Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound testimonial ad
Sick women in Lebanon Indiana praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a restorative for stomach and other troubles. Emma Baker attests to improvements and invites others to try the medicine and approve its value. Also includes agency and sales pitches for related products and job opportunities from ads.
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Lebanon
Indiana
Tia Pinkham
Emma Baker
Fact St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Baker
Average Farm Size Through Early 20th Century
Statistics show farm sizes fluctuated yearly. In 1920 the average farm spanned 148.2 acres, versus 138.1 acres in 1910. Improved land averaged 78.6 acres per farm in 1920, down from 75.2 in 1901.
A Angel Synopsis of a Northern Rural Drama
Polly Hopkins and her squatters face eviction as Marcus MacKenzie owns the land near Ithaca New York. Evelyn Robertson hides a secret marriage to farmer Oscar Bennett while Robert Percival assists the squatters. Polly learns Percival is the sympathetic stranger and Evelyn pleads with Bennett to endure hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
New York
Polly Hopkins
Small Jerry
Granny Hope
Oscar Bennett
Evelyn Robertson
Polly
Marcus MacKenzie
MacKenzie
Robert Percival
Evelyn
Bennett
Marc
Marcus
Evelyny
Oscar
Eve
Mrs. Robertson
Robert
Polly Hopkins Finds Hope in an Angry Clash and a Lamb
Polly skirts danger at the barn to comfort a lamb and schemes for a safer life for the squatters. She convinces Larry and Jeremiah to promise not to harm Marcus MacKenzie, then mentors Evelyn toward a bold escape as she awaits a nine o clock meeting with Oscar Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Jerry
Jennett
Oscar
Granny Hope
Pollyop
Bennett
Polly Hopkins
Evelyn Robertson
Jeremiah Hopkins
Larry Bishop
Wee Jerry
Daddy
Larry
Hopkins
Silent City
Bishop
Marc MacKenzie
Storm Country
Marcus
Evelyn
Billy-goat Liopkins
Daddy Hopkins
Oscar Bennett
Pollvop
Uneasy Afternoon Between Mrs Robertson and Daughter
The scene follows Mrs Robertson and her daughter Evelyn as they share a strained afternoon. Evelyn appears miserable while Mrs Robertson stays icy. Robert Percival and MacKenzie are away, returning to ease the tension as Percival excuses himself to write letters.
Aid to Prayer, Prayer and Sweat Unite in Effort
A Baltimore Sun motto notes that prayer works best when paired with equal parts of sweat, underscoring the discipline and labor behind faith and effort.
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Baltimore Sun
Gude’s Pepto Mangan Promises Gradual Health Boost
An advertisement touts Gude’s Pepto Mangan as a pleasant tonic and blood builder with iron, claiming it helps run-down health over weeks. It notes thirty years of medical use, available in liquid and tablet forms, and urges immediate action to restore strength and reduce nervousness.
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Gude
Great Artists Painted Signs on Top of Buildings
The article notes signs above buildings offend the eye and will be removed for public safety, citing fire underwriters who argue they hinder firefighters. It recalls historic signs from Correggio to heraldry, and mentions street nuisances in George II's reign. A brief joke about second sight follows.
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Boards of Fire
Kansas City Star
Pompeiians
Correggio
George II
Musketry drill yields odd patter in barracks yard
Troops on a British barracks square perform musketry drill. A sergeant questions a recruit about a fine sight and the recruit jokes that a fine sight is “a very big poat full of sergeants sinking in midocean.”
Oh Willie and the Bird Tale in the Cage
A child confesses opening a cage after a whispered tale from a little bird. The cat then eats the bird, prompting a moral about punishment for tattling. The exchange centers on blame and consequences in a domestic scene.
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Willie
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Rousee
Notone
Emma F. Bahri
Livingston St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Emph Co
Arno Bidg
Cincinnati
Evison Company
Cleveland
Cuticura
Doan
F. M. Reeves
W. Huntington St
Montpelier
Ind
Dean
Martin
Martin Varnishco
Gas Pure
Chicago
Illinois
al Bsan
WN. U
Fort Wayne
Grace Min White
RH Livingstone
Billy Goat
Robertson Garden
Polly “Hopkins
Chapter
Heath
Alo Montles
RE Sena
Arthur
London
Bellans
Spohn
Spohn Medical Company
Goshen
Miss Cayenne
Bill
Hill
Bayer
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