Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Helped Woman In W Va
A Moundsville woman recounts relief from menstrual pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says two years of pain and irregular cycles ended, and urges others to seek advice from the Emma L. Co. Lynn via mail for health guidance.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Lydia E
Vegele Coryid
Mia. Grones
Trgarden
Third Street
Tegarden
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emmae Co
Lynn
Century Kidney Treatment Ad Exploits Health Fears
An unscrupulous advertisement targets kidney and bladder issues promising complete cures for diabetes and urinary troubles. It urges immediate payment, uses alarming language, and pushes unverified remedies, prompting readers to beware of medical fraud and misleading claims.
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Rex
Coat Frock Fashion Promise in Early New Year
In the early days of the year crocuses appear and the air brightens. The piece suggests wearing a coat frock with a wrap on cold days, then a stole as it warms. It discusses woolen materials like duvetyn and velours de laine, with options in plain and wool brocade, emphasizing smart combinations and longevity.
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Christian Science Monitor
Techniques for stylish coat-tracks with embroidery
The plain material of the most salient shale yields orig inal pleasing effects. Coat-tracks are successful when made of wool jersey or stockingette. Embroidered stockingette on plain fabric creates charming effects with wool embroidery and beads for decoration.
Overskirt Blouse Solutions for Stout Women in Fashion
The article outlines a tunic styled overskirt blouse as a solution for the stout figure, noting longer lengths than hip middy styles to avoid emphasizing hip breadth. It describes evening gowns with dyed laces, satin and net combinations, and a bolero-like effect with a low decollete neck. Lace corsets with sturdy bindings and eyelets are praised for structure, plus lingerie trimming with velvet ribbons and brocade details.
Paris Fashion Trends Warm for Spring Styles
Review of spring fashion notes from Paris emphasizing elaborate artificial flower headdresses among debutantes, matching trims on frocks, crepe de chine and organdie fabrics, bright yellows and oranges for evening wear, new blouse fabrics and embroidery themes, long spring sleeves, and evolving suit and slipper trends. Includes shirt waists in mannish style and sporty jersey petticoats with silk fringe for wear under sports skirts.
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New York
Fashion Notes on Frocks and Refined Evening Wear
A survey of 1920s style details featuring flying panels and full length back panels. Descriptions include decollete looks, wrap gowns, narrow foundation skirts, head-over-slips frocks, deep hems, and embroidered peasant sleeves with pink mousseline accents. Paris influence and lace overdutures noted.
Lower California as an Aeronautical Frontier and Land Use Spotlight
Frederick Simploh reports to the National Geographic Society on Baja California, its Mexican runs, and American activity. He notes cattle ranches near Ojos Negros, leather tanneries in La Paz, and irrigation debates at the Colorado delta linking U S and Mexican water rights.
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California
United States
Mexico
Baja
Lower
America
Circle Bar Company
Ojos Negros Ranch
Ttle
I Ia Paz
Cortez
Walker
Francis Drake
Mugiatens Bay
Mexicali
Colorado Delta
Gulf of California
Sonora
of Mexico
Colorado River
Une
Will Elephants Follow Buffaloes Into Extinction Threat?
In a National Geographic communication Sir Harry Johnston weighs elephant fate in Africa and India. He warns domestication is unlikely as savagery and ivory demand complicate efforts to protect or exterminate elephants amid farming pressures and colonial attitudes.
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United States
South African
Cape , Council
Harry Johnston
National Geographie Society
Uganda
Value of a Name and Oysters in Indian Diets
A French empire officer earns a Napoleonic promotion block due to a ridiculous baptismal cognomen. The article then notes Todian tribes along the Atlantic coast relying on oysters long before European settlers arrived, using them as a staple.
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French Empire
Napoleon
America
Atlantic Coast
Possible Ancestor Deduced From Central Montana Skull Find
Scientist J W Gidley of the Smithonian Institution reports skull fragments found in central Montana may belong to an early member of the human lineage. Teeth analysis suggests a non monkey-like form, with debates over classification within the great tribe including humans and apes.
