Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Testimonial
Omaha resident Mrs J O Enaquist reports twenty years of relief from female troubles using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes Sanative Wash also aids her care and urges others to seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Omaha
Neb
Lydia Eukham
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. O. EnaQquist
S. 20Th Street
Ebraska
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Danderine Promises Hair Beauty and Growth
An advertisement touts Danderine a hair tonic that allegedly revives lifeless thinning hair by restoring color vigor and fullness. A bottle costs 85 cents and is available at drug or toilet counters. The ad ends with a propitiatory note about friends in trouble.
Uric acid in meat clogging the kidneys warned
An advertisement warns that daily meat intake produces uric acid harming kidney function. It urges using four ounces of Raid Salts with water before breakfast to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and relieve bladder weakness. The claim touts Garfield Tea as drug free and made from herbal ingredients.
Worth Knowing A mixed bag of curios and inventions
A Pennsylvania inventor combines an electric hair dryer and vacuum comb. The piece notes beliefs about Chinese hair, bamboo growth, a Pittsburgh metal plate for skating, a granite memorial to Mrs. Eddy, X ray uses in mining, Philippine cow land leases, shark skin polishing dust, a Pennsburg preacher dropping his watch, a census joke, Arctic sound transmission, and mine owners buying airplanes for ore transport.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge
Mass
Bureau of Lands of the Philippines
George W. Lutz
Pennsburg
Lowell
Arctic
Epstein sculpture The Risen Christ on view in London
Jacob Epstein's The Risen Christ, a life size sculpture in London, shows a Christ bearing tomb wrappings with a left hand pointing to the wound in the right palm. Epstein says the head is a universal type, not racial, and that the work should be judged on merit.
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Jacob Epstein
London
Epstein
Christ
Drum Wears Wound Stripe After Verdun Battle
A drum wounded in battle near Verdun receives a new head after injury and heals to return to front line service. Postwar, the drum is ordered to Quantico Marine Corps Camp where four service stripes and one wound stripe are attached to its head due to lack of sleeves.
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Verdun
Je Su
Marine Corps
Quantico
Popular Science Monthly
What do you know about She Stoops to Conquer claim
A Boston Transcript item notes a magazine writer answering a “What do you know?” question by saying She Stoops to Conquer was written by Sheridan. The entry preserves the humorous misattribution and the editor’s response.
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Sheridan
Wbout
Bostop Transcript
Too Much Court dialogue on marriage fortunes
A courtroom scene features a debate about marriage prospects with a sharp exchange. The men argue over whether a wealthy woman can be an old maid, contrasting desire and social expectation in a witty backroom dialogue.
First Motion Picture Miss Jerry Made in 1894
In October 1894 the first motion picture Miss Jerry was produced with Alexander Black as author scenario writer director cameraman and title writer. The era allowed only five stereopticon slides per second and now sixteen pictures flash on screen per second.
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Jerry
Alexander Black
Salt of the Earth and Ocean Evaporation Fact
The note asserts that if all oceans dried up, a Balt layer about 285 feet thick would remain on Earth. It frames this as a grand-scale geophysical fact about planetary salt deposits and ocean loss.
National capital affairs on theft in transit losses
In 1919 US railroad statistics show about 45 million dollars lost from merchandise in transit on main lines. Thieves use substitution and concerted loss schemes across nations. jewelers suffer less, railroads consider excluding raw silk, and robbers throw or swap goods at yards or en route.
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WestIncTon
United States
Rairoad Administration
Lme
Jewelers’ Protective Union
Women push for a separate Department of Education
The article argues for transforming the Bureau of Education in the Interior into a full Department of Education with a secretary. It cites the bureau’s work on native Alaskan education, school guidance, and home gardening, noting its influence and potential, and discusses gender and cabinet considerations in light of the Smith Lowner bill.
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Imien
United States
Congress
SmithLowner
Bireau of Education
Department of the Interior
Government
Bureaau of
Alnaka
Army
Navy
Elecren
Department of Inbor
Department of Education
Senatorial bill awards nurse Lusty restitution after wrongful dismissal
The Senate considered a bill directing the secretary of the treasury to pay Gertrude Lusty 1,286,608 for lost pay from September 28, 1918, to May 22, 1910, citing a frame-up and injustice. Lusty was restored to service and rejoined the Army Nurse Corps amid calls for accountability and prosecution of those responsible.
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FI Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Gertrude Luisiiz
Army Nurse Corps
Wadsworth
Military Intelligence Department
War Department
Department of Justice
Sirgeon
Lusty
Ary
Tiny
Senate
King
Utah
Vacancies in U S Diplomatic Service Amid Severed Relations
The article reports eight vacancies in the American diplomatic list as the United States lacks ministers in China Denmark Costa Rica Greece the Netherlands Salvador Siam and Switzerland. It notes Ireland has a minister here but the US has not yet sent an envoy to the Sinnish republic and discusses the difficulty of filling posts after a change in administration with concerns over short terms and civil service protections for secretaries. President Wilson has made no diplomatic appointments since illness except appointing Robert Underwood Johnson as ambassador to Italy.
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United States
China
Denmark
Costa Rica
Greece
Netherlands
Salvador
Siam
Switzerland
Ioland
Wilson
Robert Underwood Johnson
Italy
Pan American rail dream nears reality via Washington conference
Charles Pepper notes progress toward a transhemisphere trunk railroad from Hudson Bay to Buenos Aires. Chile’s north–south line and trans-Andean link to Buenos Aires are completed, Brazilian lines connect with Uruguayan and Argentine routes, moving the project forward despite long planning.
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Hudson Bay
Patagonia
Buenos Aires
Washington
Charles MM. Pepper
Roosevelt
Congress
Mexico
Hinton Rowan Helper
United States
South America
Mr. Pepper
Chile
Puerto Montt
Valparaiso
Ines
Rio de Janeiro
Central America
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
la Quiaca
Boliva
Inventor's Note Mentions Health and Garfied Patronage
Fragmentary ad style text cites an inventor of atrenuous ethies and a Garfield related cup with health claims. Mentions Drexlon vow, Kise her on the chaos, and Cole Carbolimuve product courtesy of J W Cole Co Rockford Illinois.
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Neil
Cole
Sho J. W. Cole Co
Rockford
Queues as bondage and conqueror myths in ancient China
The piece argues queues symbolized bondage under conquest and contrasts ancient Chinese history with later eras. It notes rulers used forced hairstyles to humiliate and control subjects and discusses social status and obedience as outcomes of foreign domination.
Timea's Holdover: Motors Replace Horses in City Establishment
A quirky scene shows a debate over modernization as a figure complains about horses in an establishment while another insists on using motors. The exchange captures tension between tradition and progress in a local setting.
Naturally Made Him Peeved
A Los Angeles county divorce case unfolds amid a quarrel between spouses involving a contentious custody and property dispute. The husband testifies he was angered by his wife’s statements during a private confrontation and prior financial arrangements related to alimony and insurance.
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Los Angeles County
Nit
Sawyer
Coed Host Hosts Coffee At House Polo Dinner
A narrative fragment describes a social gathering where guests enjoy polo from house to house and share coffee. The hostess earns praise for coffee service while a husband jokes that the coffee is only half gone, reflecting a light communal exchange about economy and manners.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
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