Weaverville Woman Credits Cardui After Long Ill Health
Mrs Abbagail Rampton of Weaverville North Carolina describes twelve years of failing health including an eighteen year struggle in bed and severe pain. She credits Cardui with a rapid improvement and eventual full recovery enabling her to work, care for a garden and cook for twenty boarders. Cardui bears the physicians recommended remedy and is sold by druggists with directions.
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Weaverville
N. C
Abbagail Rampton
Cardus
Wy Cardus
Cardui
Counles
Milledgeville college candidate fails the language test
A college board tests a modern language professor candidate with German French and monkey language questions. The applicant answers in Deutsch Francais and Monkey talk but fails to answer the final simian fear query, ending his candidacy.
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Milledgeville College
Jawohl
Garner
Giving Them Away. Neighbor's Little Girl dialogue
A neighbor questions Mrs. Spruggins about her absence and a rumored quarrel with Mr. Spruggins. She denies being away and the girl mentions a term loggerheads while a humorous reference to a New York Post item appears.
Doctor's Experience Warns Coffee Harms Nervous System
A patient recounts a doctor blaming coffee for nervous prostration and stomach troubles. After switching to Postum, health improved with better sleep, weight gain to 167 pounds, and renewed energy. Children also stopped coffee, and the ad promotes Postum Cereal and Instant Postum with prices and sales through grocers.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wireless voice spans North America to Hawaii and beyond
New York engineers led by J. J. Carty of American Telephone & Telegraph have carried intelligible speech from New York to San Francisco and beyond. The demonstration linked land lines with wireless transmission via Mare Island and Pearl Harbor, with government support and Navy Secretary Daniels endorsing the achievement.
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New York
North American
San Francisco
Washington
Honolulu
J. J. Carty
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Europe
Pacific Ocean
Seattle
Tokio
Arlington, Va
Mare Island Navy Yard
American ‘Telephone & Telegraph Company
Montauk Point
L. 1
Wilmington
Del
Arlington
Mare Island
Panama
Cuba
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
T. N. Vail
Pacific
United States
Army
Navy
Daniels
Panama wireless link connected Washington to Panama Aug
Chief Engineer John J. Carty announced that a wireless telephone link between Washington D C and the Panama Canal was established on Aug 27 with a 2100 mile distance but kept private until the continental communication goal could be achieved. Theodore N. Vail, president, spoke from New York during the Mare Island test.
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Panama
Vallejo
Cal
Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
John J. Carty
Mare Island Navy Yard
Theodore N. Vail
New York
Mexican Border Tension Cited If U S Fires On Bandits
General Nafarrate in Matamoros says firing into Mexican territory would be an invasion but would not provoke a return attack by Carranza forces. Obregon reportedly orders no action until the Pan American conference outcome. Battery D of the Fourth Field Artillery has moved to Progreso with guns in position ready to fire on any border raid.
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Brownsville
Texas
Progreso
Matamoros
E. P. Nafarrate
Carranza
Nafarrate
Obregon
Fourth Field Artillery
Harlingen
el Paso
Edward Anderson
Ardrey Named Vice President of National Bank of Commerce
J Howard Ardrey of Dallas has been elected vice president of the National Bank of Commerce in New York. Born in Dallas forty years ago, he rose from Texas merchant and grain dealer to cashier of City National Bank of Dallas and later VP and cashier there. He also served on the Federal Advisory Council for the Dallas district.
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New York
J. S. Alexander
National Bank of Commerce of
New York City
the _bank
J. Howard Ardrey
Dallas
Voce
Ardrey
University of Texas
City National Bank of Dallas
Southwest
Federal Reserve Bank System
Federal Advisory Council
G A R Chooses Kansas City for 1916 Encampment
Kansas City was picked as the site for the 1916 Grand Army of the Republic encampment. During a White House reception intended for a few hundred affiliate members, thousands of veterans and their families gathered and about five thousand old soldiers and their wives shook hands with President Wilson.
