Wartime Nursing Training and Domestic Health Remedies
An article urges American women to learn nursing in support of war efforts and promotes medical guides and tonics. It advertises a 1009 page "Medical Advisor" with first aid and anatomy chapters, and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as remedies for female health issues, with purchase details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
N. Y
Doctor Pierce
Mervonus
Congressman's Grandiloquent Aims Distract from War Hits
At an official reception a congressman delivered a windy speech on war aims to Secretary Baker. Baker remained patient until a point, then replied that what interests him are the military hits. Meanwhile in Scotland unemployment has disappeared due to labor demand.
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Secretary Baker
Scotland
Freezone promises instant corn relief and easy removal
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless remedy for hard corns soft corns and corns between toes. It claims quick relief with a tiny bottle sold by druggists and credits a noted Cinchnati genius as the discoverer.
Geese In Poultry War Aims Inadequate Numbers
Farmers consider geese a strong year round producer of fat and a vital part of the poultry sector. They emphasize geese rely on pasture grasses and available refuse, arguing for larger flocks to meet growing demand.
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Ege
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Promotes Baby Skin Care
Old style advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for soothing baby rashes with hot baths and gentle anointings. Offers free samples via Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. X
Boston
Largest Sugar Crop in Matanzas Sets Record
The 1917-18 sugar crop of Matanzas Province, Cuba, reached 4,581,400 bags of 325 pounds each, the largest on record. Also noted, the Japanese language is now included in the high school curriculum in Australia.
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Matanzas
Cuba
Australia
Eatonic Tablets Offer Quick Acid Relief Claims
An advertisement touts Eatonic as a modern remedy to remove excess stomach acid without discomfort. It describes Eatonic tablets absorbing acid like blotting paper and promises a refund if ineffective. Readers are urged to request a sample box by sending name and address to Eatonic Remedy Company in Chicago.
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Eatonic
Eatonic Remedy Company
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Fragmentary Comic Cartoon Prompt
A fragmentary text shows a teacher asking students to decline the word sick with a students tragic response mentioning sick and death. The readable lines suggest a dramatic or morbid dialogue between a teacher and a student named Katie.
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Katie
Not On the Dot in the Mississippi Club Tale
A humorous clipped exchange shows a lazy, snippy girl failing to dot Theo’s in Mississippi. Mr Gotham asks about a Woman's club meeting and Mrs Gotham confirms attendance. She recalls speaking but cannot hear herself speak amid the crowd.
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Theo
Mississippi
Mr. Gotham
Woman's Club
No, Gadspur Isn’t a Desirable Neighbor Says Resident
A neighbor questions Gadspur as a suitable neighbor. The reply denies any concrete faults, acknowledges he is argumentative, and contrasts with a retired businessman who dominates conversation and earns frequent agreement.
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Gadspur
Flight Mishap Leaves Couple Far From Home
Mrs Eagle-Sir asks about five hour absence while her spouse explains he slept and woke aboard a plane, finding themselves five hundred miles away. The man says he was ill and needed rest, then accidentally landed in a mysterious aircraft.
Not Susceptible to Experiment Dialogue
A quirky exchange shows a character boastfully claiming all has use while another protests experimentation. The digressive dialogue centers on poison as an example and the friend’s reluctant insistence on not participating.
Aunty’s Visit Sparks Goodbye Talk and Baby’s Stay
Willie notes aunty may not stay as she did not bring her trunk. Johnny comments on how long the baby has stayed and that nothing was brought.
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Willie
Aunty
Johnny
Local admonitions urge measured speech in heated debates
A reader counsels restraint in anger noting that everyone has bone in the head and warns against insults during disputes. The message emphasizes self-control and respectful dialogue.
Fish as brain food claim sparks a small rural debate
Miss Minmi Brown quotes an old saying that fish grows brains. A listener agrees, noting a man who idles by the creek and eats what he can catch seems to have little sense. The exchange reflects light countryside talk on diet and intelligence.
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Minmi Brown
California Syrup of Figs Ad Teaches Gentle Cleaning
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It emphasizes looking at a child's tongue for illness, touts a pleasant taste, warns against counterfeits, and urges asking to see the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company. A second item notes the April 24 launch of a French cargo steamer, 444 feet long, 19 000 tons displacement, 12 000 tons capacity, with German efforts to halt it marked as a testament to French determination.
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California
Callifornia Fig Syrup Company
Adv
Chantiers de France
Dunkirk
France
Castorila Excerpt Highlights Use Over Eight Decades
Caution urged to mothers to inspect every bottle of Castorila the famed infant remedy and ensure its label bears the correct markings and authentic signature. The advertisement notes use for over 80 years and mentions Fletcher’s Cas teria as part of the legacy.
Chicago flyer sets world aerial loop record in Fort Worth
In an exhibition at Fort Worth Tex, Lleut M J Plumb, a Chicago flyer, established a new world record by looping the loop 144 consecutive times.
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Fort Worth
Tex Lleut M J Plumb
Chicago
Ile
Do Him Justice Nero and the Some Sires Burning
An old clipping riffs on Nero jokingly and mentions keeping a flame alive. It then advises gentle weekly laxative use with Doctor Pierre's Pleasant Pellets. It notes munition tabulators in Berlin can earn 200 to 250 dollars monthly and asserts a pure Mue appears waterlike by experiment.
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Nero
Pierre
Berlin
Germany
Spanish Influenza What It Is and How It Should Be Treated
Spanish influenza described as grip like illness with fever chills and cough. Advice to rest in bed, eat nourishing food and avoid panic, with no cure, only supportive care and strength restoration. Details on symptoms dangers including pneumonia and recommendations for Vicks VapoRub steam helps and avoiding cold spreads.
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Spain
Hippocrates
B. C
Ipélus Enza
N. C. Board of Health
Vick
North Carolina
New York State
New England
Letters About Robber Tree and Yoldfish In The Busy Stork
A fragmentary note references Aly husband writing three long letters about caring for a robber tree and a yoldfish. The text shifts to a line about birth rates and a doctor warning about eating. A stray line mentions Mr. Hoover.
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Aly
Government Plans 1800 Dwellings in Philadelphia
Philadelphia will see 1800 new dwellings erected by the government. The project signals a major public housing initiative in the city, aiming to expand residential capacity and address urban housing needs.
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Philadelphia
Locust Eggs Used As Fertilizer In Mediterranean Lands
The article notes locust eggs treated with sulphuric acid and ime are utilized as fertilizer in Mediterranean countries, highlighting agricultural practices and chemical processing methods in the region.
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Conault
Tfe
Hellens
Carter
Carters Ver
Arter
OM. Pramkitn
THE
Kansas Blackleg Serum CO
Bou Live Swek Exchange
Parker
Universal Anatomy
Russia
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Yad
United States
Mr. Hoover
Preemont
Lydia E. Pinkham
North Haven
Conn
Florence Isella
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine CO
Lynn
Mass
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