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J. W. Gidley
Smitthvonian Institution
Montana
Gerous
United States
Elephant as Pet and Friends Die After Shared Milk
A four foot high elephant becomes a companion following a human, fed by a bottle of cow's milk via a long neck bottle placed in its mouth. The creature ropes around a room, follows, and enjoys rides. A zebra foal is introduced as another orphan in a domestic pairing. Both animals bond but die from illness linked to cow's milk.
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Elefluibt
Elephant
Xebra
Cow's Mill
Malmedy Relinquished by Prussia in Belgian Border Talks
The Peace conference panel backs Belgium’s demand to restore Malmedy and nearby areas to Belgian control. The piece notes Malmedy’s Walloon population, historic abbey ties, and linguistic revival moves in towns like Aix-la-Chapelle, Stavelot, and Malmedy’s valley setting.
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Peace Conference Commission On
Belgium
Malmedy
Tong
Rhenish
Prussia
Stavelot-Malmedy
le Stavelot
Luneville
France
Ambleve
Stavelot
Warche
Charles Martel
Char-lemagne
Neustria
Stave
Aix-la-Chapelle
Walloon
Trelgium
Lloge
Namur
Straits of Messina and Surrounding Regions Description
The Straits of Messina link the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Ionian Sea between Selly and Tigrian peninsulas. The Sicilian and Tratian banks yield lush groves of lemon and orange, pomegranate orchards, and almond blossoms. Messina, once a major seaport with 150 000 residents and a harbor depth over 30 fathoms, was devastated by the 1908 earthquake.
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Selly
Tigrian Peninsula
Straits of
Messina
Italy
Straits of Messina
Punta del Paro
Punta Pesto
Montalto
Etna
Europe
Kingdom of Italy
Mythic dangers and sea perils of ancient straits
The article sketches Homeric readings of mythic figures such as Scylla and Charybdis as perilous guardians of sea routes. It notes a Tafty cave where Scylla lurks, snatching sailors, and the dangers posed by whirlpools and maelstroms as ships approach the straits.
Rebellion and Desolation in Mesopotamia’s Garden of Eden
A National Geographic bulletin quotes multiple sources on Mesopotamia as cradle of civilization and notes British troop deployments amid native uprisings. It describes Baghdad’s central role, fertile irrigation works, and the Garden of Eden along the Euphrates with large prewar irrigation canals and canals like Narawa.
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Mesopotamia
Egypt
Nation Geographic Society
Tigers
Euphrites
Bagdad
Mediterranean
Persian Gulf
Syria
Taurus
Nile
Crom Tnt
Nile Valley
Mesopotazsia
Aleppo
Euphrates
Garden of Eden
Mussayeb
Babylonian
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylonia
Wigris
Herodotus
Oysters Used as Currency by Inland Traders
The passage notes oysters were dried and smoked, strung on bits, and used as money by inland tribes. They carried them from coastal towns to valley tribes to buy meat hides and other goods not typically sold along the coast.
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Mother Gray
St Cecilia's Day Ball Festival History and Legend
A historical notice recalls St Cecilia's Day celebrations popularized in late 17th century Britain with concerts and poems by Dryden Addison Pope and music by Purcell Blow Handel. It notes later fusion interest and discusses the figure of Cecilia as a symbolic allegory rather than a fixed musical patron.
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Sion
Britain
Cecilia
Toman
Detroit Man Praises Earle's Hypo-Cod For Digestive Relief
A Detroit man named Edwin T. Rablen credits Earle's Hypo-Cod with curing long standing indigestion and related symptoms. He urges others to try the tonic from local drug stores, noting improved appetite, sleep, and energy. The ad cites Earle Chemical Co Wheeling West Virginia as the maker and promises a low cost remedy.
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Jota
Earle
Edwin T. Rablen
3000 St
Jean Ave
Detroit
Jose
O. K
Earie
Mork
Earle Chemical Co
Wheeling
W, Va
Phone name swap reveals miscommunication at Newark firm
A visitor asks for John Henry Smith at a Newark business office. The staff mistake the name for a phone alias of Mr Kraemberlicht, exposing a humorous mix up and a new office boy’s confusion. The tale ends with the line Its phoney name.
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Mr. Kraemberlicht
John Henry Smith
Mr. Smith
Newark
Kraemberlicht
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