Naling Industry Suffers From War and Decline in White River Tribaries
White River and its tributaries show a big decline in activity as war impacts the pearl industry. The pearling trade, once a steady source for the United States and foreign deals, drops sharply with near zero operations this year. Pearl fishing classes, once active for recreation and trade, have fallen by about 100 percent due to wartime conditions and ship shortages.
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White River
Calien
Peoria
Shell
United States
United State
le Wee
Arkansas News and Notes Faced with Pellagra and Farm Updates
A sweeping Arkansas update covers pellagra concerns in institutions, proposed regional talks with Fayetter, and efforts to mobilize public health response. It notes cattle and hog market movements, farm advisories from Dr Morgan on hog retention, and local real estate and highway projects. The report includes state college announcements on teacher education, Confederate pension reporting, and farm crop prospects with wheat and peaches shaping upcoming market activity.
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Arkansas
C. Mo Morgan
United States Department of Agriculture
Little Rock
Morgan
Fulton County
North
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Help
A vintage advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant vegetable remedy that cleanses a sluggish liver, stops salivation from calomel, and leaves users feeling energetic and able to work by morning, backed by a money back guarantee and druggist endorsement. It contrasts with dangerous calomel and urges readers to switch for better health and appetite.
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Dodson
Dea Gocent
Dodser
Sam
Axi
Hadn't Thought About That Baby Scales Lesson
A Brockton Enterprise retold tale of a young mother who buys scales to weigh her newborn. She returns them claiming the baby’s weight is low, until a hardware store clerk suggests the fault may lie with the baby and not the scales.
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Brockton Enterprise
Smith
CURED OF PELLAGRA PROMOTES HOPEFUL HEALTH CLAIMS
A reader from Malsla Creel reports dramatic health improvement after Pellagra treatment by Baughn. The ad touts a free Pellagra remedy book from American Compounding Co and claims cure guarantees with money-back promises. It mentions symptoms like skin peeling and tongue redness, urging immediate contact.
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Traths
Baughn
American Compounding’ Co
Jasper
Ala
The Commuters The Wife Suspect Philly Cook Past
The Wife suspects the Philadelphia cook has a terrible past after six months with them. The Mere Man questions the claim, and the Wife notes the cook has not shown any desire to leave for the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Walter Baker & Co Ltd wins Panama-Pacific Grand Prize
The Panama Pacific exposition awards go to Walter Baker and Co Ltd for their chocolate products. A fragmented wall of text mentions prizes, regional context, and a chaotic aside about work discipline and wartime hospitals, with unrelated quotes and garbled names interspersed.
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Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Walter Baker & Chy Ltd
Tver Chester
Mass
Eiji
Helen
Warde
Europe
Americas
Ady
Bond's Liver Pills Claim Regional Reputation
Bond's Pharmacy Co reports a spreading reputation in Arkansas and the South for Bond's Liver Pills. The pills are described as small, mild, safe, and inexpensive, with a bedtime dose claimed to ease constipation indigestion headache nervousness and liver or bowel ailments. A separate child’s cry about adenoids introduces a domestic vignette.
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Bond's
Arkansas
Great South
Bond
Grove Tasteless Tonic Ad Promotes Quinine Benefits
An old advertisement touts Grove Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming quinine fights malaria and tonics build up the system. The copy imitates period voice with bold claims and a reminder label. A stray line references wash day products and piano practice appears as a fragment.
Galled Horses and Hanford Balm Ad Offered
When a horse is galled apply Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh and keep working. If not cured quicker than other remedies, the dealer will refund your money. A German baker uses a windmill to grind grain and mix dough. To remove soreness use Hanford's Balsam. If a woman isn't jealous she isn't interested.
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Hanford
Ady
Quirky Advert Fragments From An Old Page
An eclectic mix of truncated ads and lines appears, including claims about horses in Iceland wearing sheep horn footwear, Sudan camels in socks, a Red Cross Ball venue, humorous marriage quips, and brief product promos. The readable bits hint at a mid century newspaper page with general ad copy and light quotations.
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Iceland
Sudan
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Boston Transcript
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