The Misery of My Backache in Muskegon
A Muskegon woman shares six years of back weakness and how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her strength. She recommends the remedy to others and notes her ability to work again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon, Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
G. Schoon
Field
Wood Ave
Muskegon
Mick
Chang A
Maiden
Grant St
Marshalltown
Iowa
Alma
Baretta
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Woman Health and Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
A plea to women to guard health before illness and to rely on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore well being. Encourages letters for confidential medical advice to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Massachusetts with assurance of careful, personal responses.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Kham
Hotherg
The Prims Requisite Portrait Echoes Mrs Gaddy
A brief note describes a portrait as a speaking likeness of Mrs. Gaddy, insisting it would not resemble her in any other way. The quoted line emphasizes the portrait’s lifelike quality and direct resemblance.
Freezone Miracle for Corn Relief Lifts Corns Pain Free
A claim of lifting corns with Freezone using fingers and no pain. The ad-style text markets a simple remedy promising painless removal without medical intervention. The brief emphasizes ease of use and immediate relief.
Freezone promises painless corn removal at low cost
An advertisement touts Freezone as a quick, painless remedy to remove hard and soft corns and calluses with a few cents for a tiny bottle. It claims no pain or irritation and credits a Cincinnati genius for the product while also including a quip about Noah and two of a kind.
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Cincinnati
Ady
Hydrophobia Returns to Europe After War Outbreak
Europe reports a hydrophobia threat with no cure, but Pasteur vaccination and strict dog controls aim to curb spread. Authorities traced infections to Devon and Cornwall, registered and quarantined dogs, and treated bite victims. 112 dog rabies cases were found with 21 Pasteur treatments given and no human cases.
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Europe
Central
Koglad
Stewart
Qurylun
Devon
Myrmouth
Cornwall
Les
Crow
War puts hymn in discard by wartime view
The hymn Onward Christian Soldiers is deemed outdated by war according to Rev J H Hopkinson in his parish magazine. He argues war is sickening trench slaughter, not banners and drums, making unthinking church praise a lying blasphemy.
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J. H. Hopkinson
Manchester University
Wireless Fire Calls Demonstrate Marconi Aid to Extinction
The London Times reports a demonstration of wireless fire communications by Marconi. A standard aircraft transmitter at London Fire Brigade HQ linked with a tender seven miles away at Putney Common, taking 60 seconds from stop to conversation. Wavelengths around 700 and 500 meters showed possible interference from ships, suggesting isolated channels for fire brigades.
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Marconi Company
London
Docks
Marconi
London Fire Brigade
Southwarkbridge-road
Putney Common
Fire Brigade
Fragmentary humor note from periodicals
A garbled excerpt from the California Pelican and American Legion Weekly contains a joke about a mouthful of lather and onion breath, then a confused travel line about gazing into the Grand Canyon and a question to a guide about the value of the centuries of government exploration.
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California Pelican
Gomething
American Legion Weekly
Grand Canyon
The Punjab Rising in Simla and Simla's Loyal Role
A. and J. Kenealy in the London Times reflect on the Punjab troubles after years in India. The piece argues that European civilians faced violent mobs and that strong military action protected whites, saved the Punjab, and possibly India, warning that restraint could endanger future actions by authorities.
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A. &. J. Kenealy
Simla
London Times
Lincrr
England
Punjab
Perros
India
Pachak Wee Ronay
Lyallpur
Ronis
Conan
Tadia Ay de Pam
Tration
Lenrton
Gnibecc
Virtues of Wrath and the Christlike Anger Debate
A column debates whether controlled anger has value citing Jesus driving out money changers and Sermon on the Mount. It argues some benefit from healthy anger for those with low blood pressure or emotionalism, noting potential training courses for sufferers.
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Jesus Christ
Christ
Chicago
St. Joseph
Mich
Jesus
Temple of God
House of Prayer
Weather Insurance Seen as New American Protection
The New York Times notes that weather insurance is just starting to attract serious attention in the United States though England popularized it long ago. Rain is common enough here to warrant protection, and droughts cause more losses. American insurers may offer both rain and drought protections with adjustable odds to satisfy varied demands.
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New York Times
England
Yale Dean Describes Decline In Moral Standards
Frederick Jones of Yale College voices alarm on the modern decline of morals ascribed to dancing, autos, and moving pictures in a New York World column. He fears the next generation will bear a grim legacy, though some doubt his alarmist view.
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Minneapolis Journal
Yale College
Frederick Jones
New York World
Time Wasted by Film and Auto Steal Youth Time
Youth today lose sizable portions of each month and week to two diversions, film and the automobile. Dean Jones calls this time wasted, noting that contemporary youth miss twenty percent of potential educational development due to these activities.
