Big Change Among French Women In War Turmoil
Edward C Clark reports Parisian women from Faubourg St Germain to the trenches adapt to wartime duties. Housewives, shop workers, and fashion figures share work in hospitals and shops for soldiers. American-style social settlement ideas gain traction as women support suffrage talk, tea routines, and charity, with Needham tragedy and censor practice noted.
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Edward 8. Clark
Paris
St. Germain
Faubourg
Seine
Sisters of It
Faubourg St. Ger
Washington
America
Bulgarian Princesses Photograph at Sofia Palace Garden
A photograph shows Princess Eurodia and Princess Nadejda in Sofia, with their family details. Eurodia, born 1598, and Nadejda, born a year later, have two brothers Crown Prince Horis, age twenty one, and Prince Cyril, born 1899. Their mother Maria Louise was Duke Robert of Parma’s daughter, and their stepmother Eleonore of Heuss-Kostritz gained fame for Red Cross work in the Russo-Japanese war.
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Eurodia
Nadejda
Sofia
Bulgaria
Eudoxia
Horis
Cyril
Maria Louise
Robert of
Parma
Eleonore of
Eleonore of Heuss-Kostritz
Red Cross
Centenarian Harvester Perseveres in Wichita Fields
Peter Coughlin, 91, works harvesting near Wichita despite age, after writing to Sedgwick County Home Superintendent W M Woods. He travels from Tonkawa Oklahoma to Great Bend for promised work, refuses aid to spare relatives from humiliation, and rides a Missouri Pacific freight to reach jobs.
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Wichita
Kan
Peter Coughlin
W. M. Woods
Sedgwick County
Great Bend
Coughlin
Tonkawa
Ohla
Joseph Munson
Mitsduri Pacific
Dodson’s Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Relief
An old advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable alternative to calomel. It claims it cleanses sour bile and constipated waste, prevents sickness from calomel, and guarantees better liver function by morning for the whole family.
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Dodson
Cure for pellagra claimed by local letter writer
A local resident, Drewd G. Pate, reports seven years of pellagra cured after trying a remedy from Baughn. He praises the treatment and urges others to obtain the free book from the American Compounding Co. in Jasper, Alabama. The ad-style note then shifts to Uncle Mose asking if he is eligible for justice of the peace, learning illegibility blocks the ballot.
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Drewd G. Pate
Baughn
Amercan Compounding Co
Jasper
Als
Mose
Justice of the Peace
Commissioner of Elections
Seb
Cuticura Shaving Cream Advert And Gag Exchange
An advertisement touts Cuticura shaving soap ointment and shampoo in one soap for shaving hair care and bath use, offering free samples by postcard. The page also features a light diplomatic joke about neighborly disputes over chickens illustrating progress.
Drive Out Malaria Use GROVE TONIC and Quinine
An old advertisement touts GROVE TONIC with quinine as a malaria remedy and a system builder. It contrasts tame health advice with a joke about cooking, dinner, and avoiding doctor bills in a short roadside-style blurb.
Witty Cafe Misunderstanding Past Hassocks
A short woman asks for a hassock at a cafe while her tall husband and the waiter baffle over the request. The scene uncovers a humorous miscommunication as the waiter stumbles through the order and the couple’s banter ends with a joke about the dish.
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Henry
Boy With Hoop Breaks Window Then Meets Stranger’s Claim
A suburban scene shows a boy’s iron hoop breaking a kitchen window. The owner arrives with the father to mend it, the glazier quotes four bits, and a double misidentification by adults ensues as the hoop’s owner remains unknown. Also notes Alaska potatoes as a key crop and local hog farming using waste spud feed.
Nanford's Balsam Promoted for Burn Relief
An ad touts Nanford's Balsam as a remedy to cool burns, claiming miraculous effects. The snippet also riffs on the printing press transforming paper into valuable stock certificates, and notes the busy season for farmers and poultry.
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Nanford
Crushed slate shingles rise in modern building drive
Hint is offered that modern construction shifts away from wood fire hazards toward improved cement handling and sheet metal. The piece praises crushed slate surfaced asphalt shingles for beauty and weather resistance, noting eight inch wide slabs expose four inches and require no paint, while warning buyers to seek reliable manufacturers and guarantees.
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Praised by Women Suffering
Personal letters extol Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for female weakness with claims of renewed strength and ability to perform household duties. Endorsers urge others to seek advice from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co with confidential guidance.
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Hebron
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Rows
Kennebage
Maire
Lydia F. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mess
Why He Missed Her
A humorous exchange unfolds as a minister conversar with Little Willie Woodby after Sunday school. The minister says he called on Willie's mother but found she was not at home. Willie quips that she was at home but mistook him for the installment man, noting his resemblance.
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Paris
Henry Beach Needham
Needham
Paria
Warneford
Legion of Honor
Willie Woodby
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Pate
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Kansas
Reds
the Statesman
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Cuticura
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Adam
Alaska
Pairbanks Station
Fairbanks
Palm Beach
Fletcher
Patrice
Detroit Free Press
Pierre Toda
Dean
Mlsurn CO
Buffalo
Anstn Cameron
R.P.D
Swan Creek
Michigan
Tger Hushbend
Aston Tran
Intersmith
Lydia EB
Medicine Co
Paztine
Drogella
N. Y
Memphis
Price
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