Milks Emulsion Sold Nationwide After Positive Personal Testimony
An Indiana reader recounts relief from eighteen years of winter stomach trouble after six bottles of Milks Emulsion. The ad touts Milks Emulsion as a palatable solid emulsion that restores bowel action, boosts appetite, and aids in recovery from wasting diseases with a money back guarantee. The Milks Emulsion Co. of Terre Haute distributes through druggists nationwide.
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Mia
W. G. Mershon
Brazil
Milks Emulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
An Awful Calldown Among City Editors
A humorous exchange shows the editor and managing editor clashing over a column. The managing editor dismisses the piece as a laughing stock while praising its notoriety in the city.
Water with Aspirin Bayer Ad Teaches Proper Use
The Bayer Company promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with directions to drink one or two glasses of water after taking the tablets. Genuine Bayer must bear the Bayer Cross and is prescribed for colds headache toothache rheumatism neuritis and pain. Each unbroken package includes directions. handy tins hold twelve tablets and cost a few cents.
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Bayer Company
Bayer
Invention Aims to Silence Party Line Subscribers
A jesting exchange notes a young boarder testing a device to mute subscribers during party line use. The quip highlights curiosity about an invention intended to deter listening during shared telephone lines.
A Lady of Distinction and a Long-Distance Line
An advertisement touts a Lady of Distinction due to her perfume and a Cuticura soap bath followed by Cuticura Talcum Powder for clear skin. A joke contrasts Billy’s call with a girl under 25 who says she will never marry, implying doubt about truth.
Life is a Misery to Her from Female Weakness
Carrollton Kentucky tale of a woman suffering for two years with female weakness. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports relief and resumed daily work and care duties. A testimonial from Lillian Thar of Carrollton invites readers to write for free advice.
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Carrollton
Eral
E. Pinkham
T. Atter
Lillian Tharf
Thar
6Th St
Pinkham Berlcine Co
No Regard for Cost of Gowns in Current Paris Fashion
Paris fashions show a disregard for cost with plentiful taffeta and lace, bold colors, and elaborate trims. Designers push taffeta cire and intricate weaves while fashion commentators note extravagant fabrics amid calls for practicality.
Spring Fashion Embroidered Black Taffeta Dresses Described
Woven stripes feature in new spring models with black taffeta dresses adorned by English embroidery using steel threads and beads. Deep embroidery mirrors old mualo skirt patterns, extending to bell sleeves. Skirt sits on silver cloth foundation with a black tulle hem at the embroidered edge. The bodice opens low at the front in a rounded toe shape over the hips.
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Taffeta Cire
Use of Color in the Home
The article urges women to apply color boldly in home decoration, noting fear and reliance on dull schemes. It contrasts freedom in dress with timidity in interiors, cites labor costs and upheaval as excuses, and suggests learning papering and palette painting will encourage experimentation.
Revival of Longer Gloves Dominates Promenade Fashions
Fashion notes highlight a shift toward longer gloves, with nineteen and sixteen button styles gaining favor. Prominent white gloves in silk and fine leather lead trends, while soft tones like bloque ivory dominate color palettes.
Nantucket Nautical Talk Remains Fresh In Island Speech
Judge Crosby cites Nantucket residents who daily translate sea terms to land life. Islanders say they go “to America” for the mainland and “set” an umbrella, with phrases like “drawing” progress and “here short to trip” for ready to sail.
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Newburyport
Lates
John C. Crosby
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Nantucket
America
Sen
Obed Macy
Hardy Jane
Jotham
Mother
Windard
Union Street
Ife-saving
Great Point
Caleb Cushman
Cincinnati Among Six Global Sites For Oil Boiled Steel
A Carthage plant strengthened a 30 000 pound hollow bored tumbler shaft for dredging gold in California. The shaft priced around 17000 dollars was heated near melting point then lowered into a large oil bath, boiling and sputtering as it cured. This method marks a notable advance in steel treatment used to strengthen large components.
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Cincinnati
Carthage
California
Aernane
Honey and Bread Taste Mixed in Childs Request
An Indianapolis boy describes taking home honey with comb and asking for bread and butter and some honey and some of the comb in a humorous request. The tale captures a child’s simple breakfast craving and clever phrasing.
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Indianapolis
World currency totals according to mint data
The director of the mint provides official data on monetary stacks from fifty six principal countries. The computation estimates world money at about 80,686, yc RELL in American dollars.
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Mint
John
Indianapolis News
Sleeping Car Snobber and Hogling Night
A fat couple occupies a sleeping car on a Pennsylvania Limited train from New York. The woman takes the lower, the man the upper berth and demands help to settle. The car sits near a hog car and the hogs’ bleats awake the sleeper. Weeks later a collie dog tries to alert humans to assist.
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Pennsylvania Station
New York
Hiram
Incubating cooties and wartime lice studies
A new incubator for hatching cooties was devised for scientific study of wartime pests. Volunteers fed up to 4000 lice at once on a forearm to observe disease transmission, finding that several diseases including Serbian typhus fever can be carried by the cootie.
Tax Collector Takes Toll On Lovers And Wealth
When suspicion enters the door love fades away and wealth is claimed by the tax collector. The saying warns that trust and affection yield to fiscal demands.
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Love
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