Bayonne Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy for Relief
Mrs Anna Sleva of Bayonne New Jersey says she suffered severe menstrual pains and weakness before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports improved strength and appetite and now recommends the medicine to friends. The ad promotes female health remedies from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co with customer testimonials.
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Bayonne
N. J
Paige
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra
Anna Sleva
East 17Th Street
Dean
New-Jersey
Doan
Prayer for a Little Brother Ends in Surprise
A small girl prays for a baby brother after seeing neighbor Susie with a new sibling. Her mother encourages persistence. The nurse then presents two tiny babies, prompting the child to wonder if all those prayers are being answered.
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Susie
Tanda
Mumual
Hobby horse remark colors the candidacy talk
A friend’s strong opinions on a couple of topics dim his electoral prospects. Senator Sorghum adds that he is not a dark horse but a hobby horse in the political field.
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Sorghum
Cutlcura Advertisements and Light Civic Quips
A collage of 1910s style ads promotes Cutlcura Soothee and Ointment for itchy scalps with a companion note to use Cutlcura Soap daily for clear skin and soft hands. Another blurb to ward off eye strain mentions Roman Eye Balsam at night. A humorous quip about a campaign manager mismanaging funds closes the snippet.
Diamond Dyes Ad Warns Not to Streak Hair Material
A vintage style warning urges buyers to dye materials with Diamond Dyes and follow package directions to avoid streaking. The ad emphasizes using Diamond Dyes for best results and proper application.
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Instant Pain Relief
Advert says Freezone instantly stops corn pain with a drop on the corn and soon allows removal by fingers. Claims it works on hard, soft, or toe corn and calluses without soreness. Sold by druggists in a small bottle for a few cents.
Water cart capacity mystery ends in joke
In France an Army marine supply captain inventories water carts and asks Wilkins to find each cart capacity. Wilkins searches the top opening, but only his head appears, claiming he cannot locate the capacity anywhere. The scene ends with the humorous image of a man inside a cart.
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France
Wilkins
Wilking
Codger S Mitchell Sparks Ageist Quip Exchange
Blinks calls Codger an old fashioned cuss and Flesure agrees. They discuss his habit of referring to women as the weaker sex in a brief spoken exchange.
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Blinks
Binks
Markets Yield Bounty for Eggs Turkeys and Fowls in Local Trade
Local market reports show high value for creamery products and fresh gathered eggs, with state dairy quality noted as good to prime. Listings detail nearby brown and white eggs, various gath grades, and prices for turkeys, fowls, ducks, and chicks across weight classes and regions including State Penn and Western markets.
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Brown
State
Western Hennery
Penn
Hennery
Virginia
Texas
C Jersey
Jersey
Bermuda
Qi Southern
Georgia
Uneeda
Geor
Greensboro
Ben Davis
Northern Spy
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Timothy
Reeves
Burley
Reading
Jooxo Ae
West
Formosa
Eames
Woman’s Heartlessness and Siberian Exports Note
A Kansas City Star snippet mocks a divorce tale with a colorful quote about a heartless wife. It also reports a Siberian export dispatch from Omsk noting large cargo hopes for 75 million dollars in fur pelts bristles wool flax and oils to open Ob and Yenisei navigation and boost shipments.
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Siberian
Omsk
Siberia
Yenisei
Two Views Ask If Roses Attract Bees
The optimist praises glorious roses while the pessimist worries they bring many bees. The exchange contrasts sunny admiration with caution about downsides.
Bayer Aspirin Adv Appeals to Trusted Health Image
An old Bayer aspirin advertisement touts genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as safe and prescribed for over twenty years. It urges consumers to buy only unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and related pains.
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Bayer
Aspitiols
Death Rate Joke in Halehearty Reflects Fads of a Place
A weary typist seeks solitude in Halehearty, praised as the best spot in the world. She asks the old relic about local death rates and is told in a wary quip that “one death to each person,” a line from a London Tit-Bits joke highlighting morbid humor in a bucolic setting.
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Halehearty
London
Global Christian and non Christian adherent totals
The document lists leading Christian groups: Roman Catholics 272,860,000 Greek Orthodox 120,000, Protestants 171,050,000 totaling 564,510,000. Non Christian groups include Confucianists 300,830,000 Buddhists 135,031,000 Hindus 210,540,000 Muslims not listed, Animists 158,270,000 Shintoists 25,000,000 totaling 1,081,081,000. combined with Christians 1,646,491,000.
Up to Her Old Tricks in Yale Record
A skeptical widower May is visited by the spirit of his wife Mary who reassures him. He knocks over a cigarette and matches cause a sulfurous smell and heat, then jokes that Mary has her hand in the wrong pocket while claiming his money is in his overcoat.
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Mary
Yale
Woman Applies for U S Forest Grazing Assistant Post
Miss Mildred Johnson a student at Oregon Agricultural College appears to be the first woman to apply for the civil service examination for the grazing assistant position in the United States forest service. The job demands practical range stock handling experience.
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Mildred Johnson
Oregon Agricultural College
United States Forest Service
Eatonic Cure for Digestive Distress Promoted
A vintage advertisement touts Eatonic as a remedy for acid stomach bloating indigestion and gas claiming vast proof from over half a million users. It promises one tablet relief and refunds if unsatisfied urging readers to buy at local druggists.
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Folke
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