Favorite Prescription Helped Woman After Motherhood
A Kansas City reader testifies that after motherhood she suffered weakness and nerves until using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She reports full recovery and strong health, praising the medicine for women at life’s key transitions.
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Kansas City
Kans
Buffalo
N. Y
Papes Cold Compound Promises Quick Grippe Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as curing colds with two hour dosing up to three doses. It claims immediate nasal relief and general comfort with no quinine, sold at drug stores for a few cents. A second item presents Professor Cube Root and Teddy's witty answer about a half circle.
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Pape
Grippe
Pope
Teddy
Cube Root
Professor Root
Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules Promise Kidney Health Cure
An advertisement urges immediate use of Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules to treat rheumatism by cleansing the kidneys and urinary tract. It claims the remedy restores inflamed tissues, ends pain, and prevents disease relapse, warning that imitators exist and to insist on LD MEDAL branding.
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Ady
He Leads a Double Life in a Broadway Encounter
A Red Cross volunteer buttonholed a prominent Upper Broadway businessman and asked him for a $50 life membership. He claimed already having a life membership, and she quipped to lead on a double life. He complied.
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Red Cross
Upper Broadway
New York Evening World
Train of Thought Carries No Freight
A concise adage notes that many mental trains move ideas without tangible results. It reflects on the difference between reflection and action in work and creativity.
Proper Oat Shock Construction and Handling Advice
The article outlines how to build durable oat shocks in the hard dough stage, stressing correct binder setup, spacing, and cap orientation to prevent twisting and spoilage. It warns against sloppy shocks during wet seasons, notes a well-built shock can support a 150-pound man, and advises reshaping downed shocks promptly.
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United States
Is Bourbonism to Control the Republican Party Again
Washington reports show the old guard among Republicans confident they can win with a yellow dog candidate, but independents, wary of privilege and big interests, demand the party embrace the square deal and nominate a president who upholds Roosevelt's reforms. The general mood warns against returning to standpatism and Mark Hanna era politics.
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Republican Party
Washington
National Committee
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
Mark Hanna
Army Overcoats From the Christian Science Monitor
After the Civil War veterans kept uniforms and some wore dyed coats into the late 19th century. Army overcoats appeared in navy blue black and deep brown. The transformation ranged from home washing to professional dyeing.
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Christian Science Monitor
Nights of Horror and the Bolshevik State
A Russian publicist describes the phase of bolshevism as a severe shift in daily life. The bourgeoisie and professionals face constant fear of arrest and anxiety, while workers endure discipline and coercion under new masters. The piece notes pervasive nervous strain and widespread reports of executions, illustrating a climate of oppression.
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J. ¥. Hessen
Front Ro
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Doubts About Belief in the Treaty Prompted by Judgments
A New York Times passage recalls a witty lawyer who mocked Bryant poetry and questions whether treaty opposition stems from judging without knowledge. The anecdote contrasts disdain for Bryant with a broader critique of uninformed views on treaties.
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New York Times
William Cullen Bryant
Hughes Urges Duty and Patriotism in Global Role
From the Indianapolis News Charles E Hughes speaks at the International Trade conference stressing the United States duties in world affairs. He asserts America will do its share for freedom and prosperity, despite losing peace treaty debates and public sentiment. He contrasts sensational crime coverage with big government tax aims and national responsibility.
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Hughes
Indianapolis News
Charles E. Hughes
United States
Air Travel de Luxe Tour Takes Warm Cocktails to Passengers
The London sphere reports airship R B touring noh bai fields with a chef on board serving French cooking to passengers. On September 16 a fight from Amsterdam to land caused a lunch service on a passenger airplane with cold chicken salad and wine.
Bayer Aspirin claims and Cuticura promotion in ad text
The ad touts Bayer as supplying genuine Aspirin with the Bayer package and directions for headaches and other ailments. It notes the 19 year physicians’ use and cheap 12 tablet tins. Also promotes Cuticura products as a daily skin care trio with soap ointment and talcum at 25 cents.
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Bayer
Ady
Pike Popular in Belgium Bicycle Use Ubiquitous
In Belgium the bicycle is a cheap means of locomotion with both women and men using wheels in daily travel.
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Belgium
Woman Works 15 Hours a Day in Peru Ind
Mrs Anna Meteriano of Peru Ind says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her long standing backache and dragging pains after doctors and medicines failed She rises at four to do housework then works in a factory all day and feels well by evening She urges other women with similar ailments to try the remedy for relief.
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Eatonic
Peru
Ind
Yoia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Meteriano
West 10Th St
Saney diamond linked to queens and kings across centuries
The Saney diamond, a rare Friolette cut gem once worn by Queen Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette, passed through French crown jewels and vanished during upheavals. It later surfaced with the Muhtrijah of Patialla and was bought by the late Viscount Astor before his wife’s death in 1814, now owned by the new Viscountess Axtor.
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Saney
de Sneer
Queen Elizabeth
London
James I
Duke of Buckingham
Henrietta Maria
Paris
Marie Antoinette
Tsubella II
Muhtrijah of
Spirit world communications in tense money dispute remarked
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports Mrs Grongper resisting a tmedhun's prompting to contact her late husband via spirit. she warns that if he asks about life insurance funds she will cut him off and refuse payment of the fee.
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Tmedhun
Boy Spins Top Starts Not At Bottom
A short saying notes that when a boy spins a top the action does not begin from the base. It emphasizes the idea that momentum and motion originate from the start rather than a lower point.
Letter from father asks economizing for Younghusbands
Mrs Younghusband comments on a letter from her husband asking them to live within their means. She mentions he had previously told her they were living far beyond their resources. Cartoon style brief from Magnazine.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming to build up the eyes and blood to prevent colds in the head. It asserts internal action through the blood on mucous surfaces and includes testimonials. The text also contains unrelated sentences about waking a boy and a spiderweb distance.
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J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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