Change of Life Woman's Trial Report in Metropolis
Mrs Exma Cuver of 705 E 7th St Metropolis Illinois reports eight months illness kept her bed bound until Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills restored her. She began at change of life and soon was active again able to do housework walk miles and feel hale with reduced nervousness irritability hot flashes headaches and dizziness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolis
Illinois
Lydia Pinkham
Mrs. Smith
Lydia E. Pinkham
Exma Cuuver
7Th St
Remarkable Acrobat Among Stock Proker
Jones and Smith discuss a stout old man called a wonderful acrobat. They note he is both an acrobat and a stock proker, admitting the man survives by hanging on day to day and keeping his nose above water by the skin of his teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Smith
When I see fit the boy asks to go out to play
A five year old pleads to play. His mother grows cross and replies that he may go when she sees fit. He asks later if she has seen him yet, and he asks about seen fit.
Forty-Five Years Ago Item From Newton Kans-N-Republican
A brief item notes it is a bad time for young men to burden the old folks by staying up with their daughter as coal oil costs 16 cents a gallon and trends upward.
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Newton Kans-n-Republican
Shall I Tell You Life Story Snappy Romance
In a single issue a playful exchange unfolds. A witty speaker asks for a life story while a bored partner answers with dry impatience demanding a quick tale. The vignette hints at romance through banter and a tease of deeper connection.
A Dove of a Girl and a Witty Typing Exchange
A playful exchange centers on a girl nicknamed Dove and a joke about a typing attachment. The banter riffs on a pun linking a bird and kitchen duties. The brief item captures a light moral humor moment.
Legion Man Aid to Cupid Launches Phoenix Weddings
Henry J. Sullivan of Phoenix Arizona a Navy veteran during the war now helps to launch ships of matrimony in his hometown. He serves as Justice of the Peace guiding service men to marriage and started the inner one head American Legion slogan uniting war organizations to centralize hospital work and aid disabled veterans through government channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Sullivan
Phoenix
Ariz
Justice of the Peace
Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
American Legion
Pershing Calmed By Legion Group In Illinois Stop
General Pershing was captured by American Legion members at Bement Illinois while passing through friendly territory. The mob blocked a trolley car front and demanded a speech. Pershing spoke for ten minutes from the platform as Sidney Morgan, Legion post commander, marshaled the group.
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Pershing
American Legion
Bement
Ill
Sidney Morgan
Comand
Carrying On With the American Legion
A report highlights Jean Hodson of San Francisco as the Army's lone woman field clerk and sergeant major to Major General Morton. It notes Korean Legion posts formed by ex soldiers, mostly missionaries, and cites a War Department figure: prewar clothing cost $300 per soldier versus $189 now. A Legion survey in Toledo asks what state bonuses will be used for, with aims including homes, hospital bills, clothing, furniture, a Ford, or saving.
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Army
Jean Hodson
San Francisco
Cal
Morton
Sam
War Department
The
Legion
Toledo
Noted Black Humor and Stamp Envelope News
A collection of short items including a racial caricature anecdote from Harper's Magazine, news of a Denver stamp collector’s rare 1859 envelope valued at 12500 dollars, a Brest docks joke about labor, and a brief aphorism “We live and learn. But sometimes we live faster than we learn.”
The Greatest Dam Senar Rushed To Completion
The Senar dam on the Blue Nile river near Khartum is being hurried toward completion. It promises irrigation for 3,000,000 acres of idle land and will support a large industrial complex. The piece contrasts ancient conquest via slavery with modern efforts to harness nature and labor.
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Blue Nile River
Khartum
Africa
Lord Kitchener
Fish stories and profit in wartime talk by Merrick
Oklahoma City Representative Merrick called a wartime fish speculator tale a good fish story. He noted stories have long been popular since Jonah. He contrasted the past where a fish swallowed a prophet with the present where people swallow the fish and the profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrick
Oklahoma City
One Thing He Knew Immigrant’s Odd Form Answer
An immigrant completing a standard form faced the question born and answered Yes without hesitation. The exchange highlights a paradoxical moment in filing documents.
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Mothers of the World
Lloyd Proce
Lloyd Mfg. Company
Enominse
Mick
Atal
Hess - Ellis, Bagoo
Memphis
Chicago
Legion Man
Cupid
Henry Sullivan
J. P
Force Pershing
Legionnaires
Castoria
New York City
Korea
Southern Presbyterian
CENTA
Putnam Faceless
Old Darky
Moses Diggs
Alabama
Harper’s Magazine
W. A. Lloyd
August Lutteken
Denver
Lautteken
Brest
American Legion Weekly
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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