Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Endorsed
Mrs George Hardee of Los AngelesTestifies to the health benefits of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after years of illness and reliance on doctors She credits eight bottles and the Sanative Ash for restoring strength and urges others to try the remedy as a true friend indeed.
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Mrs. Hardee
Lydia E. Pinkham
Los Angeles
Calif
Lydia E. Pink
Guthrie
Oklahoma
George Hardee
Byram St
California
Loans for Ex Service Men Through Rotating Fund
American Legion national HQs develop a large rotating fund to provide unsecured low interest loans to ex service men in need during disability and readjustment. Commander MacNider says the plan protects self respect while awaiting compensation claims. Some veterans donate bonus funds to the pool and reports note widespread charity needs for sick and wounded ex soldiers.
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The
American Legion
MacNider
Legion
Mrs Jessie Erskine Danced 9000 Steps Weekly in Tours
Mrs Jessie A Erskine recalls dancing nine thousand steps weekly in Tours France to entertain gobs doughboys and leathernecks. Now she balances duties as treasurer of the Niagara county American Legion while serving as chief stenographer in the quartermaster department and head of the sports and pastimes department. She twice achieved AWOL status without losing sailing papers in wartime service.
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Jessie Erskine
France
County Legion Committee
Jessie A. Erskine
Tours
Niagara County Committee of the
American Legion
New York State
Erskine
Quartermaster Department
Eliot Porter State Legion Chaplain in Montana
Eliot Porter, famed for directing mortars and souls, served as state chaplain of the American Legion in Montana. A WWI captain in British field artillery, he helped draft the Legion's national ceremonial ritual with a Catholic priest and a Jewish rabbi, urging no denominational barriers. At the 1921 convention he nominated a Catholic to succeed him.
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Eliot Porter
American Legion
Montana
British Field Artillery
Porter
Wmar
Legion
Carrying On With the American Legion
The 53 Medal of Honor recipients will each get the Italian war cross per General Zaccari. The National Guard stands at 132000, near the regular army size. British Red Cross raised 95 million dollars to aid the war effort. Membership reached 126000 with 90000 women in the ranks. A Minneapolis veteran, in need, gave up his housecleaning job to help a friend out of work.
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Zaccari
British Red Cross
John Hanses
Minneapolis
Arthur Holtz
California Fig Syrup Advertisement Story
A vintage ad touts California Fig Syrup as a trusted remedy for constipation in babies and children. It promises a soothing taste, a cleansing effect on the liver and bowels, and a quick return to a well and playful child, urging mothers to buy genuine product. The piece closes with a humorous joke about a bill collector at the door.
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California
Og Syup
Diamond Dyes Advertises Easy Home Dyeing Claim
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use for any fabric and guarantees no spotting fading or running. It instructs buyers to tell the druggist the material type whether wood silk linen cotton or mixtures to dye.
Old Superstitions Among Civilized Indians Cited
Detroit News notes tribal reluctance to abandon magic and worship of objects, with stories linking corn flowers and animals to divine beings. It describes creation myths where beasts argue for size and are humbled, and a transmigration belief where souls move after animal deaths. The piece ends with a proverb about effort: a pull helps a man rise faster than a push.
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Detroit News
Tanlac Promises Rejuvenation For Frail Adults
Hundreds of thin, run-down men and women across the United States could gain vigor by Tanlac. The tonic is pitched as Nature’s medicine, aiding digestion, enriching blood, and rebuilding bone and muscle to produce strength and weight gain.
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United States
Canada
Wayside Tales and Colonial Echoes Across Time
A collage of brief humorous anecdotes from a personal column with a mischievous tone about everyday life, plus a historical note on the Cameroons and Togoland under British mandate and German exploration in Africa revealing imperial ambitions and the 1884 Nachtigal expedition.
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Cameroons
Togoland
Great Britain
William I
Gustave Nachtigal
Africa
Bismarck
Nachtigal
Gold Release Quiz Sparks Dialogue Between Professor and Student
A humorous exchange shows a professor asking about the quickest way to release gold and a student answering Marriage as the combo. The line highlights a witty back and forth on a curious topic.
Tactful Barbed Remnant of a Theater Exchange
Miss Cayenne explains to a companion that a gentleman would not attend a show with ladies, because the performance did not feel suitable to him for shared company with his mother. The dialogue emphasizes propriety and social restraint.
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Miss Cayenne
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W. H. Hill CO
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Nebraska
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Postum
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