Wonderful Gain in Weight Reported
Miss LaRue Davis of Chattanooga Tennessee credits Tanlac with a dramatic weight gain from 76 pounds to over 100 pounds. She says prior illness included stomach trouble and rheumatism, with poor appetite and fragile appearance. She bought the product in Gas City Indiana and notes improved complexion and appetite since starting Tanlac.
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Tanlac
LaRue Davis
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gas City
Ind
An Imperfect Container
A brief line item notes a fragile vessel and detectible signs of its flaw. The exchange hints at a hidden truth being revealed by tears and a leak, underscoring a moment of unintended disclosure.
You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best
An old advertisement style piece endorses Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments claiming widespread customer testimony and promising dramatic relief. It notes a sample bottle offer by parcel post from Kilmer Co and includes a comic line about pets from the Detroit Free Press.
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Legic
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Iso
California Fig Syrup Ad Promises Quick Constipation Relief
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a remedy to cleanse the bowels in sick children. It urges mothers to give a teaspoonful, claims ease for constipation, bilious conditions, feverishness, and stomach sourness, and warns to demand genuine California Fig Syrup from the druggist. The copy ends with a dated, prejudiced line about Chinamen.
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California
Hunger and Despair in Volga Towns Amid Drought and Drought
Refugees crowd the Volga towns including Syzran and Samara driven from their land by drought and grasshoppers. Docks overflow with belongings as committees try to move survivors to food, while rations run short and deaths rise among starving children. Germans and locals alike suffer in squalid conditions as markets trade scarce goods for trinkets and salvage. Typhus spreads, trains burdened, families separated, and aid efforts struggle to reach the hardest hit areas.
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Syzran
Russia
Volga
Samara
Simbirsk
Saratoff
Tsaritzin
Tolstoy
Dostolevsky
Mariupol
Siberia
Omsk
Anna Haines
Philadelphia
Friends’ Relief Organization
St Wl
Cara
Brief Seattle divorce suit over locked clothes and abuse
Mrs Willena White files for divorce from Roy White after about 80 days of marriage claiming he took her clothes, locked her in a room, struck and choked her, insulted her and threatened her mother. She seeks the return of her maiden name Willena Roberts.
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Seattle
Wash
Willena White
Roy White
Fragmentary wartime night scene described in distress
The text depicts a chaotic scene as people await transfer to another town. Some were still alive while others lay incapacitated or dead, making it hard to distinguish living from the dead.
Man Examines Four Thousand Fish In Aquarium
Floyd 8 Young oversees a department store fish aquarium in Chicago. On Saturdays he conducts comprehensive exams of about 4,000 fish, giving baths, checking fins, and treating any that appear ill. He ensures each fish receives food and water throughout the week.
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Floyd
Young
Chicago
Two Rescuers Die in Staten Island Pond
Edward Anderson, eight, cried out in a pond leading Edward’s rescuers Paul Saps and Michael Lowenk to dive in. The two Elizabeth, New Jersey men disappeared beneath the water and were later recovered dead by police, believed to have been seized by cramps.
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New York
Edward Anderson
Elizabeth
N. J
Paul Saps
Michael Lowenk
Staten Island
Saps
Sowenk
Artesian Wells and Their Rise to Surface Water
An overview explains artesian wells by describing pervious and impervious strata trapping groundwater. It notes Artois as the first well example, cites historical use in China and Vienna regions, and mentions Grenoble producing water 32 feet above ground at over 500 gallons per minute. A separate quip comments on pride in ancestors.
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Artois
France
Memorial
Vienna
Grenoble
Paris
Boston Globe
Quiet Campaign Marks Chiggersville Election
In Chiggersville the last municipal campaign was unusually calm with little personal vitriol. Candidates Jasper Suggs and Cleero Fillikins traded mild barbs, Suggs calling Fillikins a wolf in sheep’s clothing and a booze-guzzling turncoat, while Fillikins branded Suggs a pillager of widows and orphans.
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Chiggersville
Squire Witherbee
Old Town
Jasper Suggs
Cleero Fillikins
Suggs
Birmingham Age Herald
Try Being Poor. What’s the good of wealth?
A pithy quote from the Boston Transcript contrasts wealth with health noting a person with four automobiles is told by a doctor to walk to work, highlighting humorous social commentary on affluence and practicality.
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Bomton Transcript
The Young Man Who Gets a Good Start In Life
A quirky proverb-style line about a youth who begins life well but fails to meet expectations, reflecting mixed views on early success and later outcomes.
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Detroit Free Press
Tdate
Burley
Wares
Berlin
Lustgarten
Boy
Java
Wrigley’s
North
America
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