Strong nerves from Lydia Pinkham remedy cited
Winona Minnesota woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of nervousness and sleepless nights after tries helped by the root and herb remedy for female ailments. The ad proclaims the product as a forty year standard treatment for displacements inflammation irregularities backache and nervous prostration in women.
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Winona
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Albert Sultze
Olmstead St
Saltze
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cold Relief
Promotes prompt use to ease chest congestion from cold or grippe. Claims fifty years of effectiveness in loosening congestion, dissipating tight lungs, and stopping coughs with no after-effects. Available 60 cents or $1.20 per bottle.
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Dr. King
Dr King’s New Life Pills Restore Regular Bowels
Native remedy promises gentle, natural action to calm biliousness and stomach sourness. It claims purgatives are habit forming and unsafe, and asserts Dr King’s pills gently cleanse the bowels and improve overall digestion for 25 cents at druggists.
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Dr. King
Housekeeper can judge beef quality by grades of meat
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, the piece explains how retail buyers and housekeepers should assess beef grades. It outlines four grades—choice, good, medium, and common—describing fat coverage, color, grain, and moisture to distinguish quality.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
Selection and Care of Useful Utensils in the Home
Household devices should pay for themselves by saving time and effort. Long handles reduce back strain. use soft, loosely woven cloths. dampen dusters for better dirt pickup but avoid streaks. Use paper or rags for very dirty areas. keep cleaning supplies organized and dry.
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United States
Ak of Agriculture
Office of Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Useful Vacuum Cleaner for Daily Carpet Cleaning
A carpet sweeper or vacuum cleaner should be used daily on carpets and rugs. A hand or electric powered cleaner removes most dust and dirt in a dustless manner.
House Cleaning Simplified Keeps Dirt Out
Practical guide on preventing dirt indoors by keeping walks and porches clean, using careful dust removal, and cleaning little by little. Emphasizes dry surfaces, sparing water and cleaners to protect wood, finishes, and glue while training family members to maintain tidiness.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Practical Household Tips From Everyday Practice
Slices of fresh cucumber are a good skin tonic. Empty water from a kettle before refilling. Cold boiled potatoes suit potato salad best. Iced tea gains with orange slices and lemon. Pantry shelves benefit from white oilcloth cut to fit. Rub stove with a newspaper to polish. Use vorex in tepid water to wash silk handkerchiefs. Iron dry clothes. A paint brush removes dust from carved furniture.
Carnegie Medals Awarded to Texans for Heroic Acts
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission recognized 51 acts of heroism with 5 silver medals and 46 bronze medals. Pensions and educational grants were provided to survivors and dependents of 13 who died, plus disability benefits for one injured hero. Awards totaled extensive sums to support families and education, with specifics listing winners from Fort Worth, San Antonio, Dallas, Waco, and other Texas communities, plus a few out-of-state cases.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Otho Jones Bellamy
Fort Worth
Texas
J. Robert Speer
Lily Banks Clarke
Monroe
Emma L. Biedenharn
Leland W. Petagna
Virgil Gilbert Overby
Waco
Roy T. Whiteman
Victoriano M. Camez
Alba
Joseph and
Vitto Domino
Dallas
J. Howard Brown
Wright
Okla
G. Edwin Taylor
Bismarck
Edgar Forman
Bessie L. Betts
James’ C
A. Lyons
Sherman
Henry C. Folsom
Armstrong
Lee B. Mueteller
Akron
Philip Stehele
Cost
Mary E. Sears
Faye Farrar
Handley
Archie Ralph Moreland
Cleburne Texas
Maxwell H. Anderson
Robert Lee Moréland
Cleburne
Dudley Maytubby
Caddo Okla
Eva Worthy
Armstrong Okla
Death of Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Branford Connecticut
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox noted author and poet died at her Branford home The Bungalow after months of illness and a nervous collapse during war relief work in England She was 63 or 64 a native of Johnstown Center Wisconsin and was married in 1884 Her body will be moved to Springfield Mississippi for cremation
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New Haven
Conn
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Branford
Welfare Conference Enacts Social Welfare Resolutions
The State Conference of Social Welfare in Dallas endorses ratification of the peace treaty and league of nations without amendment. It also favors establishing a state board of charities and supports prison reform in Texas.
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Welfare Conference
Indorses League
Dallas
Tex
Congress
Peace Treaty
League of Nations
State Board of Charities
Texas
State Conference of Social Welfare
San Antonio to host state Travelers' Protective Association convention
San Antonio was chosen to hold the next state division convention of the Travelers' Protective Association during the first week of May. The selection was made by the state directors at the second quarterly meeting of the 1919-20 fiscal year, held at the Gunter Hotel.
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San Antonio
Tex
Travelers’ Protective Association
Gunter Hotel
Davis Nominated Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
President Wilson nominated Washington Normal H. Davis of Tullahoma Tennessee as assistant secretary of the treasury to succeed L S Rowe who has resigned. Davis served as a financial adviser to the American peace mission at Paris.
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Washington
Normal H. Davis
Tullahoma, Tenn
Paris
Wilson
Rains Damage Roads In Brazos County
Excessive rains over ten months damaged Brazos County roads and bridges in Bryan Texas causing an estimated 75000 dollars in damage.
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Bryan
Tex
Brazos County
China Hangs Strand on Dotted Line Demand
A terse note hints at China seeking action in a diplomatic stand off. The phrase referenced portrays Beijing pressing another nation to commit to a permissive line on a policy matter. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Danderine Hair Toner Promises Instant Double Beauty
A bold ad claims a small bottle of Danderine can immediately double the beauty of dull hair. It promises soft, lustrous hair with less dust and oil, a refreshed scalp, reduced dandruff, and potential hair growth.
Dividing the Family Auto in Civic Tug of War
In Muncie a family quarrel over electioneering pits a Democrat father against a Republican mother. The father vows to haul Democrats to the polls while the mother insists half the political machine belongs to her, illustrating domestic tensions around voting logistics.
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Muncie
Halifax
Indianapolis News
Outside Help in Chiggersville Sugar Gab
In a wry exchange from Birmingham Age-Herald, Mr. Putterby jokes that modern traffic lets grocers skip even covering sugar barrels as cars zip through Chiggersville from sunup to dark, implying complacent practices.
Boiling as a punishment in England history
Historical report notes that boiling was used as a method of capital punishment in England. It discusses its practice within judicial procedures and the context of early modern penal methods.
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England
Pape's Diapepsin Advertises Quick Indigestion Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast and harmless antacid for upset stomachs. It promises relief from indigestion, gas, and souring foods within minutes and emphasizes low cost at drug stores.
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Pape
KEEP IT HANDY Vacher Balm ad and Newfoundland codfish note
A medical ad touts Vacher Balm as quick relief for Croup Catarrh Colds or Sore Throat priced at 30 cents while a specialist charge is 25 dollars Samples and agents prices urged. A Popular Science Monthly excerpt highlights Newfoundland cod fisheries noting 2 500 000 quintals annual catch exports valued around 6 million dollars and a cod trade based on drying fish.
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W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Adv
Newfoundland
Popular Science Monthly
Youth Is Wise In Courtroom Reminder
A republican judge fined a small offender but suspended payment. High school boys lamented the verdict, until ten year old brother of a student quips that they should remember John marching in the Democratic parade.
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John
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