Milks Emulsion boosts health claims in ad notice
A drugstore advertisement extols Milks Emulsion as a nutritious tonic that strengthens the body and cures wasting diseases. It cites a patient in Huntley and touts rapid relief of chronic stomach trouble, constipation, and weak appetite, with a money back guarantee and prices of 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle.
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Weaver
Wilmots
Milka Emiulston
Alice M
Huntley
Galesburg
Milka Emulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Adv
Unique Specimens and Cemetery Quips
A Kansas City Star quotation sketches two wry voices, Professor Pate and Featus Pester, debating what returns from the tomb. They joke that the mourners’ tomb returns protest and that the widower who plans to remarry is the one who giggles at the cemetery.
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Pate
Featus Pester
Kansas City Star
If You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best
A promotional text extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy. It cites sworn statements and testimonials, claims broad cures, and invites readers to mail ten cents with the post address to obtain bottles from Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
A War Lesson About a Scrap of Paper
A joke tale where Sponeleigh borrows 20 dollars and notes the amount on a scrap of paper. The narrator hints the note represents an obligation unlikely to be repaid, reflecting a wartime anxiety about promises and debt. The dialogue underscores mistrust and imagined consequences in a precarious era.
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Sponeleigh
Deafness Cure Ad Claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine
An old advertisement warns deafness from catarrh is not fixed by local remedies and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional cure. It asserts the product works through the blood to clear the Eustachian tube and mucous membranes, offering a hundred dollar reward for any cure it cannot achieve. It names F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio and cautions readers about fake promises.
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Chenen
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Beat Entrick Motivation Revealed in Quip
A terse exchange hints at a character eagerly seeking to leave the beat. The line conveys a restless drive and a desire for rapid movement or escape from routine duties. No further context is provided to identify the source or broader narrative.
Shave With Cuticura Soap Ad Claims Benefits
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving and cleansing, claiming doubled razor efficiency and skin health with no irritation even on daily shaves. It also promotes multipurpose use for shaving bathing and shampooing and mentions a 5c price at grocers.
Short Skirts Dominate Fashion as 1920 Styles Emerge
A New York fashion correspondent notes the rise of short skirts and sleeves in spring 1920, with diaphanous street gowns prompting awe and debate. Long waists from designers like Callot and Paquin accent American figures, while serge remains common in day wear and taffeta dominates evening ensembles with clever fabric pairings and ornate beading.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Paquin
Madeleine Et
Madeleine
Jenny
Langin
Calls for War on Rats and Extermination Plans
An editorial urges nationwide rat warfare citing disease and crop losses. It highlights enormous rat growth, urges denying food and shelter, and promotes organized community efforts with USDA guidance and expert bulletin support.
An Insulated House Tested in Canada Cold
The Ohio State Journal notes a residence built on a refrigerator principle with insulated hollow walls tested in Canada’s cold. Occupied for a year by the designer and family, it withstood temperatures to 40 below zero using electric heat. Outer wall cement plaster on metal lath, sheet concrete 1.5 inches thick. inner wall asphalt paper with plaster. Air spaces filled with granulated cork and shavings to curb warm air movement. Construction cost cited at 10 percent above ordinary methods.
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Canada
Ohio State Journal
Britain's Oldest Possessions in the Channel Islands
The Channel Islands Jersey Guernsey Alderney and Sark are described as Britain s oldest possessions once part of the duchy of Normandy and united to the English crown after 1066. The inhabitants held to King John during Norman conquests and disputes over a Magna Carta, while maintaining distinct laws and customs.
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Britain
Channel Islands
Jersey
Guernsey
Alderney
Sark
Great Britain
Normandy
England
William of Normandy
John
Philip Augustus
Channel Island
France
Good Sportsmanship by Lawn Tennis Association
The Youth's Companion praises the British National Lawn Tennis Association for allowing a one armed player to toss the ball from his racket rather than by hand, deeming it a noble gesture that places disabled players on equal footing with able-bodied competitors and reflects both outdoor sport passion and postwar sacrifice.
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British National Lawn Tennis Association
Telephone Industry Employment and Wages in 2017
The telephone industry employed 262,020 people in 2017, with 171,119 women making up over 65 percent. Salaries and wages totaled $175,670,440. Plants and equipment were valued at $1,492,820,015, generating operating and nonoperating revenues of $891,400,581.
London Fight on Prohibition Remodelled Saloons
London battles prohibition with a strategy to remodel saloons into inviting public houses. Brewers and licensed victualers urge architects to design large venues offering food and drink, aligning with a counter move against the dry movement.
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London
Welcome Relief From the Terrors of Rheumatism
An old promotional notice touts a blood purifier claimed to cleanse impurities and cure rheumatism. It touts a germ-killer remedy sold by druggists and offers literature from a chief medical adviser in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Peru's drifting sand dunes on the Andean desert shelves
From Molendo Peru the ascent to the divide along the Southern of Peru railway reveals two vast pampa steps. At four to five thousand feet the drifting sand hills stand as crescent dunes fifteen to twenty feet wide and up to one hundred feet horn to horn. The sand is fine gray crystal, compact to the point that animal hoofprints hardly mark it and no vegetation is seen.
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Mollendo
Peru
Pampa
Crescent
One-Sided Reciprocity Ideas Spark Debate
A brief note discusses how some men's notions of reciprocity appear unilateral. Analysts urge balanced exchanges, citing social norms and expectations across relationships, workplaces, and communities. The piece highlights ongoing conversations about fairness, consent, and mutual benefit.
Dew Powers Freshening Action From Oxygen Saturation
The passage argues dew is invigorating not merely water but oxygen saturated vapor. It suggests ozone forms during dew creation and may explain the morning air's refreshing quality. It also notes grass under a tree struggles to thrive because dew cannot form there, though rain and light reach grass.
Unqualified Endorsement Prompted Question
Senator Sorghum questioned the wisdom of asking about women's suffrage at that late date and asked how a statesman can win votes if he does not support them. The exchange highlights the debate over women's voting rights and political strategy.
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Sorghum
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Villape
Tlene
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Callot
Paris
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Comtents
Tnee
NEW _YORK
Percy
Plateau Shelf
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Michigan
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