Mexican Revolt Refugee Recalls Chaos and Survival
Augustin Morales, a Michoacan native and oilman, recounts his years under revolution in Mexico, detailing imprisonments, near execution, and escapes across towns led by Gen Pantaja and Gov Sanches. He laments the war’s toll on civilians, notes oil interests, and questions U.S. intervention while urging firm leadership to end the violence.
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Angola
Dee
Mexico
Augustin Morales
Morelias Michoacan
Morales
Angeles
Michoacan
Pantaja
Pantoja
Toby
Domingo Samame
Mantaja
Samano
Marie
Pewsndire
Geer Peupin
Lydi E Pickham's Vegetable Compound Aids Change of Life
A patient describes relief from heat flashes dizziness and nervousness during menopause after using Lydi E Pickham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial cites improved health and fewer symptoms compared with prior conditions and notes its availability in Richmond Virginia.
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Wycn
Lydi E. Pickham
Richmond
Weenan
Pickham
How to Check That Cold and Its Home Remedy Claims
A historical notice touts Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a timely remedy for cold symptoms. It claims to relieve painful breathing fever chills and snuffles by thinning phlegm clearing bronchial tubes soothing sore throat and killing germs. It also promises quick relief for croup whooping cough and chronic bronchial affections with antiseptic effects at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Pennsylvania well tells tale of fierce battle
In Games Pennsylvania a flood uncovered a buried well near Charles Rexford’s farm. Inside were bones and evidence of a clash between settlers and Indians, including flattened bullets, arrowheads, brass buttons, copper cents from 1753 to 1827, and English blue crockery fragments. A stone fireplace base and deer antlers were found nearby, while locals recall no known house on Pine Creek rocks.
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Games
Charles Rexford
London
Fragmented Tale of Habit and Stopped Vehicle
A mangled excerpt recounts an obscure exchange about attempting tire repair and an extraordinary event prompted by habit. The narrator fears later meeting a cat of detectives leaving town at night while reflecting on memory and embarrassment.
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Weiladelphts Public Lawkawr
French Women Given Diplomas For Farm Harvests In War
A French village story highlights peasant women and daughters who harvested crops during wartime, earning framed diplomas from the Central Union of French farmers. Women led oats and wheat efforts on farms near the forest of Fontainebleau, with aid from German internees and others, while expressing pride without seeking individual praise.
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Mauret-St-Loing
Seine Et Marne
France
Erie
Beauce
Beaujouan
Madame Beaujouan
Jeanne Beaujouan
Mademoiselle Marthe Bon Feve
Serrigny-en-Hresse
Algeria
Women and elephants aid French harvests in wartime drive
The article notes women as brave harvesters and the American self binder saving crops, while communes share machines for farmer use. It mentions elephants pulling plows near Castel Sarrazin, replacing horses and oxen, doing work of three yokes, with potential wider adoption in France despite cost and regional conditions.
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France
Lavilledieu-du-Temple
Castel-Sarrazin
Danger Signals and Cough Remedy Benefit
A warning comparison links cough to a fire bell, urging suppression. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised for stopping persistent coughs after colds or grip, with Mrs Thomas Beeching of Andrews Indiana reporting its effectiveness for her husband. Obtainable everywhere.
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Thomas Beeching
Andrews, Ind
Chamberlain
Why are meat and eggs so expensive
A Washington Star quip notes that meat and eggs remain costly since they are among the few foods not easily replicated in factories, suggesting pricing reflects natural production limits.
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Washington Star
How to Clean Silverware by Government Bulletin
Government home economics experts release a simple silver cleaning method using boiling baking soda and salt in water with a sheet of aluminum or tin, then immersing tarnished pieces to remove tarnish. The process explains tarnish arises from sulfur compounds and deposits silver back when conditions permit.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Eskimo girl prisoner at Canon City teaches warden hope
An Alaska born Eskimo girl murderer known as Carrie Fong Sing arrives at Colorado's Canon City penitentiary as the first Eskimo inmate. She shows rapid English learning and interest in white culture, with the warden predicting she may become one of the prison's best educated women after serving her term.
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Canon City
Col
Alaska
Bering Sea
Miss Aplarer
Carrie Fong
Cotorade
Cason City
Tham
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Galt Woult
U. S
Otto
Sanches
4Th Chamber of Commerce of
Morelia
Mr. Morales
Senor
Carranza
Villa
Nsylvania
Riviera Palace
Paris
Beaven
Gould
Fraser
Sam
Hub ClotHing Co
Hartford, KY
Sesion
Owensba
Owensboro, KY
Renoratie ToSeae
McCall's Magazine
Fashion Authority
Yuu
Mpanion
S. Poul Se
Boston
Massachusetts
Skimo Kirl
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