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Washington
Kansas City
Grand Army of the Republic
White House
Wilson
Dallas Mayor Pushes Texas for 1916 Democratic Nominating Convention
Henry D. Lindsley mayor of Dallas travels to New York meeting with Democratic leaders to promote Texas for the 1916 Democratic National Convention. He says Texas claims are being well received and that campaign would not harm the administration. Galveston exports reach about 3.5 million dollars in a day with additional cargo clearances, raising three-day Atlantic-bound totals to around 5 million.
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Washington
Texas
Henry D. Lindsley
Dallas
New York
Lindsley
Galveston
Cure for Pellagra Promises Hope in Testimonial Letter
A letter from Harvey Louisiana recounts a child named Mindie Abrams recovering from pellagra after doctor doubts her recovery. The ad asserts a cure via Baughn remedy and offers a free book from American Compounding Co. box 2088 Jasper Alabama with a money back guarantee if it fails.
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Harvey
Baughn
American Compounding Co
Jasper
Ala
Ady
The Spirit of His Ancestors War Echoes
In a stark wartime exchange a visitor says it is a terrible war, and Mike, badly wounded, responds that it is that and better than no war at all. The dialogue captures grim resolve amid injury and conflict.
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Mike
Gorr
The Rupture and the Cook Sassportie
A fragment from the New York Sun remarks on a domestic conflict involving a cook and a character described as sassportie. The tone hints at a social anecdote or humorous note within a broader page.
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Bocker
New York Sun
Cuticura Hair Growth Promotion Ad
Premature baldness is addressed with Cuticura Soap and Ointment for scalp care. The ad offers free samples by mail via a postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Boston, noting the product is sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Talks From Experience Do You Believe In A Higher Power
A reflective Life magazine quote highlights a quip about belief and marriage. The line humorously suggests the speaker’s spouse embodies the higher power in question.
Bond's Liver Pills Offer Quick Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Bond's Liver Pill as a nighttime cure for biliousness dizziness headaches and bad breath. It promises safety low cost and bold claims with ordering details to Bond's Pharmacy Co Little Rock Arkansas if a dealer won’t supply.
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Bond
Bond's Pharmacy Co
Little Rock
Ark
Adv
On Installments. Is This Piano Yours
A brief item notes a question about ownership of a piano on installments and humorously remarks on its approximate octave range as cited by the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Grove's Old Standard Tonic Promoted As General Tonic
Advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and a liver boosting claim. It highlights malaria fighting and blood enrichment as benefits. The text abruptly shifts to a note about a divorce suit among a woman's friends as a side remark.
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Grove
Death Lurks in a Weak Heart Ady Ad Copy
An advertisement warns that a weak heart may be fatal unless treated promptly using Renovine the promised remedy. It claims early symptoms should trigger use of Renovine with a cure implied and mentions a price of 1.50 dollars. The ad makes a moral note that good men deserve all things good.
Employed in Steel Works Cold Department Joke
In a humorous exchange a worker explains he is employed in the chilled steel department, replying to a question about how hot it is in the summer. The remark plays on the contrast between heat and cold in industrial work.
Resinol Heals Eczema Says Physicians Longtime Use
Physicians have prescribed resinol for eczema and itchy skin for 20 years and report it as a regular prescription with brilliant results. The moment resinol ointment touches itching skin the itching stops and healing begins. Sold by all druggists.
Gentle Teasing at a Portrait Session
A playful scene unfolds as a speaker asks another to turn their face toward the viewer, complimenting the view while expressing a preference for a different angle in a lighthearted exchange.
Femenina Promises Relief for Female Disorders
A product named Femenina claims to aid all female disorders described as a wonder worker. It is advertised at $1.00 with a securing ad. The note also touts the empress of Russia as the finest royal singer in the world.
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Russia
Numbering homes in France skips unlucky 13
The article notes houses in France are numbered starting at 124 to avoid the unlucky number 13, reflecting superstition in urban planning.
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France
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