Nurse credits Pinkham remedy for relief through change of life
Euphemia Ohio nurse Evelyn Adelia Stew writes that after years of monthly pains and illness tied to the change of life she found drastic improvement using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports 18 years of good health, no doctor visits, and now supports herself by sewing and nursing. She recommends the product to others and notes confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Massachusetts.
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Euphemia
Ohio
Kansas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Evelyn Adelia Stew
Art
Witty wartime quip about navies from Youngstown Telegram
In a brief exchange about European conflict, a fat plumber and a thin carpenter joke about joining navies. The plumber dismisses Belgium and the carpenter suggests his own nation, highlighting a humorous take on naval strength.
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Belgium
Youngstown
Telegram
Fancies of Fashion: Organdie Collar and Vest Return as Trend
Fashion page features organdie collars with attached vests, new belt designs in bold stripes, and delicate neck ruffs. Lightweight linen vests with pearl button fastenings, plaited chiffon chokers, and ornamental pockets with pink cord accents highlight a season of dainty, practical neckwear and accessories.
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Milady
Pretty finishes for blouses feature collarless design trends
The article surveys blouse finishing trends with collarless silhouettes, sleeve bands and cuffs gaining popularity. It highlights sets in batiste, linen, and handkerchief linen with hemstitched edges, saw teeth trim, embroidered borders, and stiff stock collars, noting the virtue of real lace over imitations.
Handy Little Wall Pocket From New Design
A wall pocket shown in the illustration features a neat design to hold lottery cards visiting cards and invitations. It measures about twelve inches by eight inches forming pockets with cream satin over a stiff cardboard base and stitched edges as diagramed.
Rose trend centers on shoulder roses for fall fashion
Fifth avenue and Riverside drive favor the rose on the shoulder as a feminine conceit. Teens and debutantes may wear a small bud or full bloom pinned forward of the right shoulder. Pale pink is popular. chrysanthemum blooms will follow.
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Fifth Avenue
Riverside Drive
New York
Shepherd's Checks Frock with Velvet Tunic Gown
A smart frock features a loose velvet bodice in shepherds checks of black and brown. It has a skirt with a velvet facing and a long gathered chiffon tunic banded at the bottom with three velvet strips.
Russian Military Bands Described as State Investment
The Russian military band system is praised as more than a mere army asset, requiring high costs yet viewed as profitable by the government. Soldiers expect music, bands entertain both masses and classes, and the repertoire features Liszt, Schumann, Chopin, Tschaikowsky, Gunka, Strauss, and Debussy.
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Russia
Ivanoff
Liszt
Schumann
Chopin
Tschaikowsky
Gunka
Strauss
Bebussy
Fragmented Quote on Chemistry and Knowledge
A terse line claims only a chemist could analyze the makeup of some women, followed by an old adage that many a man has fractured his skull by a fall from the tree of knowledge.
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Tree of Knowledge
Temperance meeting elicits a funny gold badge
Mrs Phillpotts hurries to a Bournemouth Poultry Show gathering wearing a blue rosette with gold lettering for First Prize Bantam. Guests smile as she greets them, Addie reading the badge but not the joke.
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Temperance Society
After Cure and Courtroom Quips on Marriage
A humorous exchange pokes at marriage and romance with lines about a judge, a suitor, and a nurse. One man rings a girl’s doorbell repeatedly while a wife and husband are treated as a single unit.
National effort to expand Tuberculosis Day movement
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will mobilize churches schools and lodges nationwide for a Fifth Annual Tuberculosis Day Movement during the week of November 29. The plan emphasizes education rather than a fixed sermon and offers free lectures stock talks and literature through local anti tuberculosis societies and a national office in New York City.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
National Association For the Studyi and Prevention of Tuberculosis
East Twenty-second Street
New York City
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Fletcher
Bright
Dean's
Missouri
Mra
FE. J. Dela
Rogalle Br
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Dean
Doan
Psint Donale Ab Kay Beer
Kansas City
Rose
W. L. Douglas
Agagh
W.L. Doug
U. S
Brockton
Maas
Animal Regulator
Pratts
Pratt Food Company
Philadelphia
Chicago
Toronto
Lady Temperance Worker
Lacy
Stacy
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