The Joy of Motherhood
Ellensburg Washington woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health after illness and enabling her to have a child. She urges other women to consider the medicine and seek advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lynn
Humorous Oddities in Ad Columns From Historic Notices
A collection of quirky ad lines shows the era’s playful wording. Examples include a young woman with vole ing, coats paid for by ladies’ boas, and an overseer for 5000 sheep who can speak. Other items joke about a cook, a strong Ro- Moan religious candidate, a fiddle made from head wood, and whisky branded as the king’s Dublin drink. A $100 reward seeks Hale Short’s drowned body, noted by his speech impediment.
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Hale Short
Short
What Have You In The Pocket Albert
In a snowy doorway Albert explains to Marie that he carries a shirt in a pocket rather than goods or gossip. A sharper line notes popularity gained for selfish reasons soon fades. A stat cites Japan with 18 million men of army age.
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Albert
Marie
Jycults
Japan
Substitutes for poor seed corn in the northern Corn Belt
Farmers facing seed shortages may plant millet sorghum or Sudan grass as alternatives. Sorghum varieties Early Amber Orange red Top and Gooseneck suit syrup or forage, with sowing options for hay or silage and yields comparable to corn under good growth. Sudan grass, newly introduced, resembles sorghum but care needed to avoid Johnson grass seed mix ups.
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Sudan
Acre
Corn Belt
Army Kitchens and Camp Cooks Under Fire and Firelight
In France and at sea level, army kitchen duties are strict with daily officer visits to kitchens, barracks, and mess tents to ensure proper meals. Temporary field cookhouses form near camps, using kettles, trenches, and improvised ovens to feed units. field ovens bake bread for a whole battery, while soldiers receive roast meat when supply allows.
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France
Death Taker of Confederate Flag Maker
Mrs. Mo Becca Winborne of Wilson North Carolina died at 87. She is said to have seen the woman who made a float flag designed by Captain Orren Randolph Smith of Henderson. The banner was made by Mrs. Winborne after she won Miss Rebecca Murphy in Wilson in 186?. A sister refused aid due to a northern army engagement. The flag, adopted by the Confederate Congress at Montgomery Alabama, featured woven stars representing conquered states.
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Henderson
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Winborne
Rebecca Murphy
Wilson
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Montgonery
Ala
Othey
Congress
ATA Library
Injured Soldiers to Receive Real Vocational Training
The Federal Board for Vocational Education clarifies that disabled soldiers will receive specialized, well paid and practical training rather than useless crafts. Training begins with occupational therapy and progresses to intensive vocational education aimed at placing men in suitable, manly trades despite disabilities.
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Federal Board of Vocational Education
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Pestene
Federal Board
Lpusl
Moon
Epidemic of Horse Thieves Rocks Berlin Streets
In Berlin an epidemic of horse stealing swept the city with $26,000 in valid horses reported stolen in a single week. Most thefts occurred in daylight while the animals stood on streets. The stolen horses were taken to the provinces for sale, with prices rising. A pair of fine horses vanished during a Heo meeting at the Grunewald Lovuree.
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Amsterdam
Herlin
Berlin
Grunewald
Portrait of a Russia That Never Was
A speaker contends Russia is not a real nation but a federation under force, limited by geography near Moscow. He argues the country lacks true agriculture, peasant productivity, and sustained national cohesion, dispelling foreign myths of cultural grandeur.
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Germany
Moscow
United States
Tolstoi
Saf Pavlova
Willerina
Pa’s verdict on Tommy’s golf talent deepens
A father tests his son Tommy with ever longer golf drives and finally declares him a slurry son. The exchange ends with the father dismissing the dream as bedtime and a kiss for mamma.
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Tommy
Daniel Webster and the origins of standing for the Star Spangled Banner
A historical note credits Daniel Webster with popularizing the custom of standing for the national anthem during a Jenny Lind concert about sixty to seventy years ago. The anecdote describes Lind singing the anthem and Webster’s gesture as the audience rose, bowing to the performer.
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Webster
Army
Navy
Jenny Lind
Heston
Daniel Webster
British Private Soldier James Dowling Wins War Medals
James Dowling, a British private, has won 12 war medals. He is sixty-eight. Alaska fishery products valued at $51 405 200 are noted. The clipping mixes stray phrases and product ads with odd anecdotes and misspellings.
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James Dowling
Alaska
Fruit Prices in Belgium Report From Belgian Bulletin
The Belgian Bulletin notes fruit prices in Belgium with russets at two pounds and half, pears at 45 cents each, lemons at a few cents, and grapes around 2 1/2 dollars per pound. Liege sees herring on sale at 31 cents per fish with one per person limit.
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Belgium
Liege
Testimony of Cop on Punishment and Criminals
A police testimony quotes the officer saying criminals face punishment in this world and noting that every criminal he knew had multiple wives.
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Phin
Fragmentary Home Scene With Quip In Parlor
A father in a den hears a mysterious noise from the parlor then finds his daughter Hessie and says Charley sings I Wonder If He Will Miss Me The exchange hints at a strained family moment and a garbled reference to compulsory naturalization.
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Dessie
Charley
Hessie
Dad
Fletcher's Castoria Endorsed by Local Doctors
Local physicians emphasize Fletcher's Castoria as safe and effective for children. They discourage imitations and urge parents to rely on trusted medical advice when choosing remedies for their babies.
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Fletcher
Castoria
Quarantine Tales From Camp Leave Brother Disgusted
A letter from a brother in California describes wartime camp life. After initial ten days, smallpox triggers a fifteen day quarantine, then measles for five days, followed by mumps sending another boy to the hospital and renewed quarantine.
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California
Chicago Tribune
Twins in a split path meet on a blind siding
Two hobos encounter on a rail siding. One man, once a salesman, worked 10 a m to 4 p m. The other lacks funds. The Vagabond in Superior Wisconsin reports abolition of 60 saloons.
War-Time Seesaws and Everyday Oddities
The Tommiles call steel belts elephant iron used for arched roofs while a French boy calls them rockers. Youths place a plank and seesaw on half sections found on their backs. Red Cross Ball Blue is popular with women, sold in groceries. Kansas City offers sil cent fires on street railways.
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France
Kansas City
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promised Cure
An advertisement urged readers to buy Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules claiming to heal fatigue nervousness back pain and urinary symptoms by attacking kidney and bladder infections. It claimed rapid feeling of renewed health within 24 hours and offered ongoing daily use to prevent future attacks with a money back guarantee.
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Oobla
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