Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Mother
The letter from a mother in Mitchell Indiana extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for pregnancy and postnatal relief. She reports neuralgia eased, energy restored, and able to care for her seven month old baby who weighed nineteen pounds. Multiple others commend its effects.
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Mitchell
Ind
Lydia E
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Weil
Where Husbands Wear Wedding Rings in Brazil
An article notes that Brazilian women lack suffrage but share equality with men in wearing wedding rings. Husbands are expected to wear rings as conscientiously as wives, with gold bands identical to those worn by American wives. Public opinion in Bragt deems this stance the last word on inequality.
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Brazil
United States
Bragt
Distribution of the Burdens of High Prices Lecture
A London lecture by Prof. J. Nicholson surveys how high prices press the middle classes hardest, noting they fund most professionals and organization, while profits rise and working-class positions vary. It cites wartime tax burdens and the I W W and Bolshevik rhetoric targeting the middle class.
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Prof. J. & Nicholson
London
England
Labor Gazette
Bolshevists
The League of Nations and a Possible Wilson Third Term
The Outlook argues the League of Nations issue will dominate the 19 percent presidential campaign and hints Wilson might seek a third term to defend the pact. It concedes defects in the treaty but urges continued debate and practical testing of the experiment to avert future catastrophes.
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League of Nations
Wilson
United States
Poregdh
Coffee Hoarded Amid World Shortage Claims
The Pittsburgh Dispatch cites official figures showing over a billion pounds of coffee hoarded in the United States during the past four years amid high prices. Forecasts from 1917 warned of such stockpiling as Brazil’s harvest swelled and Europe’s markets stalled by war. Before 1914 U.S. consumption averaged 587 million pounds annually, but imports rose, creating a balance of around 1.31 to 1.6 billion pounds that remained unsold domestically.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Brasil
United States
Rio de Janeiro
A. L. M. Gottschalk
Brazil
Europe
New York Herald
Gen Bolt by Thomas Dunn English in Portland’s era
The piece notes Thomas Dunn English born in Philadelphia in 1819 and highlights his wide career as physician journalist politician poet essayist and novelist. It discusses his public career being forgotten while the poem Bon Bot persists and notes the tune’s poor music despite its wide international spread.
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Gen Bolt
Portland Oregonian
Thomas Dunn English
Philadelphia
English
Hen Bolt
Bon Bot
Voguela
England
United States
Canada
German Travelers and Bolshevik Coup Implication Report
The New York Times reports joint committees secured a list of about 100 Russians including Nicholas Lenin who received free passage from Switzerland to Russia through Germany as War still raged. The “German travelers” aided by Germany were seen as a sign of Kaiser involvement in the November 1917 Bolshevik uprising.
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New York Times
Nicholas Lenine
Switzerland
Hussia
Germmany
Rusa
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Bolshevists
Reln
Russia
Brest-Litovak
Self Defense in Crowded Omnibus Tit Bits Tale
A stout woman struggles to extract her fare from a cloaked pocket on a crowded omnibus. After minutes of futile effort a man offers to pay, she declines sharply and resumes her attempts. The man persists, noting he has already missed three times and cannot stand it any longer.
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London
Newly Rich Spends Big on Inherited Furnishings and Art
England’s recently wealthy, rising from wartime gains, are snapping up furniture from ancient houses and looted palaces, as well as paintings with marked provenance. Old Movlioh families liquidate heirlooms and goods for lavish entertainment. prices rise. collectors show growing demand for luxury items.
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England
Russa
Marem
Fang
England's Revolt in the King's Robing Room
Walter Weyl writes on England's coal commission and government ownership, depicting a cautious London scene. A dozen figures debate, with Justice Sankey presiding, while the labor and capital camps meet within a grand chamber. The piece casts doubt on a peaceful, orderly English revolution.
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England
Coal Commission
New Republic
Walter Weyl
London
Westminster
House of Lords
Euft
Arthur
Galahad
Justice Sankey
Be Homely Value in a World Obsessed with Looks
In a Los Angeles Times column the idea is aired that beauty is often luck and skill in concealment. The piece argues that born beauty earns little credit, while intelligent, capable women shape perception, and the allure of beauty remains a social currency for men and society.
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Kipling
Beefeaters of the Tower of London Preserve Ceremonial Guard
The warders, called beef eaters for their meat rations, guard the Tower in Tudor dress. Each night the head warder and porter summon the escort of the keys, lock the outer gate, and salute the keys while the porter proclaims God preserve the king. Every quarter the password is sent to the monarch, with only the mayor of London knowing it outside officials.
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Bulletin National Geographic Society
Tower of London
London
Petit Mal and Auto Accidents The Hidden Cause
Dr. C M argues petit mal and similar lapses of consciousness may trigger accidents, especially car crashes. Drivers judge others’ intentions, often correctly, but sudden unexpected actions by others, and moments of unconsciousness, can lead to dangerous mistakes on crowded streets. The text likens epileptic episodes to a device tilting and righting itself, suggesting unseen physiological triggers behind impulsive driving errors.
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C. M
Hut
Paralyzed Will and Petit Mal Linked to Road Accidents
The text links paralysis of will under fear to petit mal and epilepsy, noting many road accidents arise when others fail to act as expected, with petit mal cited as a cause of the automatic brain apparatus failing to function.
Beating Up the Swords in Wartime to Peace
A Manchester Guardian piece notes demobilized war dress and gear entering civilian life with wives claiming ownership of items like woolen cardigans and army kit bags turned into aprons. It cites Senator Williams on peace terms and ends with a Louisville Courier-Journal quip about a patent pie knife pitch and a curious girl.
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Manchester Guardian
Senator Williams
Miselasippi
United States
Louisville Courier-Journal
Mr. Fletcher's Report on Mexican Policy Testimony
The New York Post summary shows Mr. Fletcher testifying that the Carranza government is fulfilling its mission and that withdrawing U.S. recognition would not stabilize Mexico. He warned lifting arms embargo could worsen turmoil, noted banditry, and cited some Americans killed or escorted, while praising selective enforcement of punishments.
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Carranza
Fletcher
Carransa
Mexico
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Dramatic plan derailed by insistence on silence
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Eil Trem
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