Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Advertises Cure
A Chicago woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with preventing a third operation and restoring her health after severe inflammation and a tumor. The letter urges readers to use the remedy to rebuild the feminine system and address causes of distressing pains, listing various female ills it purportedly helps.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Aie Ee
E. Pi Dam
Alvena Spreeling
Langdon Street
Ill
Lydia
Accent on the Pus and a Starch Advertisement
A quirky dialogue about octopuses and education is paired with an advertisement praising Defignee Starch. The copy asserts the starch is chemical free, safe for fine fabrics, and strengthens stiffness, claiming half the usual quantity yields a perfect finish like new.
A Difference In Time And Voice In A Man's Life
A humorous, raunchy reflection on aging relationships. The piece contrasts a man's early romance with a later, louder wakeup call from a partner, using playful biblical allusion and rhetorical humor to underline changes in desire and perception over time.
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Gabriel
John
Quote on thinking and smoking habits cited by Pope
An ironic remark about people who talk but do not think is followed by a note that Liang, once a heavy cigar smoker, now uses Lewis' Single Binder straight 6c.
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Liang
Lewis
Byers
Norwegian Lutheran convention ends in Des Moines with new funds and aims
Des Moines hosts the Norwegian Lutheran church national convention. Officers re-elected. a $100,000 pastors and professors pension fund created. a $76,000 deaconess home and hospital planned in Chicago. excavations for a $60,000 women’s dormitory at St Olaf College approved. English board of home missions established. twenty ordained, four pastors from other bodies joined. extensive mission and faculty additions approved. $38,000 in next year appropriations plus about $50,000 for missions. prize allocations, thanks to Des Moines groups, and plans for a 25th anniversary celebration.
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Des Moines
Board of Home Missions
Canada
Des Moines Camerat Ell
Home and Foreign Missions
St Olaf College
Te Des Moines Commercial Club
The
United Church
Rt. Rev
Dr. Dahl
0. Lokensgaard
B. G. Reinersten
C. Braaten
N. G. Peterson
Intensive and extensive farming tips for a diversified farm
Agricultural notes advise on pasture management alfalfa mice and cattle sprays, straw pest control and silage feeding showing profits, and a range of practices from strawberry growing methods to calf care hogs poultry and dairy by products. It stresses prudence in spray arsenic use, barn cleanliness, careful milking, and tailored pig and calf diets for profitability.
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Iowa
Weil
Mixed blood humor crosses social borders in tales
An assortment of vignettes about bloodlines and pride contrasts European aristocracy with American frontier myth. A countess in Biarritz dismisses English lineage as misunderstood in the wild west while a Texas cowboy jokes about Tudor, Plantagenet, and mixed ancestry, highlighting playful identity clashes.
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Countess de Pourtales
New York
Cincinnati Enquirer
Slimkins-I-I and Podger Debate a Six Dollar Matter
In a terse exchange Slimkins-I-I questions the bill collector about a six dollar issue, Podger admits he borrowed a dollar from the collector, revealing a financial dispute over repayment. The dialogue chronicles a minor debt incident and the characters’ awkward exchange.
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Slimkins
Podger
SORE EYES CURED By Cutleura Ointment
A Virginia reader recalls two years of inflamed eyes failing all doctors until Cutleura Ointment. After about a week the eyes improved and in two weeks were nearly well. At sixty five, the sender, G B Halsey of Wilson, praises the remedy.
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Cutiura
G. B. Halsey
Wilson
Bing & Chem, Corp
Sola Props
Duston
Screens and starch advice from a homely column
A breezy home notice extols insect screens as cost effective to protect families from disease. It extols Defiance Starch for better laundry results and humorously notes a patient who misreads medical advice about whisky and soda, with a punchline about giving up soda completely.
Error filled reminiscence from Gen Parker on sermons in Phoenix
A clipped reminiscence quotes General Parker of the Arizona GAR poking fun at a past Memorial Day sermon. He recalls a Monday morning report about Reverend John Blank greasing the pulpit, noting the mishearings and wordplay that followed.
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K Rich
P. P. Parker
Arizona G Aa
Phoenix
John Blank
Reform Gone Wrong: Wife Ends Marriage Impact
Quotation framed scene shows a wife who aimed to reform her husband and, as the dialogue suggests, a judgment that he no longer amounts to anything. The exchange hints at a failed marriage and social commentary on personal change.
Allen's Foot-Bass relief for swollen feet and bunions
Uses powder to shake into shoes for tired aching feet. Cures while you walk. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 35 cents. Free sample sent. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Nervous Decline For Mot Declares Damaged Figure
A fragment notes Mot in decline, described as degenerated and a nervous wreck. The quotation portrays opponents labeling him as diminished and unstable, reflecting a harsh view of his condition.
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West Riverside Coal Company
Austria
William Jepson
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Morrow
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Guindy Center
Young Women's Christian Association
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Newslen
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State Board of Control
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Rochester
National Convention of Labor
Towa
Iowa State Manufacturers’ Association
Wright
Food and Dairy
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Agar
Howe
Agar Packing Plant
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Webster
St. Joseph
William Webster
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