Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Helps Newark Woman
A Newark woman details three years of nervous breakdown and daily headaches. After two years under a physician and trying various options a friend advised Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports rapid improvement from the first day and credits the remedy with restoring health and ending nervousness.
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Newsak
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Yqi
Miss Ae Kelly
14Th St
Newark
Miss Kelly
Cuticura Ad Claims Beauty Doctor Role
A fragmented ad repeats Cuticura product references claiming beauty benefits and free samples. The text includes garbled phrases and an unrelated anecdote about a man named Tom and a car accident described as printed in a Chicago Tribune style.
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Tom
Chicago Tribune
Lift Off Corns With Freezone A Quick Pain Free Solution
A vintage advertisement touts Freezone for corns and calluses. It promises painless removal by applying drops from a tiny bottle bought at drugstores and claims the corn or callus will come away easily without pain.
Willing to Work In Louisville Courier Journal Note
An old man insists on staying and working hard to earn enough to send his wife the price of summer board this year. The Louisville Courier Journal quotes his resolve against advice to rest.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Cold storage eggs fetch steady price says clerk
A woman asks about current prices for cold storage eggs and the clerk confirms they remain strictly fresh as usual. The exchange notes no price change and reflects routine market phrasing from a local shop.
Germany Adopts New Constitution For Empire And Peace
Berlin reports the national assembly approved a new German constitution after months of debate. The document divides into seven sections on empire composition and five on rights and duties, establishing a republican empire, imperial colors black red gold, and rules for plebiscites and government structure with a Reichstag, president, chancellor, and imperial council.
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Berlin
National” Assembly
Lack of Credit Bars Purchase of Supplies
Aug. 18 Part of a report notes that without U S government credit arrangements for smaller European allies, surplus war supplies in the United States cannot be sold in large quantities. Switzerland Spain Belgium and Scandinavia are negotiating in Paris for purchases while deals with Jugoslavia Czechoslovakia Poland and others are hampered by credit gaps. About 2 billion dollars in textiles tools drugs chemicals and army stores remain, with France offered access but not yet closed. After peace treaties are ratified central powers are expected to bid for surplus, but the U S will sell to all possible allies.
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United States
Europe
Switzerland
Spain
Belgium
Scandinavian
Paris
C. W. Hare
United States War Department
Jugo-Shivia
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
France
U S grain corp to sell flour in carload lots
The United States grain corporation through M. H. Houser announces flour will be sold in 140 pound jute sacks in Portland Astoria Seattle and Tacoma. Prices set at 10 cents per pound net cash in original shipments with strict resale margins to limit retailer profits and prevent higher than 1.25 dollars per barrel profit or seven cents per pound for broken packages.
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Portland
Ore
United States’ Grain Corporation
M. H. Houser
Astoria
Seattle
Tacoma
Hungarian Cabinet Falls Reported in Europe
London dispatches from August 1916 indicate the Hungarian cabinet led by Herr Lovassy failed. Berlin sources say a new intra conservative cabinet formed with Herr Friedrich as premier and Herr Lévassy as foreign minister according to Vossische Zeitung.
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London
Berlin
Herr Lovassy
Vossche Zeitung
Vossiche Zeitung
Herr. Friedrich
Herr’ Lévassy
State Board Plans Flu Battle and Tax Changes in Montana
State boards prepare for influenza campaign with free bacteria and nurse mobilization under Red Cross. Montana Tax Levy drops two and a half mills and 45 county assessors meet August 25 to realign valuations. Total assessed value soars from 509 million to 1.439 billion. Frank Cone named Montana Market Director. salary 3800 per month. Gold dust royalties resume in Helena as Raleigh Wilkinson pays city royalty. Wounded veterans to attend state fair during veterans gala organized by the Veterans Welfare Commission and American Legion of Montana. Governor Stewart approves union plan for the state reunion at the victory exposition.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Edgerton
Livestock Commission Fund
Assembly
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Silver Bow
Frees
Seon
Fergus
Yellowstone County
State Board of Health
Red Cross
W. F. Cogswell
J. J. Sippy
E. D. Hitchcock
Cone
Frank Cone
Hamilton
Montana Trade Commission
Ravalli County
Raleigh Wilkinson
American Legion of
Stewart
Dire Threat Sparks Talk of Moving Government Seat
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt notes a senator threatening to relocate the seat of government to another town amid rent boosts in Washington. The piece muses on real estate booms as teachers and pokes fun at advice and stage entrances with wit from the era.
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Washington
Louisville Courier-Journal
Rockefeller Credits Olive Oil for Longevity
A dispatch reports John D. Rockefeller attributes his long life to olive oil and jokes that kerosene oil may have played a small part in it.
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John ,D. Rockefeller
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