Built Her Own Home by Miss Frances Lyon of Westwood
Miss Frances Lyon of Westwood is described as the sole New England woman living in a house literally built with her own funds. She belongs to a club whose members advocate returning to farming and owns property valued at about $1,000 along with some 70 acres near Westwood. Each member holds a deed to one acre while the rest is held in common and rentable to members seeking larger farming ventures.
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Frances Lyon
Westwood
New England
Miss Lyons
What is the latest thing in fashion able weddings
A witty quip notes fashion and weddings, suggesting the bride often sets trends. The remark frames wedding style as a reflection of the bride’s choices and public interest in bridal fashion.
Tired Blood Lowers Vitality 1918 Tonitives Ad
An old advertisement explains how tired blood weakens strength and spirit and promotes Tonitives as the quiet method to enrich blood with nutriment and oxygen. It claims vitality rests on red blood and lists price 75c per box with mail order from The Tonitives Co Buffalo.
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Tonitives Co
Buffalo
Terror Rages in Turk Army as Seen by Correspondent
Paris dispatch from Jean Rodes of the Temps describes misery among Turkish soldiers in Constantinople area. He reports hunger fatigue and desertion amid a chaotic retreat from Thoria and Seidler, noting refugees and civilians fleeing while soldiers beg for bread and shelter.
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Paris
Jean Rodes
The
Temps
Constantinople
Rodes
Seidler
Thoria
Ferno
Asia Minor
Western Canada Prosperity and Foreign Investment Growth
A Holland bank president cites Western Canada as rapidly prospering with substantial foreign investment from Germany France Great Britain and Holland. Immigrants from the United States Austria Hungary Belgium France Germany Sweden Norway and others bolster farming as Western Canada eyes a half billion bushel wheat yield amid ongoing development.
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Holland
Canada
W. Westerman
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
Western
Germany
France
Great Britain
United States
Austria Hungary
Belgium
Sweden
Norway
Paid Minister In Tinfoil
A man known as the meanest in the world used a bride and groom’s marriage to trap Rev. Thilo Gore of the German Lutheran church. They paid him with nothing but tinfoil after the ceremony, convincing him to marry them with a license.
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Thilo Gore
German Lutheran Church
Dr. Gore
Chicago Tribune
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promise Gentle Baby Care
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap as pure and refreshing with gentle emollients to ease irritation redness roughness and chafing while promoting skin and hair health. It notes Cuticura Ointment aids in treating eczema rashes and itching and claims the soap lasts longer than ordinary soap making it economical. Free samples offered with the 82 page Skin Book and address given for Boston department inquiries.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Sign of a husband stumbling up stairs joked about
At 2 A M Mrs Klatter asks what a stumble up stairs signifies and Mrs Klubmann answers she knows well what it means when her husband does it.
Why do ships have needle guns and what makes blue last
An odd collage notes ships seek needle guns to thread their course despite a pun. It promotes Cross Ball Blue findable via grocers with a claim it stays true blue. A moral question about a woman’s emotion at a wedding rounds the piece.
Cole's Carboni salve cures burns and cuts
An advertisement proclaims Cole's Carboni salve stops pain instantly and cures cuts quickly. It notes availability in druggists and prices 25 and 06, with a bold claim about genuine intent versus imitation.
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Cole
Nascar
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Earl
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Netaltichel
Ray Woed, I
Sultan Suleimanich
Turk Army
Tchatalja
Thhorlu
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Savoff
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Hazen
Monroe
Mich
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Sask
J. M. Saive
Wauchope, Sask
Edgerton
Iver Olson
A. Oliver Co
N. D
W. R. O’brien
Center
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C. W. Gordan
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Morris
Man
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Gilbert Plaina
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J. F. Zornes
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Webster Co
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Gallagher
Mena
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Catoosa
Oklahoma
Free Homestead
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Traction Terminal
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