Editorial on Stephens Weight Dispute and Retraction
Alexander H. Stephens, former vice president of the Confederacy and longtime Georgia congressman, challenged a newspaper accusation that he weighed 90 pounds. He demanded an immediate retraction, noting a supposed four pound discrepancy with his own published figure. The piece recalls Stephens as an editor who wrote long articles and cites the ongoing dispute over the weight claim.
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Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Aiter
Lowill
Prexident
Stephens
Japan
Viscount Ishith
J. Veankiin Dederick
Te O Commercial& Savings Bank
Lexington
N.C
J. Grahaw Hege
Southern
Hege Howe
Tly
Valleey
Tiinoly
Tadiaun
Ar Waneae
Poaturl
Mark
Gornakl
Sui
Jon Vite ‘Kuemlay
Henry IV of France Reaches Ammony After Prolonged Journey
A local writer presents a hostile harangue to Henry IV upon his arrival in Ammony. The speech opens with a string of epithets mocking the monarch as weary and fatigued, using exaggerated phrases like very, very good, very very, and very tired.
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Royal
Nat Blow
Rick
Henry VV
France
Ammony
Fragmented Text OCR Notes on Future Context
The readable fragments discuss future events and questions about what people will see or experience. It mentions a place name Farodam and a general inquiry about upcoming conditions. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names or dates to anchor a fuller summary.
Estdt Petlote Team Sparks 40 Year Regimen Claim
A garbled notice outlines a claim about a team labeled Esdt Petlote and a 40 year regimen regulating liver and bowels. The text includes fragmented phrases about faith, enthusiasm, and a life worth living, with many illegible terms suggesting a political or personal dispute and misencoded names.
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Esdt Petlote
Pitts
Happenings Of The Week From The War Front
Intermountain reports John H. Taylor awards eighty medals to Boy Scouts of Utah for selling ten Liberty bonds per family with bonds not less than fifty dollars. Miscellaneous items note Mexican laborers moving to UK fields, arrests in Portland and Denver, and a Denver singer’s reception for Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson. War news covers disloyalty trials, draft protests, food price controls, and military dispatches across the United States and abroad.
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Intermountain
John H. Taylor
Boy Scouts of Utah
Ogden
Garland
Hminn Fewer
Chicago
Portland
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Denver
J. C. Schrooter
Federal Grand Jury
Moody
Idaho
We A
Maine
Joes
Funtelgn
Germany
Mazatlan
Mexico
Aepnte
Ftan
United States
Hague
Holland
Tondon
House of Commons
Eric Campbell Geddes
Admiralty
Switzerland
Staf
Herle
Semenoff
Semenoffs
Bolshev- Lkt
Edna Foreign Office
Americ
Uiraine National Cauvell
Portnya
Tebernigoy
Kharker
Hulman
Kerensky
Lemon Lotion Promises Bright Skin From Orchard White
A vintage ad claims a quarter pint lemon lotion can be made for a small jar of cream by mixing lemon juice with orchard white. It promises to whiten and soften skin and remove blemishes, advising strain to remove pulp and daily facial massage. The page also includes a humor bit about a plum pudding spelling joke.
August Flower Remedy Promotes Quick Relief
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER has been a household remedy for constipation, indigestion, and nervous complaints for decades. A few doses reportedly relieve symptoms such as headache heart palpitations and upset digestion with a gentle laxative action. Ask your druggist. Bold in all civilized countries.
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Adv
The Lesser Evil Wit in Birmingham Age-Herald
A witty exchange from the Birmingham Age-Herald compares two types of women. One with a mission would do most of the talking, while a woman who thinks she is misunderstood often seeks confidential advice.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Cuticura Soap Promises Tender Skin Shave
A Cuticura advertisement touts a new method for shaving tender skin twice daily without irritation using Cuticura Soap. It offers free samples by mail from Cuticura Dept. X Bowton and lists Soap and Ointment prices at drugstores.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Bowton
Fate of the Duck Display Causes Gassed Remark
Two women in Smithfeld observe a poultry display with two ducks. One woman accuses a vendor of presenting a bird that appears to have been gassed after extended cold storage, a remark noted by the Westminster Gazette.
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Smithfeld
Westminster Gazette
Allen's Foot Ease for the Troops in War Hospitals
War era notices allege Allen's Foot Ease powder provides rest and comfort for soldiers by shaking into shoes and relieving foot pain. Claims spread as troops are ordered to use the product, with promotional lines urging immediate trial and wide availability.
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Allen
Swift & Company Denies Conspiracy With FTC Allegations
To the American people the company states there is no foundation for alleged violations and asserts that Swift & Company is not a party to any conspiracy to defraud the government nor guilty of improper food storage or false entries or reports.
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Federal Trade Commission
Swift & Company
Government Control and War Era Reflections
Fragmentary notes describe government control ideas during wartime. A speaker recalls a woman warning that government actions will follow, while a judge questions naturalization records as scattered remarks on education spending and stock valuations in late 1917.
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Harry A. Wheeler
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Boston
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New York
Federal Food Board
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Wetter
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Washington
Senate
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Oklahoma
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Post Office
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