Health defense and stomach bitters urged for all
The article promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a bulwark against health troubles including indigestion sour stomach nausea and constipation. It urges prompt use at first signs of appetite loss or weak digestion and encourages readers to keep a bottle ready for defense.
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Hostetter
Nature
Spohn
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen, Inc
U.S. A
Paxtine Promises Healing For Woman's Ailments
Advertises Paxtin cleanses and disinfects for uterine health including leucorrhoea and inflammation. Claims relief from soreness after using medicated douches, touts cleansing and healing properties, credits 10 years of expert dissemination by Licedia FE Pinkiam Metielis Co. Sample free from The Faxton Toilet Co. Boston.
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Licedia FE
Pinkiam Metielis Co
Faxton Toilet Co
Buston
Masa
His First Sweetheart and a Snowball Moment
A young narrator, George, recalls tossing a snowball at Lilly and later washing her face with snow. Lilly teases him with a hopeful remark about marriage when they are older, leaving him unsure how to summon the nerve to ask. The vignette reflects shy courtship and childish affection.
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Lilly
George
Ellis Parker Butler
So Paw Says Optimist and Pessimist Difference
A father explains to his son Lemuel that an optimist is happy while miserable, and a pessimist is miserable when happy. The exchange frames optimism and pessimism as opposite emotional responses to life.
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Lemuel
Eskimos Say Weather Predicts Itself Without Groundhog Tips
A fragment notes that Eskimos assess weather with certainty and calm, without needing groundhog forecasts. The quote emphasizes their peaceful confidence in predicting conditions.
Germans Take Frye In Business Bet Sparks Broil
In a terse wartime quip, observers discuss a German move involving Frye and warn they may provoke a dangerous clash. The remark reflects tension and anticipated consequences amid unfolding economic or political maneuvers.
Woman Defeats Coffee Habit with Postum Cure
A woman with severe heart trouble cured by giving up coffee and switching to Postum. She credits Postum with restoring her health, weight gain from 92 to 158 pounds, and relief from headaches and heart weakness. The notice promotes Postum and its two forms, Regular and Instant, with instructions and pricing.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Upening of Dardanelles May Have Wide Reaching Effects
The Herald notes the Dardanelles opening could reshape World War I dynamics. Britain controls the sea while Germany leverages land, with a push through the straits potentially isolating enemies, threatening Constantinople, and affecting Balkan states and Italy. Modern warships and mines add to the strategic stakes across the Marmara corridor.
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New York
Herald
Falkland Islands
Dogger Bank
Lorraine
Carpathians
Poland
Dardanelles
Asia
Britain
Germany
Austria
Turkey
North Sea
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean
Europe
Archangel
Russia
Vladivostok
Harbin
Bosporus
Balkan States
Greece
Constantinople
Italy
What One Shell Did
A vivid note on the power of modern shells showing a French 75 mm hit that splits a horse in two and lifts the front half into a tree, illustrating the colossal destruction a single shot can cause.
Missouri Labor Figures Show Women Among Workers
The Missouri workforce includes 91,818 organized workers with 3,926 women among them, highlighting gender distribution within organized labor in the state.
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Missouri
Sea power to open Gallipoli passage and seize control
The article argues a Franco British fleet could clear the Gallipoli peninsula after destroying Turkish forts. It suggests landing a force under naval fire, occupying the isthmus near Pulair, and securing passage for ships and auxiliaries. It notes Russian support and the broader aim of opening routes via sea power.
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Gallipoli
Pulair
Geoffrey Hornby
Constantinople
Russia
Bosporus
Odessa
Imagined rat bites young woman in Lafayette home
Miss Bernice Crowden heard a noise and awoke to a rat bite on her cheek. Her brother Louis Crowden captured and killed the rat. The injury caused serious nervous shock but the bite was ruled from a rat rather than a burglar.
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Lafayette
Ind
Bernice Crowden
Miss Crowden
Louis Crowden
Wave Does House Moving Near Long Beach
C H Jennison of Alamitos Bay planned to move his home back 20 feet. A big storm sent a breaker to lift and shift the house 20 feet while a milk pail and coffee pot remained upright. The Jennisons were away. The house was set on new foundations the next day.
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Los Angeles
Cal
C. H. Jennison
Alamitos Bay
Long Beach
Should He Take One Drink Tacoma Case of a $4000 Forfeit
Thomas Connally faced a $4000 forfeit if he drank while on parole after a six month sentence for petty theft. He offered to deposit the sum in cash with Police Justice Evans to secure release, and the money remains in a local bank earning interest as Connally stays on the wagon.
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Tacoma
Wask
Thomas Cannally
Cannally
Connally
Thief-Catching a la Made in New York
Robert Brown pursued a thief who had stolen his watch and used his car to pin the man against a building on the sidewalk in an urban chase.
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New York
Robert Brown
Dodson's Liver Tone Claims Calomel Dangers
An ad warns that calomel poisons liver and bones and promotes nausea and weakness. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative available in a 50 cent bottle with a money back guarantee. It promises relief by morning and to keep the family well with continued use.
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Dodson
Calmlisted messenger of news and a tale of fire
A Liverpool acquaintance known for his calm humor recounts a visit where a reported wife and a crowd at the house led to the surprising reveal that a small fire engine was present. The tale ends with light relief about the incident being over.
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Liverpool
Pearson's Weekly
All Promised. Be Can't You Spare Me a Kiss
Snippet dialogue shows a tense exchange about promises and favors. A character retorts that all commitments were given to Fred, hinting at loyalty conflict and potential romance tension.
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Fred
Method in His Madness
A witty exchange between two parsons as one notes sermons are tiresome and the other admits long vacations keep his congregation placated. The aging wiser clergyman spins humor about parish perks and patience within a church dynamic.
Marriage and single life humor in a brief exchange
A playful line pairs congratulations for marriage with another jab about being single. The exchange uses concise, witty social banter to highlight relationship status in a light tone.
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