Remarkable Mrs Taylor Praises Peruna Remedy
A Dillon South Carolina woman shares a two year struggle with catarrh stomach and bowels and credits Peruna with restoring her health. She notes weight gain from 100 to 150 pounds and says the remedy helped from half a bottle and cured her with twelve bottles. The letter urges others to try Peruna for coughs colds stomach and bowel trouble and says it preserves blood purity and strength.
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Charlie Taylor
Dillon
S. C
Peru-Na
Dr King’s New Discovery Aids Congested Chest Relief
A vintage advertisement urges prompt use of Dr King’s New Discovery to loosen congested chests and dissolve phlegm during colds. It claims long experience over fifty years and notes the product works for both adults and children with no disagreeable after-effects. Bottles priced 60 cents and 1 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Dr King's New Life Pills Promises Gentle Digestive Ease
Ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a natural remedy for biliousness headaches and stomach sourness. It claims gentle bowel cleansing, non violent action, and habitual use should be avoided, price 25 cents at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Hendy
I Was So Weak That I Could Not Walk
A testimonial notes extreme weakness and loss of appetite followed by improvement after using Rich-Tone. The writer claims rapid recovery and recommends the product to friends, describing it as the best topic in the world.
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Baldur
Woden
Frigga
Loki
Rich-Tone energizes and restores health and vigor
Rich-Tone claims to increase red blood cell production and purify the blood. It promises to rest tired nerves restore appetite and promote healthy sleep. Available at all drug stores for $1.00 from A. B. Richards Medicine Co. Sherman Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Texas
Why mistletoe and kissing mark Christmas lore
A mythic tale explains mistletoe as the love symbol tied to Christmas. Loki's treachery uses mistletoe to kill Baldur, prompting the gods to exalt it as Frigga’s sacred plant, later linking it to friendship, peace, and a festive kiss under its branches.
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Baldur
Woden
Frigga
Loki
Nanna
Land of Darkness
God of
Sunshine
Valhalla
Hodur
Hela
Vermont's Green Tree State Tops in Christmas Shipments
The annual Vermont Christmas tree trade ships over 1.5 million trees to New York Philadelphia Baltimore and western cities with Michigan and Wisconsin also supplying buyers. Farmers earn 8 to 15 cents per tree and carloads hold 600 bundles averaging one thousand trees. Critics warn harvesting may deforest while defenders cite second growth on back pastures.
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Vermont
Green Mountain
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
St. Louis
Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
The Greatest Work That Goes Not With Fervent Purpose
A reflective note on how the finest creations do not always align with strong personal drive. The author suggests that artistic achievement can emerge independent of intense personal motivation, offering a nuanced view of creative process.
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Sidney
Bird Hunters Clever Trick in Nigeria For Bird Lure
A St Louis Republic piece by Temple Manning describes Munshi hunters in Bassa Nigeria using a man dressed in a straw shirt with an artificial bird head to imitate a bird. The tactic lures feathered quarry successfully despite distance viewing.
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Africa
Temple Manning
St. Louis Republic
Nigeria
Bassa
Munshi
Procession of Splendor in the Arab desert campaign
The piece recounts Colonel Lawrence leading Feisal’s desert hosts into El-Wish with Feisal in white at the front, a shereef in red, Bedouins with purple silk banners, 8,000 camels, drummers, and a vocal mass in celebration, praised as barbaric and splendid by the English commander.
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Lawrence
El-Wish
Feisal
Bedorfins
Scouts Keep the Law Says Tacoma Scout Link
A Tacoma attorney notes in Boys' Life that in the past year no juvenile court case involved an active scout among 700 affiliated boys. He found only two offenders had any scouting connection.
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A. E. Harmen
Tacoma
Wash
James E. West
A Hybrid Mariner in a Floating Hotel Life
A fragment from the Birmingham Age-Herald contrasts a liner crewman with old salt stereotypes. The retired sea tale hints the man aboard the Many Ann or the Liza Jane may be distant from storms and open sea, more like a hotel staffer aboard a floating hotel.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Rice Fields Expanding In Manchuria Across Ranks
Rice growing started in Manchuria by Korean settlers but has shifted to Chinese farmers as the main producers. Japanese also reclaim wild lands for paddy fields along rail lines, and the overall rice area grows each year. The current crop yields about 3,000,000 bushels annually.
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Manchuria
Woman Works 15 Hours a Day in Peru Ind
Peru Indiana woman Anna Meteriano recounts relief from displacement and backache after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports restored strength, starts work at 4 am, handles housework, factory job, and meal duties, praising the remedy's effects.
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Peru
Ind
Ydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Meteriano
West 10Th St
Man's Wife Hair on Coat Sleeve Cited in Wise Saying
A quip cautions against judging a man by the stray hair on his coat sleeve, urging restraint in appearances and assumptions about a wife based on small, unreliable clues.
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F. Maese
King Pin Plug Tobacco
S. Darling & Son
Hampton
Virginia
Martin & Martin
Reyici
Nder Sistletoe
Dav Hy Kiss
Anceze Take
Bill
Mr. Hill
FORD
Centro Protecto
Protecto
Robinson Motor Truck CO
Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Mitchell Eve Salve
Sor
Hall& Ruckel
Veer Street
N.Y
Hunt
Price
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Shermanton. E
Dandruff
Ees Yay Ea Os
Coum
Cutieura
Dept. B. Boston
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