Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promised Relief for Nervous Women
A Nebraska reader testifies that Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription quickly aided nervous and weak rundown symptoms. She says long use since girlhood improved backache headaches irregularities and restless nights. The ad urges all women with similar troubles to try the remedy with ingredients listed on the wrapper and notes Buffalo New York as the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebr
Pierce
Dion
Lee
Neemgen
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
No Longer Imagine Love Testing Young Couple’s Bond
A playful exchange between a young married pair questions how long love can endure. The man answers with a joke about lasting as long as it does, while the wife counters with a brief promise to persevere.
Lift off Corns With Your Fingers and Treezone Ad
An advertisement promotes lifting corns and calluses with Treezone. A tiny bottle costs little at drug stores and a few drops relieve pain, allowing the corn or callous to come away root and all without pain. The ad closes with a car joke about needing a nut for the automobile.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claim by Toledo Firm
J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio Sworn oath by senior partner Frank J Cheney offering one hundred dollars for cure of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Medicine Internal use through the blood and mucous membranes of the body. the ad ends with a moral quip about faultfinding neighbors religion and self repair.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas Nty
J. Cheney
F. J Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J, Cheney
Kent Pe Gleason
Revere
Iy Cheney &Co
Ohio
J, Cheney & Co
Honest Toil and the Value of Labor Ethics
A reflective piece extols Honest Toil praising workers from carpenters to surveyors. It argues dignity in labor, collective responsibility, and that heritage and fulfillment come from diligent effort within every person, urging action and pride in work.
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Esus
Cromwell
Marner
Washington
Rankii
Lincoln
Seasickness and the absorbent sea’s strange cure
A humorous survey of seasickness describing how voyages trigger the ailment, with jokes about equilibrium, tides, and the challenges of crossing three miles out to sea. The piece notes cures, failed remedies, and the irony of waiting for land while at table or dockside. It closes with a quip about malted milk and the continuing nuisance of seasickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Trish Channel
World and Home Foods: Milk Soup Spinach Soup and More
A wartime era recipe roundup includes French Milk Soup with beaten egg yolks and milk, Spinach Soup strained and thickened with flour and stock, Emergency Soup from pea soup and condensed milk, and Cheese Balls formed, breaded, and fried.
The Gracious Cookie Lady Of The Neighborhood
A nostalgic portrait describes a gentle kindly woman known as the cookie lady who serves sugar cookies to young children in a daily kitchen corner. The speaker recalls her sorrow and sweetness and the way she welcomes a boy who feels entitled to her kitchen. The poem reflects on life, grace, and divine plans for the neighborhood children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Daily
Edger A. Guest
Dream of Murder Dream Interpretations Across The Ages
An article surveys beliefs about murder dreams from Santa de Santis to Freud, noting dreamless sleep for many criminals, dreams of green fields for the condemned, and warnings or anxieties about crime. It cites philosophers and writers like Hood and Howells and discusses moral implications and forecasts tied to dream content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa de Santis
Freud
Ellis
William Dean Howells
Relief From Blazing Skin Diseases Advised
The ad claims skin conditions stem from blood health and promotes S. S. S. as a thorough blood cleanser that kills germs and improves overall health. It invites readers to write to Chief Medical Adviser at 100 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga, for literature.
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100 Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Tramp Seeks Help in Farmhouse Encounter
A long and lean tramp with a suspect pose visits a farmhouse door. A sour Puritan woman, eyeing him closely, refuses aid saying his morals are loose. He jokes about his attire and asks for rope to support his trousers, reflecting a harsh rural exchange.
English clergy form union for better pay and conditions
English clergymen organize a trade union to push for improved pay and working conditions across parishes. Leaders say collective bargaining will raise standards while maintaining duties to congregations and communities.
SOME OTHER KIND OF BISCUIT MILK COMPLAINT AT DAIRY SHOP
A London Tit-Bits item reports a dairy shop dispute where customers complain about milk quality. Mrs Pomple questions the fodder for cows, while the dairy man retorts that cows are fed on the fat of the land and biscuits are used if needed to please customers.
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Mrs Pomple
London
Silence and Marriage Sayings from Ancient Wits
A terse, quirky note contrasts silence as gold with a line about people not having it in their mouths as much. It jokily pairs marriage with shoes, claiming pairs must not be exactly alike to fit.
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Dean
Mr. Barnett
John Barnett
Irginia Place
A. Wheck
Rex Doan
Meburn CO
Buffalo, N.Y
W. U
Denver
Rann Dom Reels
Aren
Eer
CY As
Quek
Nerere
Western Newspaper Union
Edgar A. Guest
the Cookie-Lady
Gilbert
Hood
Eugene Aram
Mary
Tramp
Mrs. Pomple
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek, Mich
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