Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Endorsed by Family in Kansas City
A reader testimonial from Kansas City Kansas praises Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a reliable remedy for headaches stomach distress constipation and general illness. The message claims the pellets made from May apple aloes and jalap are easy to take and provide consistent relief for many years. The letter is signed by Mary E Bradley at 932 Homer Ave.
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Dr. Pierce
Kansas City
Kans
Mary E. Bradley
Homer Ave
Engaged Couples In Careful Courtship Talk
The dialogue hints at engagements with Annie-So Jack as the partner, and Mabel identified as the likely bride-to-be. Fanny is described as attempting to be the bride, creating a playful, cautious situation.
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Annie
Jack
Mabel
Fanny
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Relief for Cold or Catarrh
Fragrant antiseptic cream advertised to clear nasal passages, ease mucous, headaches, and nighttime breathing. Apply a small amount into the nostrils to soothe swollen membranes and provide instant relief for cold or catarrh.
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Ely
Cascarets Promote Health For Kids And Families
Advises Cascarets as a safe candy cathartic for children to relieve biliousness constipation and stomach sourness without calomel or harsh drugs. Claims the product cleanses liver and bowels without griping and is the best family cathartic. Also notes live lobsters were the first merchandise on the Paris Brussels air service.
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Paris
Brussels
Home Orchard Bulletin Aims To Bring Fruit To Families
A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin argues for expanding home fruit growing to improve health and family pleasure. It describes orchard planning, rootstock, varieties, soil, pruning, pest control, and contrasts home growing with commercial farming. Farmers can request Farmers' Bulletin 1001 from Washington.
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Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Division of Publications
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Need for Standard Grades in Uniform Produce
The Bureau of Markets US Department of Agriculture notes rising interest in uniform grades for fruit and vegetables. Grounded by two seasons of experience, standard grades are valued as national guidelines. Potatoes’ wartime grades persist, and new tomato and cabbage grading studies aim for recommendations ready for next season.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Food Products Inspection Service
Farmwise Prose on Manure and Plants in Winter
A rustic set of notes discusses manure piles growing and turning leaves into fertilizer. It mentions a workshop offering winter employment and emphasizes saving production over sheer output. Cowpers, a legume, should be grown on every farm and perform well on thin soil.
Comfort at small cost device warms bath water
The article recounts Dr. Alexander Graham Bell sharing a home made heating method. He describes a wool filled insulated zinc tank heated by a lamp hood circulator to keep bath water warm for morning use. The system sits in an attic Nova Scotia house and delivers a warm bath daily.
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Alexander Graham Bell
People's Magazine
Nova Scotia
Barbara Frietchie and the Gray Headed Resolve
The 1863 scene in Frederick Maryland sees Barbara Frietchie, a gray haired widow, defy Lee’s advancing troops. She raises a captured flag from her attic window as Jackson’s forces threaten, inspiring resistance with the words Shoot if you must but spare your country’s flag. The moment epitomizes courage amid invasion and became a noted Civil War legend.
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Barbara Frietchie
Lee
Frederick
Stonewall Jackson
United States
Barbara Frietchle
Barbara
Jackson
Chicago Journal
Wise Russian Muses on Vladivostok Knights Club Steam Heat
Wise Russian William F Fox notes the installation of steam heat at the Vladivostok Knights of Columbus club as American soldiers test the radiator. A nearby Russian soldier mistook the instrument noises for a talking machine and the U S anthem but learns differently after soldiers guide him to stoke the furnace.
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Willian F. Fox
Knights of Columbus
Siberia
Trans- Siberian Railway
Vladivostok
America
Barefoot school strike shocks Victoria shoppers
A novel strike in Victoria over high priced children’s footwear sees parents sending kids to school barefoot. Boots discarded at home and even a boot seller’s own children go shoeless, as no rule bans bare feet and the long digs drive the playful protest on.
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Victoria
Australia
Peru Alarmed By Chinese Influx Spreads Tension
The And Asiatic League forms to push for stricter laws against Chinese immigrants. Local merchants complain that cheap Chinese goods undercut prices and harm competition. Tensions rise as agitation and confrontations occur with Chinese merchants.
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Peru
Pinturesquely Put Disgusted Cop at Croming
A clipped fragment shows a comical or derisive remark about a police officer and a remark about running on a hydrot Boston Transcript style, reflecting a garbled newspaper snippet.
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Cromiing
Boston Transcript
Bayer Aspirin: official safe genuine tablets pack claim
The Bayer name identifies genuine Aspirin prescribed for over eighteen years and trusted by millions. Pack labels instruct safe usage for colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia lumbago rheumatism neuritis and palsy with the Bayer Cross as a safety mark. Smaller tins hold twelve tablets and cost a few cents. larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Winkleby Considers Installment Plan for Triplets
In No Great Hurry a fatherly Winkleby gazes at newborn triplets with pride yet hints at caution. He asks his wife softly what she thinks and muses aloud about building their family on the installment plan in the Stray Stories excerpt.
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Winkleby
Mrs. Winkleby
Kidney Health Alert for Women Readers
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble and do not know it. Swamp Root claims to restore kidney health and alleviate back pain, headaches, and low energy. Send ten cents for a sample bottle and find it at drug stores.
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Kilmer
Brainy Man's Cold Wardrobe Dilemma Probed
A Boston Transcript quip contrasts a man wearing a light suit and a heavy one. He explains he switches between outfits hoping their effects would average out, prompting a humorous take on weather and dress.
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Boston Transcript
Cuticura Ad Highlights Hand Care Remedies
An advertisement promotes Cuticura products for sore hands, detailing washing with Cuticura Soap then drying and applying Cuticura Ointment, removing excess with tissue. It claims benefits for all toilet uses when Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used together.
Without Doubt Best Seller Riddle During Drought
In a wry exchange a rich publisher boasts his best seller is the one he stocked up before the drought, highlighting a stockpiled item as prized in lean times. The remark underscores scarcity and value in publishing amid hardship.
Papes Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief For Grippe
The ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for severe colds with two hour dosing up to three doses. It claims to relieve nostril stuffing runny nose headache feverishness sneezing and soreness at low cost with no quinine and pleasant taste. The piece ends with a social note about a woman who misses old southern hospitality.
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Pape
Ady
Phrase from an exchange in a Birmingham shopper scene
A lively exchange between a shopper and an impudent clerk is recalled with flirtatious dialogue about romantic songs. The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes the banter, highlighting social humor in a market setting.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Recipe for Gray Hair Remedy Advertised to Restore Shade
A vintage recipe suggests mixing Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with water to color gray hair. Applied twice weekly, the home concoction promises darkening of faded streaked hair, plus soft glossy texture, without scalp cooling or greasiness.
Gold Talks Decree Sparks Witty Banter in Transcript
A playful exchange from the Boston Transcript features a suitor questioning love and a beloved noting a missing ring. The dialogue centers on affection and the humorous reply about a missing engagement finger ring.
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Gold
Boston Transcript
Dangerous Catarrh Remedy Promoted In Atlanta Ad
The ad warns catarrh may progress to consumption and cautions against sprays and inhalers. It claims a liquid remedy treats the disease at its source and urges readers to obtain a bottle and write for free medical advice from the Medical Director in Atlanta Georgia.
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Wwatory
Atlanta
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