Favorite Prescription for Women Promises Relief and Health
A detailed advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe, proven treatment for female ailments. It touts a forty-year record of cures, endorses the formula on bottle wrappers, and claims no alcohol, with letters of consultation offered free from Buffalo, New York. Also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and the Common Sense Medical Adviser offer.
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Piercé
Dr. Pierce
Affinity Affair Ends Missouri Farmers Union Split
Abijah Elrick, a middle western farmer and respected former school trustee, plans to divorce his wife Mariah after declaring his affair with 18-year-old Roselinda Angelina Sophronia De Johanes, the new school missus. Mariah, sharp and determined, confronts the situation as the Elricks, the town’s leading family, face a personal upheaval amid changing social ties.
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Elricks
Mariah
Mossback Township
Marish
Moassbach
Roselinda Angelina Sophronia de Johanes
Roselinda
Abijah
Missus
Rocelinda
Tomorrew
Petticoat Trends Feature Plaid and Mohair Skirts
The piece notes dominant Scotch color plaids and Pekin stripe designs for petticoats, with black and white effects in narrow and two inch widths. It highlights revival of not too heavy moreen, knee-depth Spanish flounce practicality concerns for silk, and trims of velvet ribbon and lace on mohair skirts.
Pretty Vaudeville Star Lillian Ashley Sails Into Vaudeville
Detroit born Lillian Ashley, daughter of a Great Lakes steamboat captain, rose from sailing with her father to become a prominent vaudeville singer impersonator. Independent and popular in Indianapolis, she headlines with a comedy song The Boy Who Stuttered and the Girl Who Lisped, now published by M Witmark & Sons in New York.
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Lillian Ashley
Miss Ashley
Great Lakes
Detroit
Indianapolis
Louis Weslyn
New York
M. Witmark & Sons
Girl's coat with velvet trim and blue hat
A white cloth coat for a little girl features a round yoke and stitched box plaits over the shoulders. Cuffs, collar and belt are dark blue velvet. hat is blue felt with long drooping white wings, simply trimmed.
Moving Picture Tricks In Early Film Exposure
Popular Mechanics notes that film exposure could be halted at will by the operator. A notable early motion picture showed a man crossing a track and being run down by a locomotive with a staged leap to safety. A dummy was later flung before the wheels as the train advanced, creating a scene of apparent death beneath the wheels.
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Raphy
Popular Mechanics
Currency changes won’t improve pencil trade for Freddie
A slate-colored one dollar bill won’t buy more pencils for Freddie than the current kind. The text argues that tinkering with currency denominations offers little practical benefit for everyday purchases.
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Freddie
Eight Insane Prisoners Reported in Richmond Jail
United Press dispatch from Richmond Indiana notes eight inmates are confined in the county jail due to space shortages at the state insane hospital, highlighting a lamentable overcrowding issue and the resulting care concerns for the mentally ill population.
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Richmond
Ind
Where the Fun Comes In and Other Fragments
A readable fragment from a 1920s era page notes humorous quips on life and manners. It mentions life longevity rules for John D. Rockefeller, a Chicago beauty seeking a good fellow, a jab at press headlines, and a report of pickpockets at the Illinois state fair in Springfield, alluding to a Springfield rifle in casual punchlines.
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Springfield
Now Look Here Judge Settles Quarrel With Divorce
The judge hands the warring couple half an hour to mend differences and they return agreeing on an absolute divorce. Caesar is versatile but given to long speeches. The lobster grows scarce while a chorus girl meets her fate. A New Rochelle burglar-doctor likely overcharged. The Pacific seaboard claims importance per Rear Admiral Schley. Winter will feed 15,000 Jack Tars on it.
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Pacific Seaboard
Schley
Simple Life Cake and Classic Home Dishes
This column offers quick kitchen guidance for a range of dishes from a cake beat method for a Simple Life cake to a Three-Egg Cake, Orange Pie, Cabbage Salad, Peach Cream, and a Chicken stuffing and gravy technique. It includes ingredient lists, measurements, and basic baking steps suitable for home cooks.
Chorus Girl Grace Lane Wins Boston Beauty Prize
Chicago girl Grace Lane, 16, rose from a department store clerk to win the Boston Artiste association beauty prize after six months of stage study. The award honors her as the prettiest girl seen in Boston theaters recently.
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Chicago
Society of Artists
Boston
Grace Lane
Make Believe Pumpkins for Hallowe'en Glimpse of Octane Decor
The article notes Indianapolis Halloween shoppers can substitute artificial decorations for pumpkins. Plaster of Paris pumpkins with paper eyes and glass noses, a witch head, red plaster devils, and various animal faces offer secure candle alternatives. Novel party favors include woolly black cats with glass eyes and a brownie in a cucumber car centerpiece.
Daily Fashion Patterns Sold For Ten Cents By Sun
The Sun presents ten cent patterns in cooperation with a pattern company. Each day a different design is described and offered for postpaid delivery. Send ten cents per pattern plus the pattern number size and your name and address to The Sun Fashion Department.
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the Sun
Fashion Department of
F. J. Kellogg
Kellogg Block
Battle Creek
Mich
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Moving Picture
United Press
H. F. Biggar
John D. Rockefeller
John
Millie
China
Mr. Wu
Washington
Edwin
Diplomatic Corps
Caesar
New Rochelle
Blackburn
Jersey
Taggart
Hallowe'en
Faris
Paris
Indianapotta
Wall Parner
Mass, Ave
THE
Peninsylyas LA
Indiana Dental College
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Ohio Streets
Bome
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