Doctor Urged an Operation
A Baltimore reader recounts urging a surgical operation but choosing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound instead. After trying five bottles, she claims complete relief and urges others fearing surgery to consider the remedy before consenting to an operation.
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Lydia E. Pink
Ham
E. Pinkham
Neuur Bregan
Calverton Rd
Baltimore
Lydia Ee Pinkham
Snakes Praised as Farm Aid in War Garden Campaign
Gayne T. Norton argues in American Forestry Magazine that snakes are a national asset for food preservation by controlling rodents and insects. He notes the war garden drive has increased interest in snakes, urging education to prevent widespread killing and stressing their value to crops and soil tillage.
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Gayne T. K. Norton
American Forestry Magazine
Mr. Norton
National Emergency Food Garden Commission
Mr Rental Praised as Self Starter in Old Fashioned View
Narrative voices debate Mr Rental as old fashioned yet commend his self starting qualities. The speaker argues doing without is talked about more than practiced and contrasts married life frustrations with empathy for others.
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Myrt
Mr. Rental
Gert
German Soldiers Punished For Aiding Suffering Refugees
A first person memoir describes German forces invading Belgium exposing brutal actions. Soldiers execute civilians at a house after a claimed shot. Set amid looting, hunger, and harsh discipline, the narrative details a brutal crossing of the Meuse near Donchery and a night of close combat with French troops, ending with many deaths as bridge bomb aftermath unfolds.
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Pioneers'corps
Engineers’ Corps
United States Army
Belgium
Gumimans
Leutenant
Sugny
Germany
Vivier-Au-Court
Vigler-Au- Court
German pioneers build pontoon bridges under French fire
The article describes German pioneers constructing pontoon bridges across the Meuse amid heavy French gunfire. A subsequent installment promises a vivid account of this dangerous operation with details of the perilous crossing and the crew’s resolve.
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Meuse
The Bridge of Sighs and Its Plain History
The Bridge of Sighs links the ducal Palace to the public prison over the Rio della Paglia. Built late in the 16th century, it lacks dramatic political imprisonment tales, aside from Antonio Foscari. Its name reflects Italian pity for misfortune.
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Howells
Byron
Venice
Corcert
Rio Della Paglia
Antonio Foscari
Where Thomas Yale Meets
In the new American army there are Yale college officers who feel personal interest in Wrexham North Wales where Thomas Yale was buried. Ivy from his grave was sent in the early 1890s to Professor Phelps in London to plant at the college building.
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Thomas Yale
Yale College
Wrexham
North Wales
Phelps
London
Londos Chronicle
Power Plant Planned in South Bavaria
The largest hydraulic power system is proposed to extend from Koechiel across Ba varia by cable to towns and villages. A committee has studied the project for two years and submitted an estimate of 100000 marks for the enterprise. The cost will be borne proportionately by the Bavarian government and the mine set benefiting from the electric plant.
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Bavaria
Koechiel
Comuitesin
Hies
Tet
Barvarian
Castoria Ad Warning and Bishop’s Wedding Sermon
An old advert claims Castoria as a trusted remedy for infants and children claiming decades of use while a Los Angeles wedding features a bishop advising women to avoid selfish husbands. The bishop warns that selfishness is a graveyard, taking all it can and giving nothing back.
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Bennie
Fletcher
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promote Baby Comfort
Advertises Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment to soothe red rough skin on babies. Claims hot baths and gentle touches bring relief and sleep for baby and rest for mother. Free samples available by mail from Cuticura Dept X Boston. Soap 25 Ointment 25.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Danger to Ojitway Finger Incident
An Ojitway Indian avoids directing anger at the mewu and a person at 5 fair Lane would take offense and respond violently by biting off the offending metu.
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Fair Lane
Dual-vision eyes of a South American fish
The eyes of a South American fish are split into two sections. The upper part excels in air vision while the lower portion is adapted for underwater viewing. This anatomical feature shows how the species hunts and navigates across air and water environments.
Freckle and Sunburn Lotion Ad Claims Quick Whitening
A sensational advertorial describes squeezing lemon juice into three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. It promises quick fading of freckles sunburn windburn and tan with a fragrant facial and body massage. A British scientist is also cited claiming a peat to fertilizer process.
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Orchard White
Ady
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