Young Women Told to Begin Health Regimen Now
Mrs. Jack Lorberter of 704 Dellwood Place writes to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co praising Vegetable Compound for restoring her confidence and health. She recalls fear at home before taking the remedy and now her husband comments on improved housekeeping. She asks readers if they are on the Sunlit Road to Better Health.
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Paul
Minn
Jack Larberter
Dellwood Place
Lydia HE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Progress Poing Mae in War on Bacteria
Bacteriologists from the Hooper Foundation for Medical Research and the University of California report bacteria spores withstand boiling for ninety minutes and botulinus in vegetable juices for over five hours. Typhoid and other organisms survive at refrigerator temperatures for years, prompting continued scientific effort. Dr. George Coleman notes mice and guinea pigs have aided breakthroughs reducing botulinus poisonings and typhoid outbreaks.
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Hooper ‘Foundation For ‘Medical Research
University of California
George ©. Coleman
Hooper Foundation
Pa and Clarances Question Spark Chatty Note
A playful exchange quotes Pa explaining a rare volume as a book that returns after lending, from the Van couver Province.
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Clarence
Vancouver Province
No Such Thing Diplomacy Joke Cited in Tit Bits
A brief, humorous exchange mocks diplomacy with the line No relations are diplomatic. The fragment appears in Tit-Bits in a witty exchange about father and son questioning foreign ties.
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Myth
Proposal Tale Sparks Friendly Tease Between TJ and Spouse
A light exchange reveals playful curiosity about how a husband proposed. The couple shares a private moment, with laughter signaling affection and familiarity.
Quirky Odds and Facts from an Old News Page
A jumble of notes includes laundry hints using Red Cross Ball Blue, hints about hens laying over 800 eggs yearly vs US average 72, Chile earthquake rebuilding progress, street noise as stop thief tags, a line about naval air strength listing 230 US planes 291 for Britain and 198 for Japan, and aphorisms from Lowell about natural ability and beauty.
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United States
Great Britain
Japan
Witty Witch Hosts Twilight Talk and Woodland Supper
In Fairyland the friendly Witty Witch plans a twilight talk and a grand Woodland supper for fairies gnomes and sprites. She debunks ghosts claiming none exist and asks Breeze Brothers to spread her messages while guests enjoy a moss table feast and a songful end.
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Witty Witch
Fairyland
Breeze Brothers
Witch
Twilight
Mr. Giant
Fairies
SAWS And Viola Brothers Shore Supplies For The Goose
A fragment notes humorous directions in verse about choosing a wife by wit and silence, contrasting a Wanderin' Jaw with a radio and opening with casual lines about snacks and practice. Copyrighted humor hints at prairie or roadside humor style.
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Viola Brothers
Plants Cannot Feel Pain Says Theorists
A quoted remark argues that plants do not experience pain because they lack nerves or a brain. The text challenges common assumptions about sensation and suffering in flora.
Apple of Sodom and Cecropia Caterpillar Noted in Antiquarian Text
The article explores the myth of the Apple of Sodom, its supposed Dead Sea origins, and the tale of a glossy red gall. It also highlights caterpillar aesthetics, noting the Cecropia as a four inch beauty with bright colored knobs on a bluish green body.
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Sodom
Dead Sea
Nature Magazine
Killing an Idea
A McClure Newspaper Syndicate meditation on ideas that endure or perish. Right ideas survive attacks by argument and truth while wrong ones collapse under reason, fairness, and evidence. Violence only fuels false notions. illuminate incorrect beliefs and the truth prevails.
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Joan of Arc
John Brown
Bunyon
Galileo
Salem
McClure Newspaper
The Young Lady Across the Way Says Movies Can't Replace Drama
The young lady across the way claims films are extraordinarily popular but cannot fully replace the illegitimate drama, reflecting a critique from a McClure Newspaper Syndicate writer.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Be firm and cookery notes from The Kitchen Cabinet 1927
The fragment presents a 1927 Kitchen Cabinet page with verses and multiple recipes. It lists soups like Split Pea and Cream of Cucumber, plus codfish macaroni and creamed fish with potato. It also covers potato borders and gelatin desserts, then guidance on pectin tests and jelly making. The text references Tuna Fish Salad molds and berry pineapple jam methods.
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Green
G. G. Green, Inc
Woodbury
Hall & Ruckel
Waverly Place
New York
Hanford
Chile
Nature
Lowell
Lumbago
Bayer NM
Bayer
Druggista
Peterman's
Peterman
ANT
Martin
Jane
Barbara Bourjaily
Joan Crawford
F. A. Walker
Western Newspaper Union
Sarah Mayo
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