Mothers Guide Girls Through Puberty Cautionary Advice
Public message urges mothers to guide daughters from age twelve through womanhood. Emphasizes avoiding cold or wet feet heavy lifting overwork and over studying while addressing headaches back pain and weight loss. Includes testimonials promoting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and offers a free private text book upon request from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Mrs. Lynd
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Milwaukee
Wis
Kluczny
20Th Ave
Rene
Gloria Ramirez
9Th Ave
Tampa, Florida
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Lynn
Massachusetts
Five Thousand Dollar Puzzle Contest Announced
Mr B J Reefer launches a nationwide puzzle contest with 105 cash prizes including 5000 to the top winner and 2500 to the second. Entry is open to all at no cost, with a free puzzle picture available by mail request from Reefer at 9th and Spruce Streets Philadelphia. Reefer’s Yeast Tablets are promoted as health boosters.
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B. J. Reefer
Reefer
J. Reefer
9Th and Spruce Sts
Dept. 16F
Philadelphia
Harvard to Establish School of Public Health With Rockefeller Fund
Harvard University will create a school of public health funded by a $2,000,000 Rockefeller foundation grant to provide both instruction and research in public health. The piece notes that many do not consider the cost but acknowledge they lack the price.
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Public Health
Harvard University
Fearless. Scotch elder and Rab discuss a strange minister
In a Boston Transcript line a Scots elder and Rab reflect on a new minister. Rab finds him frightened and unconvincing while the elder notes he calls Satan by a harsh term. The elder criticizes the minister's fear and disdain for the devil.
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Satan
Boston Transcript
California Fig Syrup advertisement
A promotional note urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to cleanse the liver and bowels of sick or listless children. It promises quick relief from constipation and sour bile, claiming millions use the product and warning to request the genuine California brand from druggists.
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California
Telephone on Trolley Car Shatters Distance Limits
A New York Electric Railway line witnessed a man talk by telephone from a moving trolley car over three miles away. The system used the trolley wire as a carrier for a secondary current to transmit the message. A curious aside notes Methuselah’s reputed long life possibly to spite a gold-digging wife.
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New York Electric Railway Company
Planes Used in Relief Work Amid Deep Snowdrifts
Traverse City reports planes from Grand Rapids aiding relief to districts cut off by massive snowdrifts. A relief train broke through the drifts the first since the storm. Nearby counties Leelanau and Antrim face isolation. communities resort to dogs for food and cattle flesh for subsistence amid feared food shortages.
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Traverse City
Mich
Grand Rapids
Sutton’s Bay
Leelanau
Antrim
Swamp Root Featured as Kidney Ailment Cure
An advertisement claims Dr Whitmer's Swamp Root is the top remedy for kidneys liver and bladder and offers a sample for ten cents. The ad emphasizes its mild immediate effect and lists two bottle sizes sold in drug stores with orders for a sample by mail to Kilmer and Co. of Binghamton New York.
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Whitmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
The Best Way Quote Inspires Saving Approach
A judge remarks the best way to spend less is to have another person spend more. The offbeat line highlights fiscal restraint with a sharp social twist.
Freezone Corn Treatment Promise Uses Fingers for Removal
An advertisement claims Freezone quickly relieves and removes corns and calluses with a tiny bottle sold by druggists. It asserts the product stops pain instantly and allows the corn to be lifted off with fingers without soreness or irritation.
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All Fabrics
Diamond Dyes packages offer simple directions for dyeing or tinting old clothes and home textiles. The ad claims rich colors without streaking or fading and advises buyers to specify wool silk linen cotton or blends when consulting a druggist. A brief line notes flapjacks and individuality.
Senate Ratifies Yap Pact Without Reservations
The Yap treaty was approved by the Senate 67 to 22 with no reservations or amendments. Afterward, Lodge urged action on the four power Pacific pact. Only Republican votes for the reservation came from France Johnson and Ladd. Democrats Un derwood Williams Pomerone Dial Ransdeil Broussard opposed it.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
France
Maryland
Johnson
California
Ladd
North Dakota
Underwood
Williams
Miss
Pomerone
Dial
S. D
Ransdeil
Broussard
Stops All U S Warships
The House Appropriations Committee slashed navy fuel funds from 12 million to 6.28 million dollars halting all steaming of warships. Ships will stay where they are until funds are provided by transfers. Officials say fuel shortages have been a long standing concern.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Navy Department
Education conference votes down U S supervision
Chicago March 8 federal supervision of the nations educational system was voted down by school superintendents from 8,000 cities at the National Education Association session. The group endorsed the Towner Sterling bill before Congress as not impairing state authority.
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Chicago
Department of
National Education Association
Congress
Four Slayers Die in Chair at Tennessee Prison
Nashville reports that Charles H. Petree Tom Christmas Otto Stevens and John McClure were electrocuted at the state prison within 25 minutes for the May 30 1921 murder of George Lewis of Knoxville. The quartet faced death with prayers, with all but Petree showing calm.
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles H. Petree
Tom Christmas
Otto Stevens
John McClure
State Prison
George Lewis
Knoxville
Petree
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