Adee Completes 45th Year in State Department Service
Alvey A. Adee, dean of American diplomatists, completes 45 years in the State Department on September 8. A veteran since 1870, Adee became second assistant secretary of state twenty years ago and has shaped policy through war and peace, diplomacy, and correspondence. He is renowned for precise adherence to precedent and vast experience in foreign service and literature.
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Calomel Fades as Dodson Liver Tone Gains Ground
A town druggist reports calomel sales dropping as Dodson's Liver Tone rises in popularity. He touts Liver Tone as safe and more effective, with a 20 cent bottle promising gentle relief from feverishness, constipation, and stomach upset. Children and adults benefit, while calomel is labeled dangerous by readers.
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Texans Rescued by Wonderful Remedy
A late nineteenth century advert claims Molly's Wonderful Remedy cures stomach ailments and digestive disorders common in the South. Testimonials from T. B. Goodpastlem of Satine Ousten and R. J. Randall of Lived Texas assert the treatment cured them and relieved gall stones, intestinal issues, and heart strain, with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
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German Sweetheart Letters Flood the Front
German mass letters to frontline soldiers surge, overwhelming post office capacity. Daily mail volume hits 26.8 million, up 52 percent from 1914, with 16.4 million letters to or from soldiers each day. 80,000 workers support the army. authorities warn against misuse and warn farmers about clothing as possible escape disguises.
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SAIL SHIPS USED WHISKEY AS BALLAST
Washington dispatch reports sailors recalling whiskey ballast used on old sailing ships before steam propulsion. Captain Jimmy Thompson cites whiskey as a cheaper ballast than water, noting it kept ships upright and served a disposable role during long voyages.
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Eye Health Claim Promotes At-Home Eye Remedy
A vintage advertisement touts a home eye treatment claiming cures for eye diseases without glasses. It stresses simplicity, safety, and long experience, asserting thousands abandoned glasses and praising a formula with antenia five grains in five ounces of water, made by any druggist. The piece urges readers to seek preventive eye care and shares testimonial support from patients, noting dramatic improvements in vision and relief from irritation.
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San Antonio urged to build municipal golf courses
A visiting delegation from Chicago led by Charles K Bent urged San Antonio to develop municipal golf links to bolster its winter tourism. Bent argued Chicago’s two municipal courses boost its status as a summer resort, urging near city facilities, affordable accommodations, and strong promo efforts. He noted tourists increasingly visit larger cities for varied attractions and lower rates.
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Dr Mary Burnham Heads to China Mission Field
Dr Mary L. Gurnham formerly of Antonio sails from Ban Pew elsco and will reach Tsining in Shantung to organize a woman’s hospital at a Presbyterian mission station. She is a veteran missionary, returning after eight years training, and plans a first year focused on establishing medical work with the field staff.
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Women in London Banks Employ 300 as Threadneedle Clerks
The Bank of England in Threadneedle Street hires about three hundred women for clerical work once done by men. A strike threat faded as female clerks kept the roles, with male staff and managers noting early tolerance of female labor in finance.
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