Suffered Seven Long Years Ravenswood Woman Voices Recovery
Ravenswood West Virginia Mrs Bertha Lizzme recounts suffering for seven years from a female trouble and inflammation. After reading about Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she used eight bottles and regained health able to do housework. The ad promotes the remedy as a long trusted female tonic.
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Ravenswood
W. Va
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Lizzme
Liering
Quizzing Boy Probes Steak Origin in Household Tale
A Greensburg boy asks where steak comes from provoking a simple answer and a sharper question about local livestock. The exchange is recounted from a father's dinner table in a humorous anecdote echoed by the Indianapolis News.
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Paul Perry
Greensburg
Robert
Papa
Indianapolis News
Make Your Own Opportunities Says Daily Spirit
A motivational passage urges focus on personal effort over chasing fields. It emphasizes that success comes from the man and the work he does daily, shaping opportunities through daily spirit and dedication.
Mirthful Cynic Quips on Matrimony and Silence
A sharp inky quip mocks marriage by arguing the lover cannot couple matri mony and seek solitary comfort with the beloved in darkness. The line plays on irony and social expectations.
Look for Bayer Cross to Verify Genuine Bayer Aspirin
An old advertisement urges consumers to seek the Bayer name on tablets and the Bayer Cross on packages and each tablet to ensure genuine Aspirin. It emphasizes safety claims, lists common uses from colds to neuralgia, and notes proper directions on every unbroken Bayer package.
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Bayer
Spud Murphy's Girl and a Family Album Quip
The Leatherneck quotes Spud Murphy joking about his daughter being stuck with family photos. Murphy quips he resents her belief that every call requires showing the family album, highlighting domestic humor and a lighthearted exchange.
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Spud Murphy
Boschee's Syrup and Washington Naval Observatory Clocks
An advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup as a remedy for coughs bronchitis and lung trouble used for five decades worldwide. It notes the product sold where medicines are found. A separate note describes three standard clocks regulating the eastern United States from an underground Washington Navy Yard observatory.
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Boschee
United States
Rockies
Naval Observatory
Washington
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertise Hand Care
Soak hands in Cuticura Soap suds, dry and rub in Cuticura Ointment. Remove surplus with tissue. This is one of the uses Cuticura offers for all toilet purposes when Soap Ointment and Talcum are used. Advertisement.
Man Winds Up Night With River Walk and Domestic Dispute
The man left home after declaring weariness with the situation and wandered to the riverfront where he teased boatmen and drank lightly. Upon returning late, he had an argument with his wife over supposed pork chops on the supper table.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Weather Man First to Chart Weather Progress
Francis Galton born in 1824 England was the first to attempt large scale charting of weather progress. His methods, though dated, influence modern meteorology and forecasting accuracy remains debated among scholars. He was a cousin of Charles Darwin.
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Francis Galton
Galton
Charles Darwin
England
Hiking for her degree on long Eastward trek
Miss Theresa Thromp of Ferndale Washington travels by foot toward Columbia University to pursue a doctor of philosophy degree. She follows a winding route across the country to continue her education and earn a advanced degree.
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Ferndale
Wash
Theresa Thromp
Columbia University
Kentucky child mind reader touring Cincinnati
Nellie Cordell a nine year old from Kentucky has been taken to Cincinnati by her father to display her claimed mind reading abilities. For five years she has been celebrated as a wonder child of the mountains with townspeople asserting she can read minds as others read writing.
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Nellie Cordell
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Nellie
Carrying an Alligator in Safe Handling
A Florida hunter demonstrates proper technique to carry a live alligator to prevent harm. The expert from southern Florida shows safe grips and restraint methods for handlers and bystanders.
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Florida
Fail in Swimming Test at University of Iowa Freshmen
Fifty percent of the men registered for freshman work in physical education at the University of Iowa failed to pass the standard swimming tests given by the department of physical education. Those who failed are enrolled in swimming classes, and Director R. G. Schneider says the department has always been able to teach anyone in a swimming class how to swim.
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University of Iowa
Department of Physical Education
R. G. Schneider
Fire arson trial reveals paid years ago to burn Salem buildings
Owie Roseberry testified in Salem that John Reyman hired him and others to start fires at multiple sites including Bellows' warehouse on Mil Street and the McCowen Probst Allenaugh plant. He received 20 dollars for the warehouse blaze and 50 dollars for the factory job, with details of plans and timing tied to railroad activity.
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Offie Roseberry
John Reyman
Salem
Owfie Roseberry
Joseph Henley
Bloomington
Roseberry
Reyman
Bellows
Mil Street
Louisville
MccCowen- Probst-Alenaugh Enameling
John Ott
Reynin
Monon
Four Hurt As Train Strikes Car In Connersville
Four people were injured when a Big Four railroad freight train struck a car at First Street and Grand Avenue and toppled it into a canal. Sherman Pufrin rescued the three automobile occupants by cutting a hole in the car roof. Brakeman P. J. Bradley of Cincinnati, riding on the push cars, was seriously hurt likely with a broken leg. The accident occurred after visitors left a local home following a death in the county.
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Connersville
First Street
Grand Avenue
Sherman Pufrin
William McQuistion
Augusta
P. J. Bradley
Cincinnati
Joseph Bachner
Governor Proposes U.S. Buy Surplus Corn for Europe
Indiana Governor McCray urges Secretary Wallace to authorize a War Finance Corp plan to buy the surplus corn, store it or resell to European nations, easing farmer hardship after a large harvest and low prices. He cites potential long term credits and benefits for domestic planting.
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Indianapolis
McCray
Henry C. Wallace
United States
War Finance Corporation
Daniel Pasig Dies Former Vigo County Lawman
Terre Haute Nov 14 Daniel Pasig age seventy one formerly sheriff of Vigo county and later detective in the local police department died in St Petersburg Florida where he went last September. He served two terms as sheriff and was appointed chief of police in 1908 retaining the post until the Donn M Roberts administration began in 1914.
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Daniel Fasig
Terre Haute
Daniel Pasig
Vigo County
St. Petersburg
Ila
Vasig
Curtis Fasig
A. R. Fasig
Anna, II
Donn M. Roberts
Aged Man John Benedict Found Dead in Marion Home
John I Benedict aged seventy was found dead of heart disease in his locked Marion home. A neighborhood boy saw the body through a window and notified police. Authorities forced entry after doors remained closed.
Farmers to Curtail Grain Crops Meeting Report
Columbus township farm bureau members vote unanimously to curtail grain production until prices of other farmer buying commodities fall. The meeting took place in Columbus on November 14.
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Columbus
Columbus Township Farm Bureau
Indiana County Commissioners elect new president at convention
Wayneville native C. E. Smallwood of Connersville was chosen president of the Indiana County Commissioners association during the final session of the eighteenth annual convention in Ora.
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Commissioners’Association
Jrom Wayne
C. E. Smallwood
Connersville
Indiana County Commissioners’ Association
Ora
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