Seven months of suffering ends with Pinkham remedy
Aurora Illinois resident Mrs Carl A Krese reports seven months of back and side pains and weakness. After six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained health and can manage her household. The notice cites many testimonials and invites other women to seek free confidential advice from the Pinkham Laboratory. A separate Leavenworth Prison census notes only one in thousands confined there.
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Aurora
Ce — Slater
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra
Carl A. Krese
North Ave
Ill
Pinkham Laboratory
Lydia E. Pinkam
Zvoman
United States
Leavenworth
San Antonio
Freckles Vow to Rid Ugly Spots
An advertisement promises a cure for freckles using ethine double strength. Apply a small amount twice daily from a druggist to fade the darkest freckles and expect light ones to vanish. Often one ounce suffices for a clear complexion with a money back guarantee.
Safe Haven on Farms Scandal in New York Draft Case
Government agents in Queens probe farmers in Newtown Flushing and Great Neck for paying sons of wealthy men to dodge the draft. Reported to employ dozen youths not tilling soil earning six dollars weekly while golf and car rides occupy their days. The tip comes from the New York Herald via M Henry noting that only children play ball and men make a business of it.
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Queens
Newtown
Flushing
Great Neck
New York Herald
Germans Suffer Heavy Reverses in Major Fronts
News from the war front reports Russian forces driving successes from Lodziany to Galicia and Champagne. German troops suffer heavy casualties recapturing ground near Mont Haut and Teton while French counterattacks retake gains. British-German raids continue on the northern front as Rome signals renewed Austro-Italian bombardment and fighting along the front.
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London
Lodziany
Lomnola
Galicia
Kainez
Champagne
France
Riga
Baltic Sea
Rumanian
Brussiloff
Mont Haut
The
Teton
French War Office
Petain
Belgium
Berlin
Lombaertzyde
Rome
Parade approval eases wartime guard plans in New York
Washington officials said there is no objection to parades by New York's National Guard to stimulate public interest before federal service. The state may hold a parade without federal authority until guardsmen are drafted or in August.
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Washington
War Department
New York
French Coin for Sammies
U S soldiers in France will receive pay in French money or by check at current exchange rates. The War Department stated soldiers can mail home the check or cash it as preferred, ensuring they are not paid in gale or American currency.
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U. S
Washington
France
War Department
Sixteen Suffragists Jailed for Bastille Day Protest
In Washington sixteen militant suffragists of the National Woman's Party began a sixty days sentence in the District of Columbia workhouse on Ohoquan Way. Convicted in police court for staging a Bastille Day celebration at the White House on July 14, they blocked traffic and will spend the summer mending socks in convict garb.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Ohoquan Way
National Woman’s Party
White House
President Blocks German Insurers From War Info
Washington. The President issued a proclamation to stop military information on American vessel movement and armament from reaching German agents via inspection by German organized insurance companies already doing business in the United States since the war began.
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Washington
Germany
New Jersey State Briefs Overview of Local Notices
New Jersey updates cover women at the duPont Haskell plant none currently employed, tomato prices rising to 37 cents per dozen with a 48 dollar crate at shipping points, and local fish catches including an eight pound whopper at Greenwich. Wildwood business leaders form a league, a 70 foot whale lands at Town Bank, and Red Cross drives raise funds in Westmont.
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duPont
Haskell
Mantua
Frank D. Pedrick
Woodbury
Greenwich
Gloucester County
Wildwood Board of Trade
Wildwood ‘Business Men’s Progressive League
Five Mile Beach
Town Bank
Cape May
Delaware Bay
Samuel P. Castner
Edward M. Sayen
Philadelphia
Westmont Red Cross
Elecha
Boy Scouts
Westmont
North Cramer I Hill
State Postmasters' Association
Offcers
Atlantic City
Traymore
North Wildwood
Andrew Applegate
Anglesea
Gloucester
Smith
Wildwood
Samuel Cooper
Congregational Methodist Church
Paulsboro
Gloucester Baptist Church
Riverview Beach
Society of Friends
Old Friends’ Meeting House
Woodstown
The
Red Cross
Elizabeth Stites
Diza Libanno
Edge
New Jersey
Citizens’ Union
Jersey
Mercer
Mercer County
Charles H. Edmond
State Home For
Jamestown
Edmond
Richard J. Drever
Lewis E. Tuttis
George Edwards
Davis
Minotola Glass Company
Vineland Kennery
Newton Cash
Taylor
Joseph Bentley
Conscription Dilemma Hits New Jersey Officials
Officials confront a draft crisis as National Guard units mobilize and aliens comprise large shares of voters in Passaic Hudson Middlesex and Essex counties. Adjutant General Barber weighs Home Guard options and potential militia shifts to replace guardsmen while governors push for quick readiness at Sea Girt and a southern base deployment.
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Trenton
National Guard
Sea Girt
Adjutant General's Department
War Department
Passaic
Hudson
Middlesex
Essex
Ational
Barber
Home Guard
Home Guards
Edge
Sea Girl
Ready With Advice. A Street Rescue Misadventure
A grocer narrates an attempted street rescue of a fainting woman. He recounts advice contradicting first aid norms, noting the clash of modern training with casual treatment. The Washington Star cartoonish riff mocks doctors and undertakers as a satire of outdated first aid beliefs.
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Nan
R. C
Washington Star
Sold His Heirship Spotlight in a Parish Tale
A reader notes a sermon memory about Esau selling his heirship to Jacob. The line reflects village humor and biblical reference in a Lonion elt-Bits style snippet. Bobby comments on flying machines mentioned in the Bible and questions their existence.
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Bobby
Esau
Jacob
Lonion
Sinks Rapidly What is a sinking fund
A humorous exchange contrasts a sinking fund with Pa's bank account when bills begin to come in. The quip frames a simple financial concept as a family analogy, highlighting cash flow concerns in everyday life.
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Johnny
Per Capita Cash Request Sparks Lighthearted Math
In a humorous note from the Boston Post, Newton Newkirk suggests every person should have $43 in circulation. He complains he lacks $37.50 to reach his $44 quota, joking that others with excess cash should remit the missing amount now.
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United States
Newton Newkirk
Boston Post
A Little Game of Golf with Fleas and Beasts
A humorous miniature tale recounts fleas inviting a bear to a tiny golf game on a lynx as the setting while a hyena nibbling flea jokes about Barnum style venues and playwriting whimsy. The playful fantasy blends animal characters with a gag about a bizarre course.
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Galf
Barnum
Speech misfires as crowd drops off at hall
In a tense exchange Senator Sorghum congratulates a speaker whose remarks fell flat as attendees either slept or walked out. The scene underscores a cooling reception despite the praise. A curious aside notes the Assyrians allegedly used a heel for walking comfort. A jewelry firm purchases rejected cartridge shells to repurpose as flower vases.
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Senator Sorghum
No Wonder Husband Keeps Pin Money
A shopper quips about marital money dynamics and jewelry purchases. The exchange contrasts a husband’s stinginess with his wife’s diamond pin acquisitions, highlighting domestic finance tensions in a brief, humorous note.
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Stant Pos
GeRby
New Jersey State
Prip Warren
Muels
Castoria
Ue Gentavr Gonpan
York
Boston
Canada
Ath
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Can
G. Rutledge
East Genesee S., Syracuse, Ne
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ivansville
Ivan Bennett
Chicago
Bennett
John Black
Glanapolis
Murine
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