Operation Averted The Mysterious Letter Tea Ad
A Philadelphia reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing months of cramps and pain after a single bottle. The letter, published with consent, claims rapid improvement and eventual recovery from long standing gynecological discomfort. A Columbus anecdote recalls a state senator dying, a committee forming to escort the body home, and a companion’s remark about duty and drinking.
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Org
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tros. McGonigal
Hartville Street
Phila
Columbus
Cleveland Plain Dealer
State House
Senator X
War Declared on Rats by U S Govt Ad
Government of Washington plans a campaign to curb rat damage to lives and property. Loss from rats reaches over two hundred million dollars annually. Stearns' Paste touted as the best method. households urged to buy for thirty five cents.
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Washington
Ady
An Army Dentist Joke from Garrison Soldier
A Garrison artillery gunner who had passed a blacksmith's course returns on furlough with dental tools. A civilian questions the decoration. the soldier explains the hammer and pincers symbolize dentistry and the hammer used to calm nervous men with a joke about chloroforming them.
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Tommy
London
Historical scholars quiz about dead nations
Willis cites Assyria Media and Carthage as dead nations in a historical discussion. Gillis notes no papers report their declaring war on Germany. Judge records the exchange as a facet of historical framing and interpretation.
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Willis
Assyria
Carthage
Gillis
Germany
Save Superannuated Oysters Across Clean Water
Polluted oysters may be purified by a short soak in water with calcium hypochlorite. The claim is that this makes the oysters perfectly safe to eat while preserving flavor. The passage also notes the difficulty of reforming men with happy families and acknowledges varying personal faults.
Western Canada lands push resident farmers into action
Owners of uncultivated lands in Western Canada protest a surtax that penalizes land held in natural state. Provinces seek to force sales or cultivation, offering easy terms to settlers. Yield potential is high with wheat returns of 50 to 80 bushels per acre, and land values dropping to 15 to 30 dollars per acre. Increasing profits lure buyers as market absorbs speculative lands.
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Western Canada
Canada
United States
Western
Kindness Prompts Private Simkins Library Visit Reveal
Private Simkins returns from the front to discover his girl with another. She explains the frequent town promenades were kindness on the part of the other man who took her daily to the library to see if he was killed.
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Simkins
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
An old promotional notice offers $100 for a case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces, selling through druggists for over forty years with free testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
South Africa Furniture Market Shaped by Steel Tubes
Wooden bedsteads and furniture manufacturing have surged in South Africa as steel tube factories pivot to munitions, reshaping the local market with an abundance of wooden bedstead production and related goods.
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South Africa
Buogland
Price Joins the Army Prompting Quick Strike Backlash
The item notes Price entering military service and comments on the pace of his progress versus others. A dig at Sunday piety versus six days' depravity rounds out the brief joke.
Growers urged to save potato crop
Washington warns small growers to store potatoes properly to cut winter losses. Lou D. Sweet of the US Food Administration outlines causes including sweating, wet storage, frost, disease, and sprouting, and prescribes ventilation, drying, sorting, and seed selection for next year.
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Washington
Lou D. Sweet
Potato Division
United States Food Administration
French grenadier loses hands but forges new life on farm
Jean Ledrans a French peasant who trained recruits for bombing had a grenade explode wounding him, losing his right eye and both hands. After recovery his fiancée married him and he now writes, drives, plows, and works the farm using prosthetic forearm stumps and timeeff devices.
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London
Jean Ledrans
Ledrans
France
Timeeff
Milk types and infant digestion evaluate Jersey and Guernsey milk
The text compares milk from Jersey, Guernsey, Ayrshire, and Holstein cows for infant feeding. It notes Jersey and Guernsey milk is rich in fat, often deemed too rich for infants. It also states Ayrshire and Holstein milk curdles more, aiding easier digestion in children.
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Jersey
Guernsey
Hes Bheve
Taft Inspects Balloon School as 800 Pupils Train for Air Army
Ex President Taft visited Fort Omaha last week to view the balloon observation corps that aid artillery. He called the work of the observers who fly 4000 feet in the air and signal from trenches five to six miles away as wonderful. Nearly 500 trainees are at Fort Omaha, preparing to direct field artillery for France and Belgium, with new recruits filling their places.
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Taft
Fort Omaha
France
Belgium
Berlin
Requirements for Observation Balloon Pilot Commission at Fort Omaha
The United States Army Balloon School at Fort Omaha invites applicants for 1st Lieutenant Observation Balloon Pilot roles. U.S. citizens 19 to 36, energetic with clean morals may apply. After exams, enlist as first class private in the Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps and train. Upon qualifying, commission as 1st Lieutenant with a $100 monthly stipend plus quarters and food. Applications to President Aviation Examining Board, Fort Omaha, Nebraska.
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United States Army Balloon School
Fort Omaha
United States
Aviation
Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps
Aviation Section
Signal Officers Reserve Corps
President Aviation Examining Board
Neh
Peruna praised by Rogersville man for catarrhal cough cure
Mr W B Brown of Rogersville Tennessee writes that after suffering la grippe and a bad cough he used five bottles of Peruna and his cough and catarrh were cured. He notes his weight increased from 115 to 148 pounds and urges others with catarrh to try Peruna.
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W. 8. Brown
F. D
Rogersville
Tennessee
Time to Fight Mice and Fuel Gas as Alternatives
A miscellany of home foresight tips and wartime notes urges sealing entryways and keeping food hidden to deter mice, plus a playful take on cat vs trap as defense. It also reports on coal gas as a petrol substitute with balloon bikes used abroad and hints at social observations about friendship and reputation.
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England
No Such Thing As Solitary Happiness
Fragmentary quote argues against solitary happiness and mocks objections to matrimony suggesting dogs as alternatives. The lines imply a provocative stance on marriage and companionship with a humorous tone. No clear event, person, or organization named.
Skin troubles solved with Soap and Ointment ad
FOR SKIN TROUBLES The Soap to cleanse and purify the Ointment to soothe and heal. They usually afford immediate relief in itch ing, burning eczemas, pimples, dandruff and most baby skin troubles. They also tend to prevent little skin troubles becoming great if used daily. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston, Sold everywhere. Melancholy Thoughts. "The falling leaves fit me with melancholy thoughts," said the poetic person. "They used to have that effect on me," said the unpoetic person, "What changed you?" "I moved into an apartment and don't have to take them any more."
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Merge of All Swedish Match Factories Formed
Stockholm Oct 22 merger of all Swedish match factories announced creating a new corporation with 400000 shares at 200 crowns each. Des Moines Oct 22 recount order by Attorney General H M Harper for Monday’s special election on constitutional prohibition. Official returns show wets ahead by about 1000 in a 480000 vote, with potential for change in final tally.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Iowa
Des Moines
H. M. Harper
Mohammedans in Egypt and Sudan and a golfer’s quip
A provocative 1910 era quip notes that in Egypt and Sudan nine of ten people are Mohammedans and adds a sharp joke about golfers never having time to discuss neighbors. The tone reflects period attitudes and humorous ethnic reference common in old newspapers.
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Egypt
Sudan
Russ Fleet Bottled Up In Gulf Of Finland Action
Russian battle fleet including Slavia faced a German cordon as ships were trapped in the Gulf of Finland. In the clash near Ovsel feland the Slavia was badly damaged and the rest withdrew to Moon mound, prompting a retreatary move by Russian forces.
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Petrograd
Jon Moon Sound
Gulf of Minland
Nien
Ovsel Feland
Moon Mound
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