Woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
In St Paul Minnesota a woman relates how fatigue and palpitations faded after she began Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound three times daily. She says she now feels young again and that neighbors are using it too and she offers to write to any woman seeking help.
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St. Paul
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia KE. Pinkham
H. C. Henry
Fuller Ave
Paul
Minnesota
Locust Plague Echoes Biblical Exodus in Basra Tale
Basra eyewitnesses recount a century old plague parallel to Exodus with locust swarms devastating land and finally drowned by a strong wind into the Persian Gulf. The article notes Arab reader interest in American magazines and a Bedouin camel driver report of grasshopper covered travel. Floods threaten Iraq’s agriculture as the Tigris and Euphrates run at 25 year lows.
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Basra
Kak
Egypt
Red Sea
Pharaoh
Israel
Ernest Main
Chicago Tribune
Persian Gulf
Nejd
Ibn Saud
Arabia
Irak
Tigris
Euphrates
Horse of Junk Wagon Gets His Owners in Bad Detroit
The Grand International Bottle Rag and Scrap Company, led by Willie Whitsett and Gantlin Prechett, sits on six months probation after being linked to Excelsior the horse. Whitsett says Excelsior caused a garage break in and theft of auto parts found in the wagon tied to G I L B R S & S LCG. The partners denounce the animal while acknowledging its role in the alleged grand larceny and breaking and entering case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horse
Detroit
Grand International Bottle
Ron Company
North America
Europe
Willie Whitsett
Gantlin Prechett
Excelsior
Whitsett
E. Stein
G. IL. B
R & S&s Lcg
Messrs
Prechett
Sister Recovers Keepsake After 12 Years From War
Joseph Hassenforder of Secaucus N J sent a locket containing a photo of two children to his sergeant Le Grand Charter now of West Orange N J with instructions to return it to Hassenforder’s sister Mary Linge of North Bergen. Charter learned of the sister after reading a local newspaper notice about the Hassenforder American Legion post and delivered the keepsake at a Secaucus post meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Argonne
Joseph Hassenforder
Secaucus
N. J
le Grand Charter
Charter
West Orange
United States
Hassenforder
American Legion
Mary Linge
North Bergen
The
Post
Sécaucus
Infant Mortality Drops in Ten States and D C
Ten states and the District of Columbia set records for reducing infant mortality in 1928. Oregon led with forty seven deaths under one year per 1000 live births, followed by Washington with forty eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia
Oregon
Washington State
Two Lange Children Reach Adulthood In Union City And North Bergen
The two children from the mission have grown into adults. One is Mrs. Plor ence Lange Rolff of Union City and the other is George Lange of North Bergen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plorence Lange Rolff
Union City
George Lange
North Bergen
Wonder Doctor Heals Thousands in Gallspach 1929
Valentine Zeileis known as the wonder doctor of Gallspach Austria treated about 14 000 persons in 1929 with high frequency apparatus claims indicate most were cured by his adherents his work drew skepticism from the medical profession though.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Welch
Valentine Zeileis
Gallspach
Austria
Steamer Encounters Giant Waterspout off Pacific Coast
The steamer Ruth Alexander sighted an ascending waterspout three-quarters of a mile from the ship while en route from Tacoma to Los Angeles. Capt. Fred Newton reported the waterspout formed a 50 foot base cone rising about 100 feet, with a spiral connection to the clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Ruth Alexander
Here
Los Angeles
Fred Newton
Deaf Mutes Are Married in Wordless Butte Ceremony
In Butte Montana Clarence W Richardson and Blanche M Spaarman wed as deaf mutes. A magistrate conducted the ceremony by writing questions on paper and receiving trembling yes replies as a pencil moved. The event drew attention for its entirely silent nature from start to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Clarence W. Richardson
Blanche M. Spaar
Goth
Alaska Adopts Official Flag With Polaris and Ursa Major
The Alaska flag features a blue field bordered in gold with Polaris and Ursa Major in the upper right. The blue represents the evening sky and seas, while the gold border signifies wealth in Alaska’s hills and streams. Polaris stands as a constant guide for explorers and settlers.
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Alaska
Diamonds and Ice Cream Melt a Girl's Heart
A playful line compares hardness and coldness to attract and win a girl's affection. The phrase links diamonds with ice cream as contrasting themes in romance.
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Marcelle
Marcelle Laboratories
C. W. Beggs Sons & CO
Chicago
Illinois
Dallas Coutty Rabbitry
Bouton
Iowa
Hanford
Eric
Ipation
Noe
Myrtle
Gert
Sciatica
BAYER
Coolidge
Rushmore Mountain
Black Hills
South Dakota
Calvin Coolidge
Jefferson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Gutzon Borglum
Gulf
Moses
Lord
W. H. Welch
the “Wonder Doctor
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter
Burley
Raleigh Revue
WEAF
N. B.C
Mick
Pipe
Ant
Pacific
Omaha
Paxton
Nebraska
Sioux City
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