
Carters
TRE Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Sidneriets
Slaven Velor
Aes
Sae Uhro
Ipmicea
Thompson
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