Woman Avoids Operation After Pinkham’s Remedy
Mrs. Ithel Thurston of Lima Ohio credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing severe abdominal inflammation backache and loss of appetite. She says the medicine saved her from a feared operation and continues taking it while urging others to seek information.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sthel Thurston
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The Watch and Ward Man on a Skyscraper Plank
On a 400 foot high steel frame a foreman Morgan studies crowds and nerves, notes Johnson’s addiction rumors, and watches a tin box of nerve dope trigger a dangerous chase that ends with a fall and a shared plunge toward the street below.
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Bancroft Claims New Laws Curbed Crooked Business
Chicago lawyer Edgar Addison Bancroft, now ambassador to Japan, told a Blackstone banquet that new laws eliminate crooked business of the past. He joked that many a millionaire would insist on blame if he lost money the way he earned it.
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Chicago
Japan
Blackstone
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Tramp Rappahannock Ferry Ends a Winter Escape
During a fogbound icebound crossing in winter 1878 the Rappahannock ferry on the East River loses course and becomes a wandering tramp. Passengers endure delay fear and a strange card game interrupted by a savage Bedouin tale before the boat reaches New York and the voyage ends.
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New York
Brooklyn
East River
Wall Street
Syria
Araab
Examinations blamed for weight loss in students
A school teacher laments midwinter exams reducing 40 girls by about 125 pounds. The speaker jokes that examination extracts would be a powerful anti fat and recalls personal exam experience of poor appetite, little exercise, long study hours, and poor sleep leading to a thin, ghostly body.
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Texas
Out in the Wilds Gas Shortage Tale
An outdoor excerpt recalls a traveler nearly stranded when the narrator and companion run out of fuel and stumble toward a gas station only a block and a half away, underscoring a tense moment of scarcity.
Dave's Mentha Pepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a fast acting stomach remedy. It claims to relieve gas heartburn and indigestion within minutes and offers a money back guarantee if it fails. The pitch cites New Jersey sales and notes availability at Duncan's Pharmacy.
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Dare
Duncan
Dave
New Jersey
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