Milks Emulsion Promises Health Gains in 1915 Ad
An Oklahoma City reader touts Milks Emulsion as a remedy for coughs night sweats and digestive trouble. The advertisement claims weight gain improved appetite and sleep after using the product with a money back guarantee and nationwide druggist distribution.
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San Antonio
Texas
Oklahoma City
W. W. Neff
Dewey St
Okla
Terre Itaute
Ind
Ady
Thia
Census Confusion Sparks Quiet Office Tension
In a tense scene, workers debate a census questioning process misread as a draft. One supervisor urges calm while another mutters about overstepping authority as no official draft action is involved.
Recipes and Proverbs From The Kitchen Cabinet Era
A collection of old time recipes for muffins Sally Lunn biscuits and spider cake with notes on corn bread steamed oatmeal brown bread and a brief literary aside claiming the sun sets daily and people die each minute. The piece blends cooking directions with scattered quotes from David Copperfield and reflections on yesterday.
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Sally Lunn
David Copperfield
Frugal kitchen tips from a historic column
Practical advice on using leftovers and pantry items to cut waste. From vinegar and celery scraps to lemon juice, salt pork in soups, egg whisking to prevent lumps, heating lemons for juice, toothbrush cleaning tricks, lard sugar hand care, and repurposing stale bread into croutons and stuffings for economical meals.
Corn Based Dishes With Corn Soup Chowder And Salad
A vintage guide outlines corn dishes including Corn Soup and Corn Chowder with corn, milk, butter, and onions. Plain Corn Salad seasoned with mustard and onion juice. Mock Crab using corn with butter, flour, and Worcester sauce. plus a quote from Emerson on eating.
Home Cookery Notebook with Simple Baked Potatoes and Desserts
A list of kitchen tips and recipes including baked potatoes with paprika, Raisin Pie with lemon and meringue, Graham Pudding, Sponge Drops, Cabbage Salad dressing, Pieplant Pie, and One Egg Cake with basic mixing, baking, and steaming directions.
Blood purifiers and Cuticura ads in a 1910s page
An advertisement urges stopping local rheumatism remedies and promotes S S S as a blood purifier to remove rheumatism causes. It links rheumatism to blood germs and offers free medical advice from the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta. An aside notes old clothes as a bad habit.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta. Ga
Fond Mother and Professor Debate Genius Signs
Fond Mother asks if genius is detectable. Professor replies he is not a detective, offering a cautious scholarly answer. The exchange hints at character dynamics and a tension between perception and investigation in a domestic scene.
The Ruling Passion and Wartime Watch Offer
A weary infantryman aboard a troopship amid submarine danger breaks the quiet with a dry sales pitch. The sea heaves as destroyers drop depth charges and Yankee soldiers line the deck, creating a tense wartime moment.
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Eyverybody's
Prince George V remark spurs joke about women
Senator Hitchcock recalls a tale about the growing influence of women at a Jackson day dinner. The prince of Wales visiting wartime America saw a dugout with pictures of King George V and “The Other Four-Fifths” on a shelf, sparking a sharp jab about wives being the better half.
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Jackson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Prince of Wales
King George the Fifth
JASTORIA Remedy for Infants and Children Examined
Mothers urged to inspect every bottle of JASTORIA the famous old remedy for infants and children to ensure it bears the required marking. The notice highlights the longest use for over 30 years and notes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Gulls of the Pacific Coast Species Overview
Gulls along the Pacific coast include three common types the glaucous winged the western and the California gulls. They are white headed species not found in the East and differ little from the herritf gull. A A Allen In American Forestry.
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Pacific Coast
California
Do You Remember the First Dileon You Saw
An elderly man recalls the first Dileon he saw and the thrill fate denied him. He laments not witnessing a helper entangled in balloon ropes and lifted toward the sky as 5,000 spectators at the country fair watched in horror.
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Birmingham
Age-Herald
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Kanes
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Jim Jones
Dudge
Wasser
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LaGrippe
Kirksville
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Fulton Ave
Dr Force
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
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Fourth Street
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Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek Mich
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