Women Avoid Surgeries With Vegetable Compound
Advertorial excerpts tout Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safer alternative to surgery for female ailments. Letters from Chicago and Burlington share success stories after doctors advised operations, urging readers to request free materials and the company text on women’s ailments. Optional product endorsements and beauty tips accompany the medical claims.
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Chicago
Ill
Ant
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. Haypace
St. Lawrence Ave
Vermont
Burlington
Terra
Srignie Spoi
H.R. Sharon
Apple Tree Point Farm
E. Pinkham
Bein de Ae
Lydia E. Pinker
Two men viewed by a Kansas City Star obituary
The Kansas City Star posed a moral contrast: one man, a lawyer turned politician, received a lengthy obituary, while another, a hard working harrow maker, had a brief notice with misspelled name. The piece ends with a provocative question about which life the reader would choose.
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Bhorn
Lester
Kansas City Star
Try This To Preserve White Paint With Milk And Soap
A reader suggests a cheap method to keep white paint looking fresh by washing or treating the surface with milk and a little soap to prevent peeling or flaking, claiming it is effective and cost saving versus repainting.
Word to the wise about finding out who Mes is
A fragmentary line hints at guiding readers to deduce the identity of Mes. The text suggests a cautionary note about truth, awareness, and the challenge of discovering who Mes represents. The source provides no clear names or places to anchor additional facts.
Castoria Ad Stirs Infant Benefit Claim
An old advertisement fragment touts Fletcher's Castoria for babies and children, noting it bears a signature and is endorsed by certain households who claim it soothes young cries.
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Fletcher
Pollie Dear and Mollie Love Share a Morning Chat
Pollie Dear and Mollie Love gossip about Alice Golightly meeting a man who cured her ailments not by medicine but by listening to her symptoms. The two women note Alice stopped discussing her ailments since aging began and speculate on the cure as remembering youth and shared woes.
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Pollie Dear
Mollie Love
Alice Golightly
Alice
Pollie
Mollie
Qoad
Vatican and France Renew Long Broken Diplomatic Ties
The Vatican and France resume diplomatic relations restoring ties after the war. The article outlines the roles of Charles C. A. Jonnart as ambassador to the Holy See and Mer. Bonaventura Cerrett to represent Pope Benedict XV near President Millerand in Paris. It highlights shifting Allied views of Vatican influence and the impact on France and Italy, praising French priests and the war’s devotion. It notes priestly soldiers and a poem-like memory of clergy in WWI.
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France
Vatican
Council of Nations
Charles C. A. Jonnart
Holy See
Mer. Bonaventura Cerrett
Corinth
Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
Benedict XV
Mwlerand
Paris
Italy
Europe
Alsace
Lorraine
Near East
Friends of France
Republic
Brittany
Monsieur l'Abbe
Monseigneur
Poilu
Monsieur Vabbe
Grain surplus debate sparks plan for powered crops
In Chicago a Committee of Seventeen meeting discussed controlling grain supply through farmer cooperation. Frank Baackes urged organizing a distillery under government supervision to denature alcohol and convert surplus grain into power, presenting it as a potential solution to the petroleum problem and a cleaner fuel option.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Committee of Seventeen On Marketing
Chicago
Frank Baackes
American Steel and Wire
Farm Bureau
Out of Favor Run and Call Fido Dear
A curious fragment shows a child refusing to speak to a dog after a dolly breakage. The lines twist language into simple domestic scene while the parent offers a wisdom phrase about bread and waters with a cryptic ending.
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Fido
Kansas harvests strain as workers scarce this summer
The Wichita Eagle reports Kansas faces a harvest hand shortage as hot weather hits the wheat belt. Farmers in Kansas and Oklahoma see delayed progress, while wage fears have driven some to offer higher pay to attract help. Missouri youths scale back due to transport costs. Kansas insists fair wages will secure needed labor to save the wheat.
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Kansas
Great Wheat Belt
Knoweas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Insurgent Senators Face Slim Senate Floor Battle
On the Senate floor a group of insurgent senators prepares for a tough, mil erable experience as they challenge the chamber's agenda.
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Senate
Transcript Writer Opposes Tariff on European Films
A Boston Transcript columnist rejects tariffs to bar European films, arguing better pictures should exist here to counter bland American productions. He notes 60,000 bathing beauties in Southern California might have to switch careers, yet defends taste and wool art. The Home Market club may still see heresy in these views.
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Boston Transcript
Fly Traps and Prevention for Stable Flies
Fly control hinges on eliminating breeding sites and chemical treatment rather than relying solely on traps. Experts note that a pound of stable manure can yield thousands of flies. formaldehyde mixed with milk and sugar lures them, but must be used safely away from children.
