Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets touted as health booster
Weekly health notes praise Dr. Pierce of Buffalo for openly sharing remedies. The article extols Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets made from Mayapple and aloe, claiming they gently move the bowels without harsh after effects and can renew health when constipation is present. It urges readers to ask their druggist for the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
America
Dr. Pierce
V" Beach
Brick Coverage Rule In Flat Or Edge Lay
A square foot requires four and a half bricks laid flat or nine bricks on edge. This rule captures the conversion between brick orientation and area coverage for construction planning.
Pape's Diapepsin Advertises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement promises instant relief for indigestion and heartburn by taking Pape's Diapepsin tablets. It claims to end indigestion pain gas acidity and misery in the stomach and touts low cost at drug stores alongside a separate line about makeup and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
August Flower Remedy Promises Stomach and Liver Relief
Green's August Flower described as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach and intestinal tract, and stimulates bile production to purify the blood. Advertises worldwide availability with a closing moral about action over talk.
Very Dangerous To Neglect Kidneys
Public health warning on kidney weakness stressing rapid action to prevent incurable damage. Claims Natura warnings and Richards Kidney Pills can restore function, urging readers to buy at 75¢ per box from B Richards Medicine Co in Herman Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NATUR
Richards
Gunner Depew in Hospital After Front Line Service
The story details Albert N. Depew’s wartime service in World War I. A former chief petty officer and gunner, he joins the Foreign Legion, serves aboard the dreadnought Cassard, fights in Flanders at Dixmude, goes over the top, and is wounded in battle before hospital admission.
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Albert N. Depew
United States Navy
Navy
France
Foreign Legion
Flanders Front
Dixmude
Depew
A nurse’s miracle and a wartime voyage memory
A nurse saves a wounded man and later departs to another hospital amid war time chaos. The narrator recounts a brutal hospital ward scene with a German doctor and a French nurse, then shifts to naval duties aboard the Cassard at the Dardanelles, detailing turret action, damage, and a submarine cruise.
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Bocie
Hell
Gallipoli
Brest
Cassard
Murray
Dixmude
Dardanelles
Dupleix
Tamarines
Veess- Gilead
Cape Helles
Cape
Kum Kaleh
Opportunity Knocks at Every Man's Door
A rural voice notes that opportunity comes to all but many miss it by dozing. Uncle Eben warns that if one merely sits and listens, they may drift into sleep and overlook chances.
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Garby
North Sea
Gerby
Eben
Danderine Promises Dandruff Free Hair Growth
Advertises Knowlton's Danderine as a miracle hair product that stops dandruff and itching, and claims hair will become heavy, soft, lustrous and plentiful within minutes to weeks. Prompts purchase at drug stores and assures new hair growth with routine use.
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Knowlton
Ady
Ministers Training as Sky Pilots
The exchange jokes that ministers are trained for aviation. The remark asks why, and answers that they are already sky pilots.
Tetterine Promises Clear Skin for Pimples and Eczema
Skin eruptions on the face mar a woman’s appearance. Use Tet terine regularly and pimples blotches and itching disappear. Tetterine is advertised as the best remedy for eczema and skin troubles. Sold by druggists or mailed for 50c by Shuptrine Co Savannah Ga Adyv.
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Shuptrine Co
Savannah
Adyv
Disputed Fate Talks In Dismemberment Question
A fragment quotes a debate on the fate of conquered nations with a remark about Turkey. The passage hints at division and political stance in a larger discussion.
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Turkey
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertising Claim
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as internally acting to cleanse the blood surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for a case proven to fail and cites Cheveney & Co of Toledo Ohio as distributors. The text notes California produced more than half the beans in the United States last year according to government figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassard
Hall
Cheveney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
California
United States
Vacher Balm Ad Promises Quick Relief for Croup and Colds
A vintage advertisement touts Vacher Balm for coughs sore throats and colds. It claims better relief than costly prescriptions, offering jars or tubes at 25 cents and invites samples and agent pricing from EB W Vacher Inc New Orleans.
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W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Untitled local stunts aimed at public attention
The text notes men perform odd feats to keep their names in the public eye and suggests showy acts are used as publicity stunts.
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Doctor Pierce
Doctor Cripps
B. Richards Medicine CO
Herman, Texas
U.S. Navy
Foreign Legion of France
Reilly and
Britton
George Matthew Adams
Gunner Depew
Uke
Sick Bay
Q. M
Marine Eye Remedy CO
Chicago
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