Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Mothers
Mrs McLissa Harpers of Glasgow Kentucky credits Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with lifting her spirits and restoring energy after years of hardship. Mars C Saurty of New Orleans reports renewed strength and appetite after using the product post childbirth. The advertisement notes the compound’s popularity spanning over fifty years.
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Glasgow
Lydia
Pinkham
MeLissa Harpers
Route 2
Steenbergen
New Orleans
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Mars
C. Saurty
Dauphine St
Lydia B. Pinkham
Doctor-Yes and Plumber Debate Time Work at Passing Show
In a brief exchange a doctor says the patient will require several months of attention while a plumber asks if the job will be piece-work or time-based in the passing show context. The dialogue highlights a scheduling clash and differing work arrangements.
Diamond Dyes Offer Easy Tinting and Dyeing for All Garments
A 15 cent Diamond Dyes package promises simple instructions for tinting delicate shades or dyeing permanent colors on fabrics including lingerie silks ribbons skirts waists dresses coats stockings and draperies. It advises telling the druggist material type whether wool silk linen cotton or blends.
German Actress Owns Only Poodle With Gold Teeth
The Outlook notes a German actress has gained buzz by owning the sole poodle reported to have a full set of gold teeth, highlighting a novelty in celebrity pet culture.
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the Outlook
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad At Grocery Stands
A housewife smiles at a basket of white clothes and thanks Red Cross Ball Blue in a grocery ad.
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Red Cross
Explaining It: 70 Cents for 12 Eggs to Mrs Shumway
A grocer explains the price by noting that 12 eggs equal a dozen. Mrs Shumway asks why the charge is 70 cents, and the grocer replies that 12 make a dozen.
Doctor Warnings Clash On Heart Treatments In Memoir
The narrator recalls doctors urging dietary limits and then ordering caffeine for heart treatment. A tense scene follows with a mistaken needle strike causing a painful abrasion. An old vaudeville tale about a nurse and a bathwater thermometer ends the recollection.
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Elisabeth Murray
Chile
Persian party tale ends with missing cars in Hawaii
ERithel Watts Mumford recalls a Hawaiian Persian party that ended with guests leaving in no motor cars after the Chinaman cook lent several bottles of champagne to his friends. Early morning on Waikiki Beach revealed a procession of well dressed Omar Khayyam notables trudging homeward.
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Erithel Watts Mumford
Hawaii
Omar Khayyam
Walkiki
Omar Khayyami
Haroun al Raschidi
al Babas
Humorous Ledger Tale From Ringling Barnum Bailey
Charles Hutchinson, longtime treasurer and private banker for the Ringling Barnum Bailey troupe, recalls a joke about a diligent worker asking to hold money. Hutchinson checks his notes and confirms a balance of $22, while the worker insists Ab un evened the amount after a prior 6 bit repayment last Saturday.
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Charles Hutchinson
Darkey
Mistah Huteh
Mr. Hutchinson
Joe
Mistah Hutch
Where am I traveling correspondent after illness
The narrator recalls years in hospital under various anesthetics and hospital experiments then rising to travel again. He questions his location each morning, but finds relief in faith and doctors, insisting he will be well someday and urging others to hold on to belief.
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Fireside
Atlantic City Reflections on Health and Gratitude
A narrator praises Atlantic City as ideal for consolation and weight acceptance, noting many larger women and friendly company. He describes outdoor days, sleeping with the ocean at night, and contrasts with a past four years without sun, grateful for life-saving recovery and luxuries.
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Atlantic City
The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Twenty One Ships For Legionnaires Planned For Paris Trip
Commandant Z Pechkoff and the American Legion France convention travel committee push a plan to transport 80,000 Legionnaires to the Paris convention in 1927 aboard 21 ships with 3 4 reserve vessels. Ports include New York Boston Montreal and more. Ambassador Berenger praises the voyage and the Franco American cooperation.
