Woman Remedies Weakness with Vegetable Compound
Carrollton Kentucky resident Lillian Tharp describes suffering for two years from female weakness. After twelve bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improved, remained free of symptoms, and now works at a state hospital. She recommends the remedy to friends and invites inquiries to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for free advice.
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Carrollton
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia BE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Sunday School Tales of Talent and Tax Confusion
Quote from a judge debating parable lessons and a humorous jab about taxation. A Sunday school teacher recalls the talents story while noting a taxpayer’s fate as the income tax man takes ninety five percent of ten talents. The exchange centers on fairness, irony, and moral instruction.
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Willie Willis
Indulgence in Buttermilk Might Boost Health
A quip notes that drinking buttermilk may improve health if it does not affect happiness. The remark contrasts health benefits with emotional well being in a light, humorous tone.
Girl Sees Her Body as Glove for Her Heart
A girl compares her body to a glove for her heart, using a metaphor to express how she carries feelings and identity. The image suggests inner life shaping outward appearance in a reflective piece.
Names That Change to Escape Ridicule and War Stigma
A Washington lawyer explains how after World War I many Americans altered German and other foreign names to English or American versions. The piece notes cases like Kaiser becoming Smith, and Beelzebub being rejected at christening, with the legal process in the District of Columbia and the ease of petitioning for a new name.
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Washington
B. Ware
Barry Ware
Barry Ward
Smith
Carter
Johnson
Kaiser and Hindenburg
Kasum
Ixkasum
Hogg
Ama
Ara
Beelzebub
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Frederic A. Haskin
Chicago Daily News
Detective Howell Loses $12 Hat in Courtroom
The Atlanta case reports a detective losing his new $12 felt hat from a courtroom seat while testifying. An unidentified person allegedly took the hat, replacing it with a different, inferior lid as Detec tive Howell left the witness stand.
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Atlanta
Howell
Campaign kills 700000 sparrows to save farmers feed costs
A statewide effort in Utah led 783 farmers to destroy about 700 thousand English sparrows during winter using 5,243 pounds of poisoned bait. County agents distributed 1/4 pound wheat bags with strychnine and full usage instructions, reporting up to 75 sparrows per bag and 50,000 to 100,000 sparrows killed in several counties.
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Washington
Utah
Income of Fake Cripple Rated at $69,000 a Year
In a New York court Arthur Harrison a beggar admitted receiving $13 in a half hour from passersby with a bandaged arm. Magistrate Steers assessed this as a $69 000 yearly income and sentenced Harrison to six months in the penitentiary.
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Arthur Harrison
New York City
Steers
Ice Cream Cravings Rule Tombstone Jury Case
In Tombstone Arizona a bored bailiff obeying judge orders cares for jurors of a long deportation trial by granting ice cream and cornucopias at the town’s soda fountain. One juror’s vanilla obsession dominates daily requests from morning to night as courthouse doors swing.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Hisself
Sam Pattee
Swine Swarm Ties Up Detroit Streets During Strike
Squealing 1500 pigs were removed from railroad cars in Detroit yards and driven through city streets to packing houses as a result of a switchmen strike. The mob of pigs scattered, impeding traffic and delighting most observers except street car operators and parkers.
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Detroit
Mich
Fort Worth & Denver City Pays Tribute to Railway Cat
Amarillo Texas reports three minute stoppage of all office and shop activity at Fort Worth and Denver City offices for funeral services of the railways office cat Puss. The cat served ten years at the station and eight on the payroll with a monthly wage raised after the war for feeding. A marble marker will mark the grave.
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Amarillo
Tex
Fort Worth
What is to be a verb of course
A compact clause examines the rhetorical twist of “to be” as a verb. It discusses its role in forming questions and statements and hints at its usage in various linguistic contexts.
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Eatonic
Costa Trifle
Lingerie Spending Sparks Divorce Ruling in Detroit
Wayne county court grants divorce to John R. Bebee of Grosse Pointe after he cites his wife Lorain’s $1800 lingerie expenditure in five weeks. Expert Miss Bessie C. Lee argues frugal housewives can outfit a year for about $25 using specific itemized costs. Also in Denver a shepherd dog obituary notes Louis Ferrari's will leaves $500 for Maggie the dog and burial under a pine at Brookvale.
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Detroit
Mich
Wayne
Lorain
Denver
Colo
Louis Ferrari
Albuquerque
N. M
Bear Creek Canyon
Maggie
Ferrari
Brookvale
One on the Top Sergeant
A dialogue fragment shows a stern sergeant demanding posture while a nervous recruit jokes about arrows that fly, not walk, prompting a Russian to label the man as a lawbreaker with a courteous aside about the phrase.
Doctors Prolong Convalescence For Wealthy Patients
A historical note indicates physicians extend recovery periods for affluent clients to suit their schedules. The practice highlights class-influenced medical care and access to extended recuperation in the era.
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