While at War Women Suffer at Home
A wartime advertisement for Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription promotes a liquid or tablet tonic for women. It features testimonials from Mrs Hota Sia of Bat rour Iowa and Mrs Anim Mut Downey praising health benefits. The ad notes natural root ingredients, no alcohol, and a 60 year sales history with trial offers via the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bat.rour
Iowa
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Invalida’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Swamp Root urged for kidney and bladder troubles
Advert suggests women suffer from kidney and bladder issues and may ignore symptoms. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a remedy, offering sample by mail and urging immediate purchase. Included are unrelated notes about social etiquette and a boy’s mischief.
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Kilmore
Boschee's German Syrup Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a best for coughs bronchitis and throat troubles with a good night’s rest and easy morning expectoration. Claims updated by years of use across the United States and bottles priced 80 and 90 cents in all synified counties.
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United States
Considerate Reply Ending In A Witty Exchange
Mrs Cilthersty laments choosing a weak husband while Henry and Mr Glithersby spar gently. She notes she should have wed a son with a strong will, while he questions the sentiment. The dialogue hints at character contrasts and a playful tension between efficient willpower and gentler restraint.
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Henry
Mrs. Cilthersty
Mr. Glithersby
Trysis
Cheney & Co Promises Hundred Dollar Reward for Catarrh Cure
Prank J. Cheney swears he is a partner in the firm Cheney & Co doing business in Toledo Ohio and that the company will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A. W. Giangon witnessed the oath on December 6 with seal.
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Binte
Ohio
Toledo
Tunas County
Prank J. Chaney
Cheney & Co
Halls Catarris
Prank J. Cheney
A. W. Giangon
Notary Public
ITALL
Ohig
The Producer and the Questioning Consumer
A fragmentary quote shows a man challenging being labeled a consumer as he questions the producer about billing. The odd wording hints at a discussion on responsibility and identity in modern commerce.
Heart of the Giver Christmas Gift Crochet Instructions
A fragmented guide to making handmade gifts with crochet and sewing. It describes baby crochet stitches, a circle cover for a rubber ball, a drawstring, a jacket, matching cap strings, and decorative edges. Also mentions skirts and various fabrics and colors for gift items.
Fragmented textile gift notions for men in social circles
The passage lists embroidered items and their use as gifts for male social circle members. It notes the novelty of giving men a stock of big items and mentions options to buy linen by the yard in sports colors, with hints of self-assembly.
Solomon's Wisdom And Odd Customer Fares In Anecdotes
A quirk filled snippet recalls Solomon famed for wisdom and a stagey exchange about gifts and monograms. An exhausted shopkeeper jokes of forty remedies but wakes with a cold, while a druggist touts Dr Piered’s Pleasant Pellets to keep a customer healthy and amused.
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Piered
Yew Automatic Light Buoy Innovation Described
A Popular Mechanics feature explains an automatic light buoy that generates its own electric current with a simple mechanism. A vertical shaft and weighted arm drive a high tension magneto, lighting via a gas-filled tube. The system requires minimal maintenance and can emit various colors.
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Mechnics
Mivney
Fiery red pimples and soothing cure ad offer
Fiery red pimples need a hot bath with Sutury Soap and Cuticura Ointment to ease distressing scremps itchings and burnings. Free sample by mail with Book. address Cutlerua Dept L Coston Sakbevers where Ady.
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Cutleura
Dept. L
Coston
Sakbevers
Ady
Bridge Inspection for Cocilo River Crossing in Tolmin
A representative of an American firm arrived in Colombia to inspect the Cocilo River crossing at Chicornl Tolmin department. The project aims to erect a bridge as part of the Palima railroad construction program now under way.
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Colombia
Cocilo
Chicornl
Department of Tolmin
Palima Railroad
Tunner Construction
Philak Speaks Sparingly to Prompt Widespread Ink
A compact remark by Philak precedes broader discussion, with listeners noting that measured words trigger extensive media attention and repeated mention of the topic. The exchange hints at a strategic approach to public discourse.
Artificial legs offered to assist work horses and mules
A French American veteran offers steel horse and mule legs to the Philadelphia Red Star Animal Relief. He claims designed crutches would keep animals fit for farm work after military service ends, using a quadrantepring ankle mechanism to stabilize the limb and aid mobility.
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Falee
Philadelphiaia
Red Star‘ Animal Relief
Hurope
France
United States
Trouble and Afterthought in Dominion Over Beasts
A terse quotation notes that trouble often leaves regret for what could have been endured better. It reflects on moral restraint when war yields dominion over creatures, implying self-control as essential after power shifts.
Warner’s Safe Diabetes Remedy touted as miracle cure
A front page style testimonial from Jules Irriquet of Los Angeles praising Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy. The letter claims dramatic weight loss and recovery from illness after using the herb formula, says the remedy is safe and ages-old, and notes availability from druggists and a ten-cent sample offer from Warner's Remedial Co.
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Warner
Friquet
Jules Irriquet
West First Street
Los Angeles
Cal
Jules Friquet
Warner's Safe Remedial Co
Rochester
N. Y
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