End of Eight Years Misery in Newark Woman Finds Relief
Theresa Coventry of Newark says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased eight years of organic trouble and back pain after weeks of treatment. She reports improved mobility and household ability and recommends the products to friends. The company offers free advice from women and confidentiality.
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Newark
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Theresa Coventry
Burnett St
Newark, N. J
Forbidden. He-Will you have some case au lait
She-Won't we be pinched if we try it.
Diamond Dyes Promise Fadeless Color For All Fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a universal fabric colorant suitable for wool silk linen totton and blended materials. It claims dramatic restoration of faded garments and urges customers to consult the Diamond Dye Color Card for material matching. Mr Dustin Brax comments on ostentation and money.
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Andyv
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Offered With Reward
An advertisement promises $100 for a catarrh cure not found by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces, notes a 40 year sale history, and states price 7 cents with free testimonials from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The text adds a grim aside about epitaphs and a claim Garfield Tea relieves constipation.
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HALL
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Czar and Family Murder Details Reported in Siberia
Colonel George H. Emerson cites a Czech led inquiry into the Ekaterinburg killings of Nicholas II and his family on July 17 1918. The report claims the czar and heir were killed first, the rest wounded, then finished with bayonets and gunfire. The bodies were said to have been burned with sulfuric acid and valuables removed.
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United States
Col
George H. Emerson
Engineer Corps
St. Paul, Minn
Russia
Nicholas
St. Paul
Emerson
Great Northern Railway
John F. Stevens
Siberia
Siberian
Kerensky
Czecha
Dietrichs
Galda
Can
Ekaterinburg
Red Guards
Ekuter- Inburg
Cnaptolina Agafonovka
Anatole Yakimoff
Red
House of Ipatyeff
Nicholas Romanoff
Czarina
Anastasia Nikolaievna
Yakimoff
Kuzma Letemin
Stekorin
Youroffsky
Order
Ural Soviet of Deputies
Pavel Medvedyelf
Letts
Exit
Mehad
Medvedyeff
Prokopt Kubienkoff
Guard
Ruard
Verk-Issetsk Works
Tlevatnikh
Partin
Westaustakoff
Tobolsk
Dietrich
Pavel Medvedyeff
Committee of Inquiry
Oles
Sokoloff
Date of World War I end to be decided by committee
A London committee of counselors was named to set the official end date of the World War I conflict. The case involves thousands of pounds in legal actions stalled awaiting an authoritative ruling on whether contracts refer to termination of hostilities or duration of the war. A prominent barrister notes the ambiguity in phrases used across agreements and orders. In Manila a divorce bill in the legislature could add eleven grounds for separation including whipping violence and forced religious change.
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London
Philippines
Manila
Man Aids Dying Woman Finds He Is Her Son
In Beloit Wisconsin a man named War Fiese went to help a woman on the steps of an apartment building. He found she was his mother dying from apoplexy. She was returning from shopping when he reached her and she died shortly after.
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Beloit
Wis
War Fiese
Profit In Coyote Pelts
In Pawnee Rock Kansas high coyote pelts prices drive hunting as a popular pastime this season. Pelts fetch 8 to 12 dollars each and the state offers a 1.25 dollar bounty per scalp making one kill a day a profitable venture for local hunters.
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Pawnee Rock
Kan
Whippet tanks replace horses in Arizona lumber mills
In Flagstaff Arizona a lumber company bought two war department tanks to haul logs. The tanks displaced 320 horses and 14 men, letting operations run through winter despite weather, a shift attributed to the power and reliability of the tanks versus horse teams.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Germany
Arizona
War Department
Girls' Strange Names at Pine Ridge School
Sioux City report lists Indian girls at Pine Ridge reservation school with names such as Victoria Holy Rock Julia Afraid of a Hawk Mary Browners Julia Crazy Ghost Mercy Yellow Shirt Emma No Fat Ella Red Eyes Julia Stands Up. The piece playfully notes the oddity of these names and ends with a tease.
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Sioux City
Pine Ridge Reservation
Victoria Holy
Death of Cambridgeshire constable ends 67 years service
London report notes Constable Charles J. Stretton served sixty seven years on the Cambridgeshire police, leaving an estate of 60000 pounds after his death last week.
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London
Cambridgeshire
Charlies
J. Stretten
Fur Pieces for the Mild Days
A New York fashion column discusses the booming fur trade as autumn turns to spring. It notes record peltry sales, high prices for mink beaver and Hudson seal, and tells how wealthy buyers drive demand while Americans increasingly wear domestically produced peltries.
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New York
France
America
H.C. of L
Fifth Avenue
Goelery
Pretty Apron Of Cretonne Fashion Feature
The article describes an attractive cretonne apron found in a hope chest. It highlights a one yard yard wide fabric, a combined apron and bib design with white binding and large buttons at the bib and waist, two wide straps, pockets, and optional frill. It contrasts with newer frocks for informal afternoon wear in fawn engs mere and taffetas with a soft wool bodice and gathered silk skirt finished with lace and hand-painted china buttons.
Green's August Flower Advert shows a constipation remedy claim
The ad promotes Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach and intestines, stimulates bile flow, and cleanses impurities from blood. It markets the product as a sovereign remedy used in thousands of households for indigestion and related ailments. The piece also includes a brief theatre vignette about Winnifred and her father reacting to her dirty face.
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Green
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Genuine Bayer Tablets
An wartime style ad promotes genuine Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on tablets and packaging for protection against imitators. It lists uses from headache to neuralgia and prices for a 12 tablet tin. The copy ends with a quip about Darwin in a transcript fragment.
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Path
Bayer
Cascarets Laxative Ad Claim Gentle Nightly Relief
Bulky prose promotes Cascarets as a mild laxative that does not gripe or sicken. It claims to remove bowel poisons causing head aches and bad breath. The ad suggests paying a few cents for a box and using it while you sleep for gentle relief.
Mean Man and Women Rent Ages Dialog
A fragmentary dialogue references the line of questioning about rent ages. Syntens replies that about a third of those under thirty were affected.
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Voritas
Syntens
Castoria and a Japan lesson in street railways
Text references Fletcher's Castoria touted as a remedy for infants and children with a long history. It quotes Senator La Follatte criticizing profiteers in a street railway, noting a Japanese town's system shifted from seated to standing to boost fare collections and profits.
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la Follatte
Jose San
Japan
Shaphanger
Amusing Incident at Bridge Tournament
A lighthearted scene unfolds when a performer dressed as the queen of hearts is accosted by a fellow player during a lying bridge gathering. The exchange centers on fees and a playful misreading of words while the crowd watches in amusement.
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Queen of Hearts
Price of Sweeta Party Follows Fancy Toy Pulling
Miss Pansy fyelln plans an old fashioned toy pulling to impress guests with lavish spending. The text notes Love is a magician but cannot turn nickels into dollars.
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Sweeta
Pansy Fyelln
Love
From Girlhood to Middle Life in South Freeport
Readable letters praise Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as tonics for women from adolescence to middle age. Mrs. L Kitchen cites relief from heat, dizziness, and fatigue. Mrs. E L Martin recalls recovery through a course including Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets. Cora M Peel credits Pleasant Pellets with easing sluggish liver headaches and constipation.
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South Freeport
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Mrs. L. Kitchen
Rock Island, Ti
E. L. Martin
Seventh Ave
Elgin
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