Women Now Enter More Occupations Across Society
Fifty years ago women had limited work options such as teaching housework or nursing. Now women work in factories as well as in roles like architects lawyers dentists and executives. Elizabeth Chamberlain of 500 Monmouth St Trenton N J advocates Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after reports of health benefits from factory workers.
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Elizabeth Chamberlain
Unionall
Overalls
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Tracing Salmon Movements Across Atlantic Waters
Canadian marine and fisheries marks many Atlantic salmon with silver dorsal fin tags to trace travel. A tagged fish released June 11 at Burns Point Port Maitland Yarmouth County Nova Scotia was killed early the following month in Moisie River Quebec. Direct route about 400 miles. along shoreline over 1200 miles.
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Department of Marine and Fisheries
Burns Point
Port Maitland
Yarmouth County
Nova Scotia
Moisie River
Quebec
Parrot in Philadelphia Speaks Only Chinese
A Chinese merchant in Philadelphia owns a parrot famed for its chatter. The owner alone understands Polly’s language as the bird speaks Chinese.
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Philadelphia
Polly
Puts An End to Bunion Pains
An ad promotes Moone's Emerald Oil as a simple inexpensive remedy for inflamed toe joints. It claims relief with nightly and morning application and offers a full refund if unsatisfied. The copy also suggests the oil helps swollen veins with quick noticeable improvement.
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Moone
Ban on Noises Enforces Quiet in Angora
The Angora edict targets loud goatherd calls and cries advertising lost articles as uncivilized noises. Other sounds are deemed civilized and allowed, reflecting a strict noise regime under the current administration in the inland capital.
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Angora
Turkey
Impressive Hobbs Question on Firm’s Massive Safe
Dodds replies the large safe boosts creditors’ morale, underscoring tension about finances and security in the small firm.
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Hobbs
Dodds
Special Offer to Victims of Indigestion
You can be distressed with gas and fullness from poor digestion or dyspepsia and feel your heart beat as gas makes breathing difficult. One tablespoonful of Dave's Mentha Pepsin quickly relieves gas, easing heart pressure and restoring deep breaths. druggists guarantee the elixir or money back.
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Dave
Memorial Day 1927 Reflections on Its Meaning and History
The piece traces Memorial Day from its 1866 origins in Mississippi through General Logan’s 1868 order, the evolution to Decoration Day, and the national observance. It highlights Arlington Cemetery, the Unknown Soldier, and the shift to a shared American remembrance across Civil War, Spanish-American, and World War I conflicts.
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Elmo Scott Watson II
America
Cuba
Philippines
Mexico
Furance
Belgium
England
Union
France
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon
Meuse-Argonne
Oise- Aisne
United States
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Coolidge
Lizzie Rutherford
Columbus
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Luke's Methodist Church
James M. Ramsey
New York
Miss
South
John A. Logan
A. R
Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Adjutant General's Office
14Th Street
Washington, D. C
N. P. Chipman
Richmond
Willard Hotel
Petersburg
Congress
Illinois
Arlington
Arlington National Cemetery
Bull Run
Rappahannock
Monument
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Academy of Music
Roger A. Pryor
Visit to Richmond battlefields with family and friends in 1868
The narrator recalls Chicago Journal inviting his niece Anna Wilson, Miss Farrar, his fiancee, General Logan, and himself to tour Richmond area battlefields in March 1868. Due to urgent congressional measures Logan could not go, but urged the narrator to proceed with the party touring forts, barricades, cemeteries, and fortifications around the Confederate capital.
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Chicago Journal
Anna Wilson
Horatio May
Farrar
General Logan
Richmond
Congress
Failure of Wall Street Speculator Morse Ends Career
Summary of the Civil War era financier Anthony W. Morse who boasted national resource mastery and challenged the U S Treasury. Secretary Salmon P Chase warned of inflation and threatened gold sales. Morse offered to buy all U S gold. Chase sold ten million dollars in gold, triggering a panic. Morse failed, fell ill, and died soon after in Cuba.
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Anthony W. Morse
Wall Street
United States Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Salmon P. Chase
Morse
Cuba
Kansas City Star
One Eyed Indian and Radio Vision Tip
A lazy Indian at a New Mexico station explains keeping one eye closed to save vision. The Massachusetts board of optometry echoes the idea advising listeners to keep eyes closed while listening to the radio. The tip is joked as common at symphony concerts but not adopted there for vision conservation.
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New Mexico
Massachusetts Board of Optometry
Train of Thought Prohibition Sparks Debate
A discussion centers on restricting internal reasoning during problem solving. Proponents argue it prevents stray conclusions while critics warn it may hinder creativity and complex analysis.
Nutrition and recipes for children in the home kitchen
The article presents ramekin based dishes such as Sweetbread Ramekins Curry Sweetbreads Salmon Souffle and Lemon Souffle with step by step preparation. It emphasizes a growing child needs a balanced diet with milk as the cornerstone and iron sources from vegetables while cautioning on fatty fried foods. It urges providing top milk, eggs, butter, cereals and meat substitutes, and suggests milk in soups custards and desserts.
Robert Stephenson Lived Whitby MP and Locomotive Inventor
Robert Stephenson born in Wilmington near Newcastle in 1803. He served Whitby in Parliament for twelve years before his death in 1839 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Robert Stephenson
Willington
Newcastle
England
Whitby
House of Commons
Westminster Abbey
Romantic Days No Man Is a Hero to His Valet
A quirky line suggests romantic days and social roles as a valet reshapes hero worship and flirtation. The wording hints at humor about status and attraction in a lighthearted social note.
Alarm wristwatch attachment pricks to signal alert
A new patent office invention adds an alarm to a wrist watch using a small wheel with protruding points that pricks the skin when it goes off. The device aims to alert the wearer by a tactile cue rather than sound, as reported by Cupper's Weekly.
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Patent Office
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Que Tare
Lomb
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Ofarris Ewing
Western Newspaper Union
R. W. Trine
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Thought
Champion
Ledo
Ohio
David
Indianapolis News
Scholl
Scholls
Europe
Pathfinder Magazine
Poland
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