Vaporub Wicks Salve and Health Dress Debate
A faded article mix covers Vaporub wicks salve pricing and a health officer’s notice on low neck dresses. It contrasts Washington and Cleveland views on dress comfort and pneumonia death rates among youths and adults, citing statistics from 1912 to 1914. The piece notes weather as a factor and cites Dr. Martin Friedrich warning Cleveland girls against low necks while noting Washington officials see lower pneumonia deaths among women.
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Woodward
Washington
Martin Friedrich
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
Cleveland
Friedrich
Waebing
Dr Thomas' Etherial Remedy Mentioned in Ad Fragment
An OCR fragment describes Dr Thomas' Ecjeally as a splendid remedy for earache toothache pains burns scalds and sore throat. The passage mentions a Ford jitney and a stout woman in a jumbled scene labeled Spring Tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas’ Ec
Hickory St Paul Seminary Tract Sale Promises Prime Lots
Auctioneer Campbell Buchanan announces May 4 1915 sale at 1 30 P M of the St Paul Seminary tract in Hickory totaling 19 acres or more. Terms include one third cash or one fourth cash with balance in two or three payments, with bond for title. The property includes St Pauls building and a fine 8 room residence, inviting public attendance with keepsake souvenirs.
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Hickory
Graded School
St. Paul’s
Campbell & Buchanan
Z.B. Buchanan
Personal Factor in Dairy
The article argues that dairy product quality hinges on the poorest milk in the system. It describes a Illinois creamery that rejects imperfect milk, rewarding only spotless milk with payments to patrons. The owner asserts some customers will leave, but the policy protects clean dairies and elevates overall product quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sy Muller Purvis
Illinois
Chicago
Deltery
Summer Room to Let Sparks City Romance
Vance, a level headed admirer, follows a girl from a bookstall to her rooming house and negotiates a summer arrangement for a furnished room. He hopes for a chance at friendship and love while she speaks of a planned autumn decision and a possible move to a seaside hotel. The scene unfolds in a shabby building with a writer’s den and a weary landlady.
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Vance
Sten
Elson
Fourth
Reetor Street
Ivance
Gil
Wonderful
Mle
Elim
Msigo Wondergir
Fall Freshening Is Best for Dairy Calves
A University of Arizona livestock adviser says calves should mostly be dropped in the fall to align with year round dairy demand. Fall freshening reduces fly bother and scours, helps calves grow through hot months, and boosts milk flow as green fields return in spring, extending lactation.
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G. W. Barnes
Livestock Service
University of Arizona
No Cure for Him Prompts Local Patent Remedy Claim
A Houston man over twenty years with indigestion and poor health reports doctors unable to help him. He credits a 25 cent bottle of Champlain's Tas with relief within five months, citing continued improvement aged 65. Sidelined by sales listings from Meat Iries, tog Con, and Lake's Brug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulle
Chambelain
Grobien
Houston
Texas
Sile
Meat Iries
Lake
Brug Co
Pine Tar Honey Remedy for Whooping Cough Cited
Dr Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey touted as quick relief for whooping cough in children. It claims to loosen mucus soothe throat and lungs and reduce coughing spells, advising keeping it on hand for coughs and colds.
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Bell
Footbridge Ordered Over Linville River Near Linville Falls
Morganton area officials approve a substantial footbridge across the Linville river near Linville Falls at the junction of Jonas Ridge and the C&O railway road. A wagon road along the old Steep Gap route and Ritter tramway shortens travel from Morganton via Jonas Ridge, aiding access and fishing conditions report Lingille river clearer this spring.
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Morganton
Lingille
Morganton Messenger
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Ad Across Nation
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy as widely used in the United States and abroad for coughs colds and croup. It notes availability at Menzies Drug Co and Lute's Drug Store. The fragment mentions the town of Simi built on a steep hill with houses one above another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Menzies’ Drug Co
Lute’s
Adv
Simi
Indi
Dr King's New Life Pills Ad and Johnny Sentence
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills for a sluggish liver and related symptoms, claiming benefits for digestion and blood clarity. A classroom joke follows about a student named Johnny crafting a sentence using defeat after a spelling lesson.
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Dr. King
Pleasant Hill Woman Credits Cardui For Recovery
Mrs Walter of Pleasant Hill North Carolina writes that after three summers of suffering with prostration back and side pains she could not walk or do housework. She began Cardui the woman’s tonic and soon felt better gaining strength and appetite with rosy cheeks. Cardui is described as purely vegetable and beneficial for many women.
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Pleasant Hill
N. C
Walter
Tani
Cardui
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Sitney
BIG City Lot Sale
St. Paul
ST. Paul Seminary
Thornton
Harmony Weller
McClure
Arizona
Atonic
Johnny
Carolina & North-Western
Rotay
Shea
Sam Forks
Gastonia
Lincolnton
Dickory
Newton
Yorkil
Chester Ar
Chester—Southern RY
Yorkville—Southern Railway
S. A
Southern Ry
Piedmont & Southern Ry
Hickory Township Road Commission
Menzies
Heer
L. L. Moss
Knox
The
Hickory Democrat
Grimes
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