WIFE TOO ILL TO WORK
Indianapolis woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and weight after months of illness. The testimonial from Mrs. WM. Green of Addison Street notes improved strength and says she can now do housework and laundry. The ad invites women to seek advice from the F. E. Pinkham Medicine Co in Lyn, ass.
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Indianapolis
Lydia E. Pinkham
WM. Green
Addison Street
Indiana
F. E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lyna, Ass
Hot Shot For Coal Dealer In Famine Price Row
A London street quarrel over poor coal quality and high prices ends with a dealer claiming famine prices while a skeptical customer accuses him of overcharging. A passerby notes a cheaper supplier, sparking a terse exchange about value and honesty in the fuel trade.
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Rommunerallv
Courage of Britain on the White Ambulance Train
A wartime travelogue in which the narrator witnesses wounded soldiers returning from France aboard a white hospital ship and an ambulance train. He details the courage, suffering, and humanity of the men, the care of doctors and sisters, and the precise, disciplined operation that ferries the injured toward English hospitals.
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the Tribune Ass'n
London
Red Cross
Hhis Majesty
Admiralty Pier
War Office
England
France
Wen
Orderlien
Tia
Captain Goodby
Jimble
It Didn't Work Judge Prisoner at the Bar
The fragment shows a court scene with a prisoner confessing to theft and attempting to bargain for leniency. A judge questions the claim while the prisoner argues about terms. An aside mentions aging steel produced from furnace drag by German inventors.
Peculiar Peruvian Plant Forms Cushioned Hills
A strange Peruvian plant called wareta or vegetable shop grows among high Altiplano rocks. It forms cushion like mounds three feet high and several feet across, each a single plant produced by repeated branching. Flowers are tiny, about one-eighth inch, in clusters near branch tips. Fruit resembles a miniature caraway seed. Natives use it as fuel.
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Peru
Popular Science Monthly
How to Remove Dandruff Tips Ad
How to remove dandruff by lightly touching spots with Cuticura Ointment and next morning shampooing with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Emollients keep scalp clean and promote hair growth. Free sample by mail with a Hook address postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Jury verdict clears American Medical Association in libel case
In Chicago before Judge Carpenter a federal jury found the American Medical Association guilty of libeling Carduil the nour nostonie calling it a nesrum. The three month trial featured many doctors and chemists with evidence totaling nearly four million words, seen as vindication of the medicine and its merit.
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United States District Court of Chicago
Carpenter
American Medical Association
Carduil
Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti Ad
An advertisement extols Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as tasty and nutritious for children. It claims the product builds bone and muscle, is economical, and gentle on nerves, urging mothers to request a free cook book from Skinber Manufacturing Co. in Omaha Nebraska.
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Skinner
Skinber Mfg. Co
Omaha
Nebr
Gouverneur Morris recalls Richard Harding Davis laugh
Gouverneur Morris recalls Davis as quick with a joke while recounting a dinner at Crossroads. A clumsy waitress slipped with a tray, beer spilled on Davis, who wiped it with his napkin and asked for Gretchen as the scene ended in humorous miscue.
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Gouverneur Morris
Richard Harding Davis
Davis
Mr. Morris
Gretchen
White sided man rumor in Kansas City Star
A Kansas City Star fragment recalls a bartender dialogue about a described colored man whose insides are said to be turning white, with comical mishearings and a retort about which side. The exchange showcases dialect and social attitudes of the era.
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Anethie
Hin
Bowe
Kansas City
Dean
Brother Page
Kansas City Star
Rex Reach Warns Of Border Militia Strain
Rex Reach warns that militia endurance on the Mexican border is stretched, saying a prime fighter needs six weeks to set in shape. He recalls prior mobilizations where men faced harsh duties at home then sped to distant fronts, noting England’s prior heavy staffing before sending troops to deserts.
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Rex Reach
Mexicauy
Diriil li
Englind
Sahara
Arablin
Weighty Reasons Cruel Publisher Rejects Novel
A fictional exchange shows a publisher rejecting a manuscript as too long and broad. The dialogue features frenzied remarks about agents, publication hurdles, and a comical wolf at the door motif reflecting publishing pressures.
Fortunate City Boise Heise City Uses Natural Hot Water Heat
The Youth's Companion notes Boise Idaho as the world’s only city to heat homes and buildings with natural hot water from wells near the Boise mountains. Temperature reaches 171 degrees. daily flow about 5,000,000 gallons, boosted to 1,200,000 with centrifugal pumps. Nineteen buildings use it for heat and ten for bathing and washing. Subterranean main flow limits and safety restrict work to shallow depths. Indians long knew these hot springs. Boise’s site was a Snake and Baunocy resort.
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Heise
Tahoe
Leiness
Boise Mountains
Boise
Rival Livery Stables Exchange Window Barbs
Two neighboring livery stables in a busy street exchanged taunts after one posted a papier mache placard claiming horses need to be whipped to go. The rival quickly retorted with a window rebuke about the wind blowing them along. In northern Tad in sheep pull loads of two pounds each.
First Potato King and the Potatoes of Portsmouth
John Pounds, an English cobbler in Portsmouth, became known as the potato king for feeding hot potatoes to rugged harbor youths while teaching them to read and write. His plan saved hundreds of children from rough lives, earning him a lasting reputation.
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John Pounds
Portsmouth
Julie Pears
John
Toledo Bihuide
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