Two Letters Praise Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
The newspaper quotes Mrs Goldie Shoup of St Joseph Illinois and Mrs J Storms of Paterson New Jersey praising Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. Both women describe improved health after use and say their renewed strength brought happiness to their homes. They were previously run down and unwell. Are you on the Sunlit Road to Better Health.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Goldie Shoup
St. Joseph
Illinois
Microphone Fear Forces Nerve Veterans to Panic
Prince William of Sweden, famed animal hunter standing six feet six, fainted at a studio microphone. He trembled and cried out that the moment was terrifying. Berlenbach, slated to discuss bravery in the prize ring, fled the broadcast in fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince William
Sweden
Terriptes
M. H. Aylesworth
Berlenbach
Liner Andes Drops Aid By Raft Off St Vincent
Medicine sent to St Vincent by raft from the liner Andes after wireless SOS reports influenza raging on the island. The ship strayed about 170 miles off course en route to Lisbon. Supplies were placed on a raft and natives rowed out to receive them to curb spread aboard the vessel.
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St. Vincent
South America
Lisbon
Oil for Human Machine
A five year old girl asked for a bottle of oil in a Newecastle drug store. When the clerk questioned the type the girl answered that she meant castor oil for babies. The clerk wrapped a small bottle of Castor oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newecastle
Indianapolis News
Cotton and Linen Prices Doubled by War Trade Ads
War raises costs for cotton and linen and grocers urge customers to lengthen fabric life by using Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry to save resources.
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Ising Red Cross
Are They Arthur I Think She Is as Pretty as She Can Be
A Bits column quotes a playful exchange between Arthur and Joan about beauty traits and the varying degrees of prettiness among girls in a lighthearted, era tone.
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Arthur
Joan
After a Period of Storm We Seek the Rain Bow
The remark suggests finding optimism after hardship and stormy times, using rain bow as a hopeful symbol. It emphasizes perseverance and looking for brighter signs despite challenges.
A Night at the Palace of Delight Racing Plot Thickens
In a Jamaican track intrigue, Quashy and Satan race against Colonel Singleton and Major Mostyn. The plan unfolds during a revelrous night, culminating as Quashy exhorts Satan to race fair and Fly Away tightens the gap to a dramatic finish at sunrise.
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George
Lewis
McAllister
Singleton
Mostyn
Quashy
Epicures
Satan
Mendes
Mendez
Barclay
Colonel Singleton
Straitsmouth Tale of Lindsay and the Black Panther
In 1749 Straitsmouth New Jersey Richard Lindsay narrates a visit by three strangers including Captain Barclay of the Black Panther after a stealthy burial of a ghost Lindsay observes a murder and is forced to assume the identity of Robert McAllister at his uncle’s Jamaican plantation to learn secrets. He frees a enslaved jockey Quashy and faces danger aboard the doomed Shark and Black Panther ships.
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New Jersey
Straitsmouth
Richard Lindsay
Black Panther
Lindsay
Burford
Captain Barclay
Robert McAllister
Barclay
Jamaica
McAllister
Bob
Young McAllister
Andrew
Shark
Robert
Quashy
Distinguishing Ghosts Through a Squint Test
A Manchester Guardian note argues a simple method to tell genuine ghosts from hallucinations. If the apparition doubles under squinting it is likely internal. if unchanged, it is deemed an illusion and not a real external visitor. It cautions readers against hostile reactions to ghosts.
No blue hibiscus found in Nature Magazine notes
Nature Magazine reports no blue hibiscus exists. Descriptions show pink and crimson shades with fading toward near white and varying scarlet pink mixes. Some blooms include hints of yellow or orange but blue remains absent.
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Nature Magazine
Old-Fashioned Mother And Her Sacred Home
A Jackson Texas News item extols the traditional mother as guardian of the household. It praises her care for babies, singing as the joy of motherhood, and pride in her children while criticizing those who mock domestic life as unworthy. It concludes with a Browne quotation on obstinacy.
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Jackson
Texas
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Hiscox Chem
Patchngue
N.Y
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London Daily Express
Bayer
Ellery H.clark
WMS
Bobes
Mnerrill CO
Buckra
Gay
Satap
Flyaway
Kor Korg
Manchester
Eng
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Ita
Str
T. Browne
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