Misery lifted by Lydia E. Pinkham remedy in Iowa notice
Mrs Lizzie Courtney of Oskaloosa Iowa reports relief from years of weakness and pain after using Lydia E Pinkham medicine a root and herb remedy. The ad urges women suffering from displacement irrogues inflammation ulceration backache nervousness or the Change of Life to try the product and request information from Lynn Massachusetts company.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Lizzie Courtney
8Th Ave
West
Courtney
Lydia
Pinkham
Pinkhamedicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Pocket wireless telephone foresees daily use soon
A newspaper item predicts pocket wireless phones will become common, enabling on street calls with voices from distant places such as Warsaw. Mrs Peabody jokes a distant relative will call for supper, highlighting public mix of awe and humor.
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Warsaw
London
Mrs. Pea Body
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Natural Hair Color
Sage and Sulphur blend long used to darken faded gray hair to a natural color. Modern Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound offers easy at home application with a sponge or brush. One use dulls gray tones by morning and repeated applications deepen the shade.
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Wyeth
Anys
Hail King Apple Apple Crop Value Voiced
The apple is praised as king among fruits for value and esteem. For the 1918 crop no $230,000,000 value is estimated, amounting to nearly three eighths of total fruit value.
The Fewer Scruples and the Fast Gait
The saying warns that fewer scruples invite more drinking and that a quicker stride precedes misfortune, linking moral laxity with risky behavior and its darker consequences.
In The Spring Time Doctor's Remedy Promised
A health notice urges timely self care during seasonal weakness. It extols an old-fashioned alterative tonic made from wild roots and barks as a preventive measure before illness worsens. The ad promotes early preparation and self treatment for run down, pale conditions.
Northern Dakota Briefs Highlight State Civic Activity
A roundup of notices from Grand Forks to Fargo outlines farm conferences on potato culture, new state figures in land office and prisons, high school tournaments, bank site decisions, and local civic plans. Notable items include Williston receivership, a field rep for War Mothers, daylight saving start, and a large victory loan committee meeting in Vargo.
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Grand Forks
Williston
W. N. Dickenson
United States Land Office
Charles Mansfield
Bismarck
William Langer
War Mothers of America
J. G. Moore
Bank of North Dakota
Industrial Commission
Velva
E. E. Brown
Balfour
F. H. Wilder
Mandan
Thomas Hall
Ellendale
Dickey County
Fargo
Young People's Luther League
North Dakota Choral Union
The
Lutheran Church
Joyce Eddy
Williams County
Gowin
DeVaney
Vargo
Victory Loan
Wesley C. McDowell
Marion
German Evangelical Church
Missouri
Michigan
Esther Johnson
Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Richland County
David DuVall
DuVall
Devils Lake
State Game and Fish Commission
W. B. Smith
Creel Bay
Burke
Bowbells
Petersburg
Donald Hall
Garth Howland
Edgeley
164Th Infantry
First North Dakota
North
Hettinger County
Hanley
Valley City
Company B
Minot
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Sousa
North Dakota
Finley
R. J. Sluggett
E. Li. Gilbertson
North Dakota Telephone Association
United States Employment Bureau
Fargg Commercial Club
Pembina
B. A. Humphrey
Here
William J. Morgridge
Grand Harbor
State Supreme Court
North Dakota Court
Robinson
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Fraser
Washington
Glenn Eikenberry
Wells County
Mabel Lundy
Barnes County
Arthur Gralund
Sargent County
Rosa Burda
Stark County
Marva Johnson
Pearl Bignall
Wruth Youngquist
John Cronan
Miss Burda
Sulely
Red Suffer Defeat as Kolchak Recaptures Ufa in Brilliant Attack
An official dispatch from near Tiraspol says Roumanian forces crushed Bolshevik troops along the Dniester near Javilaska in Bessarabia and hold southern Bessarabia. A separate report from Omsk notes Kolchak’s army retook Ufa after a bold assault and fierce fighting. Vilna’s fall is anticipated as Bolsheviks retreat north of the Pripet marshes.
