Cramps and Backache Relieved by Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs. Della Scholz reports monthly cramps pains and backache eased after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She notes she can do housework all month and recommends it to friends for female troubles. The ad touts fifty years in use and plant-based preparation.
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St. Louis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Della Scholzz
Salisbury Street
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Colt
Ban on kissing touted by society sparks debate
Richmond Times Dispatch notes a formal ban by the Society for the Suppression of Human Emotions on kissing. An advance tract claims kissing spreads infection, is immoral, and idiotic, yet the piece remarks that, despite the trouble, kissing is worth it.
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Society For the
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Miller Murder Case Moves to Sullivan County Venue
A motion for change of venue in the Henry Miller murder case was granted by Judge Bridwell. Miller, charged with killing Junie Carr at Gilmour, fled, was captured near Vandalia Illinois after a dramatic county chase, and has remained in Sullivan County jail. The trial will be moved to Sullivan County and likely appear in the September term calendar.
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Henry Miller
Sullivan
Bridwell
Miller
Junie Carr
Gilmour
Vandalia
Ill
Sullivan County
Cartina Willis Shares Fourth Of July With Seaside Children
A 1922 Western Newspaper Union tale follows Cartina Willis as she spends a Fourth of July at a seaside camp for children of the tenements, choosing time with kids over a weekend invitation. She forms a quiet bond with Ralph Miner, a doctor at the camp, and the couple reflects on independence and happiness as they celebrate with the flag.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Cartina Willis
Cartina
Cortina
Old Mother Ocean
Mr. Wind
Ralph Miner
Talph
Duartina
Ralph Dways
Western Newspaper Union
Sullivan Highway Improving Under County Supervisor
Sullivan Union reports major road work on the Sullivan-Dugger highway once one of the county’s busiest routes. County superintendent of roads Charles Ridgeway leads crews with a tractor and grader, with Greene county officials aiding, aiming to enhance the road to Linton. A section of the Terre Haute road north of Liberty church in Curry township is also being graded and improved.
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Charles Ridgeway
Greene County
Linton
Terre Haute
Liberty Church
Curry Township
Sullivan Union
Weeks supports beer despite prohibition stance in interview
Secretary of War Weeks told reporters in Chester that he favors amending the Volstead act to allow beer and light wines. He noted broad public sentiment for change and said he would back such legislation in Congress. He dodged a call to resign over a prior Ohio speech, noting Capper did not appoint him and that they disagree at times.
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Chester
Weeks
Congress
Senator Capper
Kansas
Ohio
Capper
Lafayette Elm Placed In Hall Of Fame In Yorktown
The Lafayette elm near Washingtons headquarters at Yorktown Virginia was planted by Lafayette during his 1824 visit. It has been inducted into the Hall of Fame for trees by the American Forestry Association for its historic connection.
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Washington
Yorktown
Virginia
Lafayette
Hall of Fame
American Storestry Association
Habits of Land Crabs migrate to sea in vast night columns
Crabs inhabit many regions including the West Indies where sugar cane is eaten by land crabs. Each year in May or June they emerge from inland holes and travel to the sea in immense nocturnal columns extending miles long and hundreds of feet wide. Obstacles do not deter their march.
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West Indies
Four-Year-Old Prefers Earthly Life Over Heaven
A Sunday school pupil Hall, four, declined heaven with a plain answer. When asked who wishes to go to heaven all raised hands except Earl. He said no thanks because he had not long since left heaven and returned.
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Hall
Heaven
Earl’s
Hail
Varnishing Airplanes Raises Worker Safety Concerns
The article argues indoor varnishing of linen airplane wings exposes workers to often fatal poisons. It contends that waterproofing requires dangerous chemicals and that the only safe environment is outdoor work, highlighting safety risks in early aviation manufacturing.
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P.D.Q
W. J. Hamilton
This County
Jannie Carr
Cartlina
Sullivan Highway
Secretary OF War
U. S
Hood Rubber Products Co. Inc
Watertown, Mass
USCO
United States
U.S. Tire Co
United States Tires
United States Rubber Company
Fifty
Best Hundred and Chories
E. J. Ecker & Son Sherwood Service & Sales Co
BIC
Mark Twain
Kuppenheimer
Burton’s Battery Station
Fletcher
Welch Establishment
Harry Welch
Linton Undertaker
South Main St
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