Nervous Breakdown Healed by Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Miss Kelly of Newark suffered years of headaches and weak health. After two years under a physician, a friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. From day one she improved and returned to work, endorsing the remedy and allowing publication of her letter.
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Let Cuticura Be Your Beauty Doctor
South Carolina paper argues against indiscriminate killing of alligators noting ecological balance. It cites Louisiana data showing muskrat and crop damage when alligators vanish and warns the alligator can help regulate species, while occasional dog or livestock harm remains a concern. Charleston News and Courier.
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Charleston
Butter Run Suggestion From Store Across The Street
A butcher’s wife questions Warned Har about his destination and warns against buying butter at the rival shop across from her home. She notes the man there borrowed her scales this morning. The quote hints at concern over who holds control of his worries.
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Boston Evening Transcript
The Lucky Man Who Poses as a Disbeliever in Luck
A brief column notes that even those who appear confident in luck may secretly rely on chance. The line suggests skepticism about luck while hinting at underlying fortune.
How a Wife's Teasing Sparked The Rough Road Idea
William J. Locke recalls a marriage room scene that sparked The Rough Road. His wife teased him with a pet Pekinese, prompting him to imagine a tale of a man raised like that dog and driven to write.
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William J. Locke
Red Planet
Belgium Rebuilding Railways Boosts War-Torn Economy
Belgium’s postwar recovery shows rapid railway expansion from 305 cars and 3700 tons in December 1918 to 9104 cars and 123361 tons by June 1919. Daily freight trains now total 1056 as transport returns to normal. The League of Nations drives a plebiscite agitation in Dutch Limburg with local committees asserting Belgians are the majority.
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Father-in-law Pranks Bride at Train Meet
A wife recounts meeting her husband’s father for the first time in a mistaken kiss. Believing the man arriving on the train was her father in law, she rushed to greet him with a kiss, only to discover she had greeted the wrong man in a gray overcoat and soft hat.
Man Counts to a Hundred Before Striking
In a tense scene Bobby confronts Johnny who sits on a struggling Willie who lies facedown on the ground. Johnny explains he plans to sit for a hundred to calm his anger after his mother advised counting to a hundred before striking.
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His Idea of Bigness in a Fourth Grade Test
During exams the history class was asked to name the five most important men of the recent war. A boy answered with General Pershing President Wilson General Foch and his own big brother Tom and Andy Sullivan s brother Pat. Silence is golden and Some remarks are very brassy. A man does not amount to much unless he can prove it.
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Andy Sullivan
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Social Responsibility in the Luke 10 lesson
A lesson on showing kindness to others from Luke 10 25 37 contrasts the lawyer's legalism with Jesus parable of the Good Samaritan. It emphasizes loving God and neighbor, asks not who is neighbor but whose neighbor am I, and urges practical mercy across all divides.
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Reflection on Humanity and Mercy from Longfellow
A reflective passage contemplates mercy for the erring, urging compassion for the fallen, and imagining the struggles and temptations of a sinner. It invokes sorrow at others faults and a hope to leave such souls in a higher care.
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Serving God and Doing Good Echo in Pious Maxim
A concise devotional line asserts that serving God and doing good are materially the same, with the service of God described as imitating the divine. The quotation attributes the idea to Benjamin Whichcote.
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Benjamin Whichcote
Daily Thought Quote From Spurgeon
A brief quotation attributes a thought to Charles Spurgeon about crown wearers in heaven and earthly burdens, reflecting on faith and resilience.
Work Cheerfully Do Your Work Cheerfully
A short exhortation urges cheerful, heartful labor and constant readiness for advancement, framed as a motto from EL Nayior. The guidance emphasizes diligence, positivity, and preparation for greater responsibility.
Ice Problem for Dairymen
This USDA guide warns dairy producers of ice scarcity risks for milk keeping. It urges strict cleanliness, sterilization of utensils, and use of steam sterilizers, plus practical home sterilizer plans and cooling methods to cut bacterial counts and extend freshness.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Bad Flavor in Milk Warns of Odor and Spillage
Fresh milk flavor can be spoiled by age and decayed gas in milk. Thorough washing of milk utensils is essential to remove traces of milk to prevent offensive odor from lingered decay.
Cuticura Advertises Soothing Hand Care Routine
A vintage ad promotes Cuticura for sore hands and bathing use. It urges washing with Cuticura Soap, applying Cuticura Ointment, and drying rubs, noting the trio benefits for all toilet purposes.
What Makes 'Em Attractive Widow Question Sparked By Inheritance
A dialogue questions the appeal of a widow and notes uncertainty over life insurance left by her deceased husband. The exchange hints at social judgments and financial motives surrounding the widow.
Lift Off Corns with Freezone Easy Pain Free
A promotional notice touts Freezone as a cheap painless solution to corns and calluses. It claims the tiny bottle removes hard and soft corns between toes and bottom-of-foot calluses with a few drops, stopping pain instantly. The ad emphasizes ease of use and low drugstore cost.
Vacation plan clash quoted in Boston Transcript
A brief quip from the Boston Transcript notes a husband urging his partner to choose vacation plans, contrasting with wartime restraint over coal. The remark underscores domestic indecision amid broader tensions.
Phosphate Remedy Promises Health For Thin Individuals
An article argues that phosphorus deficiency causes thinness and nervousness and promotes a product called Euro-Phosphate. It claims experiments show improved nutrition and vitality as nerves stabilize and flesh fills out, while warning users to avoid fattening foods if seeking weight gain.
Foolish man declines life’s risks despite folly
A bemused witticism notes a fool will not set a zero nineh fun out of life, implying he cannot act wisely to escape his own folly.
It’s Not Your Heart It’s Your Kidneys Health Claim
An old medical advertisement warns that kidney disease can mimic heart problems and lists symptoms such as weariness insomnia and nervousness. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy claiming to soothe kidneys relieve inflammation and kill germs with instructions to take daily doses after initial improvement.
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