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Berne
Dniester
Javilaska
Bessarabia
Tiraspol
Odessa
Pruth
Ufa
London
Omsk
Admiral Kolchak
Vilna
Stockholm
Pripet Marshes
Kovno
Lithuania
Ural
Labor's Program Is Ready for Open Campaign
Secretary Frank Morrison says the intensified drive to elect pro labor candidates will begin after Samuel Gompers returns from France in early April. The nonpartisan campaign aims to push labor’s reconstruction program through Congress and tests all candidates for labor alignment.
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Gompers
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
France
Morrison
Executive Council
Congress
France Seeks Restored Frontiers Based On 1814 Treaty
France presented its claims to the Council of Four urging restoration of borders set by the Paris Treaty of May 30, 1814, including the Saar basin. It argued Rhine left bank restrictions and Alsace Lorraine borders as the natural frontier, opposing German fortifications and control of railways in the Rhine region.
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Paris
Council of Four
France
Saar
Rhine
Alsace-Lorraine
Boy Scouts Plan World Peace Bonfires
Sir Robert Baden Powell proposed a world round chain of bonfires to celebrate the signing of peace. The Boy Scouts of America adopt the idea and 367,093 scouts nationwide will light fires and hold ceremonies on the treaty signing night.
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New York
Robert Baden Powell
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
United States
Allies Demand Safe Conduct for Polish Troops Through Germany
The Allied high command has demanded permission for Polish troops to land at Danzig and march through German territory to Poland, a dispatch from Weimar reported in Copenhagen on March 31. The German government at Weimar reportedly received the demand.
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Germany
Copenhagen
Weimar
Danzig
Poland
Webmar
Rioting in Seoul Claims Forty Korean Deaths
Riots continue in the provinces as authorities report about 40 Koreans killed in the past days. New demonstrations by the Korean Nationalists have erupted in Seoul amid escalating unrest.
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Seoul
Elks pledge aid for crippled soldiers in recovery drive
The Elks War Relief committee in New Orleans pledged cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Vocational Education to rehabilitate crippled soldiers. Bruce Campbell announced plans to place discharged soldiers in jobs, educate the illiterate, and provide vocational support for the permanently crippled.
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New Orleans
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Federal Bureau of Vocational Education
Elks’ War Relief Committee
Bruce Campbell
Elks
California Syrup of Figs Promoted for Constipation Relief
An advertisement urges parents to ask their druggist for genuine California Syrup of Figs with full dosing directions for babies and children. It warns to look for the California name and reject other fig syrups.
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California
Remarkable Catch Tells of a Lake Legend
An old colonel recalls catching a four foot eight Inch lake settler that weighed 28 pounds three ounces. The fish bore multiple hooks and tackle, making it unusable for food. After two and a half hours he hauled it to shore and, unable to carve it, sold the catch for old tron per Judge.
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Old Tron
M. L. Granger
Judge
No Deductions
A speaker laments a man with a long marriage who has no child. A companion remarks on a home needing children’s laughter. A third person jokes about tax savings from having children and money implications.
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Afteen
Papa's Bequests
Short joke item from London Answers about a suitor asking a father to settle on him after marriage. The father jokes he would settle the piano and the girl's mother on him.
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London
Pianist and Aviator Ideals Inflate London Tit-Bits
The snippet shows a humorous exchange where a pianist compares scanning music to flight and a friend jokes about success versus failure, capturing a breezy London Tit-Bits style.
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London
Guernsey Tries To PinAccessory In Auto Crash
In a courtroom scene Lou Guernsey cross examines a pretty witness about an auto collision. He deduces she distracted the driver as he turned to glance at her, implying she was an accessory before the fact. The witness offers confused explanations about an acepa series.
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Lou Guernsey
Lou
Los Angeles Times
Comedian Plans Hotel Bar Room Atmosphere Show
A vaudeville magnate offers to back a performer with a first class bar room setup including mahogany, brass rail, mirrors, and rows of bottles to enhance his act. The comedian has been delivering material in street scenes and deserted villages, with potential staging help offered.
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Mingham Age-Herald
Harsh remark sparks recall of 19th century quip
A vintage quip notes a brutal comparison as a man jokes about making wives tender by beating them. The line reflects outdated gender attitudes from a bygone era and appears in a historical newspaper excerpt.
The Cause and Gossip in a Witty Exchange
A playful dialogue turns on love failures and gossip. A sharp remark about a failing romance spurs a quip on ignorance and flattery. The lines mix humor with social observation about reputation and romance.
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