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Z. Pechkoff
American Legion France Convention
Paris
Pechkoff
New York City
France
Legion
New York
Boston
Montreal
Hampton Roads
Charleston
Jacksonville
Peckhoff
Convention Committee
Incompetent Guardians Being Eliminated for WWII Veterans
Detroit leader Mark T. McKee says guardians of minor children of mentally incapacitated veterans are being removed swiftly. The American Legion and the veterans' bureau are eliminating incompetent guardians and prep states-wide child welfare services within weeks.
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Mark T. McKee
Detroit
Mich
National Children's Welfare Committee
American Legion
Legion Committee
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans’ Bureau
McKee
Organization of the Legion’s
Shattered Romance in a Forced Exit
A colored maid speaks of losing her job and notes she has no family to support but an engagement to be broke in a scene from The American Legion Weekly. The dialogue reflects hardship and humor as she faces discharge and uncertain prospects.
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The
American Legion. Weekly
Just a Stunt Reveals Movie Star Dramatic Confession
A puzzled detective questions a movie star who sobs that she had to shoot her husband during a staged stunt. She declares it was a choice between life or job, highlighting the perilous stakes in show business.
Pirate Captain Kidd’s Doomed Voyage and Mutiny Forged Fate
The tale recounts Captain Kidd pursuing the Mocha fleet from Bath’s Key to India trade routes, battles with merchant ships, and a five hour clash with the Loyal Captain. A mutinous gunner insult leads Kidd to strike him fatally, sealing his doom at Execution Dock.
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Hedie
Willam Kidd
Captain Kidd
India
Gunner Moore
Moore
End of Captain Kidd and the Treasure Buried at Gardiner's Island
The account details Captain Kidd’s rise with prizes including the Dah Merchant, valued over 10 000 pounds, and his later fall as documents supporting his piracy claims vanished. Kidd fled to London for trial, was convicted of murder for Gunner Moore’s death, and died at Wapping on May 23 1701 after being arrested in Boston.
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Gunner Moore
Kidd
Lord Bellomont
England
South Seas
Captain Avery
Captain Kidd
New York
Lord Bellamont
Boston
Idd
Gardiner’s Island
Long Island Sound
Bellamont
London
Public Records Office
Wapping
Peculiar 1908 check found in Kansas vault cleaning
During vault cleaning in Lyons Kansas a block of soft pine was used as a makeshift check by C I Sangster. The note was written for a Lavons National Bank draft and later cashed by Sam Temple who endorsed it and had it deposited with the bank.
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Kansas
C. I. Sangster
Lyons
Kan
Lavons National Bank
Sam Temple
Old Methods Best A Stitch in Time
Advice on preferring safe proven methods over makeshifts and rapid results. An editorial tone urges returning to reliable practices for lasting success. The snippet promotes Snowy Hnens and Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product as domestic tips.
Lost Sheep Tale Brings Joyful Endings
A child retells the Lost Sheep lesson with the Good Shepherd counting his flock and seeking the missing sheep. She emphasizes a cheerful moral ending as everyone lived happily ever after.
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Rosemary
Man knocked down by car seeks hospital after misdirection
The luckless man, asked where he was going after a rush collision, said he meant to be out strolling but was actually headed to the hospital. The Kansas City Star notes the injured pedestrian’s confusion and near ruin.
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Kansas City Star
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American Legion News Service
Washington
Coolidge
Henri Victor Berenger
Berenger
Commandant Pechkoff
French Foreign Legion
Harding
Commandant Z. Peckhoff
Elno Scot Watson
Western Newspaper Union
BAYER
U. S
Pase Ture
John Zawadke
Marion
Montana
West
James West
Ballston Spa
J. W. Clark
Roundup
Mont
Silesoula
OWL Photo Service
Fargo, N. D
Europe
Badger Wire & Iron Works
Milwaukes
Wis
Cleveland
Ramutgecea Et
Walter
Billings, NO
Ohio State
Sun Dini
Fletcher
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