Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Featured In Child Health Testimonies
Letters from readers across Altoona Millston and Marinette praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health after childbirth and aiding irregularities. Women claim strengthened bodies and healthier babies, urging others to request the company’s free private text book on ailments peculiar to women.
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Altoona
Lydia
Pinkham
Sam
C. W. Bunz
Altona
Jansanm
Bilston
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydis EB. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Massachusetts
Quiet Rapallo Amid Stormy Postwar Diplomacy
In Rapallo Italy the peace talks and the postwar pact shape the Dalmatian coast and Fiume status. The Villa Spinola near Santa Margherita hosts the key agreement between Italy and Yugoslavia, signed to define borders and curb disputes.
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Fiume
Europe
Rivera
Riviera
France
Italy
Les Rapallo
Hastero Riviera
Rapallo
Bay of Rapallo
Mediterranean
Monte di Portafina
Rapalio
Santa Margherita
Repalio
Riviers
Santa Mar
Eherita
Portofino
Spinola
Maly
Ingo- Slavia
Trapallo
Dalmatian
Protests Over Custom of Keeping Useless Household Goods
Disjointed notes discuss clutter and sentimental value in homes where long residence leads to old furniture cluttering spaces. A writer condemns hoarding and discusses family resistance to disposal amid a mix of unrelated anecdotes and reprinted quotes.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Budapest Described as Magyars Seek Monarchy Return
A National Geographic portrayal by C Townley Fullam frames Budapest as a city of gaiety and vice as Hungarians weigh a monarchical revival. The piece contrasts carefree prewar life with current hunger for stability, noting cafes and theaters bustle long into the night.
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Budapest
Hungary
C. Townley-Fullam
National Geographic Society
Buda Fortress
Moving Picture Actor Recalls Odd Sanitarium Moment
A moving picture actor tells of a comical incident during Rostand's Chanticleer filming outdoors. While walking, he comforted a patient at a sanitarium who joked about monsters and hens appearing to humans, then mused on future escape from the "hole." The piece also notes opinions on best times for physical exercise and mentions Addington Bruce of the Chicago Daily News.
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Rostand
Addington Bruce
The
Chieags Daily News
The Walter who brings it and the Magyar of the City
A fragment describes a character labeled Walter and a mercurial Magyar living by chance. It portrays a man who seeks luck through games, race, and lottery, chasing pleasure and wealth with a detached, wandering gaze. The piece hints at theatrical personas and existential risk.
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Walter
Guam customs and fish catching in strange fashion
A National Geographic note describes Guam life including fish stupefying fruit, reef fishing at low tide, mangrove shore fishes with air-breathing features, and the islanders as capable divers. It highlights Guam’s people, homes, and farming, noting mixed ancestry and family labor on farms.
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United States
Yap
Guam
Philippines
National Geographic Society
Sen
Ciildren
Indies
Manila
The Geography of the Presidential Election
The article describes the largest presidential vote battle to inaugurate the president on March 4, starting November 2 in Hartport Maine and ending sixteen hours later in Czitle Washington. It notes Arizona and New Mexico voting for the first time in 1912 and the expansion of suffrage across the states and territories up to the District of Columbia.
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Hartport
United States
Czetle
Wash
Arizona
New Mexico
Two
Oceans
District of
Colum
The Great Expansion of Votes and the Early Electorate
The passage describes the expansion of suffrage to women and how rapid wireless and telegraph networks spread election results nationwide. It contrasts modern fast information flows with earlier presidential elections when news traveled slowly, and voters largely awaited outcomes from the Mississippi eastward. It notes the shift from a partyless, campaignless early system to a broad public participation era.
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Key West
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Cuba's Prosperity Wave and Wealth in Havana
National Geographic writer William Showalter recalls Havana as Cuba’s economic hub where half the urban population and shipping are centered. The article notes rapid Cuban wealth driven by sugar profits, development of Vedado and affluent housing, with lots selling from one to three dollars per square foot and fortunes made in sugar or in the capital.
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Cuba
William Joseph Showalter
Island
National Geographic Society
Havana
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
United States
Santiago
New
Riverside Drive
Sheridan Road
Hayang
Prado
City Hall Square
Toop
Vicious Circle
A country boarder and farmer discuss a cycle of egg trading that ends with local consumers paying the price. The farmer explains he must sell to a commission man who sells to a jobber, who in turn sells back to the country grocers and to the farmer, completing a circular market loop.
Embarrassing Moment In Crowded Car
A passenger recounts a crowded ride where they and a cousin search for a lost item after missing it. A bystander points out the item is still attached to the person's clothing, prompting a wish to disappear through a window.
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Fen
Justice Left to God in Borneo Water Trial Scene
The excerpt describes a Borneo ritual where natives sit around a limewater dish and toss nine elements into it to determine justice. Judges are the men leaning over the dish, and the ritual is seen as a divine truth by locals in a climate of belief. The passage contrasts with modern notions of courtrooms and reason.
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Barten
Court of Justice
Borneo
Louis Bartlet
Atlantic Monthly
Seasonal Fruit Dishes and Comfort Food Recipes
A column lists fruit desserts and savory dishes as quick kitchen ideas. Banana custard with cake layers, pineapple rice, cherry sherbet, salmon scallop, carrot cakes, stuffed onions, onion soup, parsnip chowder, and Graham bread are described with basic steps and ingredients. The text includes a Ruskin quote about morning and evening reflections.
Common Flowers Inspire Thoughtful Floral Arrangements
A reflective piece extols common flowers and their beauty noting clover hare bells and spindieberry color contrasts. An editor and reader exchange over a misquoted line, prompting a requested retraction and clarification on wording.
Mrs Barrette Reports Splendid Taiac Results
Mrs Anrore Barrette of 283 Second Street Manchester New Hampshire says Tanlac relieved her long back pains fatigue and nervous sleep problems. She notes she has renewed energy and can work again, and two bottles brought a marked improvement praised by her as surprising and lasting.
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Anrore Barrette
Second Street
Manchester
New Hampshire
Hurrette
Adv
Wished the Lady Had Acted in a Town Speech
A politician boasted of his administration in a schoolhouse event while his wife applauded from the audience. A tired high school student quipped that he wished the wife had borne him out the first time. The quip was a flash of public impatience at lengthy political boasting.
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Bhoes
Notable aphorisms on kindness and matrimony from historic figures
A trio of maxims reflects on kindness and reciprocity. Seneca notes silent humility after giving a kindness, while Johnson remarks Providence balancing suffering with joy. The saying on matrimony contrasts a honeymoon with lasting discord.
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New York Evening
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Boston Transcript
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