Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised for hot flashes
A letter from Victoria Koppl of Summit New Jersey credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving change of life symptoms including digestion issues stomach burning hot flashes backache and sleep problems. The advertisement urges others with warning symptoms to try the remedy.
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Summit
N. J
Lydia &. Pinkham
Victoria Koprl
Oak Ridge Ave
Lydia E. Pinkham
Champ Clark and the red striped shirt tale
Champ Clark visits a Washington haberdasher to buy a dress shirt. He pays ten dollars, inspects shirts, and notes a red striped shirt priced at three dollars. The clerk explains a thirty cent sales tax, prompting Clark to question the charge and calling it gouging.
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Champ Clark
Washington Haberdasher
Jet
Congress
Tent versions imitate a house in mock shop display
A dialogue features a demand for a house shaped shelter and a supplier responding with a full line of tents carved to resemble a house. The exchange showcases ingenuity in portable housing shapes and a playful street market banter.
No Reasonable Offer Refused in Parlor Plot
A young man who had been living off a local family is tricked by his partner, using a newspaper ad phrase as a cue. In the Houston Post fragment, a plan unfolds in the parlor, culminating three weeks later with invitations.
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Mabel
Houston Post
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Puts Shoes First
Antiseptic foot powder promises lasting wear by easing corns bunions and sore feet. Shake it into shoes or into a foot-bath to stop friction and swelling, with widespread sale indicated.
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Allen
Alien
His Special Gift Inspires A School Row
A school inspector visits a school and asks students to name one thing each can do better than anyone else. A boy raises his hand and declares I can read my own writing better than anyone else. The moment emphasizes personal strengths and self improvement.
Handkerchief Care Tips From a Laundry Note
A workshop tip notes that children s handkerchiefs look hopeless when they come to the laundry and recommends washing with good soap rinsing in water and bluing with Red Cross Ball Blue.
The Minelaying System Observed at Sea
Admiral William S. Sims describes mine laying as a simple task seen from the ship. Vessels speed along as five foot high black objects launch from the stern, splash, sink, and the ship advances before another object unfolds from the rear.
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William S. Sims
Man Finds Clever Way to Propose With Card
A bashful suitor could not speak his love aloud. He buys a bridal postcard showing a couple, mails it to his beloved with the line Eventually Why not now. She replies with a positive answer, ending the matter.
Airship Travel Sparks Debate Over Road Use
A fragmentary exchange shows advocates favoring airship passenger service while others stress the need for good roads. Aviators resist road dependence, and one speaker resists being forced to use airships.
Progress in Underthings Reflects Luxurious Ribbon Trends
Goa women favor refined lingerie with wash silks and satins, ribbons replacing embroidery. The era sees camisoles, petticoats, and boudoir mantles in silk and lace, with detachable ornaments and ribbon-based embellishments defining today’s intimate wear.
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Goa
Food for Any Day Salad and Pasta Dishes
A vintage recipe roundup describes veal salad with diced meat carrots celery onion and mayonnaise, plus a boiled dressing served on lettuce. It also details seasoned spaghetti with garlic olive oil dried mushrooms veal tomatoes thyme and bay leaf baked with layers of spaghetti and gravy. A note suggests maple syrup as sugar substitute and provides a peas recipe with mint and cream. The closing verse by Amanda Benjamin Hall praises forest nourishment.
Indoor dress trends toward trouserward styles and Chinese influence
Indoor fashion shifts toward trousered outfits inspired by Chinese garb with silk and satin negligees. Descriptions show plain blue satin and bordered brocade coats, lace and georgette over slips, bandeaux of ribbons, and simple, easily worn finishing touches. Also includes breakfast fruit ideas and several quick egg and codfish dishes.
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Georgette
Kitchen in Lai Cabinet by Mary Flanagan
Poem asserts beauty arises from light steady in nature and present in ordinary sight. It states that beauty and sovereign power reside in common objects visible to the everyday observer.
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Mary Flanagan
Morning and Evening Bring Peaceful Visions
A poetic couplet contrasts morning with a golden basket bearing beauty and wreaths, and evening crossing desolate meadows with a golden pitcher of peace drawn from the ocean of rest. Rabindranath Tagore imagery underscores tranquil nature.
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Tagore
Appetizing Dishes And A Poem Of Thanksgiving
A collection of cottage cheese dishes with cream and jams served as salads or desserts, plus a spinach tongue salad in molds, coconut custard pie with browned meringue, asparagus eggs on toast, and creamed ham on toast. The text ends with a line about joining a march of thanksgiving.
How To Prepare Eggs In Various Dishes
The guide describes scrambled eggs with cream butter and leek, poached eggs with tomato sauce over buttered toast, and egg sandwiches. It explains heating mixtures, sauce preparation, and garnishes like parsley and watercress to create a versatile egg menu.
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Beauregard
Samoan Candy Demand and Import Details
In western Samoa with a population near 1000 whites, the demand in confectionery centers on hard lollies selling about 25 cents and 8 pound quantities. Lozenges are rare, puffles and chocolates struggle in humid conditions, imported in sealed metal tins at 50 to 75 cents per pound.
Woman seeks first Massachusetts fireman license
Mrs. Pearl C. Storte of Holliston Massachusetts applies for a stationary fireman license becoming the first woman in the state to seek such a permit. She argues the era has passed when men are considered superior in hard work.
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Pearl C. Storte
Holliston
Mass
Massachusetts
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