Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promises Blood Purification
Old advertisement claims influenza winter illness leaves bad blood causing digestive and liver issues. It touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier made from wild roots and barks, alcohol free, available in liquid or tablet form. Readers offered a trial package for 10 cents and a testimonial from Mrs Anna Bushaw on Montague Street.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y. Rockrorp
California Syrup of Figs Ad touts gentle cleansing
An old advertisement urges parents to give California Syrup of Figs for bilious or constipated children. It claims a teaspoon clears foul waste without griping, notes its pleasant taste, and warns to buy only genuine California Fig Syrup Company product with visible directions for all ages.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Ady
Dolittle’s Obsession with Social Form
In Philadelphia Record prose a joke about Dolittle's rigidity to social etiquette. Buggins notes he would not work without an engraved invitation highlighting the old fashioned obsession with formalities.
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Dolittle
Muggins
Buggins
Philadelphia Record
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Skin
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as daily skin care essentials for cleansing soothing and fragrant smoothness. Priced at 25 cents each.
Oh mamma, here is another one of those sharp shooter files
A summer incident recalls a boy Ned who faced hornets with wary bravado. The next day he spots another hornet at the window and quips that it is “another one of those sharp shooter files in the house,” capturing a playful wartime tone.
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Ned
Seeing Rome From a Dirigible Flight Over City
A Western Newspaper Union dispatch describes an experimental aerial tour of Rome in a warcraft carrying seven Italian crew and eight American reporters. The one hour flight climbs to 1 500 feet, gliding over St. Peter’s, the Colosseum, and the Quirinal palace before landing with a water ballast stop.
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Lloyd Allen
Western Newspaper Union
Rome
France
Italy
Europe
Inspector DB
England
St. Peter's
Quirinal Palace
Coliseum
New Italy
Victor Immanuel II
Tiber
Augustus
Palatine Hill
Quirina
War Savings stamps compare British and American systems
A United States treasury piece compares Britain's War Savings certificates with American War Savings stamps. It notes British stamps date at purchase and mature over five years, while U S stamps issue in annual series with monthly price increases. Exemption from tax is noted, as are purchase limits and family holdings.
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Washington
Great Britain
America
United States Treasury
England
United States
War Savings Societies
British Isles
Association Treasury
France rejects Montana range horses for meat
Washington dispatches report that France declined to buy Montana wild range horses for meat despite efforts by Senator T. J. Walsh to press the matter. Officials say the horses are too numerous and costly to slaughter and poses disease concerns, leaving the problem unresolved.
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Helena
Mont
France
Montana
High Commission
Welcome Mat Proposed For Detroit House Of Correction
Mayor Couzens announced plans to make the Detroit house of correction more hospitable with a string band orchestra and movies. A welcome mat at the front door was suggested to complete the picture.
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Detroit
House of Correction
Couzens
Fish King Ira Phinney Nets One Million Pounds of Fish
It's a fish story from Owl Island Maine, claiming Ira Phinney known as the local fish king caught one million pounds of fish in the past year. He is described as a prominent figure in local fishing circles and a notable character in the community.
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Owl Island
Ira Phinney
Repeal of nonpartisan judiciary law moves on in Iowa
Lawmakers push to repeal the nonpartisan judiciary system in Iowa, shifting nomination and election of judges to state conventions. The Senate passed the measure 27 to 21 after hours of debate, with earlier House action 80 to 17 and governor Harding's veto history noted.
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EK. A.larson
Red Oak
Senate
Thirty Eighth General Assembly
John R. ‘Price
Albia
Iowa
Larson Dill
House
Harding
Kimball
Council Bluffs
Whitmore
Wapello County
Price
Larson
Holdoegel
Webster County
Byington
United States
Ratcliff
State Board of Education
Thirty-ninth General Assembly
Reed
Ed L. Newton
Cass County
Sumner
Newton
State Board of Health
Committee On Public Health
Newark Woman Credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy
Miss Ma Kelly of Newark New Jersey describes three years of nervous breakdowns and daily headaches. She was under medical care and weak but improved after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports restoration to health and recommends the remedy.
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Miss Kelly
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Newark
N. J
Pinkham
Misa Ma Kelly
14Th St
Lydia BE
Fragmented Sutter family scene about medicine use
A faded dialog fragment shows a child urged to take medicine like his father as a corrective ritual. The father’s approving remark hints at a shared habit and a line about being stuck for saying a word. The passage captures domestic speech and sentiment.
Woman Health Ad Promotes Swamp Root Remedy
An advertisement targets women with kidney and bladder issues, arguing such complaints stem from kidney trouble and urging immediate treatment with Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. It promotes medium or large bottles and offers a 10 cent sample by mail with newspaper mention.
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Dr.Imer & Co
Binghamton
Bugging Gratitude Frames Personal Boasts in Conversation
In a dialogue exchange, one speaker calls bugging exceedingly thankful yesterday, while the other notes the gratitude oddly doubles as personal boasting. The tone suggests subtle social tension and punctured sincerity.
St Jacobs Liniment Claims Fast Pain Relief
Advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment as a penetrating remedy for sprains strains and swelling. It promises quick relief no skin burn or injury and urges readers to obtain a trial bottle from any drug store. The copy notes 80 years of use and six gold medals. It also contains a jokey line about a busy man who won’t forgive you for a full turn.
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St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Liniment
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