Phillips Milk of Magnesia proves quick cure for excess acid
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the premier remedy for excess stomach acid, noting its safety and instant neutralizing action with a single spoonful. The piece urges readers to obtain the genuine drug from drugstores and to follow physician guidance. It also recites a fictional domestic scene unrelated to the medical claim, concluding with the narrator revealing she has taken a boarder.
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Magnesia
Macnetia
Charmian and Grandmother argue over Jim Bennetts love life
Charmian recalls her grandmother’s first ride in the contraption to visit an oculist and back, while they gossip about Jim Bennett and a rival from Chicago. Lizzie Baker arrives for soda and reports Jim’s brand new car and a Boston hat girl, sparking kitchen table gossip about romance and class.
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Charmian
Portland
Jim Bennett
Clara Darling
Osgoods
Wickfield
Lizzie Baker
Miss Lizzie
Lizzie
Boston
Sarah Bennett
Chicago
James Bennett
Grandma
Sarah
Jim
Grandma Questions Charmian's Action Over Boarding a Man
Grandma frets at Charmian about taking in Edward Howe a young man the doctor left with them. Charmian defends him while Grandma worries about age tidiness meals and the idea of a man in the house for the first time in seventeen years. The scene ends with plans for supper and where he will stay.
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Grandma
Charmian Davis
Charmian
Edward Howe
What Is a Sleeper
A playful exploration from the Southern Railway Magazine about the word sleeper. It defines a sleeper as a person who sleeps a railway carriage for overnight travel baulks of wood that hold rails and the upright plank that supports the track. The piece uses repeated puns on sleeper across roles until a reversal wakes the sleeper under the sleeper.
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Southern Railway
His Price Was Lower
A young matron asks a German butcher for hamburger steak price. He quotes twenty five cents, she notes a twelve cent corner store price, he retorts that when out of stock he sells for ten cents. The exchange highlights supply and pricing humor in a local shop.
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Otto
Fastest Car Golden Arrow Sold to Museum Support
The Golden Arrow, driven by Sir Henry Segrave to 231 mph, owned by H. S. Horne of London, went bankrupt, then was bought by Sir Charles Wakefield the oil magnate who donated it to the South Kensington Museum. Original cost ranged from $50,000 to $60,000.
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Henry Segrave
H. S. Horne
London
Charles Wakefield
South Kensington Museum
When loves comes a Munich doctor warns of blur and weight loss
A Munich physician warns that love illness brings blurred vision pale face rapid heartbeat disturbed sleep and weight loss. The description frames love as a physiological condition with psychological impact.
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Munich
Soviets Move to Guard Dairy and Meat Supplies
Russia pledges to criminalize cattle slaughter as a safeguard for future meat and dairy. Peasants who kill livestock before joining collective farms risk expropriation and expulsion from kolhozy, as farming shifts toward coordinated state-supported agriculture.
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Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Commissariat of Agriculture
Preventive medicine may revive general practitioners role
The Ottawa Journal notes a shift toward preventive care with annual or semiannual physical exams. If pursued, the general practitioner could return to a central role, focusing on keeping patients well rather than only treating illness, aided by insurance campaigns promoting preventive medicine. The piece links this trend to cancer, tuberculosis, and epidemics detection, envisioning a new long-term function for GPs.
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Metropolitan Life
Ottawa Journal
Little Mary and the Kitten Bet
A sick child Mary pleads for a kitten as doctors say an operation is needed. Her mother promises the finest kitten if she stays brave. While recovering from anesthesia Mary mutters that the ordeal was a rotten way to get a kitten.
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Mary
Commercializing the Radio Draws Quebec Protests
Public ire grows over radio used for non musical content. Quebec authorities respond with a policy granting listeners one hour of music and instruction on two weeknights, aiming to restore quality programming and curb propaganda.
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L'steners
Quebec
Do Not Let Your Baby Suffer Told in Teething Relief Ad
An old advertising blurb promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a safe effective remedy for teething constipation indigestion and colds. It urges mothers to keep them at home and notes the price 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Lydia E. Pinkham
Milton McMullen
Vanessa
Ontario
Speedy Relay Radio Sets Record Distance in 1 Eighth Second
General Electric engineers report a radio experiment looping a signal 20 000 miles in about one eighth of a second. The broadcast started at W2XAF Schenectady and returned via WK2ME Sydney to WGY Schenectady. The feat, if confirmed, marks an unprecedented long distance relay. Persistent Asthma. The article notes a tonic claim for Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a remedy for recurring attacks and fatigue.
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W2xaf
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N.J
Wk2me
Sydney
Australia
WGY
J. D. Kellogg
Remarkable Robot to Aid Census Next April
A futuristic census plan promises over 100000 enumerators starting in April to gather population data for the United States. Machines will tabulate 60 item cards and process up to 25000 cards per hour, sorting by age sex and race at about 125000 per day to finish the 120,000,000 person count.
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United States
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Lasting Relief
Advertises a product claiming to calm distressed mothers by easing their children's suffering with guaranteed, lasting effects. The copy emphasizes maternal anxiety and reassurance through the remedy.
Couldn't Be Done A Farm Lass Called As Witness
A Yorkshire county court humor story reports a buxom farm lass called as a witness. She mentions her sweetheart knows something about the matter, provoking the judge to say they should call him to court. She blushes and protests that he won’t testify before all the gentlemen.
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Yorkshire
Former boat rocker’s son pilots planes in tailspin spins
A former boat-ride innovator’s son has entered aviation, piloting aircraft that perform tail-spin maneuvers, signaling a shift from sea to air mastery and marking a notable family pursuit.
Begin with Small Things and Do What You Can
A devotional note urges contentment in small tasks and steady effort. It contrasts pride with humility, stressing that serving God may require performing modest duties and not awaiting grand challenges.
Not Suitable For Tropics R-100 Restricted To Northern Latitudes
The R-100 airship, fitted with gasoline engines, is deemed unsuitable for tropical climates. Its operations will remain limited to northern latitudes for now. A spring trial flight from Britain to Canada is planned.
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F. Montague
Persian Balm Reveals Subtle Beauty and Relief
The article presents Persian Balm as a delightful lotion that cools and relieves irritation from weather conditions. It is described as a rare charm for the complexion, fragrant and velvety, non sticky and quickly absorbed by the skin tissues.
But ter Butter: Irish butter sign puzzles passerby
Two Irish private soldiers in Glasgow read a shop window notice with giant letters "But ter Butter" and debate its meaning. One jokes the bold strokes are shillelaghs signaling rare Irish butter, while the other calls him ignorant.
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Glasgow
Pat
Mike
Thirteen Muscles Used To Smile Versus Sixty Four For Frown
A study notes people engage thirteen muscles when smiling and sixty four muscles when frowning. Researchers highlight facial expressions reflect mood and effort, with the frown requiring more muscular activity.
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