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Frank Basches
American Steel and Wire Company
Prof
F. C. Mahop
Farmers’ Bulletin No
U. S. Dept
Cultivating Future Farmers Through Boys and Girls Clubs
National Crop Improvement Service highlights the work of boys and girls clubs in breeding hogs cattle and horses. Leaders emphasize the business side of club work and its role in public demonstrations and training future citizens. The county agent is key to spreading better farm practice.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Nevery
Mya T. L. Bewick
Wisconsin
If a Wife Must Stand Through Thick and Thin
Poem anecdotal verse advising a wife to endure moods and misfortune with grace. It extols patience, steadfast support, and quiet loyalty as proof of a true, enduring partnership. The speaker urges bearing neglect, sharing joy, shielding him from blame, and remaining his confidant through years, to become a model wife.
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Sophie E. Redford
Kansas City
Hypatia and Cleopatra in Kingsley’s novel excerpt
The passage discusses Hypatia the mathematician and neo Platonist philosopher and Cleopatra's influence on Caesar and Antony. It notes Cleopatra’s charm and multilingual learning, contrasting popular beauty with learned intellect and courtly appeal.
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Hypatia
Kingsley
Cleopatra
Caesar
Antony
Where in God is shown in this Letter Box piece
A Sioux City Tribune reader reply laments material greed and social inequity in a long poem and satire. It argues that wealth and monopoly corrupt society while faith remains unseen in the marketplace. A second note humorously cites a rural joke about cows and condensed milk.
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Sioux City Tribune
Fight Over Alaska by Norman Hapgood
Scott Bone becomes Alaska’s new governor after a bitter contest among factions led by Hu genheim interests and Judge Wickersham. President Harding sought guidance from Secretary Fall but gave final appointment to Bone as Congress debates Alaska resource control and a pending bill.
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Alaska
Norman Hapgood
Universal Service
Scott Bone
Judge Wickersham
Harding
Thee Pees
Bone
Congress
Curry
Medical Novelty From Wichita Bugle Provokes Outrage
A Wichita Bugle excerpt rails at a proposed public vaccination demonstration by Dr Nyberg alleging a plan to display two smallpox victims in a sealed car for edification. The piece mocks the stunt, questions its morality, and imagines sensational ambulance displays. A separate note mentions a shooting at a soldiers' monument in Ireton.
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Wichita
Nyberg
Altgether
Alwul
True Americanization in immigrant integration
The article argues that merely forcing naturalization fails to create true Americanization. It stresses social integration through fraternal ties with native Americans, moral contact, and cooperative respect to make immigrants feel valued as part of a great American family, thereby encouraging loyal citizenship.
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Della Sera
United States
Madame Curie and the torch of women scientists
A New York Evening Post writer argues that Matane Curie is not a unique anomaly. He recalls several historical women, Laura Basai, Novella d Andrea, Hortense Jepaut, Frau Hevelky, Maria Agnes, who pursued science or astronomy while balancing other roles, showing that many brave women preceded Curie in scientific achievement.
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Madame Curie
Columbus
Laura Basai
Novella d'Andrea
Hortense Jepaut
Clairant
Zealande
Frau Hevelky O Unnaig
Eiviliont
Maria Agnes
Lustre
University of Bologna
Marital Intent Question Stirs Nervous Couple
In a tense exchange, Clara and Nell discuss Nell-Charlie's intentions toward Clara. Clara suspects marriage for money, while Nin pledges no such plan. Clive hints Clara is overly doubtful as Nell asserts Nin’s innocence.
Tanlac Restores Appetite in Chronic Dyspepsia Case
G W Slayton of Cobb County reports his father suffered twenty years with chronic stomach trouble. After trying medicines, springs, and diet, Tanlac improved his health dramatically, restoring appetite and energy. He praises Tanlac and says he would not trade it for other remedies. Tanlac sold by leading druggists.
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G. W. Slayton
Cobh County
Atlanta
Tennessee
Mercy for criminals in England reviewed after 15 years
In England life sentences are reviewed after 15 years and a prisoner with uniformly good conduct is typically released. This is common for murderers who are described as usually well behaved while imprisoned.
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England
Genuine Bayer Aspirin Warning Across Packages
Aspirin labeled Bayer is authentic. if the name Bayer or Bayer on tablets or package is not visible you may not be getting genuine aspirin. Safe when used as directed for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain. Small tin boxes of twelve Bayer tablets cost only a few cents and larger packs are sold by druggists.
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Ayer
Bayer
More to See Bi We See More Bow Logs Now
A distorted OCR fragment notes increased bow logs and straight logs, referencing the New York Sun. It mentions observer Phil-Well and contrasts gorea with normal lines as part of a brief field report. The passage lacks clear dates or events but indicates broader sighting activity.
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Phil
New York
Why, of Course Not Mier-Dut Question of Marriage
Dialogue fragment shows Mier Dut asking Jones why marry and Jones replies he does not want his name to die out, referencing Poneh London. The text reveals a social bargaining scene about names and marriage in a stylized exchange.
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Mier
So Butler
Jones
Poneh
London
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