California Fig Syrup credited for child’s rapid recovery
Mrs. H. W. Turnage of San Antonio praises California Fig Syrup after her daughter Connie recovered quickly from a severe bout of intestinal flu. The advertisement touts the product as a purely vegetable laxative trusted by physicians for over 50 years and recommends checking for the California name to ensure authenticity.
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Connie
H. W. Turnage
Cadwalder St
San Antonio
Texas
California
Faithful Setter Refuses to Leave Dead Comrade on Highway
A setter dog in Beaumont Texas refused to leave a canine companion’s body in the center of the highway causing motorists to stop and police to be alerted. One car skidded into a ditch to avoid the scene until the dead dog was moved aside and traffic could flow normally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Phillips Milk of Magnesia advertisement claim
An advertisement praises Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a universal sweetener that neutralizes stomach acid for children and adults. It stresses pleasant taste, safety for general use, and notes the brand is a registered trademark of Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co since 1875.
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U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
Praise for Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound From Kingston Woman
Kingston Missouri resident Harris V. Eastin reports consuming four bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound for 18 months and regaining health and strength after severe weight loss. He credits the remedy with enabling him to work and improve household duties and notes his sister-in-law also benefited after childbirth.
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Kingston
Lydia
Pinkham
Mars
Harris V. Eastin
Kingston, Missouri
The Double Cross Continues in a Shifting Power Scene
Stanley formalizes Waterman's takeover and raises Wilson to manager with ten thousand a year plus a future path. Waterman plans departure, while Rollin awakes hungover amid schemes, Doris Colby’s marriage prospects, Nina Morgan’s debts, and a looming moral price.
Wealthy NY suitor schemes, love triangle ends in marriage swap
Jim Stanley and Rollin Waterman compete for Doris Colby by a coin flip. Nina Morgan, Waterman’s mistress, engineers Doris’s heartbreak and reveal of Stanley’s duplicity. Doris ultimately marries Waterman, and Stanley gives his business share to his rival.
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Rollin
Colby House
Doris Colby
Stanley
Doris
Nina Morgan
Waterman
Rolls-Royce
Watermar
Jim Stanley
New York
Rollin Waterman
Nina
Film
India Change Looms Over Bankers World
Stanley plans a dramatic exit to India while assigning Wilson as his stand in during absence. Wilson, devoted friend and employee, is told to remain in personal employ to manage the firm's affairs in the interim. This pivotal moment reshapes their bond and the business's future.
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Wilson
Waterman
Atherton & Brownell
Stanley
New York
Greenwich Village
Frank
Han
India
Hunter trapped by antbear hole fights python
A bush veld hunter who disobeyed licensing and pursued venison was trapped after following a wounded game into an antbear burrow. His head and shoulders were buried, a python lay nearby, and two days of struggle ended when rescuers freed him as the sun set.
Mr Jones in Deep Conference on Merchant Street
The voice asks to speak to Mr Jones but is told he is in conference. He is seen with a friend at Merchant and Bishop streets, noting the rapid digging of a hole and the foundation as water remains a question. The remark is described as confidential.
Marriage Consent Echoes Under Curtain Pledge
Clarence Jones receives thanks for marriage consent while reflection reveals Marjorie’s mother waited behind curtains to crown the suitor if he refused. The exchange hints at family tension and ceremonial pressure surrounding the union.
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Clarence
Mr. Jones
Marjorie
Dr Caldwell's 47 Years Practice Endorsees Natural Laxative
A physician reflecting on 47 years of practice advocates avoiding drastic purges and endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe near natural remedy. He asserts constipation can occur despite good health and stresses daily bowel movement and prompt treatment with the syrup or free trial by mail.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Dept. BB
Monticello
Linois
The Interruption Buthe Elder Defies A Banker
At a Birmingham dinner party an elderly anti feminist banker declares womans place is the home. Miss Elder interrupts and asserts women have produced geniuses like Shakespeare Homer Edison Ford Raphael Michelangelo and Lincoln.
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Birmingham
Shakespeare
Homer
Edison
Ford
Raphael
Michelangelo
Lincoln
Youth and Age in Legion in Miami
The oldest and youngest members of the American Legion live in Miami Florida. They are John W. Boucher eighty four and George F Mackenzie twenty three. Boucher served in the construction forces of the A E E F in France and joined the Pershing army at seventy three. Mackenzie ran away from home to enlist when barely thirteen.
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American Legion
Miami, Fla
John W. Boucher
George F. Mackenzie
Boucher
A. EE. F
France
Pershing
Mackenzie
Oldest US made pistol dates to 1805 in Virginia
H M Raab of Dallastown Pennsylvania acquired a long pistol manufactured in Virginia in 1805. Reported as the oldest of its type, it predates the previously known earliest date of 1865 for the style.
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H. M. Raab
Dallastown
United States
Virginia
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Phillips Milk of
Magnesia
Joe
Joseph
Josephine
London
Chute Forest
Wiltshire
England
Lydia E. Pinkham
Houston
Byrd, Yond and Company
Mr. Stanley
Gotham Trust Company
Bon Ton
Third Avenue
Forty Sixth Street
Wison
Strument
Rolly
Ritz
St. Bartholomew
Big Python
Hanford
Carter
Drugist
Spurlocise Eal Co
Nashville
Tenn
Miss Elder
Legion
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