Woman from Carter's Creek Praises Pinkham Remedy
Mrs. E T Galloway of Carter's Creek Tennessee says she spent half her time in bed three years ago due to a female ailment. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she recovered and has worked as a farmer's wife for two years. The letter urges other women to try the remedy if they are irritable nervous or run down.
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Carter’s Creek
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gan
E.T. Galloway
Light in Walking Stick Novelty Cigar Lighter
A France invention adds a cigar lighter to a walking cane. Compressed air ignites a briquette inside the hollow cane when the handle is thrust in. The glowing substance acts like a pocket light and is extinguished by retracting the steel tube.
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France
Popular Science Monthly
Castoria Ad Recall Urges Check for Signature
Public service notice urges mothers to examine every Castoria bottle for the B bearing the Fletcher's Castoria signature. The old remedy for infants and children is highlighted as trusted for over 30 years and still sought after by children who cry for it.
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Fletcher
Moral talk at school and home in Indianapolis area
A first grade teacher teaches students to say yes ma am and no ma am. A child repeats it to grandma who calls it proper. The child disputes the idea, saying she never heard of such a thing. A man rejects being called a moral giant, noting true service comes from love.
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Grandma
Indianapolis
Illinois News Briefs Highlight Local Affairs
The Jacksonville Chapter of the American Association of University Women forms. A Sterling physician killed 268 ground hogs amid rising whiteside county hog numbers. Illinois groups push labor union amalgamation and state banking. Edgar county forms historical society with near 100 members in Paris. A Benton safe incident uses ammonia to foil burglars. Rockford and Elgin report deafness and schooling plans for handicapped pupils. Other items note egg laying contests, polluted Millnois River, constitutional convention timing, oil for roads, and rail line foreclosures.
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Jacksonville
American Association of University Women
George Maxwell
Sterling
Whiteside County
Chicago Federation of Labor
Margaret Edmison
Mt. Vernon
Richmond
Rockford
Board of Education
Edgar County
Cook County
Benton
Illinois
St. Lawrence
Liverpool
England
Howard Leonard
Illinois Agricultural Association
Dinois
Cook County Real Estate Board
Governor Small
Hudsonville
Mich
Martin Rodstom
Holdridge
Neb
Mulnoise
S. A. Forbes
State Natural History Survey
Chillicothe
Peoria
Havana
Constitutional Convention
Springfield
Woodward
California Fig Syrup Ad Promises Quick Bowels Relief
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a reliable remedy for children’s constipation. It claims a teaspoon clears toxins within hours and keeps millions of mothers prepared, urging buyers to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with proper labeling to avoid imitations.
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California
No Up to Dates Ones West Dialogue
A fragment from a dialogue featuring North asking about Alice’s virtues and West confirming most old fashioned virtues are present.
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North
Alice
West
Bayer Aspirin Ad Highlights Genuine Bayer Tablets
An advertisement urges asking for Bayer Tablets of Aspirin to ensure authenticity and features the Bayer Cross on each tablet and packaging. The text also notes that matches containing phosphorus are illegal to manufacture sell or stock in Belgium.
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Belgium
Mrs Anna Keim Recommends Dr Pierce Remedies
Mrs Anna Keim of Iola Kansas praises Dr Pierce medicines. She says her health declined with a chronic cough but improved after using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. She urges others to start now and obtain the discovery in tablets or liquid from their druggist. She invites free medical advice from Dr Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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Iola
Kans
Dr. Pierce
Anna Keim
South St
President Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
Nothing New In 1922 Auto Models Jokes
Cartoon dialogue notes no improvements seen in the 1922 automobile models. A quip asks about jokes during the discussion and responses confirm skepticism about new features.
Free 250 Acres Plow Ready Prairie Land Offer
Descriptive data and map detail a 250 acre parcel of fertile prairie land in Idaho offered for colonization. Unknown American enterprise heavy with crop failure risk. Cooperative Service Bureau 212 Lewiston Idaho handles inquiries and stamps not required.
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Amer
Ha Cooperative Service
Lewiston
Idaho
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Farmer
Excello
Nu-Way Street Suspender Co
Mire
Adrian, Mich
Vodds
Dodd
Bright
Dodd’s
BopD’s Medicine CO
N. U
Chicago
Illinois News
de Witt
Elgin
Mene
Postal Savings Bank
Conference On Labor Matters
East St. Louis
Statesville
Joliet
He ‘Pepistrit
Secré
State University
Urbana
George B. Arnold
State Department of Labor
Arnold
Aurora
Wheaton
Eastern
Electric Railroad
Bureau of Business Research
University of Illinois
J. R. Blackhall
Rock Island
Moline
Davenport
Taylorville High School
B. F. Wright
Taylorville
Wright
State Automobile Department
Illnois
State’ Department of Public Works and
Len Small
C. R. Miller
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Frank T. Sheets
BAYER
America
W. H. Hill CO
Detroit
Write Hill
the Arcade
Cleveland
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