Millions for a New Stomach and Health Claims
A historical promotion touts Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for digestion and blood health. It claims a millionaire once sought a stomach replacement and argues sound digestion prevents disease, asserting the product contains no alcohol or narcotics and has decades of public confidence.
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poRnae
Pierca
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Totem Pole Carve History Ends in Front of Tulalip School
Portland report profiles Waming Shelton a Snohomish chief and totem pole carver who has spent five years building a 100 foot poles history of his tribe. He leads the Tulalip reservation school while pursuing this ideal project to counter notions of totem poles as worship objects. Shelton, an educated yet traditional artist, served with patriotism during the war and hopes the pole will preserve tribal history for future generations.
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Ore
Waming
Tulalip
Shelton
Seattle
Wash
Europe
Belgium
Marne
Somme
Argonne
Italians Long to Return to the United States After War
Across Italy many Italo Americans wish to go back to America as wages fall and housing modernity lags. Villages lack running water and plumbing, water must be fetched from fountains, and kitchens lack washing machines. Families worry over cost, while emigration remains difficult without ready jobs on arrival.
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Rome
Italy
United States
America
France
General Pershing
Freedom
TEACH CHILD EARLY Education wave sweeps across states
The National Kindergarten association reports legislative interest in early education from Colorado Connecticut Georgia Illinois Indiana Kansas Missouri New Mexico South Dakota Tennessee Wisconsin and New York Puerto Rico. New York estimates 4000 children six years old with no schooling yet. California proves legislation can expand kindergartens, with a 1913 law growing from 49 to substantial growth. Commissioner Claxton calls the kindergarten vital to American education. In New York seven have died on the subway in 16 years while over 430 million passengers rode. Dr Maxwell, married four times, has had two wives through divorce and remarriage.
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National Kindergarten Association of
New York
Colorado
Connecticut
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
New Mexico
South Dakota
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Porto Rico
Bureau of ‘Education
Meewashington
California
Garten Training
Little. Rock
Ark
R. L. Maxwell
Feeling of Security from Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Remedy
An ad touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims plant based ingredients with no habit forming drugs and offers a sample for ten cents.
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Holland
Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
His Feelings Expressed
A speaker notes how Bill admires his wife, explaining that he studies her closely. Lucinda is acknowledged as hearing the sentiment, while Mis Jones confirms Bill’s fondness and careful analysis of his spouse.
The Funny Man Meets Stimson in a Street Exchange
Jones meets his friend Stimson in the street as the Scotsman reports a playful warning about next week. A quick quip ends with Stimson vanishing before Jones can react, leaving readers with a humorous street encounter from Edinburgh.
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Stimson
Opretty
Edinburgh
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promotes Health and Cleansing
A historic ad states Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier to cleanse the blood and support the body's natural defenses. It claims to restore normal condition and invites readers to obtain circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Man Passes Out Cash for Cars Diamonds and Jewelry
A passerby in a busy area handed out cards offering immediate cash for cars diamonds jewelry and precious stones. He claimed drivers need money to run their vehicles and described this as his experience from the road.
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New York Globe
Indian Bassia trees yield sugary blooms and oil rich seeds
A Popular Mechanics Magazine note describes three Bassia tree species in India with candy like flowers. Two species have sweet floral petals, the third, the Indian butter tree, produces oil rich seeds used for butter soap and candies. Flowers drop in morning and are sun dried for sale. A tree yields about 300 pounds of flowers yearly.
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India
Meetanics
Infant Marvel Lights Up Six-Month-Old Movie Night
Carter reports his six-month-old baby Parker cried during a sad scene at the cinema. The note, from Film Fun, highlights a young child’s emotional reaction to a film moment based on parental observation.
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Carter
Parker
King as Constitutional Monarch Rears Power Yet Reigns by People
A Montreal Herald piece argues the king holds vast theoretical prerogatives from vetoes to treaties, but an unwritten law of common sense and long usage prevents abuse. The king, though supreme in theory, reigns by the will of the people and could be deposed by parliament.
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Duchy of Cornwall
Montreal Herald
The Proverb Refuted Boston Transcript Quip
A Boston Transcript quips about a wife saying her husband is a doctor and noting his practice has not made him perfect. The exchange highlights humor over professional striving and perfection.
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Boston ‘Transcript
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Missioner Claxton
United States Bureau of Education
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New York City
Frank Hiedley
Johnny
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