Lydia Pinkham remedy cited as alternative to surgery
A Cairo Illinois letter claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased severe female troubles avoiding operation. The writer says she improved after using the remedy and urges others to seek advice from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo, Tu
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. R. Matthews
Sycamore Street
Cairo
Ill
Lydia E
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Cuticura Ad and Old Prose Verse Mix Notice
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment Soap and daily use for pimples and blackheads with a five minute wash. The piece shifts to a householder singing “O Happy Day” and mentions Red Cross Ball Blue laundry use, ending with a playful biblical reference to Adam.
California Fig Syrup Ad Promotes Child Laxative
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children. It urges parents to look for the California label and promises “delicious fruity taste” with directions on each bottle.
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California
Adv
The Only Kind That Does Quote
A humor line contrasts a pop quiz tone with a deponent joke. The exchange plays on depot work and foolish certainty, reflecting satirical banter about knowledge and identity.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe Use and Broad Relief
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross as the genuine aspirin trusted by physicians for over eighteen years. It lists uses for colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism and general pain and notes handy tins of 12 tablets and larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
No Scarcity of Monologue Artists on World Stage
A witty line reflects abundant talkers on global stages with many voices performing. The quip plays on Shakespearean rhetoric and contemporary talent showing off. It notes a surplus of performers delivering speeches and soliloquies across arenas and venues.
Ely Cream Balm Opens Nasal Passages For Quick Relief
Ad copy touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fragrant antiseptic cream that clears clogged nostrils, relieves head colds and catarrh, and stops sniffling, hawking, and headaches by soothing mucous membranes with instant relief.
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Ely
He Gets it Again
Boston Transcript quotes Cholly expressing self doubt and Miss Keen noting her relief at recovery in a brief evening exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cholly
Miss Keen
Boston Transcript
Railroads contest court jurisdiction over labor wage cases
The railroads challenge the new industrial court's authority to rule on wages and working conditions, arguing government takeover and a rail labor board supersede state regulation. The motion notes no new wage talks have occurred since return to private operation, while a Kansas livestock board is created to oversee yardage and stockyard issues with three appointees.
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New Industrial Court
Railroad Labor Board
Supreme Court
Brotherhood of Stationary Engineers
Kansas Secretary Downplays Wheat Wind Damage
Secretary Mohler of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture says reports of extensive wheat losses from recent high winds are exaggerated. He cites typical March weather and predicts warm rains will revive acres thought ruined, noting Northern Kansas was less affected while the South Central region suffered more due to dryness. Federal meteorologist Flora adds wind damage was severe in sandy soils, but recovery is likely where roots and moisture exist.
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J. C. Mohler
Kansas
Wheat
S. I. Flora
Big South
Cetral
Kansas Wheat Belt
Fiora
Kansas Association of Life Underwriters Formed in Topeka
The Kansas Association of Life Underwriters was organized at a Topeka sales convention attended by about four hundred life insurance agents from across the state. Officers include G. G. Moore president J B Smith Hutchinson Oscar L Hill Wichita and Guy Glasscock Hutchinson vice presidents William Horley Topeka secretary H W Stanley Wichita treasurer. The event closed with a dinner with speakers Governor Allen Frank Travis superintendent of insurance O L Hill and Bishop James Wise among the principal speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Association of Life Underwriters
Topeka
G. G. Moore
J. B. Smith
Hutchinson
Wichita
Guy Glasscock
William Horley
H. W. Stanley
Allen
Frank Travis
O. L. Hill
James Wise
Kansas
St Jacobs Oil advertised as a quick rheumatism cure
An advertisement promotes St Jacobs Oil as a harmless remedy for rheumatism and sore joints. It claims instant relief, skin safety, and broad use for sciatica neuritis lumbago backache sprains in a long dating promotional style.
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St. Jacobs
Gas prices and receivership forecast in Kansas markets
Report discusses gas supply by Doherty interests and Wichita Natural in Kansas with 80-cent prices for Wichita Natural customers. Predictions suggest end of receivership by summer amid unsettled development and market din.
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Doherty Interests
Wichita Natural
Kansas
Dewey Plans Grand Avenue Beautification Project
Chauncey P Dewey of Kansas and Chicago residing in Junction City after World War I announced a plan to plant 200 trees along the new Grand avenue section between Junction City and Fort Riley. The older road sections will be trimmed by designated tree doctors with the State Agricultural College forestry department at Manhattan handling planting and trimming duties.
