Texas merchant gains 34 pounds with Tanlac
John M. Crabtree a Dallas Five Mile Station A general merchant recounts twenty years of stomach indigestion catarrh and weakness. After using three bottles of Tanlac he gained 34 pounds from 118 to 152 and reports lasting health improvement and better sleep. He endorses Tanlac and notes continued weight gain remains.
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John M. Crabtree
Five Mile Station A
Dallas
Texas
Mr. Crabtree
Tanlac
Taniac
Adv
Cuticura Complexions Promote Clear Complexions
Cuticura Soap as daily toilet use and Cuticura Ointment for occasional care to soften soothe and heal. Claims clearer complexion a dandruff free scalp and softer hands. Free sample by mail with Book address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Mal
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
First Aid Follies Stir Up Street Scene Tale
A grocer recalls a woman who fainted on the street and the heated debate over first aid practice. He cites a bystander lifting the head incorrectly and another hospital visit while ammonia is used, illustrating public misunderstandings and the strain on doctors and undertakers amid evolving first aid norms.
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R. C
Washington Star
Reforming a Man by Marriage in Modern Times
Maybelle dismisses the idea of reforming a husband through marriage. She claims that reform is now the responsibility of Congress and the police, not the wife, reflecting a satirical take on gender roles and social reform.
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Maybelle
Congress
Police
The Man's Part in a Life Partnership
A compact quotation card cites a Shakespearean note on marriage and gender roles, presenting a joke about the man as the silent partner and the idea that wiser men cloak themselves when clouds gather.
Marvels Worked by Eye Surgeons in French War Hospitals
Dr Louis Borsch, chief ophthalmic surgeon at Paris Grand Palais hospital, reports dramatic wartime eye surgery advances. Immediate treatment and expert field care reduce losses. surgeons graft corneas, skin, cartilage and mucous membrane to orbit, restoring eyelids and lashes.
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C. F. Bertelli
Paris
France
Louis Borsch
Grand Palais
Borsech
Department of Health
Grand Palais Hospital
Borsch
Aged Woman Teaches Knitting in Canton
Mrs. Amelia Brush, seventy, who knitted socks for Civil War soldiers, now teaches a Sunday school class at First Methodist church in Canton how to knit socks for the boys going to France.
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Canton
Amelia Brush
France
First Methodist Church
American Ambulance Hero Sends Warfront Letters
Norman Lee, eighteen, son of a newspaper man, serving with an American Red Cross ambulance unit in France, writes from near Soissons about gas shells, a war dog, the "sniffer" cat, and bombs from Boche planes. He describes dugouts, shrapnel, and mud while thanking aid to wounded soldiers and noting Croix de Guerre recognition.
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New York
Eliot Norton
New York City
France
Norman Lee
James
Kaiser ousts Coon as popular carnival target
In Columbus Ohio a carnival worker replaces the old baby rack with a Kaiser target at fairs and streetCarnivals. Patrons win three cigars for cracking the Kaiser on the head as a period novelty.
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Coon
Columbus
JAPANESE WOMEN TAKE MEN'S JOBS IN EMPIRE
Tokyo reports show Japanese women increasingly occupy roles once held by men. About 4000 women work for the railway bureau as ticket sellers cashiers and clerks while 6000 are employed in government tobacco factories. Wages range from 10 to 25 cents daily for workers and 8 615 a month for male clerks. Actresses earn high wages but face costly clothing and limited improvement in status.
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Tokyo
Europe
Japan
Railway Bureau
Banka
Mercantile Houses
Telegram in Chinese Stumps Evansville Telegraph Office
A Chinese visitor left a telegram at the Western Union Telegraph office in Evansville for Chicago. Ivan Bennett, the signal clerk, took it and hung it on the operator hook. John Black and others could not decipher the message without an interpreter, delaying its delivery.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Evansville
Ivan Bennett
Chicago
Bennett
John Black
Indianapolis
Druggist Endorses Swamp Root Kidney Medicine
A Mississippi druggist testimonial from 1916 proclaims Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as superior for kidney, liver and bladder ailments. He notes favorable customer reports and mentions a physician advocate. The letter from J M Watts Merc Store invites readers to prove Swamp Root by sending ten cents for a sample and booklet.
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J. M. Watts
Watteville
Miss
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Bingnanice
Where Bright Men Congregate Census at Leavenworth
A Leavenworth prison census shows only one illiterate among thousands confined there. The ignorant person is deemed to lack brains enough for a federal prison. The general sentence noted is thirty days in full San Antonio Bright.
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Leavenworth Prison
San Antonio
Pendleton hermit dies rich cache found in cabin
A Pendleton Oregon hermit who died recently left an estate described as poor by associates. Searchers locating the deceased's cabin uncovered cash totaling about $16,000 hidden within. The find raises questions about the man’s financial history and last days. Police say no foul play is suspected as investigators sort through the belongings and records.
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Pendleton
International Accomplishments and Odd Historical Notions
A fragmentary item notes a new recruit speaking French is unlikely, while knowing how to walk in Spanish. It mentions rejected cartridge shells bought by a jewelry firm to make flower vases and references the Assyrians introducing the heel for security and comfort in walking in antiquity.
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War Dog
Brancardier
Sale Boche
Soissons
Norman
Raab Sve
Lee
Neem
Ciildren
Ratogmonth
Castoria
Canada
Bator Ueyer
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western
Climate Volantes
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Nes Aa Wa
Sateen
W. V. Bennett
Bee Bidg
Omaha
U.S
B. T. Tinkham
Princeton Scully
Verdun
NOIS
Illinois
Seresia
Soli
Ary Farm
Seas
Little Eire
Henson
Hayes Se
Prinidads
H. Wilson Isaddlery CO
Daisy Fly Killer
Waa
Seat
Somens
Kals Ave
Brocalth
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Platte River Cattle Co
W. N. U. Denver
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