Woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs. T. A. Saunders of Knoxville Tennessee reports severe nervousness sleeplessness melancholia and back pain during menopause. After taking eight bottles she claims two years without a doctor and weight gain from 116 to 188 pounds and full recovery urging others to try the remedy.
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Mrs. Saunders
Lydia B. Pinkham
Knoxville
Tenn
T. A. Saunders
Depot Street
Knoxville, Tenn
The Art of Knowing How to Make Others Supply Your Wints
A saying on mastery and social leverage is examined as a guide to obtaining desired contributions. It reflects on strategy and influence in interpersonal dealings.
Something to Think About Growth and mental light in life lessons
An essay-like meditation compares a pine tree rising from the sod to human mental growth. It argues mental development shapes attention, imagination, and reasoning, urging effort to rise from shade to light and contribute to mankind.
The Life of Iconoclast Poet William Cowper
Alliam Cowper is portrayed as an iconoclast with a passion for learning and disdain for discipline. Once called to the bar in 1745 he faced mental illness that led to years of care under Doctor Cotton at St Albans, eventually dying in 1800 after recurring insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliam Cowper
Westminster
Cowper
House of Lords
Doctor Cotton
St. Albans
Wayne D. McMurray
George Matthew Adama
De Pauw Origins and Welsh Name Roots Revealed
The article traces the De Pauw family name from its French Navarre origin to its Dutch and American spread via the Revolutionary era. It notes a Welsh revision of ap Lud meaning son of Lloyd and suggests Deacon as a variant linked to Dakin derived from David.
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de Pauw
United States
de Pan
Tuu
Navarre
France
Flanders
Michael de Pan
Dutch West India Company
Ghent
Cornelius de Pauw
Frederick the Great
Charles
Lafayette
Virginia
Kentucky
John de Pauw
Indiana
Charles de Pauw
Salem, Ltd
John
Elizabeth Rattlate de Pauw
Ap Lud
Ap Lloyd
Gon
Lloyd
Deacon
David
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
The Measure of Love Poem by Douglas Malloch
Poem expresses a domestic and universal love seeking fidelity restraint and generosity. It calls for loving at home extending to neighbors and the poor across life’s journeys with kindness endurance and moral purity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Home Cook Book Recipes From The Steamery
A vintage kitchen column presents practical supper ideas including Hot Ham Sandwiches with creamed butter and mustard, Chopped Steak in a buttered casserole with rice and tomato sauce, and Pea Soup with croutons. Also described are dessert like meringue and coconut sugared treats, plus a bean chili dish with onions and tomatoes.
The Young Lady Across the Way
A reader notes a playful phrase about the undertaker at the dietitian and its odd tone as printed by a McCture Newspaper Syndicate syndicated column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dietitian
McCture Newspaper Syndicate
Zebra visitor sparks gecko friendly Africa chat
Brighteyes and friends spot a white zebra with black stripes named Zippy Zebra arriving in Africa. He explains zebra camouflage and mountain zebras, and Cheerups invites him for a future excursion while noting their growing circle of friends and a desire to explore.
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Brighteyes
Quickear
Softfoot
Sniff
Sniffsoift
Cheerups
Deaur
Mr. Sun
Timmy
Mrs. Ostrich
Mr. Gnu
Africa
Broad Plain
Zippy
Zippy Zebra Leaves as Brighteyes Reflects on Visit
A playful exit scene ends with Zippy Zebra trotting away after saying goodbye to Brighteyes. Brighteyes admits a prior mistake in assuming the farewell. The passage closes with a friendly invitation to visit.
Superstitions and the hungry guest omen explored
In this piece by H Irving King, the habit of placing an extra plate on the table is discussed as a folk superstition. It claims the extra plate signals an incoming hungry visitor, tracing origins to ancient ideas that connected thought and fact and noting how avoiding the omen avoids its outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Betsey Name Tells a Tale of Love and Legend
The piece traces the name Betsey from Elisavetta to European variants like Elizabeth Isabel and Eliza, noting its English American ties. It highlights Betsey Rosa who made the first American flag and Betsey Patterson who inspired Jerome Bonaparte, linking the name to romance and myth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsey
Elisavetta
Jaroslav
Harald Hardrada
Norway
Constantinople
God
Europe
Germany
Elizabeth
Isabels
Elizas
Elsbets
Betsey Rosa
Betsey Patterson
Jerome Bonaparte
Wheeler Syndicate
Ants Show Sensitivity to Heat and Cold in Path Trials
A study by D F Miller and M Gans from Ohio State University reports ants avoid heat and cold on a stone path. Heat near the path and cold draughts cause the ants to deviate, with sun rays as effective as artificial heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Miller
M. Gans
Ohio State University
Journal of Comparative Psychology
Washington Star
Notable Notables REUZE Painter’s Rise and Fall in Paris
The French painter, born August 21 1725, faced early opposition from his father but won support after a portraitist persuaded the family. He studied at the Royal Academy, gained initial praise for a Bible-reading scene, then became a popular genre painter. He sought grand historical works, may have popularized sentimental aids, joined the academy, earned wealth briefly, but squandered his fortune and died in poverty in Paris in 1805.
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Reuze
Royal Academy
Academy
Paris
Common Nail Dangers Cause Many Industrial Accidents
Reports from New York show nails as a major hazard with 1838 compensation claims in a year and New York City's 30 daily nails injury rate suggesting nearly 18000 such injuries in the state annually. A Labor Department proposal urges a nail elimination week to remove loose protruding nails and renew hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Labor Department
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Knee Pants Arrest From Knee Pants Night
Roscoe Ricketts a prominent citizen with prominent knees is arrested after a night of mistaken garment shenanigans. His wife and family dreamily plan adds on shoes hats and a motor boat while pants are shortened fittingly causing a comic misadventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscoh Ricketts
Rose Fom
Tee-Hee
Beestinger
Phillby
Rickett
Foulard
Roscoe Ricketts
George Matthew Adama
Peruna praised by Minnesota reader after cure
A Dassel Minnesota resident Mrs Anne Linder reports two years of chronic catarrh ended by Pe-ru-na. She praises the remedy as worth its cost and credits it with restoring health and strength for she and her two children. The ad touts Peruna and Peruha product lines and warns to insist on genuine Peruna.
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Anne’ Linder
R.F
Dassel
Meeker
Minn
Once Too Often Edith Haga Turns Down a Catch
The Boston Transcript notes Edith Haga repeatedly rejects offers described as good catches. Now she begins to complain that a good catch fails to appear, reflecting on the dating scene.
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Edith Haga
Boston ‘Transcript
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