Nervous Breakdown Reversed by Vegetable Compound
Newark resident Miss A Kelly recounts a three year nervous breakdown and daily headaches. After two years under a physician she tried Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound on a friend's advice, felt better from day one, and is now well able to work. The letter promotes the remedy as addressing the root cause and restoring health.
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Ewark, N. J
Lydia E. ‘Pinkham
Miss A Kelly
14Th St
Newark
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Kelly
Debtors See Mixed Acceptance Of Debt Payment Methods
Debtors employ various strategies to settle obligations though many show reluctance. Creditors note hesitancy in choosing payment options and timing.
Come-back strength with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules
Weakness from overwork and poor living is urged to take Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. Three daily capsules claimed to restore health for uric acid, kidney, bladder, stomach issues and general fatigue. The ad asserts a 200 year Holland origin and offers money-back if no relief.
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Haarlem
Holland
That Pot of Beans
Francis Rogers recounts trench life during WWI with a raid story and two dead soldiers Enright and Hay. He describes a shell hitting a pot of beans cooling at the trench edge, forcing a ruined supper as shells rained beans, while soldiers endured.
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Enright
Hay
Germain
Francis Rogers
The
Vigihiantes
Rumpus Ridge Resident Praises Soldiers in War Talk
A prominent Arkansas resident proclaims that American soldiers fight Germans as if on earth, calling them fierce. Gap Johnson agrees before recounting his fourteen children arguing over candy at home, illustrating domestic chaos versus wartime valor.
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Rumpus Ridge
Arkansas
Gap Johnson
Kansas City Star
Men Talk More, Trouble Grows For Them
A pithy remark captures how repeated talking by certain men increases personal peril. Commentary suggests caution against self-inflicted trouble through verbose or careless speech.
British Force Gains On Four Mile Front In France
Allied forces push the German line back along a four mile Lys sector from Bailleul to Vieux Berquin taking Outtersteen and 400 prisoners. French and American artillery shell the Vesle front as US troops reach Franelle near St Die in Lorraine amid continued bombardment.
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Lys
Armentieres
Haig
Somme
Alon
Vesle
Lonraine
Bailleul
Vieux Berquin
Outtersteen
Suys
Merville
Arras
Albert
Bucquoy
Oise
Chaulnes
Roye
Chilly
Franzart
Beauvaignes
Canny Sur Matz
Lassigny
Noyon
Vesle River
Lorraine
Franelle
St. Die
Japanese Hunger Riots Reshape Authority Across Japan
A Tokyo dispatch reports food riots spreading nationwide with dynamite and arson used against authorities. Troops deployed in major cities including Maizuru where 2000 workers join rioters. Nagoya sees about 30,000 protesters. Soldiers fire on disturbances in multiple locales amid escalating violence.
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London
Exchange
Tien Tsin Gays
Nagoya
Kiobe
Flying Circus Thrills Cleveland Crowd
In Cleveland on August 19 a combined British and American air show thrilled thousands. Brig. Gen. Charles Lee performed maneuvers including a nose dive and tail spin while Lieutenants Walsh and Connell demonstrated an air battle from scout planes for about 45 minutes at 3000 feet. Six planes practiced cross-city formations.
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Cleveland
Charles Lee
Walsh
Connell
Four Million Yanks Can Defeat German Army
Washington reports General March asserts four million American soldiers can defeat the German army. War department plans call for 80 divisions overseas by June 30 with about 2,000,000 to France in the next year. Senate military committee heard details from General March Secretary Baker and Provost Marshal Crowder on the manpower bill extending draft ages to 18 through 45.
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Washington
General March
War Department
France
Senate ‘Military Committee
March
Baker
Crowder
Chamberlain
Senate
Administration
Wilson
Italy
General Pershing
House
Wobbly Leaders Found Guilty After 138 Day Trial
One hundred I W W leaders including William D Haywood were found guilty of conspiracy to disrupt the war program. The jury deliberated about one hour, closing a trial that began April 1 and spanned 138 days with a 30 000 page record. Sentencing could reach 27 years in prison and a 10 000 dollar fine per defendant.
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Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
William D. Haywood
The
K. M. Landis
Landis
America
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Senator Ollie James Condition Serious at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore August 17 Senator Ollie James of Kentucky remains seriously ill after more than two months in Johns Hopkins hospital. The report notes his condition has not improved and continues under careful medical care.
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Ollie James
Baltimore
Kentucky
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Salons Closed in Kansas City to Save Ice
Kansas City officials ordered all saloons shut from midnight to relieve an ongoing ice shortage. Mayor James Cogwill urged restaurants and ice cream manufacturers to suspend operations until supply improves to protect domestic food storage.
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Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo
James Cogwill
Han
Alien departure restrictions set after September 15
President Wilson signed a proclamation and an executive order enforcing the alien control law. The measures bar the departure of aliens from the United States to prevent escape of enemy agents since entering the war, with enforcement starting after September 15.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
State Department
Congress
Saluting War Spirit From a Washington Street Corner
A Marine sergeant on the Star building steps watches soldiers sailors and marines pass by. He salutes repeatedly until his arm grows numb and jokes that if salutes won the war they would win it right here in Washington.
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Star Building
Washington
Washington Star
Officer Joins Aviation Corps Sparks Attitude Talk
Bystanders describe an officer as uppish after his transfer to the aviation corps. The remark reflects workplace tensions and possible changes in duties.
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Aviation Corps
Houlihan Wan Divorce and Double Life Hint
The dialogue hints at a divorce involving Mrs. Houlihan Wan and suggests she leads a double life. A lawyer questions the meaning while the Boston Evening Tran script frames the exchange.
Why Bald So Young Dandruff Remedy Ad Claim
An advertisement touts dandruff and dry scalp as causes of early balding and promotes Cuticura as the remedy. It instructs to rub the Ointment into the scalp and follow with hot Cuticura Soap shampoo. Free sample address given as Cuticura Dept X Boston. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept. X
Boston
The Goat as Main Witness in Suit
A humorous note from a court scene asserts there were witnesses to prove the plaintiff was assaulted by the defendant's goat. The defense allegedly had only the goat to rebut, and the animal seemed to do all the rebutting.
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Japan
Maizuru
Pershing
John J. Pershing
Hung
Mminor
Frank K. Nebeker
Geo. F. Vanderveer
Egal
Nebeker
Ittle
Rowan
Elie
Castoria
Swift & Company
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