Endorsement from Shepherdstown Resident for Deans Kidney Pills
A Shepherdstown blacksmith, J. F. Whittington, testifies after using Deans Kidney Pills from Hille Pharmacy. He reports relief from kidney weakness and headaches, noting continued benefit since 1910 and reaffirmed in 1916. Sold for 60 cents by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherdstown
Dean
J. F. Whittington
Mil
Hille Pharmacy
Whittington
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfrgs
Buffalo
N. Y
Noted British Deserter Mullins Escapes and Arrests
London Chronicle recalls three bold escapes by George Mullins, a British Army deserter with ten prior convictions for violence. After antiheroic escapes from Wandsworth and Bethnal Green, he was recaptured, later defying police at Stepney as a crowd clashed with officers. A separate note mentions a new portrait of Dickens being sold in London.
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Oldstreet
London Chronicle
George Mullins
Wandsworth
France
England
Uberty Mullins
Mullins
Bethnal Green
Sharpen Stepney
Mulins
Epigram on value of head over body in crippled banker
The Portland Oregonian quotes a Minnesota banker disabled in multiple ways. His life story, reviewed in Carry On, champions the idea that intellect and determine drive from the neck up define worth far more than physical handicap. The note links this to vocational education and strict child labor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Carry On
Sailora
Portland Oregonian
Emotions and the Eye in Descriptive Seeing
The piece argues that eye brightness reveals mood, with two flashing zones in the eye: the pupil reflecting light and the white sclera. It contends observers often misread emotions in fiction, noting real cases like Paris surgery’s assassin where eye flashing matched intention.
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Paris
Pharaoh's Serpent's Egg Trick Revealed
A science explanation of a popular fireworks stunt describes how a pellet of mercury sulpho cyanid burns to produce a large ash plume that moves away rapidly, forming a snake-like shape as it distorts. The text notes the effect amazes youngsters and explains the heat-driven transformation.
Radium in Sea Salt Diminishes with Distance from Land
Samples from a Pacific voyage show sea salt containing radium at negligible levels compared with coastal salts. The finding supports the view that radium content decreases as distance from land increases.
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Pacific
Enbantarette
Ambitious Nat Goodwin and the painted red nose remark
A conversational tale features Nat Goodwin praising a friend John for his bright red nose and plans to varnish it. A grocer and customer exchange quips about Ambuscade scales and weights as a humorous aside. At M. K. Bowers sale on March 4, 137 hogs are to be sold, eight brood sows among them.
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Nat Goodwin
John
M. K. Bowers
Maron
Educational Finance and Federal Aid Debate
In educational administration the decisive factor is finance as superintendents say they cannot raise more locally. The probe into taxing adequacy continues with agitation for federal aid. Proponents argue national levies could curb illiteracy, immigrant assimilation, and citizens’ well being, elevating teachers to national service.
Considerable Amount Water Trick in Village Tale
A West village relies on Patrick to haul drinking water. A curious man tests him by asking how much water he has transported. Patrick answers with sarcasm, implying the total carried is all the water not visible in the river, leaving the interrogator perplexed.
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Patrick
Chicago Herald
Bird Songs at a Farm Gate in Atlantic June Morning
Samuel Scoville Jr notes a morning at a farmhouse gate where three roads meet. He lists eight or more distinct bird songs including Baltimore oriole, bobolink, robins, wood thrushes, bluebirds, vireos, scarlet tanagers, and other species, observed without leaving the spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Sarmuel Scoville, Jr
Atlantic
Easy Courtship in the Veranda Night
On a warm evening John Henry speaks softly to Edith on the veranda about stealing a kiss. She replies with a wry quip that he could hire someone to pay his fine if arrested, reflecting playful tension in a lighthearted scene.
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John Henry
Edith
Nurses Break Rule of Contact in French Base
A nurse at a French base reportedly rang the officers quarters bell claiming a fire in the nurses block was the signal to alarm. When questioned she said nurses were not permitted to speak to enlisted men, prompting questions about base discipline and emergency response.
