Woman Avoids Operation Through Pinkham Remedy
Canton Ohio resident Mrs Boyd reports severe female troubles that doctors deemed operable. Her mother advised Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which she credits with easing symptoms, enabling housework and avoidance of surgery. She urges other women to try the remedy and seeks advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Canton
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkbem
Pound
Boyn
Btbh
N. EL
E. Pinkham
Camouflage Roots in Native Tricks and Trail Stealth
An early claim that American Indians pioneered camouflage techniques now used in Europe is recounted by an Indian interpreter. It describes children placing flowers and foliage to move unseen, a warrior targeting the camp, and face and horse paint to blend with rocks, trees, and dirt for stealth in hunting and combat.
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Europe
Train adds and drops passengers on a journey
Jones tests Brown with a counting riddle about a train carrying 70 travelers. At each stop the train drops and picks up passengers, reaching evolving totals. The puzzle ends with a misnamed engineer, Path finder, as a playful punchline.
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Jones
Brown
Pathfinder
Rating Necessary Physician Secretary
The secretary reports a new patient telephoned asking if she must avoid rich foods. The doctor instructs to look her up in Bredastreet's records to verify details and advise on dietary guidance.
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Bredastreet
Iowa State News highlights from 1918 civic life and war efforts
The Iowa State News summarizes local wartime measures and events including fundraising efforts for a new building, flour shipments to France, drowning in the Little Sioux river, soldiers returning home from France, Cedar Falls Sunday closing, government price actions on wheat, electric accident near Boone, state finances, and drives to boost thrift and War Savings stamps under Governor Harding and President Wilson.
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Simpson College
White House
W. L. Harding
Charles Johnson
Hanna Manufacturip Company
Oskaloosa
Lowans
Iowa
France
Edward Cole
Addie Gle
Spencer
Little Sioux
Alvin Krause
Hi. W. Krause
Storm Like
Hargil
Cedar Falls
Hlias Doty
Cedar Rapids
United States Food Administration
Uncle Sam
Sioux City
Food Administration
Chas
Gleman
Union Township
Boone
E. H. Hoyt
Steete
Elbert Stone
Viola Stone
Ida Grove
English Channel
Young Stone
Camp Dodge
Federal Express Company
McAdoo
Adams
Southern
American
Wells Fargo
W. E. Barmey
Dairy
Jura
Army
Navy
Des Moines
Baker Companies
Quartetmaster
War Savings
Homer A. Miller
CG. A. Olson
State Board of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Olson
Fair Board
Forest City
Wilson
Nets
Reserves to Win The Big Battle
A wartime essay argues that offensive action wins wars. General Ford and Field discuss decisive attack, mass reserves, and timing as keys to victory. Foch stresses destruction of organized enemy forces through bold, swift assault.
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London
Battlte Don
Ford
Jimo
Foch
Girl’s prayer aims for wrong capital in Maine tale
Thoms A Mott recounts a Seymour school story about a pupil who prayed to make Boston the capital of Maine after a tough exam. The girl’s mother asks for the reason, and the child explains she wrote it incorrectly on her answer paper and wants it corrected.
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Thoms A. Mott
Seymour
Boston
Maine
Todrananolia News
Belgian Queen Visits Front Hospitals To Comfort Wounded
A cablegram reports Queen of Belgium visiting field hospitals to comfort wounded soldiers. She inspires the troops, organizes a symphony for entertainment, and funds care for war refugees seen at a front school. Children find refuge in dormitories arranged to match their ages amid wartime efforts.
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Queen Vinite Hospital
Belgium
Paul Glutaty
Pett Parlaian
Jost
Prohibition Supporters Cite Wealthy Packer Against Drinking
A Milwaukee Times letter from Patrick Cadaly of Cadahy Wisconsin argues for prohibition by describing world changes if alcohol vanished. He envisions fewer red noses, transformed saloons into community spaces, discharged police, repurposed prisons, and widespread savings. Other locals admire abstinence and oppose liquor despite personal drinking.
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Patrick Cadaly
Antiliquor
Cadahy
Wis
Milwaukee Times
Houses of Correction
Qudzhy
J. P. Benscher
Cudahy
Even Brewers Hate the Saloon
A provocative piece argues saloons drain money from families and harm children. It contends bar profits fuel neglect and deaths, warning that once alcohol grips a person, hope fades for their progeny.
Drunkenness Declines with Prohibition in Ogden Utah
Report shows in five months of prohibition Ogden saw virtually no decline while 916 arrests occurred in seven months of 1917 before August. Salt Lake City News notes stockmen brought families to a convention, citing state dryness as reason. A Labor Day proclamation quotes David Lloyd George urging a sober nation and a society free from drink’s harms.
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Ogden
Utah
Salt Lake City
Time's Wonderful Changes in a Family Photo
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls a baby photo showing a child in a dress and a realization about gender identity. The narrator notes the shift from girl to boy, reflecting on changes over time and perspective within a family.
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Forrest
Chicago Tribune
Cuticura Advert Suggests Quick Relief for Eczema
An advertisement urges using Cuticura with Catteurs Soap and water rinse, then drying and applying Ointment for relief. It promises speedier healing and offers free samples from Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Ointment prices 25 and 50 cents. available at druggists or by mail. Also a caption notes a man described as a slacker failing to work.
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Dept. X
Boston
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad and Witty Matrimony Gaffe
An ad praises Red Cross Ball Blue as the only blue for snow white clothes. A humorous vignette follows with Luffington joking about matrimony as he responds to his wife’s readiness and reflects on waiting for marriage. The tone blends light advertising with dated wordplay.
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Adv
Luffington
Winile
Noted Coed Dispute Sparks Punch Bowl Dialogue
Two coworkers debate women’s unity in a brief Punch Bowl exchange. First coed quips women always contradict one another. second coed counters that they do not, illustrating a light campus disagreement.
Don’t give candid opinion to a friend when you’re tired
A tersely stated maxim suggests withholding frank judgments toward a friend unless one is fatigued by the relationship. The adage implies restraint and self awareness in interpersonal candor.
Old Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Advertisement
An old newspaper ad touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments claiming it neutralizes uric acid and relieves rheumatism. It offers a sample by mail and mentions large and medium bottles for sale at drug stores with a plea to give women a chance to show off and make good.
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Salls
Hilmer
Percel Post
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, NY
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