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Dean Jones
Governing Power Shifts In Japan And U S Senate Debate
The text discusses how the emperor under a constitutional regime exercises no direct power, with real control held by the Elder Statesmen, a historical advisory group. It laments their possible extinction yet credits them with guiding Japan’s rise. It also covers the League of Nations plank praising senators who defeated Wilson’s treaty, while noting their later criticisms of him.
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Privy Council
Diet
Japan
League of Nations
Chicago
Wilson
Washington
Jefferson
Monroe
Anthracite's hundred year rise coats the nation with coal
A WSJ reminiscence recalls William Watts guiding the first anthracite ton down the Delaware to Philadelphia in 1820. It notes coal's early doubters, low rafting yields, and price economics, then chronicles a century of explosive growth from Reading to Lehigh, with projected output nearing 106 million tons. It also mentions early transcontinental air feats and mixed, humorous asides about modern life.
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Wall Street Journal
William Watts
Philadelphia
Delaware
Reading
Wilkes - Barre
Lehigh
Mauch Chunk
Pennsylvania
William Wurts
UST Acting Like A Man After Work Morning Fuss
A man returns to the kitchen to fetch forgotten items and overhears a loud upstairs disturbance. His wife hints someone is downstairs making noise to mislead him into thinking a man is in the house. The exchange reveals a tense, mistaken-identity moment in a domestic setting.
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Taylor
Mary
Cuticura Remedy Ad Promotes Pimples Cure
An old advertisement touts Cuticura remedies for pimply faces, claiming to remove pimples and blackheads. It prescribes applying Cuticura Ointment, washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water, then maintaining clear skin with daily use and Cuticura Talcum.
Airmail by Flying Boats Delights Ocean Mail Mates
Experiments show belated transatlantic mail can be delivered at sea by air lanes. A flying boat drops a grapple line from its hull chute to snag a mail bag, which is jerked free and hauled aboard as the steamer sails on.
Embarrassing Moment After Marriage Ismet Recollection
A woman recalls an awkward moment soon after marriage when an old acquaintance asked why she never called. She says she did not know the couple wished to announce it and thought she had been forgotten. The author notes losing a friend over the miscommunication.
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Ismet
Chicago Tribune
Tenancy and cave imagery in Becker Jones discussion
Fragmentary notes discuss tenancy and a phrase cave ground or caveman behavior, mentioning Knicker Jones and Becker. The text hints at historical usage of the term cave ground, suggesting it originated from everyday cave dwelling habits, but presents no clear event or date. The piece reads like an informal definitional tangential remark rather than a full report.
Electrical Hair Cutting Comb Prototype Advances Barriers
A device uses a comb with a platinum wire along one side of its teeth. An electric current heats the wire as the comb passes through hair, instantly severing hairs to an even length and singeing the ends in a taper.
Bayer Aspirin Promoted With Safe Use for Pain Relief
The ad touts Bayer Aspirin as genuine and safe for millions, sold in small 12 tablet tins and larger packages. It lists uses for headache, toothache, neuralgia, rheumatism, colds and general pain, with directions included. An anecdote about two doctors in disagreement ends with a postmortem claim of proving who was right.
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Bayer
John Jahnson
Lawl
Wil John Dlinsen Hay
suiTere
Doctor No
Doavtor No
Auto Learns From Farmers Strange Warning
A farmer shouts warnings as a vehicle passes and a boy learns the term auto from his father. The scene shifts to a roadside incident with a braking friend and a first aid attempt, capturing rural dialogue and a moment of discovery about a runny machine.
John Smith and the origin of New England name
The article traces Captain John Smith’s 1614 voyage and map that popularized the name New England for the northern coast. It notes the Mayflower charter adopting Smith’s naming usage from years prior. It also includes a quoted line about skepticism and honesty.
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John Smith
New England
Pouhontas Fame
Virginia Colony
Fragmented OCR Idea of a Step Sequence
The readable text hints at a scene with a Chinese lady stepping over a ground loom while a man in a tall coat observes. The fragment mentions a risky stepping movement and a wooden surface, with dialogue focused on a ritual of stepping.
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Jemma Hae
Beckeli Lew
Ives
Eatonic Promises Relief From Acid Stomach Ailments
Harmful acid and stomach distress plague many, but chemists claim a remedy called Eatonic can remove acid, relieve bloating indigestion sour stomach and pain. Over half a million users report benefits. available from druggists with money-back guarantee. Early doses often bring relief. product marketed for widespread use.
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Folke
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