Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Praised by Murfreesboro Reader
A Murfreesboro Tennessee reader, Mrs H E Mapin, reports recovery from female weakness and displacement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The letter touts decades of use and invites others to seek confidential advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. EB. Mapin
S. Spring St
Murfreesboro
Enn
Lydia
Pinkham
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mags
Rivalry and rural car fever in dairy region
A rural community chatters about farmers racing to own motor cars and outdo each other with car features while discussing marriage plans and money, revealing a blend of small town pride and practical jokes amid noisy ads and stray proverbs.
Parlor Riot Musical Ends In Hilarity At Frothingham Home
A lively big room party at Mrs. Luella Frothingham’s on the Drive devolved into a spoofed musicale with Uncle Heck Morgan, Miss Imogene Glass, Rufus Kellar Smith, Claribel Montrose, Gladiola Hungerschuitz, and others performing amid mishaps and laughter. The host couple, and guests including Peaches, Jennie, Bud Hawkey, and Hep Hardy endured a chaotic program of recitations songs and improvised acts, ending with a playful aftermath and a snappy exchange about further entertainments.
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Mexican Congress
Luella Frothingham
Luella
Jack Frothingham
Anvil Association
Forest Avenue
Foliage Street
Frothinghams
Uncle Heck
Joe Morgan
Uncle Heeck
Harry
Jack
Geezer
Morpheus
Imogene Glass
Imogene
Rufus Kellar Smith
Rufus
Hep Hardy
Hep
Clarite Montrose
Clarivel
Yale Nelson
Juliet
Claribel
Nand
Gladiola
Omar Khayyam
Lehigh Valley
Peter Grant
Martha
Bunch Jefferson
Alice
Bud Hawley
Phil Merton
Dave Mason
Stub Wilson
Jennie
Peaches
Pippin Brothers
Victor Herbert
Pippin Prothers
Lost the Point Jones Delivers a Brass Collar Joke
A man named Jones tries a dog joke at a party. He asks why the dog is the most musical animal and the guests guess. He proclaims the punchline and triumphantly declares the dog wears a brass collar around his neck.
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Jones
Ex-Governor Foss backs national prohibition
The National Woman Christian Temperance Union conducted a Boston exercise announcing ex-Governor Foss's conversion to prohibition. Foss, a three term Massachusetts chief executive, said it is time to stop voting for the licensed saloon and urged national prohibition as essential for public health, economy, and moral progress. He cited bottlenecks in enforcement and the cost of liquor-related incarcerations, arguing America must adopt nationwide prohibition.
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Franklin Union
Boston
Foss
Mlassachusetts
Mynor
Abraham Lincoln
Massachusetts
America
Panama-Pacific Exhibit Highlights Temperance Progress
The Panama-Pacific Exposition hosts a National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union display showing alco hol per capita in Wisconsin and Kansas. A sixty four gallon hogshead and a tiny keg symbolize these consumption levels while a bronze Japanese bell marks efforts by Mary Allen West and the W. O. T. U. missionary to Japan. The exhibit notes prosperity gaps with twenty autos per hundred farmers in dry Kansas versus one per hundred in wet Missouri. The Polyglot petition of 7,000,000 signatures, linked to Frances Willard, is cited for its historic value.
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Kansas
National Woman's Christian Tamperance Union
Wisconsin
Mary Alien West
Japan
Missouri
Frances J. Willard
North Dakota Development Surges in Census Report
The 1910 census highlights booming growth in North Dakota with population up 80 percent and wealth soaring 281.9 percent from 1900 to 1910. Farm product value climbs 211 percent, crops 2344 percent, and agricultural wealth exceeds that of seven New England states, with bank deposits rising over 1,000 percent since 1858.
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North’ Dakota
North Dakota
New England
Alcohol’s role in premature deaths discussed at NY meeting
Arthur Hunter, head of a committee studying 2,000,000 policy holders, reported that alcohol accelerates death in an investigation across 43 life insurance firms. Equity Life Assurance notes three of eleven years with no life loss among total abstainers, who constitute nine-tenths of its insured.
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Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Hotel Astor
New York
Arthur Hunter
Equity Life Assuranes Company
Alcohol as a remover of things in the home
A moralizing anecdote extols alcohol as a remover of atoms from clothing and furniture, yet warns it strips not only the drinker but also his wife, children, pantry, and happiness from the home, portraying alcohol as an unparalleled destroyer of daily life.
Quiet Nursery Plea Ends With No Angels Arriving
Four year old Harold pleads with “fiamina” to sit by his bed until sleep, but his mother replies Mannie is busy and urges quiet for the angels to be with him. Harold retorts that no angel has appeared despite staying quiet.
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Fiamina
Harold
Theursery
Mannie
Rotten Coffee Ad Promotes Denison's Brand
An old advertisement warns that rotten coffee is common and urges trying Denison's Coffee as a pure hand picked option. It claims Denison's is packed in cans cartons or bogs and provides a mail contact in Chicago Illinois for locating retailers.
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Denison
Denison Coffee Co
Gucago, NL
Ady
Aunt Lavinia and Toms Wild Imagination
In Stray Stories Tommy, raised by his invalid mother and Aunt Lavinia, is lectured on faults. He ruefully wishes to have wits and jokes that he would fly with Aunt Lavinia and then drop her, ending with a gleeful exit line that reveals a playful mischief rather than malice.
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Gould
Tommy
Lavinia
Mother
Aunt Lavinia
Two Strings to Little Lester's Bow
Lester Livyermore-Namma seeks a pickle and a dime in a quirky insistence. The odd plea mentions Skinny Smart and Kansas City in a tangled, playful jumble of words.
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Little Lester
Linke Lester Livyermore
Mamima
Lester Livermore
Skinny Smart
Kansas City
Brain the Hugger and the Mary-Speaking Animal Debate
In a playful exchange, Brain asks which animal is preferred while Water notes the bear as a favorite. Mary affirms the choice, saying yes of course.
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Mary
Balancing the Scale and a Song Keeps Voice High
A brief note contrasts a musical education with personal harmony, questioning the balance between art and soul. The column then shifts to a financial figure, listing a transfer gap of about 880,060,000 in a comparison between China’s John J. and domestic metrics.
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China
John J
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