Woman Could Not Stand Before Lydia Pinkham Claim
Fulton New York woman Nellie Phelps writes she suffered over a year from female weakness and could hardly stand doctors said only operation would help but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her enabling her to return to work She urges other women with similar symptoms to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for free help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Phelps
R. A. Rider
R.F.D. No. 5
Fulton
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Absorbine and Related Liniments Ad For Horses and People
An old advertisement promotes Absorbine and Absorbine Junior as antiseptic liniments for horses and humans. It claims to ease lameness swelling sprains strains torn ligaments and muscle injuries without hair loss or blistering and offers a $24 bottle for horses and a $1 bottle for humans with mail order and dealer delivery options. It lists Book 2 free and provides W F Young contact in Springfield Massachusetts.
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Absorbine, JR
W. F.young
Temple Street
Springfield
Mast
Goats Sold As Mutton Stirring Liverpool Markets
An old London Telegraph item recalls a Stratford pub dispute over Burns and Shakespeare. The piece then notes goats from Iceland entering Liverpool markets, sold as mutton to the poor, with health authorities deeming taste and nutrition similar to sheep meat.
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Liverpool
Iceland
Squelched Again Doctor Presses Health Fashion
A courtroom exchange features a doctor arguing that excessive clothing harms health while a judge hints at pressuring for a first class health resort. The dialogue underscores debates over clothing and health standards.
Enjoyment in a Hornet Free Vacation Scene
A narrator recalls a vacation spent imagining returning to a shop free of hornets mosquitoes sunburn and malaria. The text contrasts small thrills with longer troubles and suggests facing challenges head on. It uses a reflective tone about seasons and precautions.
Her Soldier Boy A Love Triangle During War Sentiment
Katherine Howe portrays Ethel torn between George Wendell a patriotic smooth soldier and Roy Turner a rising lawyer pacifist as the two men answer a nation at war. Wendell enlists while Turner declares battle a barbarism and Ethel faces heartbreak and pride amid marching troops and public cheers.
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Tithel
Mexico
George Wendell
Ethel
Goldier
Wendell
Roy Turner
Ethel Nn
Roy
Edith
Nazarene
Turner
George
Mabel Cross
Belgium
Keep Your Word and Avoid Bad Promises
A Milwaukee Journal ethic urges caution before making promises. A bad promise is worse than none, and truth surfaces, risking lost trust and ruined gains. Moral emphasis on thinking ahead, earning respect, and avoiding unkept commitments.
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Milwaukee Journal
Buying Trouble Joke Card from Old Paper
A humorous exchange pokes fun at a man who seeks trouble by borrowing and buying it, noting his misfortune with a new flivver. The quip highlights his habit of courting trouble through self-inflicted mishaps and shows a period newsroom style of light humor.
One Lost Opportunity in Graft Flourished Days
A quoted exchange recalls the old era when graft thrived and those with itching palms could rely on easy money instead of scratching for a living. The dialogue hints at corruption and moral contrast in past times.
Self Helps for the New Soldier in Company Structure
The article outlines how a new soldier is assigned to a company rather than a squad, with the company as his fixed unit and base of esprit de corps. It details company organization at peace and war strengths, including captains, lieutenants, sergeants, and the distribution into platoons and squads, plus command procedures and training practices.
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War Department
Forming the Company in Line and Squad Order
The article describes drills for forming a company in line with tallest men on the right and squads arranged left of the right guide. It details the first sergeant’s positions Saber draw and commands, the roll call inspection, and how division occurs by count off if not formed by squads.
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Leutenant
Squads Right and Company Drill Alignment
The text explains how squad drill informs company level marching. It shows using squads right to redirect a company front into a column of squads and how to revert to the company front. The pivot concept ensures squads swing in and out to fit a fixed formation.
Value of human milk highlighted by London physician
A London physician at Mansion House called human milk priceless and warned against treating it as cows milk. He cited wartime births in Singland and Wales at 881,890 and estimated mothers produced about 220,015 gallons daily for nine months, worth roughly 35 cents a gallon, totaling over 30,000,000 annually.
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London
London Mansion House
Singland
Wales
Lawrence Brothers Turn Farm Hardship Into Western Canada Prosperity
Lawrence Bros of Vera Saskatchewan rose from selling a shotgun for ten dollars in 1906 to owning a section and a half of land plus rental on three quarters. They report 30-85 bushels of wheat per acre, 40-80 of oats, 1,700 sheep, 70 cattle, and 60 horses. The piece links their success to Western Canada’s booming economy, car ownership, and rising farm machinery demand reflected in Alberta and Saskatchewan licenses in 1917.
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Lawrence Bros
Vera
Saskatchewan
Canada
States
Calgary
Battle River
Red Deer River
Eagle Hills
Battleford
Frank Lawrence
Alberta
Canadian Bank of Commerce
West
Two Great Men Caruso Jest Inspires Farm Hall
World famous tenor Enrico Caruso recounts a joke about meeting a farmer while his car broke down. The farmer’s surprised greeting salutes Caruso as a “great traveler,” swapping humor about his own humble kitchen encounter.
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Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Great Traveler
Tobinson Caruso
Cuticura Ad Promises Dandruff Cure
An ad touts Cuticura Ointment for dandruff and scalp irritation followed by Cuticura Soap and shampoo. Claims dandruff removal brings hair growth and offers a free sample by mail with a booklet. Appears to be a Boston department store promotion.
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Cuticura
Dept
Boston
Advertising In the Street in Osaka Water Drawn Ads
The piece notes Osaka广ads written in water on streets by a two wheel cart rigged with a water filled drum. It mentions Oriental ingenuity, modern channels, and a July Youth's Companion quote about reputation and character.
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Popular Mechanics
Osaka
Japan
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Lydia E.pinkham
Stratford-on-Avon
John Bull
William Shakespeare
Sandy Ale Pherigon
Bobby Burns
Shakespeare Burns
London Telegraph
Katherine Howe
W. G Chapman
Self
United States Army
To Rey
Whesler Syndicate, Inc
Company Home
Ineline
Marcist
Western Canada
Dandruff
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Tien Agence
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