Cardui touted as cure for long illness in woman from Chriesman
Patient Lillie Gibson recounts a nine month illness and relief after using Cardui, praising the remedy's gentle action on female organs and urging others to try it. Includes offer for literature from Chattanooga Medicine Co. Also mentions Castoria for infants, Mother Gray's remedy, Hicks' Carpuin for colds, and various health tips and jokes from periodicals.
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Chriesman
Tex
Lillie Gibson
Cardui
Cardus
N. B
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Rescue of Washington will preserves nation’s prized will
The last will and testament of George Washington has been saved for the nation at the last moment. Time and decay threatened this precious relic more than fire or theft, as officials warned of the relic’s fragile condition while it remains in its depository.
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George Washington
Washington
Washington Will Restored At Fairfax County Courthouse
Officials of the state department and the Library of Congress coordinated a dramatic repair of George Washington’s will, long kept in an obscure Virginia county courthouse. Damaged sheets were sewn and patched using Washington writing paper, mounted on crepeline, and placed in a fireproof, burglarproof safe. The display moved to Fairfax, attracting tourists while preserving the relic for future generations.
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Washington
State Department
Library of Congress
Virginia
Uncle Sam
Richmond
George Washington
Fairfax County
Department of State
Imanuscript
United States
Fairfax
National Capital
General Washington
Temples of BabylonUnearthings by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft
Excavations across Babylon reveal Kasr walls hundreds of meters long with door towers and a clay coffin lid bearing a bearded head. Sachn yields brick drains, asphalt, and cuneiform tablets linking Nebuchadnezzar to the Zigurrat. Nabonid’s 25 foot thick town wall and a preserved processional street gate are uncovered. Assur’s temple plan, the oldest Mesopotamian temple, shows renewals by Samsi-Adad and Salmamassar I. Finds include a Sennacherib inscription and enameled brick reliefs and scenes from Egypt-influenced coverings.
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Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft
Babylon
Kasr
Sachn
Esagila
Ezida
Nabopolassar
Marduk
Nebuchadnezzar
Nabonid
Heriglissar
Assur
W. Andrae
Samsi- Adad
Salmamassar I
Andrae
Sennacherib
Nimb
Egypt
Flodden Field Cross Unveiled Clarifies King’s Stone Myth
A monument near Flodden Field commemorates both nations with the inscription To be Brave of Both Nations. The article dispels myths about the King’s Stone, notes the Sybil’s Well, and explains the true site three-quarters of a mile north. It cites Scottish and English collaboration, and reviews troop numbers and weaponry at Flodden.
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Olim ‘Iostes, Nune Frates
Sybil
Nate
Scott
James
George Douglas
Edinburgh
Hoods Sarsaparilla advert promises cures for multiple ailments
A vintage advertisement touts Hoods Sarsaparilla as a remedy for all humors catarrh rheumatism and tiredness. It claims to restore appetite cure paleness nervousness and build up the whole system with liquid form or Sarsatabs chocolate tablets.
Painful finger nails cured by Cuticura routine
Mrs. I. J. Horton of Katonah New York details recurring finger nail inflammation and nail loss over twenty five years. After failed remedies and irritating prescriptions she used Cuticura Ointment and Soap nightly, reporting rapid improvement and no recurrence by September 1910.
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I. J. Horton
Katonah
N. Y
Man Seeks Fire Threat to Explain New Suit Purchase
A New York East Side night school principal questions a student named Tom Dugan after hearing fire engines but the boy insists there was no fire. He confesses only that he bought a new suit for seven fifty, scowling at the inquiry.
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New York East Side
Tom Dugan
Tommy
Lord's Advertisement Bazaar Request
Willie visits his old nurse who shows bright scripture texts on her walls. A few days later his aunt gives him a dime for a bazaar. He searches for what he calls the Lord's advertisement like Mary has in her room.
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Willie
Mary
Illness at Lisbon Zoo After Bombardment Alarm
In Lisbon the zoological gardens report an unexpected illness among the animals following the Portuguese revolution. The animals refused to eat or drink due to alarm from bombardment, while most concerts proceed if no cats are present.
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Lisbon Zoological Gardens
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Frank
Success Magazine
Mother Gray
Mother
Baltimore American
Wood’s Seeds
Wood
T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
WYTSU
Fairtax Colecs House
Fage
Washingtons
Inerior
Fulepax
England
Home
Huntley
Westminster Gazette
Mr. Bird
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Bartle Creek
Blich
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