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Boepitats
France
Dar
Journal of the American Medical Association
Alibi Proved for Pretzel in Historic Defense
The piece argues the pretzel’s innocence regarding German origins and traces its symbolic, religious associations from early Christian church rewards to medieval monastic appetites. It asserts the pretzel as a prayer symbol and claims a French and Moorish architectural background to St. Augustine’s oldest house, No. 4 North Street, as proof of early American heritage.
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Yalorova
America
Hove
St. George Street
St. Augustine
Fla.x
Dons
Beloe
Fotomisto
Pitt Spendthrift and the Economy in War Times
The Leniton Chronicle notes that William Pitt preached thrift yet lived lavishly as warden of the Cinque Ports with annual losses between £8000 and £10000. At his death the nation paid £4000 to settle his creditors as wartime strains persisted. Household budgets reveal vast meat consumption charged to Pitt’s account.
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Pitt
Cinque Ports
Leniton Chronicle
Naming a Baby Sparks Neighborly Dispute in Town
In a local scene a neighborly quarrel erupts over naming a first baby with two households each favoring a different family line. A peacemaker interruptions clash with stubborn insistence while a humorously stern old timer insists on practicality amid tension. Also noted is a seaside-press style quip about an ensign posing a grammar riddle on a battleship. For Rent notices list several estate properties with possession set for April 1 1019 and contact details.
Understanding Carbuncles and Their Dangers
A carbuncle is a severe skin infection that extends deeper than a boil and often opens on the surface in multiple spots. It causes systemic symptoms like fever, headache, and rapid pulse and can be fatal if toxins enter the bloodstream. Early incision by a physician and antiseptic care are recommended to reduce scarring and promote healing.
Cardul praised by Mrs Jolimon for back pain relief
Mrs Alice Jolimon of Marksville Louisiana writes of one year of severe back and side pain and sleepless nights. After taking Cardui she improved and could work again, praising the remedy for female complaints. Also includes a brief Duluth train schedule and a trespass notice dated December 28 1918.
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Marksville
Alice Jolimon
Cardus
Cardul
Canini
NCI
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Frac
Cna National
Hopherdstow
Iy Garage
V.va
Warner
Warner's
Lester Brothers
Hagerstown
Maryland
Swift’s Fertilizers
SWIFT
Swift & Company Fertilizer Works Stock Exchange
Baltimore, Md
Benj. Hartzell
Miss Loud.mann’s
Shepherdstown, W. Va
Geo. M. Beltzhoover
Geo. M. Beltzhoover, Jr
Charles Town
W. VA
Walter C. Clephane
J. Wilmer Latimer
Clephane & Latimer
Attorneys AT Law
Wilking
H Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Hopkins Gibson
Register Building
Harrison Schley
General Insurance
Jefferson Security Bank
Ne. i Ge
Robert Gibson
Norfolk & Western
Baltimore & Ohio
WM. A. Riely
Fahrrey
Fleicher
Rhephe
Buffalo Incubator
Hoovers
Shomont Poultry and Hatchery
Shenandoah Junction
Bee
Corporation of
Council
Lwaldeck
J. S. Riau Tstine
Roy 5S. Proctor
N. High Street
Martinsburg
Shepherdstowe
Kearneysville
Chicago
Kearneysville Creamery CO
E. Stanley Haller
Dickens
Christian Science Monitor
W. J.J
W. J. Linton
E. Lynn Linton
Gadshill Place
Linton
Ife
New York Transfer Co
Dodd's Express
Broadway
New York
Suction
London
Messrs. Leggatt Bros
Cheapside
Rica
Terco
Fletcher
Castoria
Dr. Thomas
Lucas
Old Man
Kansas City
Texas
Philadelphia Paltie Ledger
C. Jessie Hoffman
Iy T.mcanly
HE. Melester
JPA
Joh C. Reinhart
William T. Ellis
Prinestown
Kalser
Kaiser
Kevine
St Dullithde
Despele
Cumberland
Philadelphia
Wick
Delphie
Balience FethePie
Aborrted Ao
Mo. I
Rae Een
Ia Vegra Caton
Lee
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