Women praise Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
A Kenosha reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with helping after childbirth and urges others to try it. The letter notes six years of use and praises its effect on female troubles. A second fragment mentions Billie in Mooresville misidentifying traffic signals in Indianapolis.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Frep
P. Hansen
Green Mountain
J. H. Guild
J. H. Guild CO
Rupert, VT
Fletcher
You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims sworn testimonials prove its value and offers a sample bottle by parcel post to readers who send ten cents and mention the paper. Large and medium bottles are sold at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Gale
Device Produces Depth Readings While Ship Moves Speedily
Navy works on depth finding by reflected sound waves but keeps details secret. A new device, similar in nature, is claimed to measure depths to within one foot even at full ship speed, according to Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Navy Department
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Ife Spirit Fueled by Work Not Philosophy
The text asserts that one does not require philosophy to sustain spirit in Ife, but rather needs to stay busy. It emphasizes practical engagement over abstract thought as a path to purpose.
Kitchen Cabinet Guide to Accurate Measuring and Prudent Cooking
The article emphasizes precise measuring and reliable utensils for successful cooking. It offers tested recipes such as Prune Cake and Lemon Cake Fudding, detailing ingredients and steps. It also includes a misc section with Mock Chop Suey and Gingerbread Nuts, plus a quoted Ruskin reflection on work and happiness.
Prepared for emergencies with a well stocked pantry
Advice for the home maker on emergency food readiness. Build a shelf with canned soups fish and tuna sardines clams bacon peanut butter corn and cheese. Replace used items, label dishes for church suppers, and bake pie crusts properly and bind bias binding with a sewing machine binder.
Alluring Dinner Gowns and Medium Hats Steal Summer Spotlight
The piece describes dinner gowns in crepe de chine and georgette with trimmed hats, highlighting midseason styles, color variety, and a push toward medium hemlines and simple, flattering lines. It notes bold hat shapes, beadwork, embroidery, and coordinated accessories as summer fashion moves.
Carlyle on insight and likeness in perception
The excerpt argues that true likeness arises from inner sympathy and businesslike discernment, enabling one to separate the real from the superficial. It suggests mortality colors perception and asks whether the eye reflects what it carries within.
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Onan
Carlyle
Surgeons travel west to treat a child's condition
Two renowned New York surgeons travel to a western city to operate on a child. The boy will wear a plaster cast for eight months while his father spends thousands so he may walk. A luncheon quip about a Miami restaurant echoes the day’s light chatter.
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New York
Miamio's
Sam
Cattier's
Enterprising local opens candy stove on Main Street
A new candy stove on Main Street draws attention as an enterprising local installs a window display. The storefront shows bright banners and a sign reading Phape per Feed, signaling a modern business push in the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Times
Lawyer bribes and court claims spark appetite for truth
Belston publicist Armand du Tucamp relays a hotel room anecdote about lawyers and a fat man who recalls a railroad accident settlement. The man notes a lawyer received 150 dollars and a larger 5000 dollar damages award, with the rest unmentioned.
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Armand du Tucamp
Belston
Germany
Sgents
Rathroad Company
Sota
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Cuticura Soap daily plus Cuticura Ointment as needed for a clear complexion scalp cleanliness and soft white hands. Add Cuticura Talcum for fragrance to complete the trio.
Fans Used in Early Christian Church Services
Description of round silver belled fans used in early Christian and medieval religious services to drive away flies from the sacred elements during worship.
Fragmentary Quote on Women Changing Parliaments
A truncated quotation notes that women have changed the complexion of parliaments. The text includes garbled phrases about letters and spelling, with references to the Age-Terald and Binnings dau, lacking clearer context or attribution.
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Curt
Binnings
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Billie
Mooresville
Hidianapolls
Absorayia
R. F. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springeld
Mass
Gollum Dropsy Remedy CO
Dept
Atlanta
Iles Hindohana
John Ruskin
Nerre Mar
Ind Lcaive
Bittern Ley
Goodyear
Goodyears
Winfacial
Putnam
Ganu
Faspirin
BAYER
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