Letter Alleges Pinkham’s Compound Aided Woman’s Recovery
Mrs Eva E Shay of Garnett Kansas credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending a complete nervous breakdown after childbirth and prolonged weakness. She recalls severe left side pain, limited mobility, and relief after the second dose, taking five bottles in total. She later had more children and remains well, vowing to use and recommend the medicine for any future troubles.
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Eva E, Shay
Garnett, Kansas
Price Not Value in Shoes Trade Play
A cautious trader asks the worth of a shoes pair while a brash salesman refuses to name intrinsic value and offers only the price. The exchange highlights a focus on price over true value in a market interaction.
Man Recovers From Longstanding Stomach Trouble After Eatonic
Herbert M. Gessner of Berlin New Hampshire describes decade long stomach pain that worsened last fall. After taking Eatonic he reports rapid relief and says he now eats normally without pain, praising the remedy and sharing his renewed health.
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Herbert M. Gessner
Berlin
N. H
Eatonic
For Sale 320 Acres in Western Minnesota
320 acre farm in corn belt of western Minnesota with 2H cultivated acres and 30 acres pasture. Includes good improvements a house barn cattle shed hog house and chicken house. Price 125 dollars per acre on easy terms. McKrilL Land Co Glenwood Minn.
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Minnesota
McKrill Land CO
Glenwood
Minn
Summer Gowns Soft and Dainty Fashion Trends
The article surveys summer lingerie frocks in soft handwork and chemise styles, featuring voiles, batistes, dotted swisses, and organies. It notes short sleeves now, with autumn returning to longer sleeves, plus details on trims, fabrics, colors, and two-piece waistlines. It highlights gingham plaids and checks with long waists and apron skirts, and dotted Swiss with navy blue prints.
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America
Volle
Organdie
Batiste
Swiss Muslin Frocks and Organdie Underslips Highlight Summer Styles
The article details Swiss muslin frocks with short sleeves and full gathered skirts, offered in grays with white dots and pale lemon, paired with matching hats. It notes organdie underslips peeking from taffeta dresses, creating fresh lingerie-inspired effects with pale pink slips and guimpes, and emphasizes the return of lingerie details on necks and sleeves with white organdie and blue serge combinations.
Fly Paper Holder Device From New Jersey Inventor
A New Jersey man invented a frame that grips fly paper to keep it taut and in place. Grooves at both ends accept the paper with a wooden strip pressed down to secure it. The frame accommodates varying paper lengths and can double as an embroidery frame or cloth stretcher.
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New Jersey
Popular Science Monthly
Fig Culture Progress in United States
The chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry reports the United States may soon supply all its fig needs. The Smyrna fig program in California advances with Loomis hosting a caprifig orchard from which caprifigs are distributed free to growers.
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United States
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
California
Loomis
Khaki as Viewed by Youth in School Recruiting
Public schools nationwide explored army life through student essays under the arms and recruiting service. A Ohio girl praises freedom from bill collectors in enlistment while a Montana boy cites constitutional rights. An Indiana pupil boosts enlistment for health and vitality.
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Army
Lfe
Arms and Recruiting Service
Ohio
Montana
America
Finois
Indiana
CuttEura Talcum Powder Ad Promises Pure Skin
An advertisement touts CuttEura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic and perfumed powder for face skin baby and dusting use. Claims it outshines other perfumes and is part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
First Woman Elected to Hungarian Parliament Margit Slachta
Sister Margit Slachta, a former schoolteacher and Catholic Social Mission Society member, is described as aged 35 to 38. She organized Catholic women voters nationwide and helped her party gain a majority in the parliament.
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Margit Slachta
Huungary
Catholic Social Mission Society
Red Cross Ball Blue Promises Sparkling Laundry
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product for brightening whites. It claims dependable results and lists availability at grocers for five cents.
Some Joys of the Metropolis
A humorous note from the Exchange about New York housing finds. It says there is no apartment to be found in Manhattan with Bronx tenants renting cellars and a skylight room costing 87 a month. The piece mocks the housing market and hints of a looming bust.
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New York
Gaborinu
Baron Munchausen
Arsene Lupin
Emile Zola
Wilkie Collins
Manhattan
Bronx
Bandits Armed With Corncobs Reach Villa Hermosa
Our Villa Hermosa correspondent reports the capture of inventive bandits posing as rebels who robbed small towns. They used crude wooden rifles and wore corncobs in place of bullets. They fooled many for a time and gained booty until their protector Gestas slept and they were captured.
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Villa Hermosa
Gestas
el Universal
Mexico
Confidential doll crisis among sisters
Solicitous Patricia secretly took Lelen's doll from a closet when the doll cried. Melen found her with the doll and Telen reprimanded her before Patricia explained she had to take the doll up because she was crying.
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Patricia
Lelen
Melen
Telen
Helen
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Parker
Drageiats
Voxa
Wks
Patchogue
N.Y
Waikio
Droge
Hiscox Chanicat
Patchoguo
Carter
Seanize Manshear
N. A
Sioux City
Bellens
Bellans
North Louisiana
United Brokerage Company
Market St
Shreveport, la
Holland
Rury
Harold Souleks
Do Kal Kali Ave
Brooklyn
N. Ye
Denver
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