Fashion Hints At the Museum Platform Lectures
A lecturer showcases Sig Pankey the legless man formed by a shark bite in the Indian Ocean fourteen years ago. He notes Pankey has no legs and survives mainly by eating his head. The speaker then points to an Egyptian mummy thought to be Rameses the Great.
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Sig. Pankey
Indian Ocean
Sig
Pankey
Rameses the Great
Mondel
Reccen
Washington
Heury Merconthau
United States
Republic
Fresh Air Gospel Emphasized in Oxygen Debate
Charlotte Aikens recalls a pneumonia case where lack of oxygen near a dying man spurred a push for bottled oxygen. She argues the gospel of fresh air and practical health principles deserves emphasis in medical care.
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Charlotte A. Aikens
Not Quite Clear, Mr. David in a Social Mix Up
A slow minded man with a mixed up tongue misreads a polite invitation. He later corrects his remark, admitting he did not mean to imply the prior compliment and clarifies his enjoyment of the visit.
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David
Tle
Russians Focus More Attention on Dancing Than Others
The text notes that Russians as a nation probably give more attention to dancing than any other subject, highlighting cultural interest and public enthusiasm for dance.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted for Female Ailments
Baltimore resident Mrs. W. S. Ford reports four years of misery from irregularities and nervous distress ending when Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was used. The ad claims the remedy as the most successful for female complaints including displacements, inflammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, and backache, inviting readers to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham.
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Lydia B. Pinksham
Baltimore
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
American rescuer bemused by Paris Seine incident
An American in Paris saved an elderly man from drowning in the Seine, drawing public praise but later being admonished by a police official who noted dogs on the bank. The official cites ingratitude and compares the scene to lessons learned in Newfoundland.
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Paris
Seine
le Figaro
Monsieur
Montsieur
Newfoundland
Poets and Oaths Debate in Absurd Exchange
An exchange cites a Total Abstainer and an excited individual seeking an oath and a permit. The Sporting Editor weighs poetic license as a universes clause allowing poets to exist, in a wry Chicago Tribune flavor.
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Chicago Tribune
Coffee vs Postum Test Claims Health Relief
An advertiser advocates a 10 day coffee withdrawal with Postum to prove coffee causes illness. Patient letters describe relief from headaches nervousness and stomach trouble after switching to Postum, then relapse when returning to coffee, and renewed wellness after resuming Postum. The mis[sing] worded note promotes a pamphlet The Road to Wellville and suggests new letters appear periodically.
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Postum
Wellville
Congress Votes for Income Tax Amendment
The House adopted by 317 to 14 the joint resolution to submit the proposed constitutional amendment empowering Congress to levy an income tax. Ad journment set for Thursday. The Senate brief session focused on tariff conference matters and district affairs.
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House
Congress
Senate
Carter
District of Columbia
Lodge
Culberson
Tawney
Taft
Rainey
Illinois
League of Republican
Bronx Zoo Trades Reptiles Across Seas For New Specimens
Raymond Ditmars, curator of the Bronx Zoo reptile house, sails to Europe with crates of poisonous American snakes and surplus animals to trade for unfamiliar species in Germany France and other regions. He aims to obtain cobra asp and East Coast varieties, while the zoo’s snake collection grows rapidly.
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Raymond
Itmars
Bronx 200
New York
Europe
Zoological Gardens
Uneland
Germany
France
Bronx Zoo
South America
Mr. Ditmars
Wil Vrin
PILES CURED AT HOME BY NEW ABSORPTION METHOD
If you suffer from bleeding itching or protruding piles send your address and I will tell you how to cure at home with a new absorption treatment. I will also send some of this home treatment free for trial with local references if requested. Immediate relief and permanent care assured. Write today to Mrs Summers Box 2 Notre Dame Ind Beira a white town in Africa built of corrugated sheet metal.
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T.tal
Mr. Summers
Notre Dame
Ind
Cure for Eczema Found in Cuticura Remedies
Miss Barbara Kral of Nighlandtown Maryland details a ten month battle with intense itching and rash from eczema. After ineffective medical visits and other treatments, she reports relief within four or five applications of Cuticura Ointment and complete cure using two sets of the remedies.
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Barbara Kral
Nighlandtown
Potter Drug & Chem Corp
Boston
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