Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedies for Health Recovery
Mrs Roar Storer of Moore Avenue Washington Park Illinois writes of relief from headaches backaches nervousness and irritability after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She praises renewed youth and thanks the company for free advice offered to troubled women.
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Washington Park
Stella
Blues
Lydia H. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mrs. Roar
Storer
Moore Avenue
Lydia EB
Lydia E. Pinkham
New Broom Gillet How Many People Work In Your Office
Perry says only one person works in the office today, while others have been with them in the past. Ume notes Lire.
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Gillet
Perry
Heermo
Recipe for Gray Hair Remedy
An old advertisement describes a gray hair remedy. It lists a half pint of water with 1 oz Hay Rum, a box of Barb’s Camnjound, and 4 oz of gheering, applied twice to the hair. It claims to fade gray, remove dandruff, and improve scalp softness without grease or rubbing off.
Then She Said Yes Yes I Ask For Your Core Aims
A terse dialogue frames uncertainty as one party questions the other's ambitions and worthiness. The reply hints at hesitation and a need for clearer purpose before committing, illustrating wary courtship tensions and self doubt.
Caution on Castoria Bottles and Old Remedies Notice
A scanned notice urges careful inspection of Castoria bottles for the famed remedy used for over 30 years. It emphasizes safety and authenticity amid questions about government or matrimonial bonds. The fragment hints at a wider public warning printed in a period newspaper.
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Fletcher
Teen Thinker or Shallow Dodge in Deep Waters
A cryptic quip contrasts shallow thoughts with a teenager’s depth, noting Hodge and Dodge as figures who falter when pressed but may surface with renewed clarity. The wording hints at character study and mental struggle.
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Hodge
Iowa Highway Fatalities Report Hits 1915 Auto Death Toll
The Iowa Highway Commission reports 87 deaths and about 3,000 serious injuries on state roads in 1915. Speeding, inexperience, and alcohol are blamed. nine December 1915 fatalities are listed. Fire, public notices, and census updates fill other items, with plans for seed corn week and 1916 fair exhibits.
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State Highway Commission
Iowa
Des Moines
Town Highway Commission
The
Highway Commission
Grivers
State Census Department
Foreclosure sale eyed for Crooked Creek Railroad assets
Foreclosure proceedings target the Crooked Creek Railroad and Coal property with bids expected from four junk firms. Attorneys prepared a decree for Judge H T Rued to authorize sale of the eighteen mile Usht steel track built in 1872 between Webster City and Lehigh during the Lehigh coal boom. The railroad’s fortunes faded as mines exhausted and the lone locomotive ceased daily trips, with a plan to rent a replacement engine.
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Fort Dodge
Arso
Crooked Creek Railroad and Coal Company
H. T. Rued
Federal Court
Webster City
Lehigh
Cpal
Will Do Much Paving Spencer City Plan
At a recent city meeting the contract to pave forty blocks was set. When completed the Spencer area will boast one of the best paved streetscapes for a city of its size in the state.
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Spencer
Ecobell
Pioneer Nurseryman Dead in Des Moines
Captain C. T. Watrous died aged 79 after long Des Moines residency since 1569. He established a local nursery and ran it until his death. He belonged to the Strate Morticultural Society, served on its board, and was active in the American Horticultural Society. He presided over the Mitten association for six years, with worldwide membership.
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Des Moines
C. T. Watrous
Strate Morticultural Society
American Homology Society
Haw
Mitter Association
Trunk Reveals Murder Mystery in Philadelphia Case
A workman uncovering a trunk in a razed Philadelphia building found a body stored in quicklime. Identified as Daniel J. McNichol, aged 44, who vanished March 20, 1914. Foreman Edward J Kelley, tied to a leather firm and laundry, is charged with murder after disputes over finances and a quarrel.
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Iun
Daniel J. McNichol
Nichol
Edward J Kelley
Vg Laundry
McNichol
Keller
Leather Company
Maroh
Kelley
Tim
Wark
Boys Form Thieves Club in West Orange Terrible Fifty-High
Two boys aged nine and ten in West Orange formed the Crooks Athletic Club or the Terrible Fifty-High to promote petty theft. George Durr of Orange Place and John McNerney of Elm Street were to appear in juvenile court on larceny charges after shoplifting at Henry F Schmidt’s store on Main Street, taking pen knives cigarettes hashlights and other loot.
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Orange
West Orange
Boston man fined for sleeping at North Station
Boston resident George S. White, residing near no specific place, was fined 10 dollars by Judge Burke in municipal court after admitting he stood sleepily in North Station and drew a crowd.
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Boston
George S. White
North Station
Burke
White
Chief Won Goose But Lost Job in Berwick Police Shakeup
In Berwick Pennsylvania Chief of Police George W. Stiker faced a sudden career turn after attending a party where he survived a risky gamble but drew disciplinary action from Chief Burgess C. W. Sreas. He is charged with allowing rambling and supporting gambling participation.
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Wast Berwick
George W. Stiker
Burgess C. W. Sreas
Light Bread and a Lawyer Tale in Limaels Humour
A Limaels anecdote features a young lawyer recounting a humorous divorce case involving an old negro and his daughter, followed by a brisk shop scene where a baker argues his light bread aims to be the lightest in the city. The vignette closes with a quip about Joy as an intoxicant.
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Mary
Jast
Steven Chillun
Maru
Ben
New Strength for Lame Backs and Worn-out Conditions
Dear reader, a letter praises Anuris and Anuric as remedies for backache and tiredness. The writer claims relief from lumbago and rheumatic pains, noting kidney sluggishness and headaches tied to uric acid. The ad urges asking a local druggist for Anuric by Dr. Pierce in 36 cent packages.
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Pierce
Their Trade. Speculators evade aviation risk with old habits
A clipped quip notes speculation habits crossing into flight culture. The speaker muses on why speculators avoid air travel, suggesting they prefer familiar monetary or risk patterns. The exchange hints at skepticism of new tech making quick fortunes.
Grateful old lady praises Dodd's pills in letter
Mrs A G Clemens of West Alexander Pennsylvania writes that after years of backache spinal tenderness and occasional black specks before the eyes she found relief using Dodd's Eldney Pills Diamond Dinner Pills and Dodd's Kidney Pills. She asks for publication of her endorsement and notes relief from indigestion and other ailments. A later item mentions Pazo Ointment claims.
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A. G. Clemens
West Alexander
A.g.clemens
Dodd
Boedd
Dodd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
Philosopher Born Not Made Amid War News
The Manchester Guardian notes a juvenile philosopher’s remark on fathers in war. As news arrives that the head of a family fighting in France was wounded, the child’s tears give way to practical focus, asking where the father is hurt and receiving a blunt, methodical reply about the wound location.
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Manchester Guardian
France
From Girlhood to Old Age Women Are Resped
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe remedy for feminine ailments across life stages. It claims to aid headaches backache hot rashes bearing down sensations mood and dizziness, presenting the product as a trusted women's medicine with ingredients listed on the wrapper.
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Dr. Pierce
Wraprer
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