Will Answer Any Woman Who Writes Cumberland Woman Testimony
Cumberland Maryland resident Mrs. Joan Herry shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her menstral and back pain from teen years through motherhood. After using it through seven children she reports easier childbirth and renewed strength and offers to answer letters from other women seeking relief.
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Cumberland, Md
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan_Herry
Dilley St
Cumberland
Thyroid treatment restores hair in bald girl case
A Dutch girl with long standing baldness received ten grains of thyroid gland daily for several weeks under Dr. H. W. Barber at Guy's hospital. Hair began to regrow across the scalp, as reported in The Lancet. The note ends with a remark on the difficulty of carrying ideal standards.
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H. W. Barber
Guy’s Hospital
Only Woman Major in Army Leads Nursing Service
Maj. Julia C. Stimson is the sole female major in the U S Army and heads the Army Nurse Corps and the Army School of Nursing. A Worcester native and Vassar alumna, she directed the American Expeditionary Forces nursing service with 10 000 nurses in World War I and later served as chief nurse in Paris. Her career includes christening the army transport Chaumont with General Pershing present, and receiving multiple awards and citations for wartime service.
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Army School of Nursing
United States Army
Julia C. Stimson
American Red Cross
Paris
American Expeditionary Forces Nursing Service
School of Nursing
Stimson
Worcester
Mass
Vassar
St. Louis
Base Hospital No. 21
Chaumont
Pershing
Buck Privates Dwindling as U S Army Reforms Take Shape
Army officials report a shrinking number of plain buck privates in the U S infantry as reductions reduce total ranks. Current figures show about 20 000 unspecialized privates and 47 837 foot regiments, with infantry once at over 58 000 in April 1917. The War Department aims to keep a framework of specialists ready to expand in emergencies by filling gaps with minimally trained recruits.
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United States Army
Foot
War Department
Buck from the rear ranks prefers marches over glory
William VY. McMaken of Toledo a former brigadier general after forty years in service says he prefers marching as a buck in patriotic demonstrations since his career is over. At the 1920 American Legion parade in Cleveland a sergeant bawled him out for failing to dress right. McMaken served as brigadier commander in the Thirty-seventh division during World War I.
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William VY. McMaken
Toledo
American Legion
Cleveland
McMahen
Mr. McMahen
Carrying On With the American Legion
The infantry of France will switch to khaki of the American army once stocks of horizon blue are exhausted. Names of soldiers dead from nearly every state have been buried in Mammoth Cave Kentucky by the Kentucky American Legion. A monument bears a sealed stone box containing the names of the dead.
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Union
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Kentucky American Legion
Curious Fire Engine Demonstrated in Paris
A double tandem four wheeled fire engine with four seats and a hose reel was shown in Paris. Pedals operate the pump as riders pedal, unrolling the hose and driving the pump to rival horse drawn engines. The device claims superior speed and pump efficiency for small towns.
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Paris
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