Woman Credits Vegetable Compound for Health Improvement
A Wisconsin reader from Minn June reports long term abdominal pains resolved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improved appetite, ability to work, and care for her new baby, with ongoing use and belief in the remedy. A broader canvass claims 98 percent of purchasers benefited.
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Minn
Wis
Honda
Ghorgh
Uhetion
Wisconsin
Lydia E. Pinkham
To Suit His Fad A Canvasser Sells Raffle Tickets
A canvasser selling raffle tickets for charity visits villagers and persuades Mr. Mark Time the butcher to buy tickets. Time asks about the prize and is told a magnificent encyclopedia. He wants two tickets for his son Sam who is a great cyclist.
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Mark Time
Mark
Sam
London
Speckled Tea and the Our Gang Pretense
A fragment from Everybody's Magazine describes child actor Mickey from Our Gang staying in character off screen. His mother asks for tea and he returns with tea full of specks, explaining he could not clean the teapot and had run it through a fly swatter.
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Mickey
Everybody's Magazine
Quick Kidney Trouble Relief Promise Ad
An old styled ad promises rapid relief from kidney trouble with Dr Carey’s Marshtont Prescription 77. It targets backache puffed eyes swollen ankles clammy hands and suggests poison in kidneys as cause. Offered in tablet and liquid forms for 76 cents via Carey Medical Laboratories Elmira.
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Carey
Wilderness Manual Author Horace Riceptart Referenced
The passage discusses polyon vy as a game ble and mentions Horace Riceptart, an outdoor author and woodsman famed for a wilderness manual. It notes varying human susceptibility to poisons and hints at remedies, though details are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
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A T Woodsman
Poison Ivy Aids and Dangers Warned In Camp Life
The article discusses Poison ivy and sumac care, citing Hansen in Nature Magazine. It emphasizes washing off the plant promptly, cautions against useless remedies, and details safe first aid, including soap washes, avoiding friction, and preventing spread. It notes camping season risks and urges destruction of plants and protective clothing for woodsmen and campers.
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John Dickinson Shermanebert
Hansen
Nature Magazine
Mr. Hansen
Hangen
Woutsiaun
Solar Wind Tests at Montezuma Observe Sun Heat
Scientists from Smithsonian with a wind powered lighted observatory on Montezuma mountain in Chile study how sun heat influences weather. The project, described by Science Service, aims to link solar variations to climate while exploring new methods for solar observation and weather prediction.
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Chile
Montezuma
Smfthsonian Institution
Science Service
Stage Star Returns to Paris After Long Absence
A middle aged English stage star returns to Paris amid brisk shows and a swirl of theater life. He has been away long enough to feel as if Rip Van Winkle awakened to new lights and entertainment and headlines describe the peak of the modern Parle music hall scene alongside his comeback.
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Paris
Rip van Winkle
Houleverde
Parle
Divided Honors At Fairfield High School Commencement
Two graduates dominated the Fairfield Pennsylvania ceremony earning all honors. Miury McCrear gave the valedictory and read the class story while Jota Kiteringer received the salutatorian title for The Wing of the Free. Only these two pupils remained in the class.
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Vairfield
Miury McCrear
Ana
Jota Kite Tinger
Snalutarlarr
Free
Chiss
Professional nurse touts Tanlac as unmatched tonic
Oakland nurse Mrs Ji Clark testifies after fifteen years’ experience that Tanlac surpasses all stomach medicines. She details recovery from influenza related loss of appetite, fatigue, and weakness after eight bottles, noting renewed energy and appetite. Tanlac is sold by druggists. over 40 million bottles sold.
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Set
Ji Clark
Walnworth Avenue
Oakland
Calif
Mrs. Clark
Taniac
Ufe
Taonlug
Dorothys Wistful Question Delivers Grim Twist
A fragment recalls a child named Dorothy injuring her wrist and asking if death had come first would she be a crippled angel. The doctor answers that she would have been translated to heaven, prompting the girl to wonder why doctors go to heaven.
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Lyrathy
Love's Labor Lost and a Turtle Gathering
A crowd gathered to view a turtle with a child reaching to stroke its shell. A passerby questions the gesture and compares it to stroking a church steeple to please the minister, ending with a reflective moan from the onlooker.
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Love
Noain
Enid
Castoria Advertisement From A Vintage Nor Notre Dame Jiggle
An old time medical ad touts Fletcher's Castoria as a safe, pleasant substitute for castor oil teething drops and syrups, claiming 80 years of use and no narcotics. It references physicians and a playful Notre Dame juggle aside from a bank account quip.
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Fletcher's
Castoria Bass
Swamp-Root Ad Promises Pure Kidney Remedy
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as pure with no habit forming drugs and a sworn purity statement. It claims benefits for kidney, liver and bladder troubles and offers sample bottles by mail from Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Mkilmer
Dr. Silmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Taking a Trip Big Senior Will you be so kind as to get off my feet
Freshman I ll try to sir is it much of a walk.
Cuticura Ointment and Soap Ad Promises Clear Skin
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for smooth skin and relief from redness itching or roughness. It suggests bathing with Cuticura Soap, rinsing, drying gently, then dusting with Cuticura Talcum for a pleasant fragrance.
Fortune and advice wrap in a tangled exchange
A quirky dialogue shows a daughter recounting to her mother how she encouraged Charlie about a fortune related to a surgeon’s claim. A physician notes that a woman’s happiness hinges on her ability to complain, while a proverb suggests trouble spares the contented man.
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Charlie
Tramp Entering Back Door Refused Foot Cleaning
A disheveled tramp, admitted by Bridget, is ordered to wipe his feet before entering the kitchen. He claims he only walked a few steps from his automobile and apologizes about the missing tea.
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Bridget
Tridget
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