Lydia Pinkham Remedy Praised by Lowell Woman
Mrs Margaret Quinn of 259 Worthen Street Lowell Massachusetts reports three years of nervousness headaches and fatigue from Change of Life. She credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with reducing symptoms including hot flashes dizziness and backaches.
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Lowell
Mass
Frien
Lydia E. Pinkham
Margaret Quinn
Bear
Worthen St
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
A Delicate Situation and Household Humor
A humorous exchange about a new cook, a temporary pause on family quarrels, and uncertainty whether she favors the en tente or central powers. An advertisement promotes Hoxsie’s Croup Remedy for babies with croup, priced 60 cents, available at druggists or by mail from Kells Co. Newburgh, N.Y.
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Entente
Central Powers
Hoxsie
Kells Co
Newburgh
Family Secrets Exchange Confusion Near Money-Rich Uncle
Mrs Youngwed wonders why Charley avoids meeting relatives while she longs to meet the uncle who constantly lends money. Mrs Oldwife asks what is odd, and the pair discuss Charley’s secrecy about his moneyed uncle.
Peaceful people or gum chewing stereotype debate
A fragmented reflection questions whether peace stems from chewing gum or vice versa. It contemplates silent dangers and weighs whether women are truly dangerous, presenting a philosophical, nonconclusive vignette.
Hills Here May Rival Catskills in New Jersey Land Plan
Governor Edge forms a citizens committee with the Department of Conservation to develop water supply, reclaim barren lands, conserve forests, and extend parks in New Jersey. The plan aims to open lands for cultivation and add millions to state ratables while creating a vacation area rivaling the Catskills and Adirondacks.
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Trenton
Edge
Department of Conservation and Development
State Department
South Jersey
New Jersey
Catskills
Adirondacks
William F. Hoffman
John E. Sandmeyer
Glenn K. Carver
Newark
Carroll B. Merrit
Madison
Thomas R. Finley
Smithville
John W. Armar
Asbury Park
C. Ledyard Blair
Bernardsville
Charles M. Biddle
Riverton
Marcellus Hartley
Convent
Charles Evang
Cinnaminson
Rollb Ogden
Summit
S. Dennis
Moorestown
Oberlin Smith
Bridgeton
Arthur B. Jones
Plainfield
Walter H. Lippincott
James R. Joy
Alexander C. Wood
Ayer
Camden
George C. Warren, Jr
Jersey City
George O. Smalley
Bound Brook
W. G. Besler
W. P. Bonright
W. North Dame
Robert A. Fairbairn
New Market
Thelis M. Uppercu
Deal
Edward T
State Senate
Carris
Kendall
State Board of Education
Federal Board
New Jersey State Briefs Highlight Local Appointments
Trenton names Eugene M. Horner private secretary to James E. Mulheron at $1800 yearly. Gloucester High School forms a physical culture class led by Miss Williams. Woman groups and suffragists gather in Almonesson and Woodstown. Local projects include a new junior high in New Brunswick and a large convention hall plan in Millville. Damages rise from a Beard Street fire in Red Bank.
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Eugene M. Horner
Trenton
James E. Mulheron
Almoneston
Board of Education
Gloucester High School
Miss Williams
Princeton
Woodstown
J. H. Dickeson
Millville Hospital
Millville Municipal League
Black River Power Company
Black River
Hacklebarney
Morris County
Furnish Electric and Water Power
Beard Street
Red Bank
New Brunswick Board of Education
Livingston High School
Harold Ten Eyck
State
Union Social Club
Peapack Gladstone
Charles Wyckoff
Ernest Lane
Charles H. Cordes, Jr
Olive Parker
Joseph Miller
Elizabeth
American Car Company
Kenilworth
Roselle Park
Elmer Teple
South Plainfield
Muhlenberg Hospital
Wildwood Crest
Pleasantville
Berlin
Waterford
Clinton S. Davis
Woodbury
Arthur Starr
Farm Loan Act Explained by Federal Bank Bureau
The Farm Loan Act creates a national farm loan system. Farmers join a federal land bank pool, mortgage assets massed to issue bonds bought by investors. Bonds backed by farm mortgages are tax exempt and designed to lower interest rates for farmers nationwide.
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United States
National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank
Macchinery
Sam
Uncle Sam
Government Bureau of Engraving and Printing
United States Secret Service
Longtime New England millman George Ainsworth turns 89
The Boston Globe profiles George Ainsworth a veteran mill worker born in York shire England. He began work at ten and came to America at twenty three. Now employed as a warp twister at the Washington mill of the American Woolen Company his 89th birthday was celebrated with a full day of work from seven in the morning to six at night.
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Lawrence
Muass
Boston Globe
George Ainsworth Tle
Yorkshire
England
America
New England
Ainsworth
Washington
American Woolen Company
Cause for Hilarity with Jim Simpson and His Rich Uncle
A humorous remark notes Jim Simpson nearly laughing at tales from a man at his table. The punch line reveals the storyteller as his wealthy uncle, providing a light moment in a casual setting.
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Jim Simpson
Jim
Distinctive Costume Ideas for Longmarried Men
In a playful exchange, the line prompts suggestions for a distinctive costume for a man married for 25 years. Benedick of long tenure names madcap options like Chatin mall and Puck, inviting witty, period-appropriate attire ideas.
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Benedick
Chatin-mall
Puck
Decline of Divorce in Japan Cited by Statisticians
The piece notes Japan's aging population and low marriage rate with divorces per 1000 people dropping from 3 to 114, described as a source of concern by statisticians. It references Maynard Owen Williams of The Christian Herald and comments on China and Germany in the era.
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Japan
Maynard Owen Wiliams
Christian Herald
China
Germany
Seen in a Better Light dialog on wealth and service
A quoted exchange contrasts malefactors of great wealth with a millionaire offering free services to the government. It implies scrutiny is muted when wealth is paired with public service.
Comic valentines sales dip amid world tensions
A cheerful vendor notes that despite war in Europe, unrest in Mexico, and Cuba’s revolution, this year’s sale of comic valentines is smaller than ever before. The remark reflects a cautious public mood while global turmoil looms.
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indingBiil
Europe
Mexico
Cuba
The Patient's Point of View Joke
A Detroit Free Press anecdote features a patient fearing surgery while the doctor calmly says an operation is necessary The patient insists the doctor hopes to operate highlighting humorous miscommunication between patient and physician
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Detroit Free Press
Eloquence and Objection Spark Prohibition Quip
A Washington Star cartoon caption quips about prohibition and temperance rhetoric. Broncho Bob jokes that Old Crim son Guweh will be dull without inducements to temperance orators, highlighting popularity from silence.
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Broncho Bob
Washington Star
In Morning Blues and Swiss Furniture Bearings
A fragment notes a speaker feeling broken this morning and a question about the cause. It adds that ball bearing rollers for furniture are in demand in Switzerland, suggesting a juxtaposition of personal setback with a trade need abroad.
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Switzerland
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George S. McCarthy
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Raymond
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Salem Pennsville
Farm Loan Act
Frank R. Wilson
Federal Loan Bureau
Washington, D. C
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Singapor
Tokyo
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Syracuse
N. Y
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