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Chauncey
Kansas
Chicago
Junction City
Grand Avenue
Fort Riley
Dewey
Forestry Department
State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Methodist conference in Hays adopts amulment resolution
Northwest Kansas Methodist meeting in Hays approves a Des Moines May conference memorial on amusements. Delegates and alternates named include L A McKeever G R Hall Salina M L Wyckman Concordia and A H King C C Andrews Narcatur C E Rarick Hays. Dust disrupts Concordia high school exams while Mayonnaise dressing project suffers. Michael Kane 76 of Leavenworth dies. 65 purebred Scotch Top Shorthorns valued at 20000 dispersed to calf clubs in Leavenworth. Concordia high school boy and girl dress policy shifts to work wear. Student council notes excess dress.
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Northwest Kansas
The
Methodist Church
Hays
Des Moines
L. A. McKeever
G. R. Hall
Salina
M. L. Wyckman
Concordia
M. G. Terry
L. B. Bowers
A. H. King
Leavenworth
Kanats
Missouri
Bedford Wood Former Wichita Police Chief Dies
Bedford Wood, 69, died recently. He served as chief of police in Wichita and was known for his long career in law enforcement.
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Bedford Wood
Wichita
Mammoth anniversary cake baked in Bonner Springs
A local bakery in Bonner Springs built a three layer cake for an anniversary sale. The cake used extensive ingredients and yielded two thousand slices served to customers.
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Bonner Springs
Death of Capt. Willis G. Whitten Veteran KU student
Word has been received at Lawrence of the death of Captain Willis G. Whitten formerly a student of the University of Kansas at Coblenz Germany. He was graduated from the architectural engineering department in 1915 and was an assistant in the department the following year. His home was Marysville Kansas. His death was caused by pneumonia contracted while he rescued several men at a fire.
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Lawrence
Willis G. Whitten
University of Kansas
Coblenz
Germany
Captain Whitten
Marysville
Kas
Send a Soldier to Congress Club Formed in Cloud County
A Cloud county club supporting Send a Soldier to Congress has formed as Mr and Mrs Pelton claim to have walked from Massachusetts to Topeka en route to Oakley for Mr Pelton’s health. They were picked up near Topeka carrying a small child and lack money as efforts seek rail fare. Five sticks of dynamite fused and capped, part of an alleged 150 sticks stolen from nearby brickyards, were found near the Topeka road. M C A building noted later.
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Congress
Cloud County
Topeke Iiroad
Fascinated by the Fair Sex Jean Paul Marat Remains Infamous
A contemporary recalls Marat as the ugliest man in France while noting his early Parisian fame as a physician attracted by women who pursued him. He spurned their advances, prompting further ardor, and even during a loathsome skin ailment in the Paris sewers, women admired him.
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Jean Paul Marat
France
Paris
Woman Mistakes Man’s Head For a Post at Movie
Mrs Smith and her daughter attend a dark cinema. The daughter picks seats 2 and 8 while the mother, thinking she is falling, touches a man’s head, then realizes her mistake and jokes about the incident as others laugh and the film proceeds.
Modern Youth Hard to Trap
A young man on a beach contemplates his dual engagement to Hazel and Betty. A whispering woman covers his eyes and mocks his guess with flirty clues about who loves him. He realizes the caller is the unnamed but beloved mystery girl, prompting playful confirmation.
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Hazel
Betty
Tim and Marla Share Birthday Fish Prank
Tim gives Marla a large fish for her birthday and asks her to keep it for today. Marla jokes that her birthday is tomorrow and wonders why the fish is in such a hurry. The exchange has a playful, romantic tone.
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Timothy
Marla
Tim
Ionow
Maria
Youths Lose Value in Youth and Wealth in Later Years
A reflective piece notes that youth often undervalues its prime while even large wealth in later life brings disappointment. It frames a caution about priorities and fulfillment across a lifetime.
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UGH Mfg. Coo
New York
Jmdateo
Crusty
Cartoons Magazine
Adam
Wir
Chase
E. K. Chase
E. Cross
Ypsilanti
Mich
Gaberd
Floyd
Daggett
Notary Public
Ss. Mipway N.co
Buffalo, N
Bayer Company
Harry Darby
Kansas City
J. C. Evans
Beloit
Kansas _ livestock board
Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Mohler
St. Jacobs Oil
Michael Kane
Ireland
Doys
Canada
Ravlasch, MO
Marat
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